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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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. 25th Hour
    To say Spike Lee is repeating himself is itself repetitious -- he is getting B-O-R-I-N-G!
  2. The Fault in Our Stars
    The layered, tuned-in adaptation by Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter avoids calculated sentiment.
  3. Welcome to Me
    Kristen Wiig is scary. That’s a good thing. It’s part of her appeal as a comedian, and crucial in the funny-weird comedy-drama Welcome to Me, which uses the working-without-a-net aspect of Wiig’s humor to unsettling effect.
  4. 21 Jump Street
    Through it all, Tatum and Hill are totally winning.
  5. Vodka Lemon
    Saleem makes clever use of imagery, with the beautiful, snow-filled vistas representing his characters' personal and social isolation. But "Vodka" moves about as fast as the distant ice caps melt.
  6. Redbelt
    Redbelt will fascinate those who share David Mamet's interest in mixed martial arts. But its hold may be weaker on those who don't.
  7. Fair Game
    Though based on a true story with a well-known outcome, Doug Liman's Fair Game is as suspenseful as any fictional thriller -- and considerably more tragic.
  8. Good Morning, Night
    Though he doesn't possess the dangerous confusion of his tragically misguided heroes, veteran director Marco Bellocchio does share their capacity for raising thought-provoking points that end in an ineffectual tangle.
  9. World's Greatest Dad
    Sadly, once the movie shifts gears, it becomes a timid "Donnie Darko."
  10. Around the World in 80 Days
    As far as its entertainment value goes, the picture should be a smash hit, as its impresario has inveigled so many of the top players of the day to put in an appearance on the screen, that it is the most star-studded film of all time. It is also an eye-filling travelogue, an exciting adventure and a very funny film.
  11. The Drop
    Like Gandolfini, the deep Brooklyn of The Drop is formidable, bona fide and memorable.
  12. The Company Men
    The Company Men recalls 1946's great post-World War II drama "The Best Years of Our Lives," and the reason isn't simply its trio of protagonists.
  13. Chicago 10
    A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present.
  14. Goyangileul butaghae
    Viewers of first-time director Jeong Jae-eun's sober dissection of dismal day-to-day rituals may want to throw themselves into the brackish water long before the movie is over.
  15. Divided We Fall
    Parts of the movie play like French farce, but ultimately Hrebejk uses very simple cadences to unveil, movingly, the big picture.
  16. The Wild Thornberrys Movie
    So well intentioned that its flaws may be generously overlooked by parents desperately planning activities for school breaks.
  17. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
    This long-awaited movie has been unwisely chopped into two pieces -- the second is due in February -- when it really needed to be one long, delirious ride.
  18. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
    A story about people learning to know themselves through relationships to others -- delivered with gentle, offbeat humor.
  19. 3 Backyards
    From the insistently discordant score to each overthought shot, this triad of stories feels self-conscious and deliberately arty rather than heartfelt.
  20. The Monster
    Bertino is just concerned with making you feel for his characters — and that he manages to do competently, despite their deep flaws. Well, that and spill some popcorn along the way.
  21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Talk about style over substance: The sheer volume of musical, comic-strip and video-game influences, riffs and licks in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" can get exhausting, but they also are what lift this romantic coming-of-age tale from this world to someplace totally ... else.
  22. Operation Filmmaker
    Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile.
  23. The Go-Getter
    The sort of discovery meant to be savored by the few who find it, The Go-Getter was made for anyone who ever felt stuck, or alone, or desperate to find their place in the world.
  24. Crazy Love
    In Crazy Love, friends of Burt and Linda express as much confusion over their relationship as we feel, and the Pugaches themselves make an unconvincing case for theirs being a love that conquered all. On the contrary, love doesn't seem to have had anything to do with them. She married him out of desperation, and he pursued her out of a sense of entitlement.
  25. The Exploding Girl
    This quietly poetic little gem contains many beautiful things, not least of which is leading lady Zoe Kazan, who lets every scene billow and swirl around her effortlessly.
  26. Starter for 10
    This is cheeky sitcom in a minor key, and fated to be a mere footnote on McAvoy's resume.
  27. Intimacy
    Some people will want to call it pornography. In one respect, it's the opposite.
  28. The Cuckoo
    By the time you've worked through the allegorical implications, you may be wondering why you didn't just go see "Charlie's Angels."
  29. Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
    Stoked supplies a unique perspective on the hazards of rock-star fame that went with the sport's explosion for a band of rebels who didn't see it coming -- or going.
  30. Changing Lanes
    Gets too caught up in its escalating violence and strained-to-bursting moral subtexts. It's the blood of souls drenching the screen, and it's a hideous sight to behold.
    • New York Daily News
  31. Monsieur Ibrahim
    Omar Sharif certainly doesn't disappoint in Monsieur Ibrahim. The casting alone promises something extraordinary.
  32. Adorenarin doraibu
    Feels like any number of forgettable American teen comedies in which the nerd gets the girl and/or the money.
