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For 16,550 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: 8,714 out of 16550
  2. Mixed: 5,819 out of 16550
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16550
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  1. Midnight Run
    There isn't a single performance in Midnight Run that doesn't have a pulse, that doesn't show the actors at their best or near-best, especially De Niro. [20 July 1988]
    • Los Angeles Times
  2. Away
    Zilbalodis’ storytelling is intriguing but oblique.
  3. Those Who Remained
    Barnabás Tóth’s richly acted film exudes a faith in human connection as relevant today as such relationships needed to be in the years after World War II for survivors of unimaginable trauma.
  4. The Human Factor
    An engrossing peek inside the Mideast peace talks during the Clinton administration.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Moby Dick
    The term classic gets tossed around a lot, but few films ever actually fall within its definition. John Huston's 1956 production of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, coolly received by critics when it first came out, now falls within the parameters -- a model of its kind. [03 Sep 1993, p.F23]
    • Los Angeles Times
  6. 1917
    There are times when the nonstop visual momentum lends 1917 the feel of a virtual-reality installation, and others when the simulation of raw immediacy slips to reveal the calculated construct underneath.
  7. A Simple Life
    Though overlong, Hui's valentine never milks the drama for tears, maintaining an unsentimental focus on the central duo's playful chemistry and the loving way Ah Tao's attention to detail is repaid.
  8. Kedi
    While you don’t have to be crazy about cats to enjoy this documentary, it would certainly help.
  9. Love Exposure
    The film's maximalist storytelling, both expansive and precise, snatching specific emotions from its torrid swirl, is best exemplified by the fact that the title card doesn't appear until an hour in.
  10. Goldstone
    This is Pedersen's second movie for Sen in the same role (after "Mystery Road," with a reported Australian television series in the works), and his Jay is the kind of compellingly gloomy, intelligent and tough justice-seeker easily worth a whole series of politically thorny, culturally resonant crime sagas.
  11. Limbo
    Come for the cold case, stay for a couple of remarkably lived-in performances from Simon Baker and Natasha Wanganeen.
  12. Hitler's Hollywood
    A fascinating film that is as thorough as it is idiosyncratic.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gaslight
    What keeps "Gaslight" burning is its tantalizing aura of mystery. [10 Feb 1994, p.5]
    • Los Angeles Times
  14. The Substance
    If it weren’t for Moore and Qualley hurling themselves into the shared role, it’d be as flat as a scotch-taped pin-up. If it weren’t for Moore, I’m not even sure it would work.
  15. Murderous Maids
    Denis and Testud, in a wondrous collaboration of a gifted director and equally gifted actress, succeed in making Christine a tragic figure.
  16. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
    Mr. Death, which is shot through with one dark absurdity after another, emerges as a cautionary tale if ever there was one.
  17. Last Orders
    Gathering its forces slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.
  18. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    Although there is real pain and suffering in It All Starts Today, it is too impassioned, too brisk and too embracing of life and human foibles to be depressing.
  19. Afghan Star
    If you believe that bringing the questionable virtues of "American Idol" to Afghanistan would do that beleaguered nation no favors, the remarkable documentary Afghan Star will change your mind in an instant.
  20. The Aura
    Sublime psychological thriller.
  21. Paradise: Hope
    The most hopeful — and the best — of this solid and unsettling series.
  22. Logan Lucky
    If it verges on being a little too pleased with itself for its own good, that's an acceptable price to pay for something that makes you smile.
  23. James and the Giant Peach
    the first techno-misfire from Walt Disney Pictures, an over-elaborate film that leaves you feeling harangued, harassed and assaulted.
  24. The Starling Girl
    The Starling Girl doesn’t always hold our attention, mainly due to an occasionally shaggy pace that forgets we’re often ahead of the plot. There are also two endings: one built on a choice of Jem’s that’s incredibly stirring and naturally tense, but then a subsequent scene with music and dance that reads more like something scripted to be a meaningful bookend.
  25. High Life
    Denis’ coolly appalling vision gets an infusion of warmth from [Robert] Pattinson, an actor of brooding intelligence and remarkable physical grace.
  26. Nosferatu
    The film is a feat of maximalist and moody production design and cinematography, but the tedious and overwrought script renders every character two-dimensional, despite the effortful acting, teary pronunciations and emphatically delivered declarations.
  27. The Blue Trail
    This is a rebellious, empathetic adventure story about a grandmother who catches on that her society needs to learn how to think freely.
  28. The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
    Exploring a Lao family's experience during and since the Vietnam War, the film chronicles the treacheries of geopolitics and the upheaval of exile.
  29. 2046
    Wong brilliantly blends musical styles and eras to create an intoxicating mood.
  30. Transformer
    Transformer beautifully captures the process of Janae crafting her own sense of femininity, unique to who she was and who she continues to be.
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