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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. Phoebe in Wonderland
    So much of this irritating film from first-time writer-director Daniel Barnz feels like a writing exercise it's amazing Elle Fanning, in the title role, comes off as well as she does.
  2. Bedtime Stories
    Sandler's shambling Yogi Bear-ness will be the big appeal to holiday-vacation audiences.
  3. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
    A steady thrum of anger pervades this Romanian film even in its quietest moments, but the ending and captured-lost-boys setting ultimately fail to surprise.
  4. The Ledge
    Though Wilson tries hard, none of the actors - including Terrence Howard as the detective who unravels this story in flashback is able to overcome the script's considerable deficiencies.
  5. The Guilt Trip
    While the actors are appealing, their weirdly co-dependent characters aren't. And they don't learn enough to balance out the bland, intermittently irritating nature of their adventures.
  6. Family Affair
    Chico Colvard's tragic documentary is blunt and rather artless, but it does make for impactful, and deeply disturbing, viewing.
  7. Trouble the Water
    Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal utilize the footage Kim and Scott Roberts had taken throughout the disaster, showing how residents suffered, survived and came together to help when official assistance let them down.
  8. 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.
  9. Triple 9
    When the story does wrap up, it's all too little, too late, and far too long. Which given everything stuffed into it, just leaves the super-sized Triple 9 triply disappointing.
  10. 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.
  11. Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club
    This is a film about catharsis and camaraderie, not logic. For some, that — and a chance to see characters the movies often ignore — will be enough to join the club.
  12. Bullet to the Head
    Like Stallone, director Walter Hill is also far from his heyday ("The Warriors," "48 HRS.," "Streets of Fire"), but the old-guy camaraderie behind the scenes is evident. Despite the movie being based on a graphic novel, no one adds extra flash here just to appease the kids.
  13. The Time That Remains
    Unfortunately, the stylistic repetition and intensely one-sided viewpoint only undermine his (Suleiman) goal.
  14. There Be Dragons
    History can be an equalizer, so director Roland Joffe ("The Killing Fields," "The Mission") makes sure saints and sinners all get painted with the same uninteresting brush in this fact-based drama.
  15. What If
    Anyone looking for a date-night flick will be inclined to fall for Michael Dowse’s aggressively adorable What If. Just be warned: The single-minded determination to win you over may wind up pushing you away.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Flock of Dudes
    The supporting characters are lifeless vessels in a movie that fails to break away from the traps of the hit-or-miss romantic comedy genre.
  17. Roman de gare
    The story's Hitchcockian plot loses steam quickly, though Pinon's salty presence keeps things from getting totally bloodless.
  18. The International
    The International almost seems like a Monty Python spoof on spy-game thrillers in which the phrase "secret agent" is constantly replaced by "banker," resulting in lines like, "...If I die, 100 other bankers take my place."
  19. The Purge: Election Year
    After three disturbingly violent films, this may be a concept that deserves to be purged.
  20. Tonight You're Mine
    It's hard to imagine this was his intent, but David Mackenzie's minor romp manages to make being a rock star look like a distinctly unglamorous affair.
  21. Dealin' with Idiots
    There simply isn’t enough here to sustain an entire movie.
  22. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
    The sequel to one of the most visually striking movies of the last 10 years continues the graphic novel-inspired landscape of its predecessor. But the characters don’t click, and the action feels dull.
  23. Upside Down
    Its compelling conceit is immediately weighed down by leaden execution.
  24. Brake
    While we're meant to feel claustrophobic, we're not supposed to fight boredom, which kicks in quickly.
  25. Begin Again
    Knightley does fine work, but she’s been miscast. Her innate sophistication undermines the movie’s intentions right off the bat. We never believe her as Greta.
  26. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
    Like a creaky Vegas act desperate to please, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is so eager you can’t help wanting to like it. But you also can’t help wondering if something better is playing in the theater next-door.
  27. All In: The Poker Movie
    All In lays down some interesting hands but sometimes can't raise the stakes, though "Rounders" star Matt Damon lends a bit of celeb flash.
  28. Deepsea Challenge 3D
    Seeing unexplored parts of our natural world in state-of-the-art 3-D is great. Listening to James Cameron explain how wonderful he is, while we see all that, is not.
  29. Love, Marilyn
    This well-intentioned but clumsy attempt to get into the head of one of the 20th century's most famous women remains full of hot air.
  30. 2 Days in the Valley
    The film's confused moral sense is summed up by the contrast between the Aiello and Spader characters. Though both are professional killers, Aiello is somehow coded as "good" because he takes time to make pasta, and Spader is "bad" because he plays mildly kinky games with his mistress (imposing South African model Charlize Theron). [27 Sept 1996, p.43]
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