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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
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  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 The Fourth Kind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,885 out of 6911
  2. Mixed: 2,801 out of 6911
  3. Negative: 1,225 out of 6911
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  1. Safe
    Safe arrives filled with bombast and sneers but barely any thrills.
  2. The Raven
    This wannabe Sherlockian thriller is like a night spent at Madame Tussauds, watching mannequins strangle other mannequins.
  3. Downtown Express
    Grubin is an experienced documentarian, and he plays to his strengths here. He certainly makes the most of the Manhattan setting, whether his characters are practicing at Juilliard or playing for cash in the Times Square subway station.
  4. Goodbye First Love
    Some of this wallowing goes on too long, risking our alienation from characters who are difficult to like. What saves the film is the fact that they are always easy to recognize, both as self-centered teenagers and tentatively maturing young adults.
  5. The Lucky One
    The biggest problem, however, comes down to chemistry. If the leads have it, a Sparks romance will work.
  6. The Moth Diaries
    Director Mary Harron ("American Psycho") can do little with this bloodless drama.
  7. Think Like a Man
    If you can look past the annoying quirks, you'll probably have a good time. As Steve says, sometimes, it pays to compromise.
  8. Chimpanzee
    Chimpanzee lets everyone feel like a mini-Jane Goodall.
  9. Darling Companion
    The folksy shenanigans are well-intentioned but frankly interminable, with Kline's wry efficiency the best relief from all the yowling and whining.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Marley
    Though the course of the movie, viewers learns a lot about the star's generosity, sense of justice and power in Jamaica, but also about his naivete.
  11. We the Party
    It's a shame, though, that the movie also features stereotyped or retrograde attitudes towards Jewish, gay, and female characters. Perhaps Van Peebles' kids could school their dad on the virtues of across-the-board respect.
  12. Surviving Progress
    The cumulative power of so many great minds envisioning our potential self-destruction is undeniable. You may start planning your move off the grid before the movie even ends.
  13. The Lady
    Any story about Suu Kyi's extraordinary life is worth seeing, simply to learn more about her. Even so, such a rare individual deserves a film that treats her not as a saint, but the remarkable, complex human being she actually is.
  14. Detention
    It's as if the TV character Dawson directed "Heathers," or another one, Parker Lewis, remade "Scream." Who'd have guessed that would be a can't-lose idea?
  15. Monsieur Lazhar
    Falarde, in adapting a play, has a sweet, humanistic approach reminiscent of Bill Forsyth's '80s dramedies that lets "Lazhar's" protagonist and his class shine.
  16. Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
    Affectionate but also winking (the "Star Wars"-riff title gives away its lack of objectivity), with a good history of how far fandom has come, "A Fan's Hope" is really for those who've turned to the far side, but is ready to turn on a tractor beam for everyone else.
  17. Lockout
    Directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger stage a few good action set pieces, but unlike the 1981 midnight movie classic it imitates, the blandly titled Lockout never busts out of its cheesy concept.
  18. Life Happens
    Director Kat Coiro - who co-wrote with Ritter - spices up the formula just enough to keep us watching, while Bosworth adds versatile edge to the BFF banter.
  19. Late Bloomers
    Though Hurt and Rossellini make a warmly believable couple, they can't overcome the film's biggest drawback: Gavras' own awkward attitude toward aging.
  20. The Cabin in the Woods
    Not all of the twists work, but most are self-knowing enough to keep you guessing until its (literally) groundbreaking conclusion.
  21. The Three Stooges
    There's just some great imitations of what remains an acquired taste.
  22. American Reunion
    What keeps the movie afloat, though, is Seann William Scott as Steve Stifler.
  23. The Hunter
    The idea of Willem Dafoe, one of our most watchable actors, playing a man stalking a thought-to-be-extinct animal in the wild is gripping in theory. In execution, however, The Hunter loses its way.
