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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. I Love You, Beth Cooper
    This unfunny, unoriginal, charmless teen comedy is so stunningly awful from start to finish, it's amazing to think its director has made a single film before, much less a dozen.
  2. Bruno
    Packed with filthy jokes, insane sight gags, and body parts used in decidedly uncommon ways, Brüno is hands-down the dirtiest R-rated movie you'll see this year.
  3. Blood: The Last Vampire
    Flashbacks show samurai shenanigans, but it's all cluttered and rambling. Watch "True Blood," "Let the Right One In" or "Twilight" instead. Or wait for "Thirst" or "New Moon" or "Daybreakers" or ...
  4. Humpday
    One of the best indie films of the year, Humpday is a lighter descendant of "sex lies and videotape," yet burrows just as deep into the male psyche and the human capacity for self-deceit.
  5. Soul Power
    Anyone awed by 1996's "When We Were Kings" - and really, that should be anyone who's seen it - will consider this vivid companion piece essential viewing.
  6. Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
    There's far more to this groundbreaker who built an empire in the face of formidable challenges. So why would you miss it? Go already.
  7. I Hate Valentine's Day
    Unfortunately, Vardalos has no one else to blame for a shockingly amateurish effort that goes from bad (her oddly insincere performance) to worse (consistently sloppy camera work) to make-it-stop (it would be an insult to television to call the script sitcomish).
  8. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    If "Up" is the animated equivalent of an ice cream sundae, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the Popsicle: Neither as rich nor as memorable, but more than welcome on a long, hot summer day.
  9. Public Enemies
    You see the spark of 'this is cool!,' but you don't sense a purpose. The underconceived Public Enemies suffers from that lack of drive, though Johnny Depp is so urgent and charismatic as John Dillinger, he provides enough firepower to make the film legit.
  10. My Sister's Keeper
    Patric and Baldwin react to all the morbidity with restraint, and Vassilieva keeps her bald head high. But they won't be able to help this barefaced vulgarity earn any terms of endearment.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Hurt Locker
    What you'll remember most will be Renner's remarkably complex commander. By the time we finally figure him out, it's become clear we've witnessed a star-making performance, in a movie that deserves to stand as one of the defining films of the decade.
  12. Afghan Star
    Fascinating and, when you see Afghan versions of Simon Cowell and Co. reacting to tryouts, a reminder of how fame and the thirst for it is the same in any language.
  13. 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.
  14. The Stoning of Soraya M.
    As with so many message movies, this one trades ­nuance for naked outrage. The filmmakers'heartfelt intent is admirable, but right now they’re competing with a more compellingly told reality.
  15. Surveillance
    The performances are dreadful, the direction shoddy and the final twist so idiotic, your mind can’t help but drift toward all the better scripts just waiting, sadly and silently, for the chance wasted here.
  16. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    Hey, Michael: It's the robots, stupid. Despite all the mechanical mayhem, none of the Transformers stand out.
  17. Year One
    During all of the film’s oh-so-long 97 minutes, Year One, barely earns a snicker.
  18. The Proposal
    It's impossible to guess why Bullock was ever attracted to this insulting role, and the eternally confident Reynolds is miscast as a young, bullied underling.
  19. $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.
  20. Dead Snow
    This Norwegian zombie flick is perfect for those who just want a few good jolts and whole lot of gore.
  21. Whatever Works
    While the film is slightly better than similar efforts Allen made between the ’90s and his recent time in Europe, it’s both too broad and too shallow.
  22. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
    A fast and relentless hostage thriller that never stops.
  23. Food, Inc.
    Though slickly packaged, Robert Kenner's unsparing exposé is harder to watch than any horror film.
  24. Imagine That
    For the first time since "The Nutty Professor," Eddie Murphy successfully mixes his adult and kid-film personas -- imagine that.
  25. Sex Positive
    Intermittently compelling biography.
  26. Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Though we see the same man throughout the bumpy tour captured here -- always calm, steady, faithful -- it's bound to prove an enlightening portrait for those who know him only as the guy who once worked with Peter Gabriel.
  27. Tetro
    Despite the overwrought plot and unabashed pretension, there's something admirable about the fact that Coppola clearly made this movie for himself. But he shouldn't be surprised if few others join him in watching it.
  28. The Hangover
    Amusing as it is, it never feels real.
  29. My Life in Ruins
    Director Donald Petrie doesn’t have much to brag about here, but at least he gives us some nice scenery to look at.
  30. Away We Go
    If we learn anything from Away We Go, it’s that a lack of ambition might not be such a bad thing after all.
  31. Land of the Lost
    This lumbering, ha-ha-look-what-we-remade action-comedy is a high-concept disaster.
  32. Downloading Nancy
    Unpleasantly icy film based on a true story.
