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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. Drumline
    Bogged down by a lazy script and underwhelming performances. Fortunately, there's no hiding his jubilant passion for ritual and symmetry, which makes each perfectly choreographed band scene a genuine thrill to watch.
  2. He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
    Perhaps not since Truffaut's "The Story of Adele H" has thwarted love been rendered so compassionately on the screen, its psychology laid bare.
  3. Wendigo
    The intriguing elements never quite coalesce into a consequential whole; we leave this yuppie nightmare feeling both unsettled and unsatisfied.
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  4. Out of Time
    The tension of Matt having to work alongside his wife without being able to trust her provides the movie's real electricity, sexual and otherwise.
  5. Children of Love
    A powerful drama that turns a common event -- the rending of a family -- into an intimate, personal affair.
  6. The Patriot
    Far from the smart historical epic some might have expected, is just another feisty summer shoot-'em-up.
  7. A Perfect Getaway
    The result isn't deadly dull, but it does turn what should have been a most dangerous game into a basic scenery-chewing contest.
  8. Love Crime
    More cold fish than cold-blooded, director Alain Correau keeps his movie buttoned up and predictable.
  9. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
    This kind of parody is hard to sustain for an hour and a half, and "Walk Hard" does gets wearying at times. But the humor is so outrageous, the original music so much fun and Reilly so good - both while hamming it up in the role and in singing the songs - that it's irresistible.
  10. Planet B-Boy
    Though he doesn't break any new documentary ground, Lee knows how to shoot his subjects. Their stories are moving, and their moves are thrilling.
  11. The Lincoln Lawyer
    There's a reason potboiler paperbacks don't make good movies - there's too much outlandish plot, even for Hollywood.
  12. Young & Beautiful
    All we’re left with is the sight of older men hiring a gorgeous young woman to take her clothes off and fulfill their desires. If nothing else, Ozon does leave us wondering whether he intended such an uncomfortable parallel between life and art.
  13. The Merchant of Venice
    Taking one's pound of flesh and having it, too, leads to a queasy comedy in which Pacino burns a hole in the screen while the frivolity around him sputters.
  14. Kingdom of Heaven
    For all its scale, grandeur, historical context and political brass, "Kingdom" is no more compelling a period drama than last year's "Alexander."
  15. A Common Thread
    A lovely, almost painfully intimate story of female bonding that never panders to its characters or its audience.
  16. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    On stage, the attractive 34-year-old Silverman is very funny. She's too blue for Comedy Central, and too slow-paced for an HBO hour, but she'd come off better in either of those formats than she does in this mishmash.
  17. Chronicles
    The movie suffers from tipping its hand too easily and hating its subject so much.
  18. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Most of the film is way too goofy for all but the most thumbstruck Hitchhiker.
  19. A Cat in Paris
    The charmless but harmless A Cat in Paris hits theaters yet doesn't enchant.
  20. Denial
    The action inside the courtroom is compelling. This is a place where people duel with words, not swords, but the wounds can be just as deep and permanent.
  21. The Other Son
    This beautifully photographed drama is well-played throughout with great conscience without becoming heavy-handed.
  22. Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders
    Shines an admiring light on some lawyers who endure low pay, terrible win-loss records and the occasional scorn of family, friends and the media for "defending the bad guys."
  23. Dahmer
    So lacking in insight and gravity that it makes Dahmer seem like a pesky, pasty-faced loser who just wasn't popular enough.
    • New York Daily News
  24. The Way Home
    Life-affirming story of love, kinship and sacrifice.
  25. The Blonds
    Because Albertina Carri spends so much time skirting relevant issues, her self-consciously experimental examination into her parents' murder feels like a worthy movie that simply wasn't ready to be made.
  26. Dandelion
    Like its troubled protagonists, Mark Milgard's ultra-sensitive ode to adolescent angst is equal parts earnest and awkward. Should you happen to be a 15-year-old girl, you'll adore it.
  27. Out of the Furnace
    Like “The Deer Hunter” — from which it swipes its Keystone State milieu, its haunted veterans, and its self-endangerment metaphor — Out of the Furnace gets under your skin.
  28. Cheap Thrills
    In Cheap Thrills, a committed cast elevates what is, ultimately, a gimmicky thriller. It dissolves into a puddle of blood-tinged hypocrisy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Pitch Perfect 2
    Pitch Perfect 2 follows the same template as part one, but it’s unmemorable.
  30. The Sound of Music
    Robert Wise has transformed the delightful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical stage production of "The Sound of Music" into a magical film in which Julie Andrews gives an endearing performance in the role of Maria, the governess.
  31. Dear Frankie
    It is a sweet, wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub.
  32. A State of Mind
    Despite the obvious cultural differences, what we come away with is a surprising sense of familiarity. Not even the widest political chasms, Gordon finds, can eradicate the universal pleasure of a young girl's giggle.
  33. Atomic Blonde
    To its credit, even the film realizes how ridiculous it is. After one over-the-top hand-to-hand bout, Lorraine and her Boris Badenov opponent are left literally punch-drunk, swinging wild like a couple of stumblebums.
