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For 7,798 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 13th
Lowest review score: 0 Wide Awake
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,958 out of 7798
  2. Mixed: 2,080 out of 7798
  3. Negative: 760 out of 7798
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  1. Kong: Skull Island
    Hiddleston and Larson are especially let down by the script, which wants to be jokey in the way that something like Predator was, but can’t pull it off. The same lack of care goes into the period-specific song choices that have as much imagination as a Time-Life Songs of the ‘70s set.
  2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
    It’s a shame the rest of the soap-opera story doesn’t measure up to its stunts.
  3. Taken 3
    It's a testament to Neeson's startling charisma as an action star that for all its storytelling flaws, large swaths of Taken 3 remain wildly entertaining.
  4. Vacation
    What’s missing is the pent-up anger that simmered behind Chevy Chase’s doofus grin. His Clark was always on the verge of a nuclear-family meltdown. Helms lacks Chase’s passive-aggressive edginess.
  5. Happy Valley
    The documentary offers a compelling overview of the case, but Bar-Lev spends too much time painting Paterno as a victim and scapegoat. That advocacy doesn't sit well.
  6. Suicide Squad
    Writer-director David Ayer (End of Watch) skillfully sets up the film, introducing each of the crazies with caffeinated comic-book energy. But their mission...is a bit of a bust. The stakes should feel higher.
  7. Logan
    The loner has to learn to put someone else first. It’s both as manipulative and hokey as that sounds, but occasionally it works well enough that you might find yourself getting choked up against your better judgment.
  8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    It’s smarter than most films, but not as smart as the first one. It’s funnier than most films, but not as funny as the first one. And it still probably belongs in the upper tier of Marvel movies but nowhere near as high up as the first one.
  9. The DUFF
    As misspent of an opportunity as The DUFF may be, it’s hard to completely dismiss a film that gives someone as talented as Whitman her long-overdue spotlight.
  10. Woman in Gold
    Even Helen Mirren, the Queen Midas of class acting, can’t fix this well-intentioned miss.
  11. The Intern
    Hathaway’s take on the underwritten Jules is refreshingly unshowy, but De Niro seems a little lost.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Kidnap
    While a quick payday might be the case for Berry on Kidnap (she also serves as a producer), the Oscar winner earns her way to the bank in this mildly titillating (albeit unsophisticated) thriller, which bears a striking resemblance to her 2013 flick "The Call."
  13. A Girl Like Her
    While mean girl Avery Keller (Hunter King) gets a nuanced and surprisingly redemptive arc, the target of her bullying, Jessica (Lexi Ainsworth), mostly goes ignored.
  14. Queen and Country
    Tonally, the movie can’t decide whether it’s a comedy, a romance, or a wistful wartime madeleine. What it’s missing is the sense of joy and wonder of its predecessor.
  15. Nasty Baby
    Subverting expected narratives may have been Silva’s aim all along; still, the turn isn’t just nasty, it’s confounding.
  16. Results
    Even by Bujalski’s shaggy standards, Results never adds up to much. Instead it just sort of sputters out and settles for a predictable rom-com ending. Conventional doesn’t suit him.
  17. I Smile Back
    It’s 85 minutes of grim abyss-gazing with no hope of salvation. If Silverman’s going to bare her soul this nakedly, she deserves a better film to do it in.
  18. 5 to 7
    While the film has an undeniably sexy glow, it’s too earnest and sappy by half. Fortunately, Frank Langella and Glenn Close drop by as Brian’s disapproving parents.
  19. Secret in Their Eyes
    In Ray’s hands, it’s essentially a grim procedural with too many moments of untapped potential and a moderately shocking twist. Save his version for a rainy day or a long airplane ride; or better yet, go rent the original.
  20. Beauty and the Beast
    It’s fine and funny and sweet and lush and some of the songs are infectious, but I still don’t completely understand why it exists — and why they couldn’t do more with it.
  21. Adult Beginners
    There aren’t enough laughs here to goose it past formulaic. It’s harmless and mild and likable, but it’s also a toothless comedy that should have had some bite.
  22. The Secret Life of Pets
    Like a dog that endlessly chases its tail in circles, Pets is amusing for a while, then it just tires itself out.
  23. Youth
    As it is, Youth is hit-and-miss, beautiful and frustrating.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    5 Flights Up
    Freeman is funny as a lovable crank, but Keaton’s neurotic performance wears thin.
  25. Anesthesia
    The cast (which includes Glenn Close, Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, and Corey Stoll) is strong, but the movie itself is a little exhausting, like a New York cousin to Paul Haggis’ Crash, with a smaller budget and a bigger vocabulary.
  26. A Perfect Day
    Del Toro’s low-key resignation gives the film what power it has, but the female characters (played by Mélanie Thierry and Olga Kurylenko) are disappointingly thin.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Daddy's Home
    Anders had many opportunities to pit the dads against each other directly, but trades in the cheesy, expected route for devious mind games.
  28. Pitch Perfect 3
    Mostly this is all just pretext for dreamy postcard shots of Europe, a metric ton of slapstick, and as many highly specific vocal riff-offs as one empty airplane hangar can handle.
  29. The Runner
    The Runner is a well-meaning character study with an admirably cynical ending, but it’s too cold to ever fully draw you in.
  30. Meet the Patels
    In its current form as a documentary, Meet the Patels is a charming and moderately enlightening examination of what happens when an American-raised man recovering from a bad breakup attempts to find a wife through the kind of arranged marriage that has kept his parents blissful for decades.
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