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For 6,818 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 20 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,006 out of 6818
  2. Mixed: 3,654 out of 6818
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6818
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  1. Melinda and Melinda
    It has great performances, snappy one-liners and a likeably tricksy structure, all wrapped up in an affirmative antidote to life’s daunting complexities. Welcome back, Woody.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Steamboy
    Visually arresting, with an enjoyably wacky premise, but scuppered somewhat by its rusty, clunky storytelling.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hostage
    Right from the intriguing opening sequence, which hints at the bleakness which envelops the movie, Willis’ Talley is an interesting character.
  4. The Upside of Anger
    Compelling and honest with flashes of dark humour which makes this a meaty comedy drama.
  5. Millions
    Millions, like all kid-powered movies, stands or falls in the first place on the performances of its child actors, and Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon both delight.
  6. Don't Move
    Castellitto deserves great credit for toning down the melodrama in wife Margaret Mazzantini's novel and producing a very human story about chance, choice and consequence.
  7. Be Cool
    A poorly written, directed and acted imitation of the first. Not funny, not clever and, crucially, not cool.
  8. The Jacket
    A gripping, affecting, strange movie -- but oddly, it's just like too many other gripping, affecting, strange movies we've seen recently.
  9. The Pacifier
    Fails on both an emotional and comedic level.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Walk on Water
    The uniformly excellent performances feel real and familiar.
  11. Cursed
    There is some fun to be had if you're in an undemanding frame of mind.
  12. Man of the House
    There are some amusing moments and some good performances despite the poor material, but it's not enough.
  13. Because of Winn-Dixie
    It means well, but it's all just a bit too tired a formula - even by the standards of a kids film. Put this one in the top field to 'rest'.
  14. Constantine
    While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.
  15. Downfall
    Solid history, fine cinema. Downfall is gripping, moving, and, in the end, profoundly horrifying.
  16. Ong Bak
    Without doubt, Jaa's a star — a man very possibly worthy of the 'new Bruce Lee' tag.
  17. Bride & Prejudice
    It has charm, comedy and a populist concept, but is structurally weak and too self-consciously multicultural.
  18. Inside Deep Throat
    There's nothing preachy about this slick and funny doc (narrated by Dennis Hopper), which as a brief history of how porn spurted into the mainstream has all the money shots you could ask for.
  19. Boogeyman
    An opportunity to exploit childhood nocturnal fears is missed in a second-rate horror.
  20. The Wedding Date
    This is a leaden mess that offers only brief moments of respite.
  21. Swimming Upstream
    Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis, predictably impressive in the roles of abusive, alcoholic dad and troubled-but-tough mum.
  22. Daybreak
    Shifting between bourgeois soap, tabloid parable and tale of the unexpected, this three-storied study of salvation in extremis makes for unsettling but compelling viewing.
  23. Hide and Seek
    Aside from some effectively understated acting from the leads, there's not much to remember or recommend.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Aliens of the Deep
    The final shot, in particular, is awesome, and confirms that the sooner Cameron gets back to making proper movies, instead of Boys’ Own diversions, the better.
  25. Lost Embrace
    Well-served by a laudably authentic ensemble, the director explores both character and ethnicity with a canny wit.
  26. Head-On
    Ünel and the debuting Kekilli are as impressive as Akin’s atmospheric snapshots of Hamburg and Istanbul.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Assault on Precinct 13
    A smart script, edgy acting and a gradual accumulation of suspense set-pieces makes for a decent popcorn high.
  28. Coach Carter
    It's a good story, well told.
  29. Elektra
    Enormous plot holes and a script that’s fatally light on character mean there’s few selling points beyond Jennifer Garner's corset...
  30. Racing Stripes
    It’s been done before, and better. With pigs.
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