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For 16,536 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: 8,706 out of 16536
  2. Mixed: 5,813 out of 16536
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16536
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  1. No Home Movie
    With its focus on domestic interiors (and interior lives), the movie doesn't simply recall Akerman's past efforts; it reveals their roots.
  2. Keepers of the Game
    Even if its trajectory hews to a well-worn format, Keepers of the Game is as strong an argument that can be made for the rich emotional rewards of schoolgirls hitting the field to show everyone and themselves what they can achieve.
  3. Sky
    Though the first half of the film is far more interesting than the overwrought melodrama that it becomes, Sky remains a deeply compelling and optimistic valentine to the possibilities of the West.
  4. Paradox
    The temporal puzzle is enough to distract from the artless direction, visibly cheap set designs and tacky special effects. But if the expository scenes are any indication, his writing could benefit from some refinement.
  5. Our Last Tango
    While Our Last Tango is a little schematic overall, from moment to moment, it's beautifully choreographed.
  6. Holidays
    The film mostly feels perfunctory and awkward — like calling home at Christmas.
  7. Men & Chicken
    In Jensen's uniquely wacky world, there's a genuine affection for his offbeat characters.
  8. Nina
    There are a few stirring moments, but it never seems authentic or real, just a bizarrely staged re-creation.
  9. I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
    Within the doc's brief running time, Lambert sculpts a discerning overview of the artist and her filmography.
  10. Elvis & Nixon
    Elvis & Nixon meanders its way into the big encounter with a tone too wacky and cutesy to whet our appetite for strangeness.
  11. The Meddler
    The Meddler offers a charming, authentic and well-observed mix of comedy and poignancy.
  12. Hockney
    Hockney is less interested in providing a conventional top-to-bottom narrative than in capturing a sense of who Hockney is and what is important to him.
  13. A Hologram for the King
    Hologram for the King is a baffling film, cinema without weight or heft. The problem is not that anything on screen is troubling, it's that nothing there, not even star Tom Hanks, is capable of holding our interest or attention for very long.
  14. The Huntsman: Winter's War
    A convoluted narrative yields not a single, palpable moment of drama.
  15. Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream
    This lively and engaged documentary lives up to its name.
  16. Bill
    There are a few chuckles to be found in Bill, but this is decidedly more "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" than "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
  17. Colonia
    The end product is a standard-issue cult drama that nevertheless has its gripping moments thanks mainly to the presence of Emma Watson.
  18. Barbershop: The Next Cut
    "The Next Cut" manages to be entertaining and thoughtful, harmless fun but just serious enough not to seem frivolous.
  19. My Big Night
    De la Iglesia, a filmmaker known for his dark comedies, ultimately has nowhere to take this breathless ode to Fellini and his own mentor, Pedro Almodóvar, as well as backstage showbiz satires like Robert Altman's "The Player" and Michael Hoffman's "Soapdish."
  20. Hostile Border
    A strong visual sense, intriguing tempo and effective economy of words combine to make Hostile Border an above-average crime thriller.
  21. Be Here Now
    An extraordinarily moving, deeply personal, filmed diary
  22. The Dead Room
    Minimalist to a fault, this psychological horror exercise is fairly tedious, distinguished only by the moody lighting and the slow, fluid pans and dollies.
  23. Francofonia
    Sokurov's open-ended Eurocentric meditation is, above all, a stunning visual achievement. The fluency with which he combines the pixels, ghosts and artifacts is extraordinary, and his deft use of drone footage is a lesson to many gadget-happy filmmakers.
  24. Sing Street
    It's a sweetly funny, charming and poignant depiction of this very specific time in life — at once universal and specific — when anything seems possible. And with killer pop tunes to boot.
  25. Neon Bull
    The languid pace and barnyard earthiness won't be to everybody's taste, but it's hard to deny Mascaro's vision. Where some look at a rodeo and see sweat and dirt, he sees a poignant struggle, which he illustrates meticulously.
  26. Wedding Doll
    Wedding Doll is a small film with a unique take on coming of age and finding one's own place in a world that's often unwelcoming to people who are different.
  27. The First Monday in May
    As with Rossi's acclaimed documentary "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "First Monday" covers too much ground.
  28. The Syndrome
    Unfortunately, The Syndrome fails to adequately elucidate the many nuances of this complicated subject.
  29. Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame
    A slapdash tribute too humdrum to ever whip up a truly inspirational froth.
  30. 11 Minutes
    Although the film seems to play a bit fast and loose with that specific time frame, the assortment of provocative characters...intriguingly go about their business.
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