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For 16,524 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Sand Storm
Lowest review score: 0 Saw VI
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8,698 out of 16524
  2. Mixed: 5,809 out of 16524
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16524
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  1. Pitch Perfect 2
    The comedy choir wars are more intense, more absurd and more lowbrow fun than ever in Pitch Perfect 2. It is almost impossible not to be amused by the cutthroat world of competitive a cappella.
  2. Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
    Whatever this woman is saying or doing, you want to be there to hear it and see it, and there's no better formula for an entertaining documentary than that.
  3. Mistaken for Strangers
    A documentary that's insightful, sweet and often hilarious.
  4. Run All Night
    Rife with familiar elements given something of a different spin, Run All Night manages to leave you out of breath but hungry for more.
  5. The Conjuring 2
    Wan has a gift for investing even the creakiest cliches with shivery élan.
  6. Goosebumps
    The movie has plenty of the expected fun with its parade of B-movie, VFX-created creatures — a werewolf, giant praying mantis and an army of angry garden gnomes, among them — but it also possesses a sly self-awareness.
  7. Particle Fever
    There's a palpable excitement around the search for knowledge, and this film captures that beautifully.
  8. The Retrieval
    The Retrieval comes at you like a haunting slip of a memory, one that writer-director Chris Eska retrieves from a mostly forgotten era in unforgettable ways.
  9. Fort Tilden
    Fort Tilden is cringe-worthy but true. Maybe that's why it's so uncomfortable to watch.
  10. Buzzard
    The rightfully disturbing Buzzard emerges as a true original.
  11. Just a Sigh
    The film is a bracingly romantic drama that's alive with a mature sense of passion and mystery.
  12. Manakamana
    Observational with a vengeance, more an art piece than a conventional motion picture, Manakamana is simple in conception, but the reactions it evokes in viewers will be complex and multifaceted.
  13. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
    Directors Goldfine and Geller tell their story with such engaged confidence that we are swept along to its wild end.
  14. Proxy
    Whatever Proxy lacks in narrative cohesion and psychological realism, it makes up for in its compelling fever-dream quality and its probing questions about the darker side of parenting.
  15. Fed Up
    Soechtig puts mainstream clout to work to deliver a hard-hitting message. Her mix of archival material, punchy graphics and concise talking-head commentary traces a troubling modern history.
  16. A Monster Calls
    "Monster" is almost too ambitious to be completely realized. But when it works, which is most of the time, its story has a power which lingers in the mind.
  17. Nas: Time Is Illmatic
    Since many of the themes from Illmatic have become mere clichés in contemporary rap, this film serves as a reminder of the potential and the promise that hip-hop truly holds.
  18. Bicycling With Molière
    "Molière" is a polished, character-driven entertainment enlivened by flashes of droll humor.
  19. Last Passenger
    This handsomely made suspense yarn proves an engrossing, pulse-quickening journey.
  20. Bible Quiz
    Part of the unpredictable pleasure of Bible Quiz is its unanswered questions.
  21. The One I Love
    Though the indie falls short of its grandest ambitions, it is inventive in constructing its conceits. As to Moss and Duplass? It's hard not to love them — for better or worse.
  22. NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage
    It's that rare film that captures and conveys the romance of the theatrical experience.
  23. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
    Ever mindful of the line he straddled between thinker and flamethrower, this "Gore Vidal" is nevertheless a lovingly packaged greatest hits from a legendary rebel of letters.
  24. The Hornet's Nest
    The Afghanistan war documentary The Hornet's Nest is a kinetic, immersive experience, particularly in its deeply felt human moments.
  25. Welcome to New York
    This frank, unruly look at sex, privilege and power unfolds so much like real life that it proves an intriguing and strangely immersive experience.
  26. Wild
    Though there are occasional stumbles along the 1,100-mile hike, the peaks in Wild make the journey more than worth it.
  27. The Wonders
    Letting questions remain unanswered and silences go unfilled, Rohrwacher offers lovingly crafted glimpses of an enterprise we all engage in, regardless of whether we've ever been near a beehive: extracting sweetness from the materials at hand.
  28. The Pawnbroker
    When the film stays simple, and concentrates on the actors--as in Juano Hernandez's withering bit as the old man who wants to talk--it's almost great. [28 July 1996, p.74]
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  29. Korengal
    Korengal is a bracing reminder of the inexplicable will to endure hell and come out the other side alive.
  30. Elena
    The result is a type of cinematic performance art, with all the self-consciousness that suggests — a sibling love story that's no less heartfelt for being in the form of a first-person poem.
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