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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. At Berkeley
    An involving portrait of what's called "one of the world's most powerful knowledge-producing institutions" and an examination on how that institution is coping with a significant financial crisis.
  2. The Best Man Holiday
    A joyous, raucous, righteous film but also a frustrating and disappointing one.
  3. Aftermath
    Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller.
  4. The Ghosts in Our Machine
    The Ghosts in Our Machine, a heartfelt meditation on animal rights, comes at you as a whisper. It depends on the persuasive powers of creatures great and small — in their natural habitat or in cages — to argue that we stop using them for food, clothing, research and entertainment.
  5. Sunlight Jr.
    Though this is an emotionally driven movie, it never drifts into melodrama. Collyer is as pragmatic in her approach as her characters. But it is Dillon and Watts' nuanced portrayals that make "Sunlight's" darkness so appealing.
  6. Brave Miss World
    Peck celebrates Abargil as an impassioned and inspiring advocate while making clear the emotional complexities of her single-mindedness.
  7. 12-12-12
    Busy, but not exactly invigorating.
  8. Charlie Countryman
    Pulpy dross of surpassing dumbness, Charlie Countryman takes the blender approach to mixing dark adventure, doofus comedy and pie-eyed romance, but forgets to put the lid on when pulsed.
  9. Dear Mr. Watterson
    The film, named for "Calvin" creator Bill Watterson, offers not only an in-depth look at the comic strip's unique influence but also a concise snapshot of the dwindling state of newspapers and their "funny pages."
  10. Go for Sisters
    It's a plot that never takes hold, a mystery devoid of suspense... But the actors' unforced chemistry defies the artifice.
  11. In the Name Of
    Despite some diffused messaging and oddly elliptical storytelling, "In the Name Of" proves an absorbing, at times hypnotic drama about religion, repression and sexuality.
  12. Lion Ark
    The lions are majestic yet adorable; too bad the humans are such a sorry sight.
  13. Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
    Director Wendy J.N. Lee, who made the grueling trek with a solar-powered camera operated by a monk, provides plenty of breathtaking footage and a strong sense of both the journey's illuminative highs and treacherous (as in altitude and terrain) lows.
  14. The Falls: Testament of Love
    Apart from Farmer's effectively stricken portrayal of a singularly conflicted man, The Falls: Testament of Love is too earnest a slog to have any impact.
  15. The Book Thief
    As a showcase for accomplished performers tugging heart strings in a holiday awards season, it's perfectly serviceable.
  16. The Armstrong Lie
    The whole truth about the complicated, charismatic man may never come out, but The Armstrong Lie is closer than we ever thought we'd get.
  17. Finding Mr. Right
    Its depiction of esoteric facets of immigrant life lends an air of credibility seldom seen in rom-coms.
  18. The Broken Circle Breakdown
    "Breakdown" gets the music right and has the benefit of strong acting, but its unapologetically melodramatic plot has a tendency to throw everything at you but the kitchen sink.
  19. Out Loud
    It's shame that the first film to come out of Lebanon featuring a gay theme turns out to be such a head-scratching jumble.
  20. Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings
    All of this is ridiculously silly, of course, with low-rent special effects to boot. But you may laugh despite yourself.
  21. Running from Crazy
    At once short on details and incredibly forthcoming, Barbara Kopple's documentary doesn't dig into specifics about Mariel's personal struggles with mental illness nor the WillingWay lifestyle that she and her boyfriend Bobby Williams espouse.
  22. Symphony of the Soil
    It does have a point of view, but the intended conclusion ripens for the picking in a roundabout way.
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    Speciesism: The Movie
    The film is more polarizing than persuasive.
  24. The Motel Life
    The feature spikes its lonesome mood with shots of dry humor, animated sequences and flashbacks — at times overplaying its hand, even as Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff wordlessly convey all that needs to be said.
  25. Medora
    Honest and unadorned though the film may be, it's ultimately just not that involving.
  26. Paris Countdown
    If Michael Mann, Luc Besson and Quentin Tarantino all ate the same bad sushi together, the unfortunate end result might just resemble the pre-digested pap that is the French thriller Paris Countdown.
  27. CinemAbility
    The film's overall narrative is one of rocky but steady progress.
  28. Billy & Buddy
    Billy and Buddy manages to maintain the kind of brisk giddiness that many animated films struggle to achieve. But as family fare with a few unsettling Gallic touches, the boy-and-his-dog escapade is an odd fit.
  29. Ass Backwards
    The scenarios in Ass Backwards, which director Chris Nelson contributed to by filming in focus, feel arbitrary rather than organic, as if the creators' list of humor targets — lesbian bikers, trailer trash, drug-addicted reality TV stars, pageant world denizens — were picked out of a hat.
  30. The Wind Rises
    To see The Wind Rises is to simultaneously marvel at the work of a master and regret that this film is likely his last.
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