Empire's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 6,818 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | Oppenheimer | |
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| Lowest review score: | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,006 out of 6818
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Mixed: 3,654 out of 6818
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Negative: 158 out of 6818
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- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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Despite some choice improvisations, we're given no running gag as endearing as the first film.- Empire
- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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David Hughes
A brittle black comedy that has plenty to say about modern manhood and the human survival instinct.- Empire
- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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Ian Freer
It’s "Top Gun" with gamer’s thumb. Ethan Hawke shines in a complex, satisfying character study turned combat thriller.- Empire
- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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Anna Smith
Even with a starry cast, the stirring true story is this drama’s standout feature.- Empire
- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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James Dyer
A giddy helping of artful violence delivered with a wink and a cheeky grin. Unsurprisingly, John Wick 2 is already in the works.- Empire
- Posted Apr 6, 2015
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Owen Williams
Less of a riot than Wright’s previous Grabbers, Robot Overlords displays the same knowing intelligence, sense of fun and deep-rooted love for post-’70s genre film. Unlike its titular villains, it’s sleek and it never malfunctions.- Empire
- Posted Apr 2, 2015
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David Parkinson
More compelling when focusing on long-serving staff and their skills and opinions- Empire
- Posted Mar 30, 2015
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Ian Freer
It’s an odd mix of "Saving Private Ryan" odyssey and romantic melodrama. It has sincerity, sensitivity and is often ravishing to look at but is let down by a chocolate box love story. Still, Crowe still might have a "Braveheart"/"Dances With Wolves" in him yet.- Empire
- Posted Mar 30, 2015
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Ian Freer
Noah Bamubach’s While We’re Young is the best Woody Allen film of 2015. A fast, funny, smart take on generational jealousy, with Ben Stiller and Adam Driver on great form.- Empire
- Posted Mar 30, 2015
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James Dyer
A group more bulletproof than The Avengers, causing more mayhem than General Zod. Think Universal doesn’t have a superhero franchise? Think again.- Empire
- Posted Mar 30, 2015
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Patrick Peters
This reflection on isolation, technology, creativity and desire brilliantly blurs the lines between perception and voyeurism, the objective and the subjective.- Empire
- Posted Mar 26, 2015
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Dan Jolin
Belying its title, this is a pretty flaccid offering which fails to gel the comedy stylings of Hart and Ferrell.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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Ian Nathan
On one level a fascinating refraction of the Amanda Knox trial into an examination of perception, on another an increasingly trying hall of mirrors.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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Nick de Semlyen
Over-familiar and the first half's pace is sea-sluggish but with inspired touches.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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This swords-and-sorcery throwback has little imagination on display, instead doubling down on computer-generated flair to pass the time.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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Kim Newman
William Eubank continues to work his particular mind-stretching mix of acute character interplay and cosmic conceptual breakthrough.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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Olly Richards
A retrograde fantasy with the depth of a dressing-up box, but it’s spirited, genuinely funny and played to the hilt by an excellent cast.- Empire
- Posted Mar 23, 2015
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David Parkinson
A sensitive, sincere and humbling profile which is truly inspirational.- Empire
- Posted Mar 20, 2015
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- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Ian Freer
Dolan has previously been accused of style over substance but here he draws both magnificently together. It’s perhaps a little too long, but Mommy is a movie to make you feel alive.- Empire
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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James Dyer
Sub-Ludlum plotting but stylishly executed, this offers a fun night out but is far from a nailed-on franchise-starter.- Empire
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Nick de Semlyen
Full-force performance form Ryan Reynolds but not as funny as it hopes it is.- Empire
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Dan Jolin
Unique, beautiful and endlessly fascinating. It really is a work of art.- Empire
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Helen O'Hara
Once you swallow the giant pill that is the premise, it just about makes sense, and Woodley sells it with all her conviction.- Empire
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Chris Hewitt (1)
With Neeson on fine form and an encouraging start, it’s a shame that this gritty crime drama feels the need to erupt into a full-blown action movie by the end.- Empire
- Posted Mar 10, 2015
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Anna Smith
Sterling performances lift the occasionally soapy storyline in this semi-successful adaptation.- Empire
- Posted Mar 9, 2015
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Kim Newman
Writer-director Gerard Johnson and chameleon-like star Ferdinando continue to impress with their strong collaboration here.- Empire
- Posted Mar 5, 2015
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Chris Hewitt (1)
Blomkamp’s third movie has just about enough spectacle and quirk to overcome some fairly major flaws, not least of which is an unappealing central trio.- Empire
- Posted Mar 5, 2015
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David Parkinson
A final opportunity to see a master at work in this mischievously melancholic delight.- Empire
- Posted Mar 2, 2015
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