  33. Hitler's Children
    It's always dispiriting to see an ideal subject given shallow treatment, and one spends most of this documentary wishing a more experienced director had made it.
  34. Ong Bak
    Every action scene is a spectacularly choreographed set piece. At one point, Jaa literally fights with feet of fire. Unfortunately, whenever he comes down to earth, so does the movie.
  35. We Live in Public
    A snapshot of several New York eras that coincide with the Internet's growing pains, We Live in Public focuses on entrepreneur, party-thrower and dot.com bubble participant Josh Harris.
  36. Compliance
    Director Craig Zobel's indie, based on real cases, has a sharp psychological point and a can't-look-away quality even as it turns horrifically dark.
  37. Infamous
    I don't know if that makes Infamous a better movie, but it's certainly as good and a lot more fun. British actor Toby Jones is so physically right in the role, you'll think Capote is playing himself.
  38. Star Trek Beyond
    It's not only filled with the usual special-effects eye candy, but smart, fan-focused writing.
  39. A Sinner in Mecca
    People often use the term “dangerous filmmaking.” Here is someone willing to put his life on the line for his art.
  40. Primo Levi's Journey
    The film lacks a certain coherence, and Levi - one of Italy's most important postwar writers - is mostly relegated to an excuse for a sociopolitical travelogue.
  41. North Country
    North Country may be a simplistic account of a hard-won battle, but it will have audiences cheering.
  42. Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
    Director John Scheinfeld's film, utilizing interviews with friends and collaborators, hits a high note on Nilsson's friendship with Ringo Starr and his fear of stage performance.
  43. 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.
  44. The Business of Being Born
    Passionate, enlightening and unabashedly one-sided, Abby Epstein's documentary is not for everyone. But at the very least, it should be seen by every pregnant woman in America.
  45. Like Crazy
    The trailer for Like Crazy is one of the best of the year, and I couldn't wait to see the movie that inspired it. Turns out, the film itself plays like one long trailer, a collection of moments and montages that hint at, but never quite achieve, a fully realized whole.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Equity
    The always strong Gunn does her best with the very familiar, quickly paced storyline.
  47. The Hunger Games
    As tough-spirited as fans would hope for - and exciting and thought-provoking in a way few adventure dramas ever are.
  48. The War Zone
    Showing as much courage and talent behind the camera as he has while acting in front of it, Roth has crafted for his first film one of the most bluntly graphic and disturbing movies ever done on the subject.
  49. Così ridevano
    A ponderously slow experience.
  50. Chain Camera
    Often tedious, sometimes fascinating anthology.
  51. Jump Tomorrow
    An enjoyable trip, as long as you don't mind traveling light.
  52. A Housekeeper
    No one makes something out of nothing like the French, and in this wispy tale about a jilted middle-age man and the very young housekeeper who briefly lights up his life, writer-director Claude Berri's got plenty of nothing.
  53. In My Skin
    Even aside from the metaphorical aspect, this may be the first movie to give a precise sense of what drives people who self-mutilate.
  54. The Yes Men
    A sobering documentary done in a whimsical style.
  55. Step Up To The Plate
    While foodies are sure to feel sated by the gastronomic splendors of Paul Lacoste's debut documentary, others may walk out with a strange sense of emptiness.
  56. Valentino: The Last Emperor
    Lively and affectionate, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary is made for those who believe, as he does, that the work of fashion designer Valentino is worthy of the most respectful chronicle.
  57. A Somewhat Gentle Man
    Hans Petter Moland's dry Scandinavian wit is just amusing enough to keep us interested in this dramedy.
  58. Casino Jack and the United States of Money
    That the film is overlong ultimately testifies to its importance, though after a while, the outrageous details start to run together like surreal satire. Except, of course, that it's all true.
  59. Bhutto
    It's a fascinating story, and too epic to be contained here. But the directors certainly capture our interest, even as they leave us wanting to know more.
  60. Afterglow
    At his best, as he is here, Rudolph is always able to locate the emotional reality inside the dream. [26Dec1997 Pg53]
    • New York Daily News
  61. Applause
    Steen, her face full of remorse, does a great job of portraying someone unclear of where to go or what to say without a script.
  62. Smash His Camera
    There's no denying that paparazzo Ron Galella is a New York character. What's at issue in Leon Gast's entertaining documentary is whether he's an artist or a creep.
  63. Babe: Pig in the City
    For older kids and adults, it's an amazing piece of work, far more complex in its talking-animal effects and far more ambitious in design than the first film.
  64. Pierrepoint
    This is a riveting story about a man who for years moonlighted as an anonymous hangman while holding a day job as a wholesale grocery delivery man.
  65. Crazy, Stupid, Love
    It's hard to ignore the fact that very little in the movie feels true - no one clicks as a couple, and there are carefully contrived coincidences around every corner.
  66. Deepwater Horizon
    It's an impressive achievement, and even Berg's taste for the obvious — like shots of Old Glory, still waving through the worst of it — can't overwhelm the humanity behind the drama. Real people, real danger — and real self-sacrifice.