  24. Damsels in Distress
    Just as precise and self-consciously precious as predicted. Which doesn't mean it hasn't got moments of charming wit buried under all its archness.
  25. ATM
    While ATM does offer a few jolts, we're paired with bland characters and an underrealized premise.
  26. We Have a Pope
    Meticulous staging and Piccoli's world-weary presence balance any silliness, making the issues here feel relevant and real. The method is not pointed political satire but gentle enlightenment.
  27. Bully
    Incredibly enough, it seems many people still believe that bullying is just a matter of "kids being kids." Until that attitude changes, this film should be considered required viewing for every parent, teacher and teenager in America.
  28. Intruders
    Hollowface, like Intruders (which ought to be just the singular "Intruder," as Hollowface works solo), is all about empty scares. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo does include perhaps the most half-hearted exorcism ever filmed, which only seems fitting.
  29. Goon
    Aside from Scott, only Liev Schreiber - as an aging competitor - manages to steady the frenetic swirl. Whenever the two of them are together, Goon stops skating around in circles, and matures into the funny, surprisingly touching movie it wants to be.
  30. Wrath of the Titans
    The biggest fault is that comparatively little attention is given to the monsters.
  31. Mirror Mirror
    "Dopey" is too good a word for it.
  32. 4:44 Last Day on Earth
    Feels stagy and anti-visceral.
  33. The Trouble with Bliss
    The biggest trouble with "Bliss" is the way it wastes a cast that deserves so much more.
  34. Musical Chairs
    In truth, Musical Chairs is so simplistic it almost feels like a first film.
  35. The Raid: Redemption
    The special effects here are wiry martial artists grunting their way through fight after fight. It's exhausting but exhilarating.
  36. All In: The Poker Movie
    All In lays down some interesting hands but sometimes can't raise the stakes, though "Rounders" star Matt Damon lends a bit of celeb flash.
  37. Brake
    While we're meant to feel claustrophobic, we're not supposed to fight boredom, which kicks in quickly.
  38. The Deep Blue Sea
    Weisz's meticulously crafted turn is certainly touching, but it lacks the immediacy of, say, Celia Johnson's in 1945's "Brief Encounter."
  39. The Hunger Games
    As tough-spirited as fans would hope for - and exciting and thought-provoking in a way few adventure dramas ever are.
  40. Jeff Who Lives at Home
    The whole movie is about piecing together broken parts. It may not always come together, but what it makes, if you look at it the right way, is endearing.
  41. 21 Jump Street
    Through it all, Tatum and Hill are totally winning.
  42. The Kid with a Bike
    It's miles away from big-budget, pop-culture entertainment, but you may be surprised by its impact.
  43. Delicacy
    Gently sweet but unmemorable bonbon.
  44. Detachment
    It's nice to see righteous anger in a movie. If only the education drama Detachment knew what to do with it.
  45. Seeking Justice
    Cage and the always-intense Pearce keep this thing going, but even they seem to know the ultimate destination is a bargain bin.
  46. Casa de mi Padre
    It's an unfunny Spanish movie that worked best as a two-minute trailer.
  47. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    An extraordinary morsel of a movie, and yes, you'll want sushi afterward. But it won't taste like Jiro's.
  48. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
    The cast gives it all a good go, and pip-pip and all that for noticeable intelligence and a bit of the old British satire. Yet Salmon Fishing takes patience and rewards with no bite.
  49. Friends with Kids
    While "FWK" never challenges us, it does remain consistently engaging.
  50. Silent House
    The tricky camera moves that fill up Silent House make for one-half of a nerveracking horror film – before the movie's obviousness just gets on your nerves.
  51. John Carter
    What director Andrew Stanton has brought forth from Burroughs' limited, hoary source material is actually kind of fun.
  52. A Thousand Words
    If only this Eddie Murphy flick had taken its own advice and spent a little more time being reflective instead of hyperactive, it might have overcome a trite script and awful, obvious excuses for comedy.