  33. Tennessee
    The good news for Carey is that she gets to prove she's a pretty decent actress after all. The bad news, of course, is that she's done it in a movie no one has any other reason to see.
  34. Herb & Dorothy
    Director Megumi Sasaki's film feels like a cozy visit with neighbors whose insights are priceless.
  35. Up
    While their latest achievement can't quite one-up "WALL-E," it offers soaring highs that are bound to enchant viewers of any age.
  36. Drag Me to Hell
    Drag Me to Hell is an eyeball-gouging lesson in how to make a genre flick and live to tell about it.
  37. Pontypool
    A horror flick that's all talk and (almost) no action? The risk pays off better than you'd think.
  38. What Goes Up
    Glatzer's self-consciously quirky indie is misguided on every level.
  39. Dance Flick
    There's an art to making a good spoof, but good luck finding it in Dance Flick, not only because the movie goes for easy toilet humor, but because it often relies on it to stay afloat.
  40. O'Horten
    A quiet, oddly serene movie with a curious soul.
  41. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Far surpasses original.
  42. The Girlfriend Experience
    Nowhere near as kinky or thinky as Soderbergh’s "sex, lies and videotape," Girlfriend pretends it has more on its mind than it really does.
  43. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
    A vital one for movie fans.
  44. Easy Virtue
    We could all use a little more Noel Coward in our lives. But the fizz falls flat in Stephan Elliot's adaptation of a lesser-known play, which, while blithe enough, has little spirit to speak of.
  45. Terminator Salvation
    A fast-moving, rock 'em-sock 'em movie that continues the man-vs.-machines series begun 25 years ago.
  46. Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
    Anyone who doubts that a single individual can make a political impact should see Anders Østergaard’s gripping documentary.
  47. Angels & Demons
    Despite the overlong running time, the action moves smoothly and swiftly.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Brothers Bloom
    An overstuffed failure that mistakes sleight storytelling for dazzling entertainment.
  49. Big Man Japan
    When a movie is this strange, it's gotta count for something.
  50. The Big Shot-Caller
    Too many threads are woven together here, but occasionally, it just connects.
  51. Management
    Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn? Who thought that would be a good match? So it's to everyone's ­credit that by the time the ­movie is over, you'll wonder why they were never paired together before.
  52. Summer Hours
    Assayas and his cast hit so many perfect notes, you'll swear you've seen these characters and heard these conversations before - not in Chekhov's thematically similar "Cherry Orchard," which was an obvious influence, but in your own life.
  53. Julia
    The end result is like Quentin Tarantino reworking a Charles Bukowski story.
  54. Little Ashes
    The story and performances (save for Matthew McNulty’s angry Luis Buñuel) are paint-by-numbers, with social upheaval and sexual adventurism as dramatic as an after-dinner mint.
  55. Next Day Air
    He may be a first-time feature ­director, but music video master Benny Boom clearly knows how to pull a midlevel movie ­together.
  56. Outrage
    Some of the accusations feel more sordid than satisfying.
  57. Rudo y Cursi
    Luna and Bernal have amiability, but not enough to earn a recommendation for this clichéd movie.
  58. Star Trek
    The new Star Trek is more than a coat of paint on a space-age wagon train. It's an exciting, stellar-yet-earthy blast that successfully blends the hip and the classic.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
    Douglas is the only one who looks like he's actually having fun with the dim-witted script.
  60. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    "Wolverine" is silly and typical, not in spite of but because it bonds an undeveloped family feud onto the main character's renegade story.
  61. Fighting
    As its defiantly bland title suggests, Fighting is a bare-bones effort that tries just hard enough to keep us watching. By making good use of its New York setting, Montiel does bring a certain indie grit to the generic story.
  62. Obsessed
    Unfortunately, the whole movie seems constructed just to get the singer/actress into a knock-down catfight, shoehorning one of show business's sexiest entertainers into a scorned-woman role. And even then, the pay-off feels cheap.
  63. The Informers
    Ellis' stamp is immediately apparent, from the absurdly vapid characters to the undercurrent of barely repressed anger.
  64. The Soloist
    It's hard to talk about The Soloist without falling into cliches, because this well-meaning but ham-handed drama is full them.
  65. Tyson
    The result is an often-anguished monologue built on pride, despair and self-defense. Accuracy aside, Tyson does work hard to analyze his own, clearly complex character. So while we only get half the picture, it makes for consistently compelling viewing.
  66. Earth
    As a virtual tour of what Earth Day is about, kids ought to be entranced. If it helps them get greener, even better.
  67. Treeless Mountain
    Both lovely and wrenching, So Yong Kim's intimate drama feels so honest, it's often difficult to watch.
  68. State of Play
    The result is a paper-thin alliance between the old-school Cal and the new-media Della. Crowe, husky and whisky-voiced, is warm amidst all the plot mechanics, and McAdams, perky and efficient, is a smart foil for him.
