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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 Spiderwick Chronicles
    A world designed for children, and most of the grownups involved don't quite understand it - on or offscreen.
  2. The Same River Twice
    The old footage is definitely compelling, but once Moss trains his focus on the quotidian present, the movie takes on too much water to stay afloat.
  3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    Even with all the CGI effects, this darkly emotional movie feels like the anti-"Speed Racer." Sure, it's a big-budget spectacle. But it's also the kind of grandly old-fashioned entertainment we don't get enough of anymore.
  4. Iron Man 3
    It sharply fuses the humor and heart of the earlier films with a satisfyingly heavy-metal strength — and a darkness that’s more than earned.
  5. Hollywoodland
    It's a bit of a hodgepodge - unnecessarily complicated, clumsily structured, uncertainly directed and, as a whodunit, ultimately unsatisfying.
  6. Backcountry
    Just when you thought it was safe to stand up to a bear in the woods, this jarring indie horror drama will make you scurry back indoors.
  7. Dogma
    A raunchy, irreverent, generally hilarious sendup of ritual and papal decree.
  8. Skin
    A little more variation in the script, though, might have yielded something truly great.
  9. 42
    Boseman is watchful, winning and confident, but never saintly. Yet he keeps Robinson’s moral spine aligned with his skill and self-respect, showing how he needed all of those to succeed.
  10. Disturbia
    What Disturbia lacks in complexity, it makes up for in witty jokes, sneaky jolts and a timeless lesson: If you've got windows, someone's always watching.
  11. California Solo
    Fans can be forgiven for offering this predictable indie some excess generosity, simply because writer-director Marshall Lewy had the good sense to build a movie around such a versatile lead.
  12. Outside Providence
    It stands apart when it comes to its extravagant humor and non-judgmental '70s-era reality (smoking dope, hitching rides, playing Frisbee, hanging out).
  13. Princesa
    An evocative melancholy hangs over Princesa, Henrique Goldman's intermittently affecting tale.
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  14. Piglet's Big Movie
    Built on the most basic (though quite charming) animation, songs and plots, the film does have an inescapably straight-to-video feel.
  15. When the Sea Rises
    There's something sweet yet chilling in When the Sea Rises. If it had explored more of the chill, it might have turned into a knockout, absurdist thriller.
  16. Saving Shiloh
    Based on the last book in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's award-winning trilogy, this third installment in the family-friendly "Shiloh" series is perfect for anyone who wishes "The Waltons" was still around.
  17. Godzilla
    Despite a few fiery breaths, there’s mostly hot air from a lot of serious actors slumming it.
  18. Jesus Camp
    What most interests the directors is the way young minds are shaped by adults with clear moral and political agendas.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Discoverers
    Plays like a folksy version of “The Descendants,” and the unusually grizzled Dunne excels. Sadly, the movie is marred by tepid, often crass comedy.
  20. Wristcutters: A Love Story
    It's described as a black comedy, but you can forget the comedy part. There wasn't so much as a snicker at the screening I attended, though I may have heard a snore or two.
  21. Cherry Blossoms
    Refusing to be rushed, Doris Dörrie blends individual experiences with universal emotions to create a quietly moving study of self-discovery.
  22. Willow Creek
    The parts are greater than the whole, but there’s a lot to like here, including the easy interplay between the leads.
  23. Killer Joe
    What's most notable about this aggressively cynical project is how much talent it wastes.
  24. Lord of War
    Niccol doesn't always get the mix right, and the tone here is inconsistent. But the movie remains compelling, largely because of Cage's dry, deadpan delivery.
  25. Kon-Tiki
    This terrific film certainly contains the spark of discovery.
  26. Black Sheep
    Both the humor and horror are as broad as the side of the Oldfields' barn, but King and the cast are clearly having fun.
  27. Medicine for Melancholy
    Cenac is witty and Heggins has a wary stillness, but the movie itself seems too shy to let them really engage each other.
  28. Begin Again
    Knightley does fine work, but she’s been miscast. Her innate sophistication undermines the movie’s intentions right off the bat. We never believe her as Greta.
  29. The Dying Gaul
    These are three characters in search of a moral pulse.
  30. Shopgirl
    Danes' smart, fun, radiant and very attractive Mirabelle actually undermines the premise of the book
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