  34. Vitus
    A fairly average movie about a very unusual child, Vitus does have an earnest charm.
  35. How She Move
    Gets it right in every dance sequence, but stumbles badly whenever the characters step offstage.
  36. Anna Karenina
    The film's structure is so boldly conceived it seems unfair to focus on flaws. But the central problem is undeniable: There is no chemistry whatsoever between the leads.
  37. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    The reason this franchise has been so successful - both on film and in Ann Brashares' original novels - is that, just like the jeans, it suits the needs of vastly different girls.
  38. Chéri
    The movie’s shallow amusements do make for an ideal guilty pleasure, especially since the actors seem to be having so much fun. Bates, marching around like an overstuffed pigeon, is a reliable scene-stealer, while the two leads make an entirely convincing couple.
  39. Friends with Benefits
    It's cute and funny and sweet, which - as any woman can attest - puts it way ahead of most Friday night options.
  40. Sade
    In any case, this is the image of the marquis we would know had he been handled by a top publicity team.
  41. The Blood of My Brother
    This at-times harrowing, occasionally unfocused film is a case study of one of hundreds, if not thousands, of stories of Iraqi civilians to whom the war has hit home and left holes in families. It makes you rue the most indelicate of all combat euphemisms - "collateral damage."
  42. The Last Exorcism
    The Last Exorcism trods on previously stomped ground and has almost no good jump-outta-your-seat moments.
  43. It's Kind of a Funny Story
    Melancholy 16-year-olds are the ideal audience for It's Kind of a Funny Story, which actually feels as though it were made by an especially precocious adolescent.
  44. Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
    This rather elegant movie, like a bold new 'do, is both not what you'd expect and exactly what you feared.
  45. Storm Surfers 3D
    The real star, though, is the ocean itself, which is so stunning in its furious majesty that we fully understand every risk they’re willing to take. Finally, a 3-D ticket worth paying for.
  46. Reel Paradise
    The result is a gorgeous, third-person version of an extended family-vacation movie that the Piersons, their friends and their former Fijian neighbors can enjoy for years to come.
  47. Howl
    A movie with no clear narrative. It pushes boundaries and feels like one man's fever dream. But all those traits would certainly make Allen Ginsberg happy.
  48. 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.
  49. The Eyes of My Mother
    In some ways, Pesce's film is often more disturbing for what it doesn't show than what it does, with the last act probably the hardest to watch.
  50. Les Miserables
    Fortunately, this sprawling epic is well-anchored. There cannot be a better big-screen showman than Jackman.
  51. Hot Tub Time Machine
    In Rob Corddry's hilariously manic turn, it has the most memorable showcase for a goofball co-star since Michael Keaton in 1981's "Night Shift."
  52. The Komediant
    Works on two levels: Goldfinger does a terrific job exploring the broader history of Yiddish theater, while also homing in on the compelling story of the Burstein family itself.
  53. Spy Game
    The script provides an excellent payoff, although action fans may not agree, because that payoff is the equivalent of a Cheshire cat's grin.
  54. Two Brothers
    Annaud is a filmmaker who often works with a bare minimum of dialogue. Yet his storytelling is so strong and emotional that words are barely necessary.
  55. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    It takes a while to get used to the film's campy characters and its broad, "Ace Ventura" stylings. But Ferrell is the anti-Jim Carrey -- his deadpan comic mannerisms are infectiously funny, and his cluelessly narcissistic Burgundy is a joy to follow.
  56. Revolution #9
    McCann's point of view overwhelms the human elements of his story, but this is, nonetheless, a riveting piece of filmmaking.
  57. Changeling
    The script is compelling, the direction confident, the production values professional. But it does not, in the end, feel real.
  58. Simon Killer
    Sort of “An American Psycho’s European Vacation,” this indie dramatic thriller mixes sex and violence and still winds up dull.
  59. The Summit
    Interviews with survivors fill us in on the personalities of the lost, but the background of K2, with archival footage from 1954, is equally gripping.
  60. Pee-wee's Big Holiday
    If Pee-wee's Big Holiday is never really hilarious, neither is it ever dull. It floats along, offering goofy gags and relentlessly silly jokes that will have you LOLing — sometimes in spite of yourself.
  61. Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family
    The documentary fascinates not only because of its subject matter but because the three people - whose backgrounds are individually developed - are so likable.
  62. Rob the Mob
    The movie winds up being a real standup flick, if you know what I mean.
  63. Rocky Balboa
    Think you're too tough for a sentimental comeback story? Well, a few minutes with Rocky Balboa might just knock the cynic out of you.
  64. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Letting any other actor run wild like this could have been a disaster, but Depp's peculiar buccaneer is an instant classic of actorly charisma.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jimmy's Hall
    This companion piece to Loach’s 2006 drama “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” tenderly conveys the generosity of working people. It’s the last biographical fiction movie the 79-year-old Loach has said he’ll direct.
  66. The Congress
    It’s almost painful to watch the immense promise of The Congress, Ari Folman’s spectacularly ambitious experiment, dissipate into nothing.
