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For 16,523 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: 8,698 out of 16523
  2. Mixed: 5,808 out of 16523
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16523
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  1. The Preppie Connection
    While the film is well-acted and appealingly slick, the end result lacks novelty.
  2. Ktown Cowboys
    The film persistently misses the mark as a raunchy comedy amid all the side commentaries and Park's earnest tone. Yet it's equally clumsy at making sense of its portrayals of the indignities that Asian Americans routinely endure.
  3. Krisha
    The fertility of Shults' image-making and storytelling skills is almost breathtaking, and much of Krisha draws on the subconscious power of his direction in tandem with Krisha Fairchild's mesmerizing turn.
  4. The Confirmation
    Feature films these days rarely come as gentle and equitable as The Confirmation. It's a sweet, decidedly low-key little picture starring a deftly understated Clive Owen.
  5. The Clan
    Francella and Lanzani are excellent, not only in their charged moments together, but throughout this nervy and provocative picture.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Program
    The Program pedals fast, but the end result is little more than a psychologically shallow recap reel.
  7. My Golden Days
    Film has always been especially effective it portraying what it can feel like, what it can mean to be in love, and My Golden Days is right up there with the best of them.
  8. The Bronze
    The protagonist's unlikable routine is too high a degree of difficulty to execute flawlessly.
  9. Midnight Special
    Midnight Special announces the arrival of a filmmaker in total control of his technique as well as our emotions. A bravura science-fiction thriller that explores emotional areas like parenthood and the nature of belief, it's a riveting genre exercise as well as something more.
  10. Pee-wee's Big Holiday
    Despite a few delights — chiefly an adorably self-aware Joe Manganiello as the object of Pee-wee's man-crush — the new movie has an unsure tone and the barest thread of a story.
  11. The Divergent Series: Allegiant
    Because the series' plot reveal turns out to be more confusing than compelling, and because turning a novel into two films invariably leads to inflated productions, only the most devoted fans of the book will pledge allegiance to what's on the screen.
  12. Bleak Street
    The grubby melodrama should appeal to adventurous moviegoers — and to the director’s small-but-fervent cult — but even that crowd should brace themselves for something slow-paced and opaque.
  13. The Perfect Match
    The facade the film offers is a lovely, and mildly diverting one, but there’s little insight to be found below the surface.
  14. About Scout
    About Scout is a fantasy of escape rooted in the harshly lit realities of life.
  15. The Young Messiah
    In the end, as with too many Gospel-derived dramas, The Young Messiah could’ve used less literalism, and more mystery.
  16. Road Games
    Though built to divert, Road Games mostly feels untethered to any memorably crafty storytelling.
  17. Creative Control
    Creative Control is funny and imaginative, where many films of this type are dispiritingly plain.
  18. Barney Thomson
    Despite the fertile concept, it's hard to care about, much less root for, the irritable, charisma-challenged Barney. The character never emerges as an effective hero or antihero, and performer Carlyle does little to mitigate that.
  19. The Automatic Hate
    A compelling bit of family drama that packs a corrosive punch.
  20. Everything Is Copy
    It's a fitting tribute to the influential journalist-essayist-filmmaker: insightful about the life of a successful writer, engaging about how a smart modern woman navigated the world, but also quizzical about how Ephron was as a daughter, sister, wife and mother.
  21. Cemetery of Splendor
    Each scene, beneath its surface calm, throbs with longing, dislocation and intricately woven layers of time.
  22. Rise of the Legend
    Those looking to learn more about Wong are in the wrong place. Those looking for a slick slugfest with memorable characters will be well satisfied.
  23. Marguerite
    As written and directed by Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite is a thoughtful examination of an unusual, deeply eccentric woman.
  24. Hyena Road
    While the attempt at a certain, documentary-style naturalism is honorable, it's at the expense of focused plotting and sufficient character development.
  25. Hello, My Name Is Doris
    Field amazes with her gameness, range and commitment.
  26. Backgammon
    The film's musings on artists and muses tries to be deep but gets bogged down in tiresome booze-soaked mind games.
  27. Admiral
    With loving shots of booming, towering ships so dominant, and decades squeezed into what feels like a week of action, there's barely enough time to develop De Ruyter as a character in his own movie, or even successfully explain his war strategies.
  28. The Brothers Grimsby
    It's not unfunny in spots, but it huffs and puffs (among other bodily functions) more often than it splits the sides.
  29. 10 Cloverfield Lane
    It is designed to be fun, efficient and accessible and delivers precisely and exactly on that and nothing more.
  30. Rabin, the Last Day
    An unusual work that mixes genres to at times awkward but always powerful effect.
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