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For 16,520 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: 8,697 out of 16520
  2. Mixed: 5,806 out of 16520
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16520
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  1. Savage Dog
    There’s not enough story here but every time David pops up on the soundtrack to spout dime-novel clichés like, “Fear the hanged man, because he’s dead already,” this movie takes on the quality of classic storybook, not straight-to-video schlock.
  2. 68 Kill
    The story suffers diminishing returns as it unwinds with increasing violence and absurdity. Or maybe it’s just that “68 Kill” puts the best material upfront.
  3. Kidnap
    For all of Berry’s breathless, screechy effort, Kidnap doesn’t contain any suspense or tension.
  4. Columbus
    What’s remarkable about this wondrously assured debut is that technique never overwhelms feeling, in part because Kogonada makes the two seem inextricably, harmoniously linked.
  5. It's Not Yet Dark
    Although “Dark” eschews overly graphic depiction of the more horrific physiological aspects of MND and barely touches upon the financial toll the illness clearly takes, this is as real a human story as it gets.
  6. The Girl Without Hands
    “Girl” is a welcome reminder that animation doesn’t have to be synonymous with realistically rendered CG, but can be a means of artistic expression as uniquely personal as a signature.
  7. From the Land of the Moon
    Garcia never gets a grasp on her protagonist’s contradictions, or those of her story — certainly not enough to pull off the movie’s jaw-dropper of a twist. But she conjures a powerful sensuality, and Cotillard burns ferociously bright, even when the center does not hold.
  8. Brave New Jersey
    The story is spread too thin, or perhaps there just wasn’t that much substance to begin with.
  9. Fun Mom Dinner
    This raunchy, female-driven comedy should be able to rely on the strength of its cast, but even the collective talents of Katie Aselton, Toni Collette, Molly Shannon and Bridget Everett aren’t enough to make the movie worth a babysitter’s hourly rate.
  10. Armed Response
    By the time one of the gun-toting members of Team Snipes growls “Let’s finish this!” viewers would be hard-pressed to disagree.
  11. Some Freaks
    This visceral and anxiety-laden vision ends on an uneasy, though hopeful, note.
  12. Chronically Metropolitan
    The result is a chronically “meh” coming-of-age meets dysfunctional-family tale, with a particularly unsatisfying ending.
  13. The Untamed
    Escalante draws remarkable performances out of his cast of mostly newcomers in this film about the consequences of pleasure and the many meanings of flesh; where animal intelligence fills the void left by emotional disconnect.
  14. Wolf Warrior 2
    While Wolf Warrior 2 is blandly generic more often than not, there’s something bracing about its patriotic fervor, which asserts that the Chinese will act in the best interests of the world’s downtrodden, while the rest of the world just exploits them.
  15. Birthright: A War Story
    With its chilling evidence of fetus-centric policies in practice, Birthright shows Big Brother in action, and at his most misogynistic.
  16. Santoalla
    It focuses on how the best intentions toward humanity are not enough if an ability to actually get along with fellow human beings is not part of the mix.
  17. 500 Years
    Pamela Yates’ 500 Years is a palpably passionate if somewhat less contained effort than the two films preceding it.
  18. The Conway Curve
    The Conway Curve wants to be a world of colorful characters, wacky high jinks and happy endings, but it’s just so stilted and blandly unfunny that it can’t support its own frantic antics.
  19. The Incredible Jessica James
    Strouse demonstrates a contagious affection for his characters, and he invests in them in a way that makes us do the same.
  20. Imperfections
    While Henner and Begley bring a seasoned ease to their secondary roles, their presence, and that of a lively Zach McGowan as Cassidy’s drug-dealing ex, can’t compensate for wobbly dramatic stakes and glib main characters who don’t lend themselves to audience empathy.
  21. Menashe
    As a slice of ultra-orthodox life, Menashe offers an unusual — and unusually sympathetic — look inside a world that is often hidden from view.
  22. Atomic Blonde
    Atomic Blonde may be a delirious exercise in outré nonsense, but it can also be a brutally effective action picture when the inspiration strikes.
  23. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
    The film is at its best following the former vice president as he spans the Earth both gathering evidence and promoting his message.
  24. Detroit
    What makes Detroit vital is not that its images are new or revelatory, but rather that Bigelow and Boal have succeeded, with enviable coherence and tremendous urgency, in clarifying those images into art.
  25. A Family Man
    Alternately crass and treacly, overbearing and under-finessed, the film, penned by headhunter-turned-screenwriter Bill Dubuque and directed by Mark Williams, is on life support from get-go.
  26. The Last Face
    Shedding light on world atrocities is vital, but spelling them out in neon is deadly.
  27. Person to Person
    It’s a slight film, but it’s populated by enjoyable moments and wry observations that will appeal to fans of talky indies.
  28. Strange Weather
    Watching an actress of Hunter’s caliber in a meaty leading role partly compensates for the creaky plot and overearnest tone.
  29. Brigsby Bear
    Brigsby Bear becomes a winning tribute to the joys of amateur filmmaking, one whose lovingly crafted sets and props recall the handmade sensibility and do-it-yourself spirit of other independent movies.
  30. Amnesia
    While its insights into the consequences of selective memory loss continue to resonate the world over, at its heart, Amnesia is a beautifully acted depiction of confronting regret.
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