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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 Unknown Known
    Intoxicating, and at times maddening, to watch.
  2. Dom Hemingway
    When you name your movie Dom Hemingway and then require the titular antihero to repeatedly declare, “I am Dom Hemingway!” the filmmakers must be very confident that there is something special about their character. Too bad there isn’t.
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Parents, take note: For all its heart, this is a tougher, more morally complex movie than its predecessors. Young kids carrying their miniversions of Cap’s famous shield may be in for a jolt.
  4. Noah
    Noah, Darren Aronofsky’s often ludicrous, occasionally thoughtful epic, puts theology front-and-center, and doubles down on its blockbuster ingredients — like adding huge rock monsters with glowing eyes.
  5. Cesar Chavez
    Just as the migrant workers of California deserved better treatment from their bosses, the man who won the labor dispute deserves better treatment than this film.
  6. Breathe In
    For all the obviousness on the surface, and despite some forced last-act havoc, Breathe In works like a piece of chamber music. It goes up to the edge of emotion, circles it, then backs away. But the notes not hit seem as powerful as the ones that are.
  7. Refuge
    Jessica Goldberg’s sluggish directorial debut feels like a leftover from the 1990s, when dank indie dramas littered film-festival lineups.
  8. Cheap Thrills
    In Cheap Thrills, a committed cast elevates what is, ultimately, a gimmicky thriller. It dissolves into a puddle of blood-tinged hypocrisy.
  9. Hide Your Smiling Faces
    This gem captures the unpredictability of a kid’s long summer day.
  10. Blumenthal
    The problem with this hyper-verbal comedy is in the title.
  11. The Raid 2
    For better or worse, the blood and bone-crunching remains most prominent.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mistaken for Strangers
    The movie reveals plenty about the budding relationship between Matt and Tom. In the end, the film offers a portrait of fraternal commitment that’s both strange and sweet.
  13. Anita
    Anita Hill deserves a great documentary chronicling her life, her trials and her ongoing impact. This underwhelming effort isn’t it.
  14. Just a Sigh
    If you’re wondering how much heat you’ll find in this French romance, the title offers an unexpectedly frank clue.
  15. The French Minister
    Director Bertrand Tavernier’s amusing new political satire isn’t toothless, but it could use more bite.
  16. McCanick
    It’s a shame the script doesn’t offer anything beyond loose-cannon-cop cliches.
  17. The Missing Picture
    This chronicle is impossible not to watch.
  18. Muppets Most Wanted
    This time the movie really is — as the old theme song promises — sensational, celebrational and Muppetational.
  19. Blood Ties
    Fine actors are let down by a comatose script and wayward direction in this retro crime drama.
  20. Rob the Mob
    The movie winds up being a real standup flick, if you know what I mean.
  21. Jodorowsky's Dune
    Given the evidence compiled here by director Frank Pavich, there’s reason to believe Jodorowsky’s “Dune” was more influential for never actually existing. It wound up being inhaled, like some ethereal alien spice, by a generation of moviemakers.
  22. Nymphomaniac: Volume I
    Danish director Lars von Trier makes this tale of one woman’s banal sexual adventures into inadvertent comedy. The film makes an analogy between sex and fly-fishing — and fly-fishing comes off as more intriguing.
  23. Divergent
    Too bad this would-be heir, Divergent, is so unimaginative and bland.
  24. Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club
    This is a film about catharsis and camaraderie, not logic. For some, that — and a chance to see characters the movies often ignore — will be enough to join the club.
  25. The Cold Lands
    The Cold Lands is aimless and dull, but has a rich tone and upstate authenticity.
  26. On My Way
    Predictable as the adventure may be, the company — and the countryside — make it worthwhile.
  27. Better Living Through Chemistry
    The unexpected chemistry between Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde helps balance this sour noir comedy.
  28. The Art of the Steal
    Director Jonathan Sobol clearly understands the first rule of a good grift: misdirection. He packs his middling caper flick with so many known faces, it’s easy to miss all the other familiarities.
  29. Bad Words
    For his directorial debut, Bateman returns to his bad-boy beginnings. And the results are predictably amusing.
  30. Veronica Mars
    It’s so much fun you may want to put a few bucks aside for a sequel.
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