  67. End of Watch
    If Ayer had taken as much care with his bad guys as he does with his leads (and their deftly sketched wives and colleagues, played by Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera and Frank Grillo, among others), he might have crafted a seamless picture.
  68. Apocalypto
    Apocalypto exists solely as an action-adventure and a deft cinematic demonstration of man's capacity for cruelty. This is the true passion of Mel.
  69. Sputnik Mania
    The archival footage here is great, and the cosmos-conquering craziness will satisfy space-race nuts.
  70. Potiche
    Neither Francophiles nor film fans could ask for anything more than François Ozon's latest, a charming comedy.
  71. Girls Can't Swim
    Sensitive and thoughtful coming-of-age story.
    • New York Daily News
  72. Burnt Money
    What makes this one stand out is the tugging, melancholy romance hiding behind the curtain of blood.
    • New York Daily News
  73. Alice et Martin
    With its intriguing relationships and sacrificial acts, Alice is a good alternative to happily-ever-after fluff.
  74. Chopper
    It's galling to see such a low-life canonized in a film, but it's also riveting drama.
  75. The Adventures of Tintin
    The film is spectacularly constructed, from intimate closeups to dizzying chase scenes. But as is often the case with this format, the motion-capture animation feels weirdly lifeless.
  76. The Conjuring
    If The Conjuring were less of a con job, horror fans would not feel equally as trapped.
  77. The Meddler
    It is sweet, and funny and quietly upbeat. Take a chance on it — and take your mom.
  78. The World's Fastest Indian
    Whether he'll achieve his goal of setting the world land-speed record for motorcycles is never in doubt, of course, but getting to a film's climactic scene has rarely been more fun.
  79. The Kindergarten Teacher
    Slightly mesmerizing performances from Larry and young Shnaidman just manage to sustain interest in this quiet story. Even if it’s going nowhere.
  80. A Place at the Table
    As important and eye-opening a documentary as you’ll see this year, A Place at the Table makes it impossible to think of hunger as merely another symptom of a shredded social safety net.
  81. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    The love and attention Oshii poured into animating Batou's pet basset hound proves that the human instinct dominates even in a movie dependent on technology.
  82. $9.99
    This often haunting stop-motion Claymation movie ultimately suffers from what bedevils many live-action movies culled from short stories: a herky-jerky plot.
  83. The Homesman
    The screenplay, adapted from Glendon Swarthout’s 1988 novel, lacks its heroine’s rigid spine. The story buckles in the latter half. As a result, we wind up watching two very different movies. The first forges ahead with Cuddy’s fiery righteousness. The second takes a much safer route, in which her pioneering spirit is sorely missed.
  84. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    This is a mother's tale, and in Swinton's expert hands, Eva must ultimately deal with the fallout from an uncomfortable truth: She just never liked her kid.
  85. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
    Offering both too little material and too much, the movie leaves us in the bizarre position of understanding its subject no better by the end than we did at the beginning.
  86. The East
    As the cracklingly cool The East shows, they’re the real deal. It’s not easy to make a thriller where brains and guts are so clearly in cahoots.
  87. Monster House
    A captivating piece of visual wizardry. The house, which eventually frees itself from its moorings and chases after our trio of tweener heroes, is a genuine original.
  88. Black Mass
    The movie itself is an intriguing but ultimately unspecial Feds-vs.-hoods drama. But as the sinister, snakelike South Boston criminal Whitey Bulger, Depp delivers.
  89. Born Romantic
    Director David Kane handles the sprawling cast with aplomb as his characters learn some new steps in this life-and love-affirming movie.
  90. Babí léto
    Brodsky's last film before his death is a moving tribute to his career.
  91. Shaolin Soccer
    Proving there's always a new way to tell an old story, Stephen Chow pulls out all the stops for one of the silliest, sweetest and most fun family films in recent memory.
  92. Valley of Tears
    The town's entrenched racism is impossible to ignore, but the efforts toward change make a compelling history.
  93. Goodbye Lenin!
    Wolfgang Becker's premise is absurdist and makes great sense as political satire.
  94. Noi the Albino
    The laconic Lemarquis does a solid job carrying off Kári's dryly mordant wit, making this eccentric story well worth watching.
  95. Family Fundamentals
    The film is somewhat hampered by the refusal of the parents in two of the three families to participate in it. Though the children provide an eloquent, impassioned presence, their parents' absence is overwhelming.
  96. The Edukators
    The dialogue between the captive and the captors gets a little didactic, and the ending is as contrived as it is cynical. Weingartner obviously has more in common with the rich man than the kids.
  97. Bound by Flesh
    Most of all, she (Zemeckis) brings generosity and compassion to the Hiltons’ tragic story.
  98. The Hateful Eight
    Weird, wild and way-too-long.
  99. The Illusionist
    Eisenheim's storybook romance with aristocrat Sophie (Jessica Biel), the childhood sweetheart now expected to become Leopold's princess, is the most compelling thing about a film that should dazzle the eye as much as stir the heart. It does not dazzle.
  100. Office Space
    Work was never funnier.
    • New York Daily News
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