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For 16,533 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 2.2 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: 8,703 out of 16533
  2. Mixed: 5,813 out of 16533
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16533
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  1. Breathe
    In leaving out the rasp of life from this unusual story, Breathe too often feels like a mechanized exhale.
  2. Blood Stripe
    Made with passion, integrity and skill, Blood Stripe is American independent filmmaking at its most effective. It takes on a difficult subject and treats it with an honesty that can't help but capture us from start to finish.
  3. 6 Below: Miracle On The Mountain
    While Harnett’s a real trooper and stuntman-turned-filmmaker Scott Waugh (“Act of Valor”) establishes an effectively bone-chilling milieu heightened by an immersive sound design that keeps those whipping winds and howling wolves in uncomfortably close proximity, the embellishments fail to create crucial suspense.
  4. Te Ata
    The film rarely soars with the kind of authentic spirit and passion needed to fully sell this decidedly old-fashioned material.
  5. Walking Out
    The Smiths may be working on a comparatively modest scale, but it’s precisely that modesty that gives their work its bone-deep authority and humanity, along with a refusal to indulge in violence for its own sake.
  6. Una
    It’s at once talky yet emotionally remote, and while posing a risky set of questions about sexual abuse, power and relationships, the experience is an unsatisfactory and draining slog.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Happy Death Day
    If you’re looking to enjoy some scares while trying to figure out a clever mystery, don’t miss Happy Death Day.
  8. Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
    You may long for a more disreputable, less buttoned-up telling, but there is something about this one’s sleek, streamlined conventionality that feels both appropriate and pleasing.
  9. Marshall
    While the film is constructed from top to bottom for maximum popular entertainment, it is unwilling to let us leave the theater without reminding us that these battles are far from over.
  10. Dina
    From the mundane to the eventful, the movie takes a fairly unflinching, yet respectful view of Dina and Scott’s world.
  11. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
    "Meyerowitz” feels very much from the heart. It has an unexpected maturity and warmth, a compassion that seems to reflect Baumbach’s desire to dig as deeply as he can into the myriad conundrums of family life. And, as noted, it is often quite funny.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Cadillac Tramps: Life On the Edge
    The film is surprisingly upbeat given the double heartbreak of the two through lines. Much of that can be attributed to Gaborno’s infectious stage presence and his storied sense of humor.
  13. Demons
    Doleac’s forging a niche. His name on a picture is now an indication that genre fans will see something different … though it’s not yet a mark of quality.
  14. The Crucifixion
    A lifeless demonic possession drama.
  15. Dog Park
    Shanahan shows potential as the hunky but clueless leading man, and Dixon displays a solid point of view with a refreshing perspective centered around women’s success and choices.
  16. Cold Moon
    There’s little fun to be had for the audience other than in some nicely executed special effects.
  17. The Pathological Optimist
    For a movie about so rabble-rousing a figure, it’s an unusually quiet portrait.
  18. The Legend of 420
    The Legend of 420 captures a zeitgeist, but with so many facets to explore in this survey of contemporary American marijuana culture, it only scratches the surface.
  19. Rocky Ros Muc
    One doesn’t need to be into pugilism or well-versed in Gaelic to appreciate Rocky Ros Muc, a documentary that is as much about roots and identity as it is a portrait of Irish American boxer Sean Mannion.
  20. Sled Dogs
    This gripping exposé of the dark side of the commercial dog sledding industry, particularly as it pertains to Alaska’s annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, is a horrifying heartbreaker.
  21. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    Vaughn’s performance is riveting in its containment, and he honors his character’s ethos by making sure that every word, glance, gesture and silence counts.
  22. The King's Choice
    Its intent is to show us how difficult it is to see clearly during times of crisis, how what seems as simple as black and white today was the source of uncertainty and soul-searching when it happened.
  23. The Stray
    Love of God and dog can be powerful things, but in this uncinematic telling, they fail to inspire.
  24. Dementia 13
    Beyond its style, Dementia 13 doesn’t innovate, but it’s a capably made indie that should please genre fans searching for a haunted diversion.
  25. 2307: Winter's Dream
    The overstuffed production feels as tediously incessant as its endless winter.
  26. Earth: One Amazing Day
    It’s a stunning feat of technology and artistry.
  27. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
    While Cruz wins us over with her emotionally charged amateur sleuthing, the weight of a constant struggle to not just gain acceptance, but survive fighting for it, gives France’s documentary a stirring poignancy.
  28. Chavela
    Celebrating a great ranchera interpreter without sugarcoating her, this straightforward film honors her approach.
  29. I Am Another You
    I Am Another You is a remarkably sensitive and lovely portrait of an individual, a family, and a life that shines an uncommonly humane light on the issues of mental illness and homelessness.
  30. Barracuda
    Beneath its quiet surface, the Austin, Texas-set drama Barracuda thrums with menace and mystery from first moment to last.
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