  53. Project X
    Though the central blowout is as epic as advertised, so is the movie's self-congratulatory obnoxiousness.
  54. Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
    Appearances from Jeff Goldblum, Zach Galifianakis and John C. Reilly help some, but all the mincing from Heidecker and Wareheim, the wanna-be, gross-out humor and THE CONSTANT SCREAMING get tiring.
  55. Boy
    Waititi retains his quirky style, but it feels meaningful here, a valid effort to explore the difficulties in coming of age during tough times.
  56. Let the Bullets Fly
    A good-natured and highly enjoyable goof.
  57. This Is Not a Film
    It's irrefutably art, and undeniably vital.
  58. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
    While softening Geisel's darker themes, they still meld a valuable message into catchy songs, bright images (nicely done in 3D) and funny characters.
  59. Being Flynn
    Weitz – who did a great job adapting Nick Hornby's "About a Boy" into an affecting 2002 movie – can't bring the pieces together here.
  60. Good Deeds
    This film - like all the Madea-free dramas - could use more humor. Still, every Perry movie has its highs and lows. This time, the highs are a little higher, and the lows not quite so low. There is no faith-based message, but the moral is obvious: persistence pays off.
  61. The Fairy
    The persistent whimsy gets a bit wearisome, but it's hard to dismiss any film so determined to make us happy.
  62. The Forgiveness of Blood
    There is so much to admire in Joshua Marston's The Forgiveness of Blood that it's easy to overlook the miracle at its center: Marston's artistic idealism.
  63. Wanderlust
    Despite the calculated advance press about the movie's nudity, polygamy, dirty talk, etc., David Wain's comedy is depressingly banal. And all that breathless hype now feels like nothing more than manipulation.
  64. Act of Valor
    Act of Valor is like watching the wrestlers in dramas produced by the WWE: They're great at what they do, but being in front of the camera isn't part of that.
  65. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
    With his (Cage) over-the-top delivery and operatically intense facial expressions, there's no way anyone could accuse him of phoning this one in.
  66. Thin Ice
    So with a wink, a nudge and a heaping portion of Midwestern charm, Thin Ice reels us in. Comparisons to "Fargo" and other convoluted little capers like "House of Games" are fair, but when taken on its own terms, this quirky drama thrums along in a low-blood-pressure way.
  67. The Secret World of Arrietty
    Sadly suffers from more than a dollop of boredom. Like the ornate dollhouse that plays a part, "Arrietty" is lovely and well-appointed, but filled with only what you bring to it.
  68. On the Ice
    If "Ice" never really solidifies, it's nonetheless the work of a filmmaker whose seriousness is worth watching out for.
  69. Cirkus Columbia
    Director Danis Tanovic never undersells the anger and tension in the family, yet while the emotional underpinnings feel raw, much of "Cirkus" also winds up spinning 'round to obvious, if uncomfortable, places.
  70. Bullhead
    Schoenaerts capably handles a difficult role that's equal parts pathetic, repulsive and heartbreaking. But you'll need a strong will to spend your time with such a tragically hopeless character.
  71. Undefeated
    There are plenty of unexpected moments within this stirring film, but it's no surprise at all that it's been tapped to compete for a Best Documentary Oscar next Sunday.
  72. This Means War
    "War" is depressingly mean-spirited.
  73. Hell and Back Again
    As vital as the best war chronicles to come out in recent years, this is one every American ought to see.
  74. The Swell Season
    As shown in this disarming and intimate documentary named after their band, the oddness of actually being sought-after was something neither was prepared for.
  75. Buried Prayers
    Steven Meyer's deeply affecting documentary, narrated by Laurie Anderson, takes us back to a camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, Majdanek, in order to honor those who left everything behind.
  76. A Warrior's Heart
    Still, in movie terms, Warrior's Heart makes curling look like gladiatorial combat.
  77. Under Fire: Journalists in Combat
    Important and gripping.
