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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. Boys Don't Cry
    A powerful, deeply moving tale, immeasurably facilitated by the performance of relatively unknown Hilary Swank as Brandon...smartly shot and edited, and the performances are dead-on.
  2. Los Angeles Plays Itself
    What Andersen does best is capture the sense of growing up and living among the landmarks of Hollywood's authentic back lot.
  3. This Is England
    Turgoose, in his first film role, is entirely convincing as the strong-willed but naïve Shaun, and Graham is a genuine fright as the feral prototype of the violent skinhead culture on the horizon.
  4. Sweet Sixteen
    Compston, with Loach's uncanny guidance, gives a performance of such natural power you'd think you were watching a drama-class prodigy like James Dean rather than a moonlighting high-schooler.
  5. The Son
    Sitting through the film is punishing work. The jittery closeups create a response that is more physical (I'm thinking nausea) than emotional, and there are no respites.
  6. Ponyo
    Trippy in the right way, and wholly enchanting.
  7. The Interrupters
    This is crucial work, evidenced by a line on a wall of R.I.P. graffiti that reads simply, "I am next." This film of common folks fighting the seemingly inevitable is just as moving.
  8. Baby Driver
    Amid all the high-speed action, this “Baby” is also spiked with humor. In large part that's thanks to Spacey and Foxx, as well as Jon Hamm, who makes the bank robber Buddy, one of his better movie roles. Having such strong actors also brings a gravitas to the story.
  9. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Winds up feeling like a form of emotional tourism. The images recall Terrence Malick, but the film fills "atmosphere" into dry narrative holes where a story should reside.
  10. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
    Consistently compelling and required viewing for anyone remotely interested in pop culture.
  11. Flight of the Red Balloon
    Hou intends to celebrate the classic 1956 children's film "The Red Balloon," and he has done a beautiful job. In fact, he may well have created a future classic of his own.
  12. The Gleaners & I
    Varda injects her sprightly personality into the film, a seasoning that sometimes overwhelms the stew.
  13. Before Night Falls
    A personal eulogy, from one artist to another, and an indictment of all systems of government that deny people the right to free expression and the full realization of their talent.
  14. Waking Life
    Linklater's ravishing new movie represents a bold leap into the possibilities of technology.
  15. From Here to Eternity
    There isn't a dull moment in the picture.
  16. The Bourne Ultimatum
    Bursting with so much amped-up energy, you may need to rest once it's finally done.
  17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    It's wonderful. Epic and heartbreaking and just as grand as it needs to be.
  18. Take Shelter
    Nichols approaches his subject with thoughtful empathy, and while his themes are enormous - he's addressing no less than the state of our nation - he wisely underplays even the most important moments.
  19. You Can Count on Me
    It's a compassionate story about what makes people tick and what really matters.
  20. The Pianist
    The power of the arts to transcend cultural differences is presumably what moves the German to spare Szpilman, and, perhaps, is the key to Polanski's salvation as well.
  21. Children Underground
    First-time filmmaker Edet Belzberg may be the first person to assign any value to the lives of the homeless Romanian youngsters featured in her harrowing documentary.
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  22. Get Out
    It's very funny at times, but it isn't a comedy. It is that very rare of beasts: a new and original motion picture.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amy
    The result may be depressing, but the performance footage balances it with rousing evidence of Winehouse’s eternal talent.
  24. The Edge of Heaven
    Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling.
  25. The Savages
    The Savages is a TV movie made for the big screen - and it needs the larger venue to accommodate the huge performances of its stars, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney.
  26. An Education
    Watch Mulligan's face as she goes from weary to awakened, and see it all come together.
  27. Lebanon
    Director Samuel Maoz's gripping you-are-there feel does for tanks what "Das Boot" did for submarines, and that chokehold only gets tighter as this taut drama about the 1982 Israeli-Lebanese war goes on.
  28. The Endurance
    The combination of the ancient tinted footage and Butler's crisp, sweeping vistas of the same areas provides a breathtaking recap of one of history's most stirring rescues.
  29. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Along the way, the movie documents a movement while deftly skewering a cynical media and ever-gullible public. So whether we're being had or just enlightened, Banksy's definitely found a new medium in which to create his own works of art.
  30. Kings & Queen
    Arnaud Desplechin's sprawling drama exudes a go-for-broke determination that is frustrating and exhilarating.
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