  67. Tallulah
    Tallulah is a sensitive and stirring look at motherhood.
  68. Biggie and Tupac
    Broomfield conducts riveting interviews with a former LAPD officer, Biggie's fiercely protective mother and assorted hangers-on, but the actual thrust of his evidence seems almost irrelevant.
  69. The Grace Lee Project
    A funny and insightful exploration into identity issues we all can recognize.
  70. Green Zone
    The cast is strong, and Damon is a dependable center for all this, a classic American good guy wanting to know what's rotten and why.
  71. The Assassination of Richard Nixon
    A slight movie and a major downer, is an acting showcase for Sean Penn. That's good, but not enough.
  72. King of California
    Cahill deserves major credit for keeping the story from becoming mawkish or twee. He was also wise enough to realize it's Douglas' show, and as soon as he steps into the frame, you'll know it, too.
  73. Thomas in Love
    You'd think it would be boring to stare at Thomas's computer screen so intently for 97 minutes, but the movie is eerily riveting.
    • New York Daily News
  74. Booye kafoor, atre yas
    The heavy subject is tempered with gentle humor.
  75. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    Chamber is chockablock with action (including a far more exciting game of Quidditch) and crafty special effects.
  76. Weekend of a Champion
    Looking for something unusual to see this weekend? Try this cool time capsule, which premiered in 1972 and then disappeared for decades.
  77. The Friend
    Actors do an excellent job portraying young people struggling with an almost manic paranoia.
  78. The 11th Hour
    If you get through the first hour without slitting your throat, the cautiously optimistic last third offers some intriguing options.
  79. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
    The author of "Naked Lunch" and his words were funny, freaky and sometimes just Out There. Yet as "there" became "here," Leyser shows, Burroughs seemed to be everywhere.
  80. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
    It's left to the ideally cast McDormand to keep everything on track and, as expected, she weathers every tonal change with competence, confidence and a perfectly stiff upper lip.
  81. Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
    Dispels myths about the "gangsta" aura that clings to rap and shows this poetry of the streets in all its different forms: social protest, entertainment and aggression.
  82. Undertow
    Undertow becomes unbearably imitative and predictable. It's a kids-in-peril B horror movie in the guise of an art film.
  83. Spring Breakers
    So often not in his element — his turn in “Oz the Great and Powerful” is evidence of that — Franco is in freako mode here, and walks a line between spaced-out caricature and just plain Out There.
  84. The Cat's Meow
    Dunst makes Davies the most confident and interesting person aboard the Oneida and makes this voyage almost, but not quite, worth taking.
    • New York Daily News
  85. Open Water
    The actors are unknowns, but Ryan does a lot with her little downturned mouth. There are as many shades of anxiety as there are shades of blue in the sea, and Ryan manages to find them all.
  86. Persons of Interest
    In a clear case of substance over style, this stark, clumsy documentary tells the heart-breaking stories of a dozen law-abiding Muslim or Arab immigrants and visa workers.
  87. Happy Times
    The girl's blindness may have been meant to symbolize a trusting populace, but she's the one character who clearly sees what's what and who is trustworthy.
  88. Rio
    The main reason this gorgeous-looking, sweet-hearted but so-so movie remains grounded is a herky-jerky, cobbled-together story that squawks when it should sing.
  89. The Great Buck Howard
    Hanks is extremely understated, but his passivity works: as the son of a superstar, he may have realized that Troy’s role is simply to observe and reflect his boss’s glory.
  90. Eden
    This domestic drama from the producers of "Once" could be about the pair from that gentle romance - a decade later.
  91. Batkid Begins
    Scott’s story is inspiring, as is the way everyone pitches in, from the police to the San Francisco Giants to Hollywood special effects geniuses to President Obama. But as a movie, this is like watching an expanded local news segment.
  92. Things We Lost in the Fire
    Berry gives a riveting performance, but as a deeply decent man trapped in a hell of his own making, Del Toro gives the kind of career performance Berry gave in "Monster's Ball."
  93. City of Men
    The movie's power comes less from its contrived story than everything else: the stark setting, chaotic energy and authentic cast.
  94. World War Z
    It is no summer thriller. It’s an anemic actioner that fosters excitement like dead limbs as it lumbers toward a conclusion.
  95. Hello, My Name Is Doris
    Luckily for Hello, My Name Is Doris, Sally Field is still so likable, really likable.
  96. The Foot Fist Way
    There are enough droll moments to spark cult status, and McBride's commitment is impressive.
  97. Aurora
    Maddeningly mundane, this Romanian drama aims for an antiseptic look at random violence and, unfortunately, achieves it.
  98. À Tout de Suite (Right Now)
    Though it happens two-thirds into the movie, when Lili is abandoned by the others in Greece without either luggage or money, Le Besco's vulnerability draws us into her predicament.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Split
    Split smacks of the director’s past fare, and its suspenseful, scary tone recalls "The Sixth Sense." When Shyamalan embraces his identity as a horror director with a knack for surprises, more fun is had by all.
  100. The Adventures of Felix
    Perhaps simply discovering a film so dedicated to a different perspective is adventure enough.
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