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  • 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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    • 69 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Mermaid
    The Mermaid is at its best when it embraces the ridiculous, no-holds-barred, farcical comedy that Chow has become known for, thanks to films like Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer.
  2. Patriots Day
    Patriots Day benefits from a robust, concentrated timeline and sheer bat-out-of-hell pacing.
  3. Batman Returns
    Batman Returns offers many jolts of pleasure, yet it’s also a mess — a gilded sketchbook of a movie that keeps falling open to random pages.
  4. Lights Out
    This movie purposely inspires viewers to think about serious topics, and then disregards the consequences of doing so, undermining the whole enterprise. The final physical sensation is not terror or relief, but disgust.
  5. The Do-Over
    The plot threads can be a little hard to follow, especially since most of them revolve around two unseen characters who are dead before the story even begins, but Sandler and Spade’s partnership gives the whole enterprise enough emotional grounding to make up for it.
  6. The Shallows
    The Shallows could have been a really fun B-movie. And in a lot of ways, it is. There’s no denying that it has some great jump-scares and scratches a certain summer itch we all get this time of year. Too bad it’s a bit too watered down.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Richard III
    Watching the splendid Ian McKellen embody any Shakespeare character is always a pleasure, and his slithery portrayal here of the Bard’s most hissable villain is a treat.
  8. Tulip Fever
    As Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) piles on the coincidences and misdirections, the movie finally collapses under its own schematic weight, and wilts to the ground.
  9. Bridgend
    Based on a real-life rash of teen suicides in Wales, Danish director Jeppe Rønde’s 2015 Tribeca winner feels like the sort of slow BBC America procedural you’d quickly give up on.
  10. The Meg
    It is ridiculous, cheesy popcorn fun. And Statham, God bless him, knows exactly what kind of guilty pleasure he’s signed on for — Sharknado with a bigger budget and a much bigger monster.
  11. Nerve
    This is a film about young people with a youthful energy and sense of fun that’s refreshing, especially in the summer of movies we’ve had so far. The tone and relatively low stakes allows Nerve to be shallow, divertive escapism—kind of like Snapchat.
  12. Denial
    Sadly, it’s hamstrung by a patchy script (by David Hare) and an oddly flat-footed performance by Rachel Weisz as Lipstadt.
  13. Almost Christmas
    In all, it’s a pleasant enough way to spend two quiet hours with the extended family, but Almost Christmas probably won’t be your next holiday tradition.
  14. Bleed for This
    With the exception of maybe two scenes, you’ve seen everything in this movie before.
  15. Transpecos
    Transpecos is a lean-and-mean atmospheric thriller that starts off tautly but ultimately slackens as it goes along.
  16. Bad Santa 2
    As long as you know what you’re in for, the film is a hilarious good time, a respectable continuation of what made the first "Bad Santa" so fun.
  17. Mascots
    If you’re a Guest devotee, you’ll be in the stands cheering; otherwise, Mascots feels like a bit of a retread.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Little Sister
    Timlin and Paulson create a believable rapport as the central siblings, though it’s Sheedy’s chemistry with the camera (and her character) that creates the film’s most dramatically satisfying moments.
  19. In Dubious Battle
    For all its noble intentions, though, the movie struggles to transcend broad outlines: Its characters are strictly symbols, timeworn archetypes of good and evil as threadbare and familiar as the artfully faded calicos and denim on their backs.
  20. The Autopsy of Jane Doe
    The Autopsy of Jane Doe is essentially a 90-minute episode of Jack Klugman’s late-’70s TV show "Quincy, M.E." with more graphic gore, goo, and guts.
  21. Always Shine
    The too-clever conceit sabotages the whole thing.
  22. The Zookeeper's Wife
    Even at its most engaging (those cubs!), Zookeeper can’t help evoking the dozens of films that have told these stories before, and better.
  23. Before I Fall
    A teen melodrama that’s steeped in clichés but still has an unexpectedly poignant message.
  24. Unforgettable
    Surprisingly tasty serving of delirious junk food.
  25. Dean
    As a result, the movie comes across like a bunch of “bits” when it really should be getting at deeper emotions and truths. Then again, Woody Allen, another comedian-turned-writer/director, ran into that same problem back at the beginning of his career. And he ended up doing okay.
  26. Paris Can Wait
    An airy, half-baked meringue of a movie, Paris Can Wait is the kind of film that leaves you famished — not just for la belle vie on screen but for the stronger sustenance of plot and character.
  27. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
    The harmless high jinks all go down easily enough without being particularly memorable or pushing the art form past the expected.
  28. Marjorie Prime
    Marjorie Prime in itself feels not unlike Walter’s hologram — almost real and almost human, but not quite flesh and blood.
  29. Trolls World Tour
    Despite falling for some classic sequel potholes, Trolls World Tour continues the fun energy of its predecessor in a way that should provide some quarantine relief for families.
  30. 47 Meters Down
    As far as cheap warm-weather junk food goes, it will suffice. It will have to.
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