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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. Dear Mr. Watterson
    The deeply private, intensely ideological and undeniably brilliant Watterson would make an absolutely fascinating subject. But director Joel Allen Schroeder has no access to him. So instead he talks a lot about how much he loves “Calvin and Hobbes” and then invites other fans to do the same.
  2. The Great Beauty
    Sorrentino’s dazzling tribute to Roman indulgence is a bittersweet, slightly surreal epic.
  3. How I Live Now
    A frosty-eyed, imperturbable actress in “Atonement,” “Hanna” and “The Host,” Ronan is at least able to sell Daisy’s new focus while the movie loses its own.
  4. The Wind Rises
    The movie’s spell is solid, even if it doesn’t soar to the heights it could.
  5. Go for Sisters
    It’s Ross, however, who really makes a lasting impact. Someone should snap her up for a series — and soon.
  6. The Armstrong Lie
    There’s so much more to this story — as any number of articles about the people he wronged attest — but this time, Gibney never really gets in gear.
  7. Birth of the Living Dead
    This documentary is basically a glamorized DVD extra, but it entertains as it details the anecdote-rich production history of “Night of the Living Dead” and, most crucially, its enormous impact.
  8. The Motel Life
    While this gritty indie is light on plot, the world of bars, casinos, hospitals and gallows humor is real and heartbreaking.
  9. Great Expectations
    Director Mike Newell’s rich take on the story is a fine introduction for new viewers.
  10. Medora
    Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart’s doc, exec-produced by Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci, is one more sad, serious eulogy for a way of life.
  11. The Book Thief
    The movie’s strong sense of empathy, enhanced by several noteworthy performances, ought to engage most viewers.
  12. Thor: The Dark World
    Thor: The Dark World may not be thunder from the movie gods, but it is — shock! — an entertaining journey into mystery, action and fun.
  13. Free Birds
    Children, of course, won’t notice the political subtext. But do be prepared for them to exit the theater demanding that you make only Tofurkey in the future.
  14. Aftermath
    What keeps the film so fascinating is how even its protagonists are greatly flawed. While certainly upsetting, Aftermath takes a look at the dangers inherent in an abundance of truth.
  15. The Broken Circle Breakdown
    This movie has one of the finest final scenes in a movie this year and, if there were justice, Baetens would break out as an international star.
  16. Big Sur
    But with Kerouac declaring that “the only thing that matters is the conceptions in my own mind,” we’re still left waiting for the filmmaker who can take us there.
  17. Last Love
    Not much happens in Sandra Nettelbeck’s intimate family drama, but its well-drawn connections between lonely souls make an impact nonetheless.
  18. Diana
    You certainly won’t learn anything of interest about the Princess of Wales in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s misguided new biopic. But Diana can be declared a success in one regard — its vacant inanity serves to remind us of the perpetual indignities forced upon this unlucky Lady.
  19. Dallas Buyers Club
    If Woodroof is the movie’s guts, Rayon is its heart, and Leto (TV’s “My So-Called Life,” “Alexander”) is stunningly perfect, even when the story veers ever so slightly into expected territory.
  20. Last Vegas
    Though coming off at times like Adam Sandler’s “Grown-ups,” only with Oscar winners, Last Vegas is a genial little comedy for the crowd it’s intended for.
  21. Man of Tai Chi
    The fights are strong (though the 49-year-old director’s are slo-mo), and the surface is calm. Say “Whoa!” if you like, but it’s cool.
  22. Casting By
    A look into one of the most invisible, and crucial, of cinematic disciplines. Using the seminal casting director Marion Dougherty as a subject, the film walks us through the intricacies of casting, with insight from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford and others.
  23. About Time
    What makes the calculated sentimentality palatable is Curtis’ intelligent assurance as he guides us through each step. It’s a gooey indulgence, to be sure, but one that will please anybody with a cinematic sweet tooth.
  24. Ender's Game
    Ender’s Game, the book, may have a special place in pop-lit. The movie, however, is as special as a migraine.
  25. Capital
    Sex is plentiful, but the lust is for paydays. This is territory covered far more vibrantly in “Margin Call,” yet director Costa-Gavras (“Z,” “Missing”) still has good, old-fashioned indignation to count on.
  26. I Am Divine
    More than just a one-name star of pop culture’s alternative history, Divine’s story — terrorized by bullies, embraced by the outré, where he finds a home — stands for “all the outsiders,” as Waters says (between hilarious anecdotes).
  27. Bastards
    An oblique, by-design and frustrating drama, Claire Denis’ film about a man’s mysterious suicide and its repercussions is creepy, but finally too vague.
  28. Spinning Plates
    Given that his subjects are so inspiring, surely Levy could have spiced up his storytelling with a bit more creativity.
  29. The Square
    The historically essential document they’ve created here pulses with an immediacy that will leave you simultaneously enlightened and stunned.
  30. The Counselor
    Ultimately, this dull tour of a thieving, primal underworld is just a lot of high-talking hogwash.
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