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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. Battle of the Sexes
    A film based on a true story should have three things — strong characters, fierce conflict and a fresh angle. Battle of the Sexes serves up all of them.
  2. American Assassin
    An international action thriller that starts slow but picks up speed and just outruns its own clichés to make for a gripping two-hour ride.
  3. Home Again
    Reese Witherspoon’s oversized appeal and radiance is no match for Home Again, a ramshackle romcom short on both romance and laughs.
  4. 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.
  5. Leap!
    All three screenwriters either forgot or didn’t care that their heroine is 11. Even worse is when Félicie ends up dancing on tables in a bar — as in, a bar — “Coyote Ugly”-style. What? It’s not easy to take a message about taking leaps of faith from a movie that too often has two left feet.
  6. Logan Lucky
    The cast is a hoot, too. Tatum is full of easy charm but Adam Driver is even better as his brooding brother (clearly they’re sons of different mothers). There’s also a nice, out-of-character appearance by Katie Holmes, playing Logan’s hair-sprayed, hard-edged ex.
  7. Patti Cake$
    Danielle Macdonald is irresistible as Patti Cake$, a dreamer with ambition and talent and visions so glorious, liberating and uplifting that they make her walk on air. The final moments were euphoric enough to make me float out of the theater.
  8. Marjorie Prime
    Like the play by Jordan Harrison it’s based on, writer-director Michael Almereyda’s film is small in scale, but pulls us in close with its provocative setup.
  9. The Hitman's Bodyguard
    The Hitman’s Bodyguard is a movie for anyone who just wants to see Samuel L. Jackson curse, Ryan Reynolds smirk and Salma Hayek kick butt while looking absolutely incredible. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
  10. Annabelle: Creation
    If you go searching for an original idea in this tiresome thriller about a soul-sucking demon doll, you won’t find one.
  11. The Glass Castle
    The Glass Castle is a family portrait that at its heart is a father-daughter movie, anchored by two outstanding actors.
  12. The Dark Tower
    The Dark Tower is simply dim.
  13. Kidnap
    Berry, who’s been down a similar road before in “The Call,” brings grit, guts and tears. But all that’s not enough to break the monotony — or the preposterous conversations she has aloud with herself.
  14. The Emoji Movie
    The only thing worse than the dialogue is the absurd product placement.
  15. 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.
  16. Detroit
    This movie will spark debate, even with an end title card that reminds audiences of the concept of dramatic license. But as a movie, and not a court document, it is extraordinary.
  17. Girls Trip
    At its best, Girls Trip takes you someplace as entertaining as it is familiar.
  18. Dunkirk
    Let other directors play with toy soldiers and computer effects. This is big-time, old-school filmmaking. Dunkirk isn’t overdone. It’s simply done epically...But it’s also human. It has room for small acts of heroism, of kindness, of forgiveness. And for a single, simple important, timeless message of resilience: Take what comes. Do what you can. Never surrender.
  19. Wish Upon
    Wish Upon is dull because it never goes far enough to truly scare anyone.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    13 Minutes
    A superbly acted and strikingly evocative work, with careful attention to period detail and its many emotional beats.
  21. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
    It never stops for a minute, yet it never goes anywhere. And much as it promises to take you to a thousand planets, it can’t find one sign of intelligent life.
  22. The House
    Ferrell, Poehler and Mantzoukas eventually lean into their neo-gangster personas, and the movie takes the easy route, slipping in parodies of “The Sopranos,” “Terminator 2” and even “The Six Million Dollar Man.”
  23. Spider-Man: Homecoming
    No, this web-slinging crime fighter isn’t quite of world-saving, world-weary Avenger caliber yet. But that’s OK. In fact it’s better, because he’s something we’ve really been missing for a long time. Our old friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man.
  24. Despicable Me 3
    The film has to rush at the end, to wrap up all these different stories, and it still leaves one of them open-ended. It’s possible that they ran out of time. But it’s more likely that another sequel is already planned.
  25. War for the Planet of the Apes
    The cast is all top-notch. Harrelson can peel and eat scenery like a bunch of bananas, but he’s mostly in control here. Andy Serkis is beautifully intense as Caesar, and Steve Zahn a welcome addition as the scaredy-cat Bad Ape.
  26. 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.
  27. The Beguiled
    Still, there is plenty of erotic tension here, as the days drift by and the nights drag on. Kirsten Dunst is terrific as a slightly sad teacher with her own designs on the Yank. And Elle Fanning is a landmine in lace as the school flirt.
  28. Transformers: The Last Knight
    It’s been reported that this “Transformers” sequel had a $217 million budget. The special effects — especially in IMAX 3-D — on the screen make you believe it.
  29. 47 Meters Down
    What unfolds is a smart, tense nail-biter that’s bound to leave some clinging to the shoreline this summer.
  30. Cars 3
    There’s a new “Cars” pulling into theaters, but the series is out of gas.
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