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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. Bottle Shock
    Unfortunately, Miller never finds the right balance, so while there are some sweet notes, the pileup of clichés ultimately leaves a slightly acrid aftertaste.
  2. Knight of Cups
    It’s visually sumptuous but laborious. Worse, it’s pretty humorless. Knight of Cups takes itself very seriously.
  3. Stoker
    Stoker is like the baby David Lynch and Tim Burton had, then left on the doorstep of the Addams Family. Full of heavingly gorgeous images that envelop a viewer before smothering them, its maddening elements eventually become too much to bear.
  4. Ten Thousand Saints
    The cast all do well with banal material that’s beneath them, especially Emily Watson.
  5. Life as We Know It
    The sisters who play Sophie are adorable. And if you happen to be a sleep-deprived parent yourself, there are worse ways to catch a two-hour nap.
  6. 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.
  7. Child 44
    The mystery at the heart of the film is a riddle wrapped in an enigma covered in dullness.
  8. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
    The oh-so-out-there mentality earns some chuckles, but that, along with Piven's preening, gets very trying. A hard sell is still a hard sell.
  9. Happiness Runs
    The kids' story gets out of control, but Andie MacDowell is a pleasantly earthy mess as Victor's out-of-it mother, and familiar New York faces (Ann Magnuson, Mark Boone Jr., Richard Edson) lend quirky support as the out-of-it elders.
  10. Prom
    A movie that's so anachronistically mushy and awkward, it earns extra credit simply for being so innocent.
  11. Man Down
    For all of its effort to make an important point about the unseen casualties of war, Man Down is a taxing exercise for the viewer.
  12. Contraband
    Only Wahlberg rises above the muck; everything else here feels buried in concrete.
  13. My Mexican Shivah
    All this story needs is a mariachi band to walk in on all the overwrought mourners. Oh, wait ... yep. There it is.
  14. Faster
    Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is overhyped as Billy Bob Thornton is slow and steady.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Unfriended
    Unfortunately, the engine underneath that gloss is woefully familiar, offering the same jump scares we’ve seen a thousand times before.
  16. The Identical
    The Identical is one wacky movie, based on a bit of truth.
  17. Piranha 3-D
    There are few real scares, though, and even fewer actual laughs. Despite several obvious gags, Aja never captures the spoofy fun of the 1978 original.
  18. Two If by Sea
    Though the slow, obvious "Two If By Sea" probably won't do much to advance Bullock's standing as America's current sweetheart, it shouldn't do irreparable damage to it, either. [13 Jan 1996, p.21]
    • New York Daily News
  19. Tamara Drewe
    The book itself is an easy read -- conveniently enough, it shouldn't take you more than two hours. So you might want to skip the discordant copy, and use that time to discover the real thing.
  20. The Hollars
    The cast, led by John Krasinski, who doubles as director, has its own fight against the lame and contrived script by Jim Strouse.
  21. West of Memphis
    Certainly, the West Memphis 3 deserve more chances to detail how the justice system went nightmarishly awry. But take this as ultimately more personal journal than investigation.
  22. Salvation Boulevard
    Loosely adapting Larry Beinhart's darker novel, Ratliff and co-writer Douglas Stone indulge in so many cheap shots and caricatures, their disdain drips off the screen.
  23. Smart People
    In what world does Smart People exist? Clearly not the real one, though this dramedy wants to think it's filled with ironic insights about love and family.
  24. As Good as Dead
    This taut but cliched little thriller is like "Wait Until Dark" with neo-Nazis.
  25. Big Man Japan
    When a movie is this strange, it's gotta count for something.
  26. 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.
  27. Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
    From performances to pacing, nearly every element of Rao's debut is uneven. But her passionate vision of so much useless prejudice leaves a lingering impact.
  28. The Founder
    The details of how the McDonalds literally invented the fast-food concept are fascinating. The period details feel right. All in all, the film's a slick, good-looking package. But it still feels empty. Where's the message? Where's the meaning? Where's the beef?
  29. Jack and Jill
    There are moments in Jack and Jill that are genuinely funny - and, just like countless family reunions, there are moments when you can't wait for it to end.
  30. It's About You
    Still, every time Kurt opens his mouth you wish he would refocus and realize that, in fact, we've come to see a movie about someone else.
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