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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. Something in the Air
    Assayas has such a steady hand as a director, he knows precisely how to let all of Gilles' inner angst play out. His nostalgia for those past days can be felt in the affection and forgiving way the indiscretions of youth are portrayed.
  2. Love Is All You Need
    Though Bier isn't as comfortable with the lighter side of life, the film is a lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders.
  3. Iron Man 3
    Black and company throw all kinds of stuff at the audience, and though it doesn't all work, a lot of it does and the attempt to be different and create unguessable twists is always appreciated.
  4. Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
    A lively, clever, fast-moving film that isn't overly reverential about its subject.
  5. Aroused
    The impulse to profile "the world's most sexualized women" is a worthy one. But little sense of individuality emerges in Aroused.
  6. Graceland
    Graceland is a tense, twisty cinematic artichoke brimming with moral complexity and intriguing shades of gray.
  7. The Numbers Station
    A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action.
  8. The Crumbles
    This one's all about the next jaunty, jangly guitar riff on the soundtrack that signals a new day, the next bit of inspiration or opportunity, and sometimes that's just fine.
  9. Aquí y Allá (Here and There)
    Esparza's cast of unknowns is so fresh and raw that the drama could be mistaken for a documentary if the camera work weren't so controlled.
  10. Tai Chi Hero
    There's still a nagging, cartoonish emptiness — and a trilogy-ending installment still to come.
  11. Pain & Gain
    That sense of extreme, excess, over-the-top everything is there from start to finish. And isn't that what Bay fans count on even at cut-rate prices?
  12. The Big Wedding
    To be fair, there are moments that earn their laughs and nostalgic memories for the marriage that was and the relationship that is that are sweet. But like many big weddings — a lot of things go wrong and not much goes right.
  13. Mud
    One of the most creatively rich and emotionally rewarding movies to come along this year.
  14. Arthur Newman
    The promise it begins with doesn't pay off. And while Arthur Newman is not a complete disaster, it does leave you wishing the romance and the ride had been a whole lot smoother.
  15. Kon-Tiki
    Kon-Tiki features a protagonist who was determination itself, a filmmaking style that is square as opposed to cutting edge, and a story that is strong enough to involve us despite its earnest underpinnings.
  16. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    The result inevitably pushes too hard at times and can't help but stray into melodrama, yet the film does an admirable job of transplanting the novel's thoughtful concerns into a fast-moving suspense context.
  17. Le Petit Soldat (re-release)
    Beyond the timelessness of the story itself, the film is beautifully shot and though early in Godard’s career already showcased his ability to capture emotional intensity in the very way he frames the shots.
  18. At Any Price
    Bahrani sometimes pushes too hard as he reaches for big drama. But when the story works, it has a dark power that draws shrewdly upon his two leads' screen charisma.
  19. Bert Stern: Original Madman
    Though the photographs are memorable, the photographer is not.
  20. Antiviral
    Antiviral is often fascinating to watch. If Cronenberg's not yet a dead ringer for his iconic dad, he's taken an intriguing first step.
  21. Filly Brown
    The cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection.
  22. Oconomowoc
    Ironically, the only thing that makes much sense about the DIY effort Oconomowoc is its baffling title.
  23. Violeta Went to Heaven
    Francisca Gavilán's lead performance burns with a dark radiance that's anything but self-congratulatory.
  24. Home Run
    Almost from the beginning the message overwhelms the medium.
  25. Three Days (of Hamlet)
    The result is high school English crossed with "Waiting for Guffman," though the humor is largely accidental.
  26. Oblivion
    Oblivion has the ability to haunt you visually and, with an unanticipated love story, even emotionally.
  27. The Lords of Salem
    The Lords of Salem is like some queasy-making machine, a chamber piece of possession and madness that exerts a strange, disturbing power.
  28. Stolen Seas
    What really elevates the film, though, is the crucial context that Payne provides to explain — but not justify — the pirates' actions.
  29. The Revolutionary Optimists
    Unfortunately, the film often feels somewhat random and disorganized, with Newnham and Grainger-Monsen never zeroing in on a cohesive narrative structure. Still, the movie's engaging subjects (including several parents) and valuable themes largely carry the day.
  30. Pawn
    Pawn's cops and robbers game could have been far better played.
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