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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. Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire in the 60s
    Fascinating anecdotes unfold, illuminating the spontaneity and daring that went into producing the groundbreaking periodical.
  2. Print the Legend
    Filmmakers Luis Lopez and J. Clay Tweel achieve the fairness and balance so rarely seen in documentaries nowadays.
  3. At the Devil's Door
    At the Devil's Door goes right up to the threshold of being an interesting possession saga but never truly gets inside.
  4. The Song
    The melody may be as old as the Bible, but The Song could have benefited from a fresher voice.
  5. Born to Fly
    Dance purists might dismiss Streb's work as circus gymnastics, but a bracing aesthetic is inseparable from the corporal shocks, as is an insistence on challenging accepted constraints. Through Gund's film, a wider audience stands to be not just amazed but provoked.
  6. Swim Little Fish Swim
    An art-versus-commerce drama that consists of one beautifully aching performance surrounded by a whole lotta twee.
  7. Bird People
    Ferran's eccentricity is an acquired taste, but the light, emotional artfulness of Bird People — a cry for the senses in a world that so often dulls — is welcome.
  8. Plastic
    As mindless entertainment goes, it's a pretty watchable time-passer.
  9. Two Night Stand
    It turns out Two Night Stand is a one-act sex comedy badly in need of two more — acts, not nights.
  10. Art and Craft
    Landis has acknowledged mental issues in interviews, and it registers so much more on film. The constant scrutiny of a camera seems exploitative and cruel, even if you are at all suspicious when he rationalizes his behavior as childlike mischief.
  11. Brush with Danger
    The storytelling has all the dramatic complexity of a paint-by-numbers set, and you know exactly where all this is headed from the get-go.
  12. Hollidaysburg
    Though Hollidaysburg may not break tons of new ground, it's smart, warm and authentic — one of the better youth comedies of the last few years.
  13. 20,000 Days on Earth
    This examination of the whys and wherefores of indie rock star Nick Cave is an unusual and nonformulaic cinematic enterprise and an adventurous film by any standard.
  14. The Two Faces of January
    Amini has a powerful acting triumvirate in Mortensen, Dunst and Isaac to help him deal with the capricious nature of this particular tangled web.
  15. Gone Girl
    Superbly cast from the two at the top to the smallest speaking parts, impeccably directed by Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within an inch of its life, Gone Girl shows the remarkable things that can happen when filmmaker and material are this well matched.
  16. The Equalizer
    A tense thriller that also has more on its mind than the familiar genre constraints it operates under.
  17. Jimi: All Is by My Side
    The key reason "Jimi" doesn't need the signature music is the extraordinary performance of actor-musician André Benjamin.
  18. Pride
    Pride is an unapologetic crowd-pleaser of a movie, but it has some potent points to make, and the reality of what happened has a power of its own.
  19. The Boxtrolls
    You can see the years of effort, the polish and precision that went into creating The Boxtrolls... But somehow it still doesn't add up to enough.
  20. Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
    Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart stubbornly remains less than the sum of its parts. But its rich visual imagery suggests the talented artists involved could create something exciting and truly original if they had a better script.
  21. Not Cool
    Not Cool is the Internet culture of artlessness, excess, empty popularity, whining and sex-fueled hatred writ large.
  22. The Zero Theorem
    This "Theorem" is all sizzle, zero steak.
  23. Hector and the Search for Happiness
    Hector may indeed learn that narcissism stands in the way of happiness, but he also walks away with his privileges intact and unchallenged.
  24. Christmas Ride
    The bargain-basement Christmas Ride is so inept on every level that it almost has to be seen to be believed.
  25. We Are Kings
    The film's heart is unmistakably in the right place — even when the camera isn't.
  26. The Frontier
    Despite a few contrivances like the impending romance between Nina and Tennessee, The Frontier remains for the most part refreshing and astute.
  27. Iceman
    Simultaneously overblown and underdeveloped, "Iceman" fails equally at showcasing the talent of its star and resolving its baroque plot.
  28. Reclaim
    Carmine Gaeta and Luke Davies' screenplay is constructed from plot mechanics, and the emotional stakes grow less convincing with every twist of the screw.
  29. Tusk
    This tonal mishmash is a misfire of literally gross proportions.
  30. Keep On Keepin' On
    Hicks' unabashed love letter is, above all, a stirring picture of communion between artists.
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