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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. Somewhere Between
    As this strong, moving documentary shows, for those who came to the U.S., reconnecting to their culture and blood relatives can result in a generation of young people who feel "somewhere between" Chinese and American. They're never fully one or the other, but in the best cases can feel part of both.
  2. Rosewater
    Rosewater is not about what isolates us, and part of the film’s terrific achievement is its recognition that staying connected is a daily show of strength.
  3. Stranger Than Fiction
    It has a nifty premise and outstanding performances from Ferrell, as the protagonist-in-progress, and Emma Thompson, as his blocked creator.
  4. Cairo Time
    Writer-director Ruba Nadda's film is ultimately like a summertime flirtation that never quite comes to anything.
  5. Damsels in Distress
    Just as precise and self-consciously precious as predicted. Which doesn't mean it hasn't got moments of charming wit buried under all its archness.
  6. Nowhere Boy
    Johnson is convincing as a swaggering, jokey Lennon, but the photos of young John, Paul and George that end the movie ultimately have more punch than this bubblegummy montage.
  7. Zathura: A Space Adventure
    Jon Favreau's adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's kid-lit adventure of the same name, more than fills the bill - though it's unlikely to draw anyone over the age of 11 (not counting baby-sitters).
  8. The Darjeeling Limited
    Wilson, Brody and Schwartzman have their charms, but the script gives them little to work with. Anderson and his co-writers have come up with an ordinary road movie.
  9. The Peanuts Movie
    It looks shiny enough to keep the kids engaged, but not so new and improved that it'll alienate nostalgic parents. The movie strikes that balance, adding a bell here, a whistle there.
  10. Barney's Version
    By the time Barney gets one final, heartbreaking chance to screw things up, this rich, satisfying film has you hooked.
  11. The Swenkas
    When these proudly strutting dandies glide through a grimy basement as if they didn't have a care in the world, their joy is irresistible, and Ronde's point is made.
  12. Over the Hedge
    The computer-animation is terrific, most of the slapstick gags are fun, and Wanda Sykes' voice performance as feisty Stella the Skunk is one that will be remembered - and not because it stinks.
  13. The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    The film leaves us wondering about all the war stories we haven't heard.
  14. The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
    On film, and eight years after they were written, his urgent re-creations of an awkward first date, or a Village People obsession, feel both overly familiar and almost embarrassingly earnest.
  15. Too Much Sleep
    The film's slightly awkward self-consciousness is balanced by an appealing, gently deadpan performance from Palmieri.
  16. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
    A perversely enjoyable entry in that new genre, the biopic of the tawdry TV personality.
  17. Me Without You
    Tough, unsentimental British film.
  18. Cinemania
    Both compelling and disturbing, this tragicomic documentary follows five dreamers as they pursue romance.
  19. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
    A poignant, deeply ­intimate history of one family.
  20. Hamlet
    As for Scott, his rather wry interpretation is competent, but neither daring nor insightful enough to arouse any great passion.
  21. Solaris
    A darkly brilliant sci-fi movie about emotions so deep, the story could be taking place within the chambers of the heart instead of an arid space station. At the same time, it is a coldly theoretical piece that could leave viewers unengaged.
  22. As Good as It Gets
    The material has no dramatic center, a problem pointed up by Brooks' failed solution to it -- his use of an ugly-cute little dog, Simon's pet.
  23. The Goebbles Experiment
    Ultimately, the project suffers from a nearly complete lack of contextualization. We could surely use some background on Goebbels' complicity in mass genocide while listening to him brag about his beautiful, healthy children and happy family life.
  24. Rudo y Cursi
    Luna and Bernal have amiability, but not enough to earn a recommendation for this clichéd movie.
  25. Fight Club
    Grueling and bleak, but not unintelligent...although it's hardly groundbreaking just because everyone's face gets pulpy.
  26. Outrage
    The primary response he's (Kitano) seeking seems best expressed by one typically ill-fated player: "What the hell … ?"
  27. This Is It
    The late King of Pop delivers.
  28. Somewhere
    Dorff and Fanning are perfect in their roles, and Coppola captures the draining narcissism of celebrity culture with the understanding of someone who"s witnessed it all her life.
  29. Frequency
    One of the most skillful, mesmerizing, tense and satisfying time-warp thrillers ever made.
  30. Barbershop: The Next Cut
    At times, the latest Barbershop might get too serious for some, but as far as the comedy goes, it remains a cut above the rest.
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