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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. Magnolia
    But while this terrific cast gets to strut and preen, it's difficult to make an emotional connection with most of them.
  2. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    It's an amazing slice-of-life story that will make you want to rush home and hug the kids.
    • New York Daily News
  3. Last Orders
    It is remarkably, unsentimentally dramatized by Fred Schepisi, courtesy of the pitch-perfect performances of its ensemble British cast.
    • New York Daily News
  4. Son frère
    Chéreau keenly understands both his characters and their unwanted world, from the dehumanization that occurs the moment one enters a hospital to the hope and fear that take over when one leaves.
  5. Murderous Maids
    Denis' slow, deliberate style shuns typical suspense techniques, relying instead on something far more effective: a stunning performance by Testud.
  6. Afghan Star
    Fascinating and, when you see Afghan versions of Simon Cowell and Co. reacting to tryouts, a reminder of how fame and the thirst for it is the same in any language.
  7. The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear
    Eye-opening political documentary focuses on "the strange world of violence and fear, fantasy and deception, in which we now live."
  8. The Aura
    The tension and intrigue between the pretender and his would-be associates is as dense as the woods surrounding their hiding place.
  9. Logan Lucky
    The cast is a hoot, too. Tatum is full of easy charm but Adam Driver is even better as his brooding brother (clearly they’re sons of different mothers). There’s also a nice, out-of-character appearance by Katie Holmes, playing Logan’s hair-sprayed, hard-edged ex.
  10. James and the Giant Peach
    A handsome, entertaining though emotionally thin animated feature.
  11. 2046
    Like Wong's past films, 2046 is lovely to behold, elegantly moody and rich in atmospherics. And the women caught in Chow's web are extraordinary beauties.
  12. Kung Fu Hustle
    The overly broad martial-arts comedy Kung Fu Hustle was obviously made with skill and affection for its many cinematic sources, yet I found the tone, timing and emotional involvement off by just enough to irritate rather than enchant.
  13. Panic
    A small gem in the postholiday depression.
  14. The Aviator
    A lush, panoramic, dizzyingly portrait of the many-tentacled entrepreneur Howard Hughes. Unfortunately, though it may finally gain an Oscar for director Martin Scorsese, it is not his best work. The movie is disappointingly flat.
  15. Ratcatcher
    A grim, poetic, heart-wrenchingly fine ode to the lost children of Glasgow's forgotten class.
    • New York Daily News
  16. Magnificent Obsession
    It is full of goodness of purpose, sweetness and nobility of character. [05 Aug 1954, p.38]
    • New York Daily News
  17. The Big Red One
    The combination of old-time Hollywood valor and ahead-of-its-time surprises makes this restoration a big event.
  18. The Misfits
    The film moves at a leisurely pace at first, but it accelerates as it moves towards its exciting climax.
  19. Finding Dory
    DeGeneres and company make Finding Dory memorable.
  20. Rescue Dawn
    There is a great movie in Werner Herzog's Vietnam saga, Rescue Dawn. Unfortunately, it's about 30 minutes long.
  21. A Clockwork Orange
    His film may offend (it very nearly makes one nauseous) but there is no doubting the fact that it is the end product of a brilliant, highly original mind.
  22. Happy Feet
    In the year of the animated movie, this one soars above them all.
  23. Facing the Music
    An urgent, stirring story made all the more inspiring by the very ordinary nature of its subjects.
  24. The Weather Underground
    The documentary plays it down the middle, neither condemning nor romanticizing the political outlaws, but making sense of who they were and what they did.
  25. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    An extraordinary morsel of a movie, and yes, you'll want sushi afterward. But it won't taste like Jiro's.
  26. The Gift
    It’s fun to see Bateman channel his inner prick. But the gaslighting husband/cruel high school tormentor subplot is so underwritten that it feels tacked on.
  27. Queen of Earth
    It’s rare when a psychological drama gets us into a character’s head without tricks or a voiceover. This drama from Alex Ross Perry burrows so deep that it’s scary.
  28. Paddington
    Cute, mostly well-mannered and just a bit off-center.
  29. The Virgin Suicides
    Has a great deal of empathy for that excruciating limbo that is female adolescence.
  30. Mother of George
    Director Andrew Dosunmu’s film is big-hearted and rich, frequently using slow motion to underscore an artful intimacy.
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