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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. The Lincoln Lawyer
    There's a reason potboiler paperbacks don't make good movies - there's too much outlandish plot, even for Hollywood.
  2. Young & Beautiful
    All we’re left with is the sight of older men hiring a gorgeous young woman to take her clothes off and fulfill their desires. If nothing else, Ozon does leave us wondering whether he intended such an uncomfortable parallel between life and art.
  3. The Merchant of Venice
    Taking one's pound of flesh and having it, too, leads to a queasy comedy in which Pacino burns a hole in the screen while the frivolity around him sputters.
  4. Kingdom of Heaven
    For all its scale, grandeur, historical context and political brass, "Kingdom" is no more compelling a period drama than last year's "Alexander."
  5. A Common Thread
    A lovely, almost painfully intimate story of female bonding that never panders to its characters or its audience.
  6. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    On stage, the attractive 34-year-old Silverman is very funny. She's too blue for Comedy Central, and too slow-paced for an HBO hour, but she'd come off better in either of those formats than she does in this mishmash.
  7. Chronicles
    The movie suffers from tipping its hand too easily and hating its subject so much.
  8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Most of the film is way too goofy for all but the most thumbstruck Hitchhiker.
  9. A Cat in Paris
    The charmless but harmless A Cat in Paris hits theaters yet doesn't enchant.
  10. Denial
    The action inside the courtroom is compelling. This is a place where people duel with words, not swords, but the wounds can be just as deep and permanent.
  11. The Other Son
    This beautifully photographed drama is well-played throughout with great conscience without becoming heavy-handed.
  12. Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders
    Shines an admiring light on some lawyers who endure low pay, terrible win-loss records and the occasional scorn of family, friends and the media for "defending the bad guys."
  13. Dahmer
    So lacking in insight and gravity that it makes Dahmer seem like a pesky, pasty-faced loser who just wasn't popular enough.
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  14. The Way Home
    Life-affirming story of love, kinship and sacrifice.
  15. The Blonds
    Because Albertina Carri spends so much time skirting relevant issues, her self-consciously experimental examination into her parents' murder feels like a worthy movie that simply wasn't ready to be made.
  16. Dandelion
    Like its troubled protagonists, Mark Milgard's ultra-sensitive ode to adolescent angst is equal parts earnest and awkward. Should you happen to be a 15-year-old girl, you'll adore it.
  17. Out of the Furnace
    Like “The Deer Hunter” — from which it swipes its Keystone State milieu, its haunted veterans, and its self-endangerment metaphor — Out of the Furnace gets under your skin.
  18. Cheap Thrills
    In Cheap Thrills, a committed cast elevates what is, ultimately, a gimmicky thriller. It dissolves into a puddle of blood-tinged hypocrisy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Pitch Perfect 2
    Pitch Perfect 2 follows the same template as part one, but it’s unmemorable.
  20. The Sound of Music
    Robert Wise has transformed the delightful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical stage production of "The Sound of Music" into a magical film in which Julie Andrews gives an endearing performance in the role of Maria, the governess.
  21. Dear Frankie
    It is a sweet, wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub.
  22. A State of Mind
    Despite the obvious cultural differences, what we come away with is a surprising sense of familiarity. Not even the widest political chasms, Gordon finds, can eradicate the universal pleasure of a young girl's giggle.
  23. Atomic Blonde
    To its credit, even the film realizes how ridiculous it is. After one over-the-top hand-to-hand bout, Lorraine and her Boris Badenov opponent are left literally punch-drunk, swinging wild like a couple of stumblebums.
  24. Vitus
    A fairly average movie about a very unusual child, Vitus does have an earnest charm.
  25. How She Move
    Gets it right in every dance sequence, but stumbles badly whenever the characters step offstage.
  26. Anna Karenina
    The film's structure is so boldly conceived it seems unfair to focus on flaws. But the central problem is undeniable: There is no chemistry whatsoever between the leads.
  27. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    The reason this franchise has been so successful - both on film and in Ann Brashares' original novels - is that, just like the jeans, it suits the needs of vastly different girls.
  28. Chéri
    The movie’s shallow amusements do make for an ideal guilty pleasure, especially since the actors seem to be having so much fun. Bates, marching around like an overstuffed pigeon, is a reliable scene-stealer, while the two leads make an entirely convincing couple.
  29. Friends with Benefits
    It's cute and funny and sweet, which - as any woman can attest - puts it way ahead of most Friday night options.
  30. Sade
    In any case, this is the image of the marquis we would know had he been handled by a top publicity team.
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