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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 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. One Day in September
    A gripping thriller whose terror -- unfortunately -- comes from real life.
  2. Concert for George
    Of them all, only McCartney looks out of place, perhaps mistaking the venue for Vegas. There in a nutshell could be the answer to why the Beatles broke up.
  3. The Twilight Samurai
    There are a few fight scenes, but they're as unshowy as the rest of this restrained film. If your warrior ideal is Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill," you may not have the patience this gentle story demands of its viewers.
  4. Captain Phillips
    The most gripping based-on-fact film so far this year.
  5. Three Kings
    A daring, teeth-grinding experience that doesn't let the viewer rest easy.
  6. Blancanieves
    We’re not in Disney’s world. Berger knows his Grimm, and he suffuses his entrancing fairy tale with a moving sense of melancholy.
  7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Acclaimed director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's meditative, at times maddening expression of human mystery and barren landscapes is gorgeous to look at, intriguing to think about and, at times, hard to sit through.
  8. Ten Canoes
    The humor in de Heer's script is mostly anatomical, and the performances of the nonpro cast are stiffer than bark. But you've never seen anything like it.
  9. Gilles' Wife
    This is a lyrical art movie with admittedly limited commercial appeal, but worth seeing for cinematic explorers.
  10. The Maid
    Silva intends to keep us guessing, and it's fair to say he takes us in unexpected directions. But don't expect any flashy Hollywood twists. The surprises come from Catalina Saavedra's intense lead performance.
  11. The Filth and the Fury
    It's just twice as much as we need to know about the Sex Pistols.
  12. Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands
    It's said to be an autobiography, but that pertains only in the loosest sense. It's a comedy. It's a 1920s silent movie. It is practically indescribable. And it is pure genius.
  13. Sicario
    This dramatic thriller finds a spot somewhere between your brain and your stomach, and drills in.
  14. Hamlet
    A brilliant, thrilling, vital transference of the play to the screen.
  15. George Washington
    None of the children are professionals, and their uncontrived performances lend a painfully real quality to what becomes a rather lyrical story.
  16. Another Year
    The perfect haven from the cheap ironies and cruel indifference we all have to field both in life and, far too often, at the movies.
  17. Blade Runner 2049
    Do androids dream of electric sheep? Maybe. But science fiction-loving cinephiles have definitely been dreaming of a movie like Blade Runner 2049 for years.
  18. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
    The remarkable footage includes damning evidence of how the media, the people and the army were manipulated. Which leads to that eternal question - if it's not on TV, did it really happen?
  19. A Mighty Wind
    The wheezy Mighty Wind can't blow out the candle of this group's first musical mockumentary, 1984's "This Is Spinal Tap."
  20. The Damned United
    Ultimately it's Sheen, finding new facets of his character in every scene, who shoots and scores.
  21. Wadjda
    This resonant film, detailing struggles in a far-flung place, represents world cinema in the classic sense.
  22. 13th
    Directed with calm passion and controlled outrage, the movie — named after the amendment which outlawed slavery, but left a significant loophole when it came to criminal convictions — is a study in profits. And power.
  23. Arrival
    Arrival is a science fiction confection that wants to be smart. But the truly fascinating material that would have made this a very good movie rather than a pretty decent one likely ended up on what they used to call the cutting-room floor.
  24. Juno
    It is certainly the feel-good movie of the season.
  25. Blue Valentine
    Halfway into Blue Valentine, a work so beautifully acted and emotionally honest it is my choice for best movie of the year, there's an amazing flashback scene you hope never ends.
  26. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
    As gorgeous and gripping as it is faithful to the spirit of Patrick O'Brian's celebrated series of historical novels.
  27. Top Five
    It’s one of the most vibrant, sly romantic comedies this year.
  28. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
    It's a tribute to both the subject and his biographer that this story of one man's experience is also a vital chronicle of the times in which he's lived.
  29. A Simple Plan
    It's a Master "Plan."
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  30. Katyn
    A pensive and searching drama that explores how deep into the national psyche these murders in the Katyn forest went.
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