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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. Giant
    Though it takes time to find its courage and heart, Gigante, like its oversized hero, merely has a slow, shy way of doing things.
  2. The Last Song
    So who was the movie really made for? Mostly, it seems, for Cyrus herself, who needed to take the first, hesitant step in another direction.
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Despite Sparrow's ongoing flashes of charm, Depp himself seems to know he's coasting.
  4. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    "Parnassus," while not unwatchable, is also an elephantine mess.
  5. 1,000 Times Good Night
    Sadly, this gorgeous-looking adult movie plays out the same theme over and over, never going anywhere surprising. At least we have Binoche to guide us to hell and back.
  6. Insidious
    Insidious doesn't feature the lazy, home-video-style terror of "Paranormal Activity," thankfully. But it's also pretty normal activity for a ghost story.
  7. Sarah's Key
    A dramatic tale of survival and horrific memories struggles against distracting melodrama in Sarah's Key, and unfortunately, melodrama wins.
  8. Butter
    Appropriately enough for a movie built on two-dimensional cartoons of amoral adults and innocent children, Shahidi is the only actor who emerges with her dignity fully intact.
  9. Runner Runner
    This is the kind of movie that, in order to puff itself up, quotes Meyer Lansky, Napoleon and Native American sayings. But according to Hoyle — as poker players would say — the film really just does boilerplate Hollywood drama.
  10. Low Down
    Director Jeff Preiss soaks his movie in a brownish retro atmosphere, which helps smooth over the many dull spots, but only briefly. Though his cast is strong even when the movie lags, they often feel like soloists doing their own thing next to each other — always melodic but never truly meshing.
  11. The Last Days on Mars
    On the bright side, Robinson’s unlucky astronauts are played by Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams and Romola Garai. All of these actors approach their potential demise with impressive conviction.
  12. Sleep Dealer
    Haunting ideas and efficient storytelling, but director-cowriter Alex Rivera needed to fine-tune a bit more.
  13. Cirkus Columbia
    Director Danis Tanovic never undersells the anger and tension in the family, yet while the emotional underpinnings feel raw, much of "Cirkus" also winds up spinning 'round to obvious, if uncomfortable, places.
  14. I Am
    Pay close attention to the title of Tom Shadyac's documentary. He will try to convince you his film is about humanity uniting to solve its problems. But somehow, his own ego keeps getting in the way.
  15. The Snowman
    Roll The Snowman to the top of the ever-rising mountain of lousy movies with good trailers.
  16. Bringing Up Bobby
    Janssen's affectionate, almost-1970s-style view of innocents-at-large may not be polished, but earns points for being from the heart.
  17. Remember the Daze
    The original title of Jess Manafort's directorial debut was "The Beautiful Ordinary," and she shouldn't have changed it. After all, her cast is beautiful and her movie is ordinary.
  18. The Square
    Digs up familiar ground without adding any fresh dirt.
  19. American Ultra
    This stoners-meet-government-assassins mashup is as meandering and paranoid as a guy toking up in front of City Hall. Sometimes that’s amusing, but most of the time it’s tiring.
  20. On the Ice
    If "Ice" never really solidifies, it's nonetheless the work of a filmmaker whose seriousness is worth watching out for.
  21. Southpaw
    When boxing cliches work, they can deliver a knockout. When they don’t, as in Southpaw, we get just punch-drunk.
  22. Emperor
    Director Peter Webber (“Girl With a Pearl Earring”) fills the film with conciliatory emotion and jarring vistas of post-atomic landscapes. Unfortunately, Emperor needs more good ol’-fashioned swagger.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
    This gossipy, affectionate movie about the daughter of Jewish Ukranian immigrants’ rags-to-riches story and her survival as a star into the mid-1960s is a lot of fun. But it doesn’t get under her skin.
  24. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
    Without a satisfying resolution, the movie ultimately sheds very little light on its own subject.
  25. The Assignment
    The Assignment is a movie about a heartless assassin, a mad doctor and a forced surgery. But it’s the movie that should be sued for malpractice.
  26. The Last Exorcism Part II
    Now Bell can break out of the genre. She's served her time.
  27. Super
    Super starts off feeling like a cult comedy you might catch during a midnight film festival. But since Gunn never nails his tone, the concept makes more sense than the execution.
  28. Furry Vengeance
    This is just one nutso, painfully unfunny family flick.
  29. The Eagle
    This old-fashioned sword-and-sandal drama has all the bread and circuses we've come to know from the movies. It flirts with interesting story choices, but ultimately, all roads lead to boredom.
  30. Lord of the Dance in 3D
    It's simply a blandly shot recording of Michael Flatley's musical revue, as performed overseas.
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