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For 16,526 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: 8,699 out of 16526
  2. Mixed: 5,810 out of 16526
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16526
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  1. The Gardener
    The elder Makhmalbaf, who wrote and directed, puts many spins on this ethereal mood piece — it is by turns poetic, impressionistic, metaphorical and even a bit trippy — without satisfying such genre basics as structure, depth and resolution.
  2. Drift
    When Drift sticks to the likable, gently humorous contours of occasionally fractious brotherly love, broken up by thrillingly shot surfing footage, it has plenty of charm, period flavor and breezy visual breadth... Where the movie routinely disappoints, though, is in pursuit of a perfect storm of conflict story lines.
  3. Cockneys vs Zombies
    There's little that feels fresh, freaky or funny about one more batch of eccentric reactions to hungry corpses, one more attempt to creatively splatter, one more metaphor for zombie invasion.
  4. The Artist and the Model
    The lovely and poignant drama The Artist and the Model stirringly presents art, life and death as one irrevocably tangled trio.
  5. The Smurfs 2
    Just as with the 2011 film "The Smurfs," the new The Smurfs 2 is a passable mediocrity.
  6. The To Do List
    The To Do List is neither supergood nor superbad, but passable doesn't exactly raise the bar.
  7. The Act of Killing
    It's a mind-bending film, devastating and disorienting, that disturbs us in ways we're not used to being disturbed, raising questions about the nature of documentary, the persistence of evil, and the intertwined ways movies function in our culture and in our minds.
  8. The Wolverine
    The Wolverine is an erratic affair, more lumbering than compelling, an ambitious film with its share of effective moments that stubbornly refuses to catch fire.
  9. Blue Jasmine
    The movie is among the filmmaker's most emotionally affecting.
  10. Casting By
    A vivid reminder of the hand-in-glove importance of right actor/right role — and the indispensability of those casting mavens who helped make movie history. Good stuff.
  11. Tiny Times 1.0
    Is it good? No. Is it fun? A little. Is there a makeover montage? Of course.
  12. Wasteland
    The frustrating thing about the British heist flick Wasteland is how it creates two admirably entertaining storytelling strands — one a friendship saga, the other a robbery caper — yet can't merge the two successfully.
  13. The Time Being
    Not to be glib, but sitting through the art-centric chamber piece The Time Being is truly like watching paint dry.
  14. Stranded
    Stranded stops at being merely seriously dull and trite, rather than tipping into train-wreck silliness.
  15. Big Words
    Drumming is able to swing from lighter comedic moments to dramatic insights while making it seem effortless.
  16. R.I.P.D.
    The entire film has an oddly underdone quality to it, as if aiming not for greatness but to simply be passable.
  17. Girl Most Likely
    A tonal jumble, veering between forced farce and tired, rom-com beats, with little feeling real or true.
  18. RED 2
    Red 2 is much more of a mixed bag than it should have been.
  19. Only God Forgives
    The Danish filmmaker's latest theater of the macabre is brutal, bloody, saturated with revenge, sex and death, yet stunningly devoid of meaning, purpose, emotion or decent lighting. Seriously. Artful shadows can certainly set a mood; too many and it merely looks like someone is trying too hard.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Our Nixon
    It's a haunting, thoroughly evocative ride.
  21. The Rooftop
    The Rooftop is a bullet train to bananasville, its tonal eccentricities sure to wear out even the most dedicated connoisseur of silly cinema.
  22. Broken
    Solidly done if somewhat unremarkable, there is nothing particularly wrong with "Broken," nothing that needs fixing exactly, and yet it never fully comes together.
  23. Ways to Live Forever
    The result is as sugary as a fatal toothache, though it's hard to hate a film that merely wants to give the world a hug.
  24. Dealin' with Idiots
    The heavily improvised flick ambles as slowly as a toddler rounding first base. Hopefully, Garlin's next movie bothers to include a plot and jokes, i.e. the essential building blocks of a comedy.
  25. Nicky's Family
    There's a great story at the heart of Matej Minac's documentary Nicky's Family, if only it were allowed to be told unvarnished.
  26. Storm Surfers 3D
    Justin McMillan and Christopher Nelius' rah-rah documentary is most alive when it unearths old '80s footage of the friends partying it up with blond groupies — talk about thrilling curves.
  27. Terms and Conditions May Apply
    In inverse proportion to typically long-winded, inscrutable terms of service, the film is concise, direct and thoroughly engaging.
  28. Blackfish
    Blackfish, named after the Native American term for orcas, remains decidedly one-sided. But when that "side" is such a vital, convincing proponent for the greater protection and understanding of such evolved and majestic creatures, it can't help but win.
  29. Turbo
    A series of strong emotional crosscurrents tied to the notion of winning and losing are in the hands of a very eclectic and capable cast.
  30. The Hunt
    It is a devastating film to watch.
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