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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. Rough Night
    At its best, the movie turns gender roles on their heads. While the girls party very hard, bride-to-be Jess’s fiance Peter (Paul W. Downs) spends his stag party tasting wine with his buds. Moreover, people can surprise themselves — and do things they don’t expect.
  2. The Mummy
    Sure it’s got big, blurry action scenes, a plane crash, and an army of dusty, mindless zombies. But I think some of them may have been the screenwriters, because the movie’s practically lifeless.
  3. It Comes at Night
    You're also likely to be left wondering to what the "It" in the title actually refers.
  4. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
    It's a stinking good time - for the kids, at least.
  5. Wonder Woman
    We get it, and DC finally should, too: Superhero movies can be fun. And Wonder Woman is a movie that'd send even the Suicide Squad home smiling.
  6. Baywatch
    After a sharp, satiric opening, though, Baywatch slowly sinks. The scenery is pretty, including the actors, but Johnson and Efron are better at making fun of themselves than landing zingers.
  7. Everything, Everything
    The twist ending both saves and hurts the film. The last few minutes are a bit clichéd, if not uplifting, but what gets Maddy there is heartbreaking and infuriating.
  8. Wakefield
    One of the reasons why the film works so well is because it imagines a path anyone who’s thought about escaping their lives — and hasn’t — could take.
  9. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
    The stylish and engrossing reinterpretation of the mythological king's early years lacks character development, but makes up for it with swashbuckling, sword-fighting, beast-slaying fun.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Snatched
    Hawn deserves better, and so do audiences who are likely to find themselves losing interest in the kidnapping movie’s runaway plot.
  11. Alien: Covenant
    Further proving his mastery of creating tension and thrills, Scott has effectively created a satisfying hybrid of "Alien," "Prometheus" and even James Cameron's "Aliens."
  12. The Circle
    Director James Ponsoldt — who did the very good "The Spectacular Now" and "Smashed" — is great at visuals, peppering the screen with glowing tweets and comments. He overplays the comedy, though, and underplays the mystery — there's never a feeling that Mae is in real danger.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    The second "volume" of the open-ended franchise is simply not as charming as the original.
  14. Free Fire
    Free Fire is more of an exercise in how to stretch-out a single scene than a typical movie.
  15. Unforgettable
    Unforgettable isn't.
  16. The Promise
    The awkward love triangle feels forced and unnecessary and distracts from and dilutes the power of the historic drama.
  17. Fast Five
    Sure, a lot of the dialogue is dopey, and the eternally stiff leads once again compete for blankest delivery. But Lin distracts us well, packing deftly-shot races, explosions, and getaways into every corner.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Lost City of Z
    Aside from the captivating cinematography, the narrative is adventurous and existential. Not only does it examine the ethos of the early 20th century — including wartime — it also surveys humanity as a whole. It aims to dispel a superiority complex but manages to stay bold and progressive throughout.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Fate of the Furious
    Is it so much to ask for dialogue that doesn’t make you roll your eyes throughout “F8”? Or, you know, a story that adds up?
  20. Smurfs: The Lost Village
    They blue it. The brains behind the eye-popping but soul-sapping Smurfs: The Lost Village missed an opportunity to celebrate girl power.
  21. Going in Style
    Going in Style has gone a little soft. The geezers-go-gangsta story is back, but in a remake that lacks the edge that made the 1979 original memorable. It’s cuddly when it should be cranky, nice when it needs to be a little nasty.
  22. The Assignment
    The Assignment is a movie about a heartless assassin, a mad doctor and a forced surgery. But it’s the movie that should be sued for malpractice.
  23. Gifted
    Comparisons to the classic 1979 Oscar winner "Kramer vs. Kramer" are inevitable. But Gifted stands on its own because it feels more like reality than a Hollywood take on family crisis.
  24. Life
    Director Daniel Espinosa whips up some nail-biting sequences. But the suspense is all by-the-numbers.
  25. The Zookeeper's Wife
    Antonina is often seen and cradling animals — a lion, a monkey, a rabbit. Fitting, since Chastain elevates and handily carries The Zookeeper’s Wife.
  26. Ghost in the Shell
    While it offers some new ideas, the movie also suffers from the same pacing problems of the original.
  27. The Boss Baby
    Everything is perfectly entertaining. Too perfectly.
  28. CHIPS
    It’s a convoluted mess that zig-zags all over the map. On the plus side, there are enough jokes that connect to keep you along for the ride.
  29. Wilson
    In the movie version of Wilson, starring Woody Harrelson, no one flies or turns into a centaur. But quiet magic happens nonetheless.
  30. T2 Trainspotting
    Sequels are tricky things, and decades-late followups are the trickiest. T2 Trainspotting almost pulls it off, too, bringing back the original’s hallucinatory style, jolting musical choices and charismatic cast.
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