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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. Duplicity
    This is a role that the Julia Roberts of 1999 couldn't have played, and that's fine. The one we have here is much better.
  2. The Painted Veil
    The Painted Veil may begin too slowly, but it also ends too soon.
  3. It
    Most of the scares are well earned, as Muschietti mines horror tropes effectively, but there’s also a stretch where the film really turns into a circus.
  4. Funny Games
    Denying us any catharsis, Haneke becomes a stern, finger-wagging lecturer; he seems to mean his movie as punishment, conveniently forgetting his own role in the crime. [11 March 1998, p.38]
    • New York Daily News
  5. Peepli Live
    Peepli Live may not consistently hit the mark, but it's savvy and humane, which goes a long way.
  6. Digging for Fire
    The cool cast includes casual drop-ins from Sam Rockwell, Melanie Lynskey and Sam Elliott. The actors give off the feeling that we’ve wandered into the middle of a conversation among friends. This being a Swanberg movie, that’s kind of what is happening, complete with tiny epiphanies and people you want to hear keep talking.
  7. Black Gold
    Some documentaries are so well-made they transcend the nature of their subjects. This is not one of them.
  8. Cold Souls
    Giamatti is one of the few guys who could take a joke about a chickpea-sized soul and make a meal of it.
  9. The Sleeping Beauty
    Breillat, seemingly inspired as much by C.S. Lewis and Hans Christian Andersen as by original author Charles Perrault, doesn't really make the most of her subversive premise.
  10. Life During Wartime
    You will find a few glimmers of humanity in Todd Solondz' latest exercise in acerbic observation. But Solondz continues to mistake judgment for honesty, and empathy for weakness.
  11. The Unknown Known
    Intoxicating, and at times maddening, to watch.
  12. Monster's Ball
    This movie hyperventilates with pessimism to the point of perversity.
  13. Ride with the Devil
    The best movie I've seen this year.
  14. The Ignorant Fairies
    Though predictable and a bit of a soap opera, Ferzan Ozpetek's Italian drama is saved by the tremendous appeal of its stars, Margherita Buy and Stefano Accorsi.
  15. Small Time Crooks
    Allen was out of his element in creating characters who feel like East Coast cousins of the Clampetts, and his dialogue has never been more banal or forced.
  16. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
    While plenty of talking heads turn up to offer breathless praise, it's no surprise that the preeminent words of wisdom are, thanks to copious archival footage, Vreeland's own.
  17. White Reindeer
    Throughout, Hollyman rings true . She’s heartfelt, freaked-out and never too way out.
  18. Out of Africa
    Out of Africa is still an absolute knockout. It provides such an enchanting glimpse of the paradise that Dinesen tragically lost that audiences will completely understand her other grand passion for Africa itself.
  19. Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
    Fans will want to replay the extensive archival footage over and over. Newcomers are more likely to pause halfway through, search out the superlative soundtrack, and immerse themselves in the music that inspired this rare, fall-and-rise story in the first place.
  20. The Avengers
    Most impressive of all, The Avengers makes superhero movies new again - a colossal task indeed.
  21. Venus in Fur
    Polanski views things so mischievously that the naughtiness is neutered long before sniveling Thomas is tied to a pole. He’s a captive not only to Vanda, but also to all the dull, reductive mind games.
  22. Beirut
    Pike is terrific, and Hamm has a credibly bleary, weary look. The movie’s ambitions are worthy. But it rarely turns its action into real excitement, or moves past cynicism into insight. It’s the spy movie that leaves us in the cold.
  23. Nurse Betty
    A black comedy that features Renee Zellweger as the most adorable psychiatric-trauma victim ever.
  24. Imelda
    There's no question she's a smart cookie, but as she herself says, "There's a thin line between smart and crazy."
  25. This Divided State
    If there's anybody left who believes in free discourse, the students were clear winners.
  26. There's Something About Mary
    A shocking and hilarious triumph.
    • New York Daily News
  27. Hide Your Smiling Faces
    This gem captures the unpredictability of a kid’s long summer day.
  28. Bad 25
    Michael Jackson fans will love Spike Lee's look back at the making of a classic, even if the extensive collection of clips and contemporary interviews - which could have used a firm edit - feels more suited to DVD.
  29. Joshua
    Terrifically sneaky psychological thriller, which takes great pleasure in watching carefully constructed family values come tumbling down.
  30. Forgiving Dr. Mengele
    It's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard.
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