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For 16,526 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: 8,699 out of 16526
  2. Mixed: 5,810 out of 16526
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16526
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  1. Ocean's Thirteen
    Better than the fiasco that was "Ocean's Twelve" (how could it not be?) but not as engaging as "Ocean's Eleven."
  2. Hostel: Part II
    Hostel II is far too shrewd and savagely witty to be caught engaging in higher seriousness. Roth could probably go even further with this particular franchise if he wanted to. Yet somehow, I think he's meant for grander, subtler and more intricate distractions than this.
  3. Surf's Up
    A clever, delightfully rendered summer diversion.
  4. The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
    The film's long suit is the chemistry between the leads: Julian Adams, if occasionally stiff, has a strong, sometimes Matthew McConaughey-like presence; newcomer Gwendolyn Edwards shows spark as the beautiful Eveline.
  5. La Vie en Rose
    Marion Cotillard astonishes as Edith Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose.
  6. 12:08 East of Bucharest
    It's clear that an exceptional body of work is coming out of this country at this particular time and place. It's not necessary to categorize these films to enjoy them, it's just necessary to go.
  7. Knocked Up
    Funny, but its lacking at the core. Judd Apatow's comedy takes the guy's side of things, but how does the woman feel about all of this?
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gracie
    An earnest, well-acted, poignant drama that nevertheless runs afoul of sports movie clichés.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Evans and Gideon never really succeed in selling the idea that serial killing is a disease -- which would require a degree of realism that the slick, over-plotted Mr. Brooks doesn't otherwise aspire to. They seem to be content with occupying the audience with a series of twists and jolts.
  10. Crazy Love
    At one point, Klores thought about making a feature film out of the material, but it's a good thing he decided against it. You could not make this stuff up.
  11. Ten Canoes
    Ten Canoes is nonetheless audacious and impressive, but challenging work, requiring steadfast concentration.
  12. Pierrepoint
    At once desperately grim and unnervingly gripping, providing an exacting sense of the detail and procedure that went into death by hanging.
  13. Bug
    Creepy and unsettling, to say nothing of gory, but overall it's a little claustrophobic and uneven.
  14. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Exciting, distracting and quite possibly permanently concentration impairing, what Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End offers is a wonderfully scenic medley of impressive action sequences so lengthy, elaborate and numerous that remembering what came before becomes a kind of test of mental focus.
  15. Angel-A
    In essence, you get "It's a Wonderful Life" meets "Wings of Desire," swapping out the substance for self-help platitudes. If you can get past that, you can enjoy it as a 90-minute look at a lovely postcard.
  16. Golden Door
    Beautiful, spacey, trans-oceanic odyssey.
  17. Paprika
    Kon's best work yet.
  18. Amu
    Despite the overt message and Manichean universe it pushes, Amu manages some memorable cinematic moments while getting the word out for its cause.
  19. The Boss of It All
    No one is likely to rank "Boss" on the same level as his more somber and ambitious efforts, but Von Trier admirers will be pleased to discover that, even while working in a far less consequential mode than usual, the ever-uninhibited filmmaker's distinctive flair is in full force.
  20. Shrek the Third
    Has its moments... But does a kids' movie really need, among other similar touches, a Hooters joke? I, for one, wouldn't want to have to explain it.
  21. In Search of Mozart
    Made to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth last year, In Search of Mozart is challenging and exemplary.
  22. Brooklyn Rules
    Not as bad as Bobby's mother's lasagna, neither is Brooklyn Rules anywhere near the best you've ever had, though at times, it may remind you of it.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even Money
    The film's subject is not race but gambling, yet the cynical message is the same: We're all pathetic.
  24. Flanders
    Nonprofessional actors Boidin and Leroux deliver intense performances which shoulder the emotional weight of the film.
  25. The Last Time
    The movie unravels pretty quickly as Caleo almost immediately gives away the "what" but remains marginally entertaining as he manages to maintain some suspense in the "why" and the "how" before blowing the genre completely by going soft in the resolution.
  26. Severance
    Along with lots of pitch-dark humor, James Moran's often clever script is peppered with winks and nudges about the war on terror that helps distinguish the film from the recent spate of torture flicks.
  27. Fay Grim
    A sophisticated, sometimes intentionally silly spy thriller of international intrigue, Fay Grim charts the history of American foreign policy while commenting on current global complications with wink and a nudge.
  28. The Wendell Baker Story
    A cast this charismatic is bound to make something of the situation. In short bursts, the movie is alternately sunny and charming, dark and weird, confounding and dull.
  29. Private Property
    An impeccably acted character drama revolving around a mother and her teenage twin sons, Private Property shows how strong and how terrifying the bonds within families can be. Directed by Belgium's Joachim Lafosse, it etches the line between love and hate with a savagery that is almost unprecedented.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Hollywood Dreams
    It's a very mixed bag. When it's good, Hollywood Dreams is corrosively funny and unexpectedly poignant. And when it's bad, it's over-the-top bad.
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