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For 16,524 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 16524
  2. Mixed: 5,809 out of 16524
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16524
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  1. Allure
    This portrait of strong, independent women grappling with change in their individual lives holds initial allure, but the effect proves ephemeral.
  2. Cymbeline
    Despite Almereyda's invention in approaching this tawdry Shakespearean tale, he misfires badly. All that is left is the semblance of Cymbeline.
  3. Home Sweet Hell
    A muddle of tired themes, bad behaviors and gruesome set pieces.
  4. The Cobbler
    The gimmick is marginally amusing as Max tests it out in ways both naughty and nice. But so many holes, questions and contradictions arise that it's hard to square the rules of the game.
  5. Champs
    Champs is all over the place and at times too polished for its own good — too many celebrity fan testimonials when more insider insights would have helped. But it comes from a place of caring for an oft-maligned sport.
  6. It Follows
    [A] smart, relentlessly chilling thriller that opts for originality over cheaply rejiggered jolts.
  7. Run All Night
    Rife with familiar elements given something of a different spin, Run All Night manages to leave you out of breath but hungry for more.
  8. The Wrecking Crew
    Once the singer-songwriter model became the norm for the rock business, the Wrecking Crew's star began to wane, but seeing this film makes it clear what its members accomplished in their prime.
  9. Cinderella
    As pure of heart as its heroine, Cinderella floats across the screen like a gossamer confection, full of elegant beauty and quiet grace.
  10. That Guy Dick Miller
    While the end result feels a tad overstuffed at 92 minutes, it's entirely understandable if, after more than half a century of being identified as "that guy," Miller's in no hurry to relinquish the spotlight.
  11. An Honest Liar
    An Honest Liar isn't simply a career recap or a fond portrait; the movie takes exhilarating turns as directors Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom follow present-day developments in Randi's personal life.
  12. The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest
    [A] fascinating film.
  13. On the Way to School
    [A] stirring, tenderly observed French documentary
  14. Hayride 2
    There are tangible improvements in the techniques of writer-director Terron R. Parsons. But some of the nagging plot holes remain unresolved.
  15. Hacker's Game
    Even if you do manage to make sense of the plot, it still doesn't make the film any more watchable.
  16. Wild Canaries
    Strip away all the flimsy copycat stuff, including the cheesy retro synth score, and what lurks beneath is a perceptive portrait of contemporary thirtysomething relationships, no silly sleuthing required.
  17. These Final Hours
    Writer-director Zak Hilditch, with a strong assist from cinematographer Bonnie Elliott (who's bathed her frames in a kind of eerie sulfuric yellow), has crafted an urgent yet strangely simple and humanistic doomsday scenario.
  18. Avenged
    Otherwise fairly routine, the film draws fear from ancient mythology and historical grudges in a way more reminiscent of Japanese horror than its American contemporaries. Had Ojeda delved into that a bit more, he could have really set the film apart.
  19. Road Hard
    It's the movie's slow drift toward happiness, though, when Bruce meets a widow (Diane Farr) with a sweetly razzing sense of humor that spurs a more refreshing less patently abrasive comedy from Carolla.
  20. Two Men in Town
    The setting is striking, the cast impressive. But Two Men in Town, a drama that's built on dread and circles the question of redemption for a newly released prisoner, falls short of the mythic territory it aspires to.
  21. Faults
    The wan drama is enlivened by bursts of black comedy, some bits more effective than others, and though it ultimately disappoints, there's promise in the understated creepiness of Riley Stearns' debut feature.
  22. Buzzard
    The rightfully disturbing Buzzard emerges as a true original.
  23. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    The film has only the sheer charm of its cast to get it by, and it says a lot about the actors that they nearly pull it off.
  24. Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
    Despite its true-events pedigree, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is woefully captive to B-movie crime saga tropes.
  25. Unfinished Business
    A sluggishly paced collection of go-nowhere sight gags, flat-footed set pieces and incoherent business chatter that offers few laughs and little real payoff.
  26. Chappie
    Chappie is a movie about the evolution of artificial intelligence that's as dumb as a post. It also marks the continuing devolution of the work of director and co-writer Neill Blomkamp.
  27. Deli Man
    Much to its credit, the documentary Deli Man wisely chooses not to bemoan the decline but to celebrate the robust survivors that remain as well as the culture they preserve.
  28. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
    The Roache-Turners prove to have the right mix of micro-budget filmmaking ingenuity, action sass and undead splatter to make "Wyrmwood" a tastier than usual exploitation nosh.
  29. Out of the Dark
    A movie lovely to look at but on-the-nose and crushingly dull, a pair of qualities a ghost yarn can't live on.
  30. Anita Ho
    Although the film purposefully traffics in stereotypes, the Myungs' earnest, been-there approach helps soften the spoofy blows.
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