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Average Movie review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Lowest review score: 0 Pixels
Score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 1,333 out of 5164
  3. Negative: 266 out of 5164
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  1. Sushi: The Global Catch
    Any bona fide sushi fan stands to benefit from the general wake up call that "The Global Catch" provides in ample doses.
  2. Dreams of a Life
    Dreams of a Life unintentionally amounts to a mean-spirited snooze.
  3. Celeste and Jesse Forever
    The whole thing is a step above studio romantic comedies, but that's not saying much.
  4. Searching for Sugar Man
    For a quarter of a century -- unbeknownst to most Americans, including Rodriguez's original producers -- the singer landed a massive following in the country where his humanitarian outlook provided an escape for many disgruntled youth struggling under apartheid, elevating him to the stature of a "South African Elvis."
  5. Killer Joe
    With an eye for gritty, shameless fun, Friedkin unleashes the play's guilty pleasure center. Friedkin holds nothing back, but it's Letts' rambunctious plotting that enables the director to chart a path to the wild climax.
  6. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
    Recently released from jail, Ai's full story remains to be told, but Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry competently summarizes his lasting relevance, regardless of what may happen next.
  7. Klown
    For American audiences, each gag has added appeal because it contains an uneasy humor that's often explored but never fully exploited in these parts.
  8. Ruby Sparks
    Kazan has fun with a silly premise and smartly plays it straight when the occasion calls for it, while keeping the cutesy, fantastical extremes of the material at bay. It's less fairy tale than shrewd exaggeration on the pratfalls of desire.
  9. The Queen of Versailles
    Slickly made if not particularly stylish, the movie maintains its entertainment value for picking ideal models of American excess.
  10. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
    With its lethargic pace, Hara Kiri may disappoint more often than it delights, but the payoff is extreme in more ways than one.
  11. Shut Up and Play the Hits
    If you've never heard of LCD Soundsystem or cared much for the group's work, Shut Up and Play the Hits still manages to explore the prospects of fame and contemporary rock music's lasting relevance.
  12. The Dark Knight Rises
    A spectacular noir epic that's equal parts murky, bloated, flashy and triumphantly cinematic. Four years after Nolan's "Batman Begins" sequel "The Dark Knight" rattled audiences with a similar audiovisual overload, the new movie falls into the same rhythm and remains viscerally satisfying even when the story falters.
  13. Easy Money
    While overlong and occasionally too reliant on a formulaic set of motives to drive the action forward, Easy Money retains its suave composure right through the engrossing finale.
  14. Savages
    Stone's uneven direction veers from near-amateurish genre antics to an enjoyable awareness of those same standards.
  15. Magic Mike
    Magic Mike casts a seriously entertaining spell.
  16. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    If nothing else, this memorable effort eloquently displays Hushpuppy's fragile understanding of her world, where the only certainty is that nothing lasts forever. That makes "Beasts" into a gigantic triumph even when it falls apart.
  17. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
    It pitches a tone between comedy and tragedy that holds unique appeal.
  18. To Rome with Love
    Even Allen himself, appearing in front of the camera for his first role since 2005's "Scoop," looks a little lost in the mess.
  19. Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
    The filmmaker's first-rate access feels like a kind of desecration.
  20. Extraterrestrial
    Extraterrestrial can be forgiven the tangents into melodrama due to Vigalondo's seamless ability to navigate those soapy waters.
  21. Your Sister's Sister
    Duplass' feisty energy is matched by DeWitt's constant smarminess, while Blunt's shy, fragile behavior balances off the forceful personalities surrounding her.
  22. Prometheus
    Prometheus is an unquestionable good time, one of the best big-screen science fiction accomplishments since 'Avatar.'
  23. Bel Ami
    Pattinson portrays the monotonous Georges Duroy in two equally dry modes: scowls and smirks.
  24. Lola Versus
    Gerwig singlehanded carries this blithe, generally forgettable story.
  25. Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
    A barrage of screwing with interludes does not yield a cohesive movie. Watching Sexual Chronicles of a French Family, the one-note idea grows increasingly evident, as does its absence of fresh ideas.
  26. Moonrise Kingdom
    Even when that story drags, Moonrise Kingdom could be appreciated on mute.
  27. The Dictator
    Transitioning back into a scripted dynamic after his quasi-documentary performance excursions with "Bruno" and "Borat," Baron Cohen loses none of his edge, combining slapstick inspiration and social commentary into a hilariously provocative blend.
  28. Sleepless Night
    Despite the ongoing momentum, Sleepless Night never loses touch with its story.
  29. I Wish
    I Wish embraces blissful ignorance, even celebrating its child characters' naivete.
  30. The Day He Arrives
    Maintains a funny and sad focus on its single petulant subject.
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