  78. Chronicle
    Chronicle is an energetic hodgepodge that tweaks familiar conventions just enough to seem fresh. Forget the X-Men - these are iHeroes.
  79. Chico & Rita
    The real romance here is between the filmmakers and the cultural moment they hope to document. From that perspective, it's a welcome - if not quite award-worthy - valentine.
  80. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    If there's a book-loving adventuress or adventurer in your house younger than 10, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island provides a lighthearted break from the death-obsessed "Harry Potter" franchise and other literary but limp adventures like the "Narnia" films and "The Lightning Thief."
  81. The Turin Horse
    This quiet drama is not for everyone. It may not even be for fans of Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr, whose spare, naturalistic films can be, well, trying. (The director has said that "Horse" will be his final film.)
  82. Private Romeo
    Unfortunately, "modern" additions (like the soldiers' YouTube videos and some social media moments) feel clunky, and a necessarily shortened approach trips the movie up, though leads Matt Doyle and Seth Numrich - accomplished Broadway actors - are intense, engaged and appropriately tragic.
  83. Return
    Johnson's feel for the rhythms of reconnection are steady, and she and her fine actors make Return one of only a handful of films to honestly address what to many is heartbreaking reality.
  84. The Vow
    As the world's most chipper recovering coma patient, McAdams is a beautiful blank. There's not a single moment when her character feels real, or as if she genuinely has anything at stake. So it's a good thing Tatum steps up to add a little depth to this unabashedly lightweight venture.
  85. Safe House
    Safe House devolves into unexciting action scenes that feel left over from the "Bourne" flicks and are peopled with cloak-and-dagger stereotypes.
  86. Crazy Horse
    It's undeniably interesting to watch each element come into place, from choreography to costumes. But the truth is, most viewers will best appreciate the retro-sexy dance numbers themselves.
  87. Kill List
    It would be easy to say that the final minutes of this mixed-up thriller make everything before it meaningless, but that would indicate the odd conclusion has meaning, too.
  88. Splinters
    A cool documentary that pivots adroitly between viewpoints and ambitions.
  89. Perfect Sense
    Though it eventually gets down to more serious business, this Glasgow-set apocalyptic romance-drama seems, at first, to be most concerned about whether restaurants will survive the end of the world.
  90. Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
    Such a unique personality really deserves a more interesting tribute, but it's so nice to see this one-of-a-kind nonagenarian still going strong.
  91. The Innkeepers
    A well-shot but generically dull disappointment.
  92. W.E.
    While W.E. cannot be counted as a successful directorial effort, there are genuine elements of interest here. The most notable is a nervy central performance from Andrea Riseborough, who plays true-life Baltimore socialite Wallis Simpson.
  93. The Woman in Black
    Though "Woman" never rises above its status as a traditional genre thriller, that's perfectly fine. It was made with intelligence and commitment, and it achieves its goal: to keep us looking over our shoulders long after we've left.
  94. Big Miracle
    The genuinely sweet nature of this sometimes clunky movie is mixed with a little sass, and wins you over.
  95. One for the Money
    She's (Heigl) disastrously miscast as a character beloved by fans of novelist Janet Evanovich.
  96. Declaration of War
    This isn't a therapy session on film; it's a visually stark, lively, organically engrossing movie with a very real handle on the mental processes, and interpersonal demands, that come with issues of life and death.
  97. The Grey
    The gristle inside this movie is one of the things that save it from being simply a series of challenges.
  98. Man on a Ledge
    Screenwriter Pablo Fenjves start with a promising premise, and the opening scenes are taut and suspenseful. A late-day chase scene picks up the sagging middle, but Leth totally fumbles what should be the movie's biggest moment.
  99. Underworld: Awakening
    Latest, dreadful entry in the vampires-battling-werewolves franchise.
  100. Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
    Fashionistas who flock to Whitney Sudler-Smith's documentary should pay heed to the entire title: this isn't simply the biography of an American icon, but the chronicle of a misguided filmmaker.
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