  69. 17 Again
    Though Mann and Perry are game, it's Efron who carries the movie.
  70. American Violet
    A message movie that's genuinely worth watching.
  71. Every Little Step
    Directors Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern focus primarily on the casting process for the 2006 revival, parading so many personalities past us that we don't really get to know anyone. Bypassing the original for the recreation? That ain't it, kid.
  72. Is Anybody There?
    More deft than it first appears, director John Crowley's gentle-but-not-sappy drama features another late-day masterpiece-in-miniature from Michael Caine.
  73. Sleep Dealer
    Haunting ideas and efficient storytelling, but director-cowriter Alex Rivera needed to fine-tune a bit more.
  74. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
    Alternately funny, sad and outrageous, Sacha Gervasi's terrific documentary feels like the lost sequel to “This Is Spinal Tap” -- and everyone involved seems to know it, except the leads.
  75. Hannah Montana: The Movie
    Like 2003's "Lizzie McGuire" movie, "Hannah" breaks little new ground but makes the big screen shift with liveliness and sense of humor impressively intact.
  76. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
    Marries an unengaging love triangle to a flat visual style, nearly squashing the one good thing in it -- a scruffy, slouching performance from Peter Sarsgaard.
  77. Observe and Report
    While it stops before sliding too far into the darkness,Observe and Report hits a lot of bull's-eyes by aiming for the gut, not easy belly laugh.
  78. Fast & Furious
    Like a lemon that's been tricked out with a fancy paint job, Fast & Furious won't stand up to much scrutiny under the hood.
  79. Adventureland
    Adventureland has the structure of a Tilt-a-Whirl ride: It goes where you expect, and may fill you with dread.
  80. Alien Trespass
    The movie doesn't try for "Airplane!" or even "Scary Movie"-type ribbing, but its adherence to the genre isn't quite pure, either. Despite McCormack's good-natured efforts, this is "MADtv"-quality satire.
  81. Bart Got a Room
    Accept the challenge. What's good enough for Bart is good enough for you.
  82. The Escapist
    The splintered viewpoints help with the monotony, but from the taunting of new inmates to the cell-block sadist, we've gone through all this before, right down to the final twists.
  83. Gigantic
    Dano is a talented actor who needs to aim higher, and it should go without saying that Deschanel can do - and should know - better.
  84. Paris 36
    Barratier directs with a jaunty artifice more typically seen on stage, but with the exception of Arnezeder, his cast turns theatricality to its advantage. They're offering us a sunny fantasy during a cloudy time, and seem well aware that we're unlikely to resist.
  85. Sugar
    A thoughtful drama about guys who have a moment in the big time before returning home to an odd reflected glory.
  86. Monsters vs Aliens
    This action-comedy will seem fresh only to 8-year-olds -- though it may give parents an excuse to introduce some of the '50s horror movies it parodies.
  87. American Swing
    Directors Jon Hart and Matthew Kaufman don’t delve deeply enough into the psyche of club founder Larry Levenson or the culture he exploited. But they do present an entertaining snapshot of his brief reign as New York’s self-appointed King of Swing.
  88. Guest of Cindy Sherman
    It's amazing that in an era of oversharing and reality TV, a doc consisting mostly of cable TV clips and personal reminiscences can be so resonant.
  89. The Haunting in Connecticut
    Don't misunderstand: the proceedings are pretty silly, and the scares were a lot fresher back in 1979, when we first saw "The Amityville Horror." But Cornwell and his cast take things just seriously enough to keep us at least intermittently on edge.
  90. Spinning Into Butter
    If freshman film students were assigned to make a movie on race relations, this contrived attempt is probably what they'd come up with.
  91. The Education of Charlie Banks
    Another nicely understated performance from Jesse Eisenberg anchors this shambling drama.
  92. I Love You, Man
    The central love story, platonic though it may be, is entirely between the men. Their connection - and I’m determined to avoid the word “bromance” - saves this film from becoming just another Apatowian wanna-be.
  93. Duplicity
    This is a role that the Julia Roberts of 1999 couldn't have played, and that's fine. The one we have here is much better.
  94. Knowing
    Isn't prophetic ... just pathetic
  95. 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.
  96. 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.
  97. The Last House on the Left
    One sickening piece of garbage.
  98. Race to Witch Mountain
    While "Escape" was superior in story, "Race" does commit to an impressive scope. What it is, really, is a big-studio popcorn flick that just happens to be made for tweens.
  99. Sunshine Cleaning
    Though this well-observed, wry drama is determined to be quirky, its most endearing quality, like that of its heroines, is a willingness to wallow in foul moods and come out the other side.
  100. Brothers at War
    He does accomplish his main task, to take us into places civilians rarely go, and give witness to the immense challenges soldiers like his brothers face every second they’re required to be at war.
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