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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. The Two Escobars
    One of the best sports documentaries in recent memory.
  2. Eichmann
    Eichmann, in all its solemnity, needs to be more dynamic; the film's portentous score further weighs it down.
  3. Shake Hands with the Devil
    A quietly powerful, incisive portrait of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallarme (Roy Dupuis), who was sent to Rwanda in 1993 on a peacekeeping mission as the ruling Hutu attacked the rebel Tutsi, yet he was hobbled by the U.N. leadership and faced with the indifference of the world's superpowers.
  4. Walkaway
    Only 97 minutes but feels much longer. It suffers from a marked lack of energy, a condition not cured by its many, many pop-music-scored montages.
  5. Amer
    Consistently outrageous and relentlessly surreal, the Belgian film is, intentionally or not, frequently funny; it's also compelling and distinctive.
  6. Welcome to the Rileys
    Fortunately Stewart seems to thrive in water over her head, and when she pulls Gandolfini in with her the movie gels. It makes you wish the filmmaker had left them in the deep end longer.
  7. Monsters
    An attempt to counter noisy, hyper effects-laden alien invasion flicks with something teasing, indie and good for you. Instead, it's like a pendulum swing too far in the other direction.
  8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    Rapace moves through the escalating exposure with a series of subtle shifts that are both painful and exquisite to watch. The actress can make eye contact seem like salt in an open wound.
  9. Paranormal Activity 2
    More of the same, for all the good and acceptably routine that that implies.
  10. Kalamity
    This hollow downer about deep wells of male anger, wallowing regret and mental disintegration is ultimately a thematic cop-out.
  11. GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
    GhettoPhysics undercuts its approach with too much cant, too much rambling and too much that is self-evident.
  12. Inhale
    It takes a while to get there, but Inhale eventually emerges as a tense and morally complex thriller with a devastating twist.
  13. Conviction
    The film falls short of delivering the outrage and uplift that should have come easy for this true-life fight against justice denied. Unfortunately, that makes Conviction more a trial than a triumph.
  14. Hereafter
    This is quiet but potent filmmaking that believes nothing is more important than the story it has to tell.
  15. Tamara Drewe
    It all leaves "Drewe" and its often jarring turns of motivation and tone - feeling haphazard and cartoony, and the whole thing more a vibrant mess than something comically disarming.
  16. ParaGold
    An illuminating and heartwarming documentary.
  17. Air Doll (2009)
    It’s remarkable how Bae’s commitment to the physical mechanics of a trickily metaphoric role in no way interferes with the heart she needs to show, and vice versa.
  18. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
    What starts as a biography turns into a detective thriller as Green crisscrosses the globe, searching for clues as to why Guy-Blaché has been forgotten.
  19. Police Story 2 (1988)
    If the choreography behind these intricate set-pieces is dauntingly complex, the satisfactions they produce could hardly be simpler.
  20. Holiday
    Eklöf doesn’t seem to care if you like her film or her characters — including the protagonist — and it’s this boldness that keeps you watching.
  21. On Happiness Road
    At a time when viewers are calling for greater diversity in film, On Happiness Road marks the introduction of a promising new female voice in animation.
  22. The Gilligan Manifesto
    It might have made for an inspired college paper thesis, but as a documentary, The Gilligan Manifesto, which attempts to draw a direct link between “Gilligan’s Island” and the Communist Manifesto, is conceptually shipwrecked well before completing its one-and-a-half-hour tour.
  23. 22 Chaser
    It’s a reasonably grabby tale despite its familiarity and trying too hard to make its milieu menacing.
  24. Hillbilly
    While an effective rebuttal to media stereotyping, especially in its own portrayals of people of color and the LGBTQ community, Hillbilly feels less assured in dealing with the election, a subject that is getting a little tired but no less confounding.
  25. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
    The first theatrical feature adapted from the hit anime adventure My Hero Academia: Two Heroes gives fans of the manga and broadcast series exactly what they want: a high-energy blend of heroism, comedy, friendship and take-no-prisoners battles.
  26. White Rabbit
    Wein and Bang deftly balance the comedy and the commentary, resulting in a fast-moving, funny film that’s as alive as the city of Los Angeles itself.
  27. The Icarus Line Must Die
    The movie’s only intermittently successful at blurring the lines between art and life. But it’s a sincerely felt experiment, and it has spirit.
  28. To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor
    “To a More Perfect Union” could be more focused, particularly given its brief running time. However, the larger history behind the gay rights movement may be a helpful primer for those unfamiliar with it. But this doesn’t cloud the documentary’s emotional impact and effectiveness.
  29. Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
    Eric Stoltz makes a confident if tonally wavering feature directorial debut with Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.
  30. The Final Year
    The election’s startling results give the movie more resonance and emotional heft than it might have otherwise. A brief closing interview with Obama provides some stirring — and haunting — grace notes.
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