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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. Selma
    The battle it documents is both a cornerstone of the past and a reflection of ongoing struggles. DuVernay infuses Selma with that dichotomy, never forgetting how Selma, the place, was a pledge to march ahead.
  2. Underground
    Delirious in its excess, but never less than ferociously intelligent and operatically emotional, Underground represents one of those rare, exhilarating moments when an outsize artistic vision is fueled by an apparently unlimited budget. Not to be missed.
  3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is awe-inspiring.
  4. Trolösa
    Hits so hard because it feels so real.
    • New York Daily News
  5. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    Harris brings into focus a nearly forgotten success story, filling in another blank in the ultimate mosaic of the 20th century's greatest tragedy.
  6. Praise
    Unrelentingly, admirably committed to its own grimness.
  7. Affliction
    Schrader and Nolte are both at the height of their expressive powers in a film that, in its concentration and sobriety, leaves a lasting impression.
  8. Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary
    At one point, Junge complains that her memories are banal, and they are -- But when sounds of war penetrate the bunker and the end is near, the details become high drama.
    • New York Daily News
  9. Life of Pi
    Though the film's setup trudges and its closing is too pat, that hour or so on the raft is something special, and few would dive into the story's soul as Lee does.
  10. Let Me In
    Director Matt Reeves (who also made the much rawer "Cloverfield") so deeply understands the nature of childhood terror that Let Me In burns with a white-hot clarity.
  11. Fences
    Washington isn't a visionary director, something he's proved before in "The Great Debaters" and "Antwone Fisher." But he is a fine actor, and if nothing else Fences preserves his career-best performance, as a loving, bullying, wounded, roaring bull of a man.
  12. Miss Bala
    While Sigman conveys a credible state of tense disbelief throughout, it's increasingly frustrating to watch Laura so passively accept her dire fate.
  13. Mother
    Though diligently paced and sharp to look at, the mysteries inside Mother are, finally, bloodless.
  14. Keep the Lights On
    A well-written, sensitively directed relationship drama. In most circumstances, that's all it would be - and that would be enough. But lead Thure Lindhardt pushes the picture into realms of such exposed intimacy, you almost feel like you're dating him yourself.
  15. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
    The movie fascinates not so much because of Strummer, whose brooding temperament and flash-and-burn career arc seems pretty routine by rock standards, but because of the way Temple organized and edited the film.
  16. Searching for Sugar Man
    Rodriguez's story is almost inconceivable in an obsessively magnified, heavily hyped Internet era. Which makes it all the more important to be shared. Listen, be moved, and pass it on.
  17. Keane
    Keane is a movie you might see on a dare, and though I think it is brilliantly conceived, I wouldn't dare to dare you.
  18. Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    The movie's pleasures are spare, and will appeal mostly to die-hard Rivette fans and viewers with slow pulses.
  19. Zodiac
    Without a persuasive ending, Zodiac is an exercise in frustration if not futility. But before it hits the inevitable wall, it does something better than most genre films even attempt: it perfectly depicts the obsession that often overtakes cops and reporters involved in high-profile crimes.
  20. Run Lola Run
    Furiously paced.
    • New York Daily News
  21. Black Swan
    A psychosexual thriller that lures its viewers into a woozy nightmare.
  22. The Devil's Backbone
    Along with "The Others," -- represents a welcome diversion from loud, senseless Hollywood extravaganzas.
  23. Enough Said
    Enough Said doesn’t have the intimacy of Holofcener’s “Walking and Talking” or “Lovely & Amazing,” but it still cuts close the bone. Often so close we have to smile in self-defense.
  24. 28 Weeks Later
    28 Weeks Later has a stronger story line, equally fine performances, greater tension, enough gore to satisfy the most hard-core zombie fan, and a narrative pace that flings us from the opening scenes to the very last image.
  25. Insomnia
    Pacino is masterful as the sharp-witted, seen-it-all detective.
    • New York Daily News
  26. The House of Mirth
    The stop-the-presses news from The House of Mirth is the number of fine performances from people you never knew had it in them.
  27. My Flesh and Blood
    Susan Tom has her hands full in Jonathan Karsh's documentary My Flesh and Blood -- she's dealing with her 13 children, most adopted, some with serious maladies. Rarely does one encounter such capable hands.
  28. Private Property
    The performances are impeccable, but while director Joachim Lafosse carefully creates an atmosphere of suffocating dread, he could have let a little more air into this simmering hothouse.
  29. Control
    Morton's as good an actress as any working today and in Control, she overcomes an age gap to give one of the year's most heartbreaking and honest performances.
  30. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
    A vital one for movie fans.
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