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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. Jason Bourne
    Once the story drags Bourne out of retirement, it's just a bunch of fights and chase scenes, only occasionally interrupted by a few lines of dialogue.
  2. Dying of the Light
    The irony is that in the low-key but mildly absorbing “Light,” Cage comes close to making it work.
  3. The Uninvited
    Yeah, this is pretty much your classic been-there, done-that scenario: evil stepmother, clueless father, imperiled teen.
  4. Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
    There’s some cross-cultural deadpan comedy, but unfortunately, the main character is too removed from reality to be truly sympathetic. The specifics of this movie are engaging, but the big picture stays buried.
  5. The Legend of Tarzan
    Alexander Skarsgard is more abs than actor as the ape man, and Margot Robbie's Jane looks about as 19th-Century as an Aussie surfer girl. Together, they produce all the real-life passion of an Abercrombie & Fitch ad.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Discoverers
    Plays like a folksy version of “The Descendants,” and the unusually grizzled Dunne excels. Sadly, the movie is marred by tepid, often crass comedy.
  7. Wish You Were Here
    Though much of the film is overcooked and overwrought, it’s well-played, and writer-director Kieran Darcy-Smith keeps us guessing, and watching.
  8. The Woman on the 6th Floor
    Philippe Le Guay's carefully-tailored crowd-pleaser does have its pleasures, even if originality is not among them.
  9. Full Grown Men
    Friedlander offers a nicely subtle performance, but the other actors - including Alan Cumming, Deborah Harry and Amy Sedaris - appear to have turned up as a favor to the director. Don't feel obliged to follow their lead.
  10. Mental
    The cutesy energy is just too much in this Aussie comedy that’s overly bemused by its quirkiness.
  11. All Is Bright
    Giamatti and Rudd banter with appeal, but Melissa James Gibson’s lackluster script doesn’t offer either much to work with.
  12. The Armstrong Lie
    There’s so much more to this story — as any number of articles about the people he wronged attest — but this time, Gibney never really gets in gear.
  13. Rabbit Hole
    Kidman is able to draw you in even as the movie's solemn, morbid obviousness wears you out.
  14. Play the Game
    If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.
  15. Tap World
    This crowded 72-minute doc “focuses” on at least 13 different dancers in a well-meaning but misguided and ultimately frustrating love letter to tap.
  16. Orphan
    Orphan doesn't add much to the genre except, disturbingly, a fetishistic bent that's creepy in the wrong way.
  17. Shutter Island
    For all the trickiness and bluster, Shutter Island is dead inside.
  18. That Evening Sun
    Director Scott Teems' film is as quiet as untilled soil -- not always a good thing -- but Holbrook has a handle on where to dig.
  19. Somebody Up There Likes Me
    The actors hold our attention, and there’s something to be said for the guys’ pathological disconnect. But the movie itself is too disconnected to say it.
  20. Hanna
    The forced coming-of-age parable that filmmaker Joe Wright laces with fairy-tale symbolism is heavy-handed from the get-go.
  21. Million Dollar Arm
    As slickly entertaining as you’d expect a Disney-produced inspirational sports movie to be. But it’s so lacking in sincerity and creativity that “inspirational” never rounds the corner to “inspiring.”
  22. Kidnap
    Berry, who’s been down a similar road before in “The Call,” brings grit, guts and tears. But all that’s not enough to break the monotony — or the preposterous conversations she has aloud with herself.
  23. High School
    The nearly unrecognizable Chiklis almost single-handedly saves the day.
  24. Head Games
    Director Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") has a worthy message, but never makes the case that he needs an entire documentary to deliver it.
  25. Closed Circuit
    The big twist to Closed Circuit is stated in the film’s TV ads, so even the element of surprise is lost. There may have been the making of a juicy, episodes-long BBC series here, but as it is, there’s barely any juice at all.
  26. Backtrack
    Backtrack eventually moves beyond its shamelessly borrowed set-up to create a few chills of its own.
  27. Americano
    Scenes of the director as a school-age boy in a Varda film are haunting, but end up simply sparking a desire to see Varda's work.
  28. The Smurfs 2
    Unlike that earlier live action/animation hybrid, however, which had a cheery, almost campy New York fashion-industry setting, The Smurfs 2 is mostly loud and unfunny.
  29. Backwards
    As her boss and boyfriend, an impressively good-natured James Van Der Beek adds a professional sheen to what otherwise feels like a vanity affair.
  30. Safe House
    Safe House devolves into unexciting action scenes that feel left over from the "Bourne" flicks and are peopled with cloak-and-dagger stereotypes.
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