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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 8.1 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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    • 61 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    FrackNation
    With many of McAleer's facts coming from casual Internet searches (backed by boring shots of the computer screen), the accuracy of this crowd-sourced documentary - funded by small donations on Kickstarter - seems as reliable as a Wikipedia entry.
  2. Let My People Go!
    It would appear that for his first feature, Mikael Buch wanted to leave nothing to chance. So he threw in enough action for five movies, amped the comedy up to frenetic levels and encouraged his cast to play to the rafters.
  3. Clandestine Childhood
    Avila has a tough task, visualizing violent and complicated events through a child's eyes. The calmer scenes are staged in staid and somewhat clunky fashion, but the graphic animation depicting the worst moments is starkly effective.
  4. My Best Enemy
    The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Uprising (2013)
    This important, moving event was, as we know, documented in real time, but in Uprising gets put into a crucial context.
  6. Fairhaven
    Movies like this, from "Diner" to "Beautiful Girls" to "Garden State," have a standard trajectory, and this film's no different. But it has a nuance and a rumpled comfort with itself, which turns Fairhaven into an inviting place to visit.
  7. Quartet
    Music lovers will appreciate both the score and the nostalgic end credits, which revisit the early years of the aged supporting cast (many of whom were actual musicians).
  8. The Baytown Outlaws
    Okay, y'all, the never-ending appeal of the Southern-fried crime caper for filmmakers hungry for flavor is back with The Baytown Outlaws. Only here, the drawling accents, screeching tires and sawed-off blasts that rise again don't amount to much.
  9. Gangster Squad
    Instead of expanding their sights, Fleischer and Beall narrow them, into a repetitive and increasingly exhausting series of shootouts. By the end, those guns might as well be held by extras, rather than some of the most talented actors of our time.
  10. Struck by Lightning
    One can't blame Colfer for wanting to expand his range, but he's created a character who is neither hero nor villain, in a black comedy that is neither dark nor funny enough.
  11. My Brooklyn
    When Anderson allows the experts - or simply those most deeply impacted by the changes - to speak, the film has a powerful urgency.
  12. 56 Up
    It shows that life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. And how, in case we forget, every age can predict the next.
  13. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer)
    There are no villains here, no attempts to sway opinions or even stake out political ground. Some will find that a disappointment. But the truth is that this effort is both more evenhanded than most dramas with similar themes, and more open-hearted.
  14. Texas Chainsaw 3D
    Texas Chainsaw 3D sees itself as over-the-top and knowing, but what we ultimately get is simply eyes without a face.
  15. Promised Land
    Krasinki's soft-sell script, lets the movie's ideas get absorbed without grandstanding or pretension. Its issues go down with a smile and common sense, which turns out to be exactly the right formula.
  16. West of Memphis
    Certainly, the West Memphis 3 deserve more chances to detail how the justice system went nightmarishly awry. But take this as ultimately more personal journal than investigation.
  17. Parental Guidance
    Crystal and Midler are such confident pros that their crack timing elevates even substandard material.
  18. The Impossible
    The most memorable turn, however, comes from young Holland. There is not a moment in which Lucas' fear, or unexpected courage, feels less than real.
  19. This Is 40
    There's a funny movie scratching at the edges of This is 40. Unfortunately, writer-director Judd Apatow sees himself as the John Cassavetes of Comedy, so every time that funny movie starts to emerge, Apatow tramples it with scenes of domestic irritation.
  20. Not Fade Away
    Mood is more important to Not Fade Away than anything, but writer-director David Chase, who turned mood into masterpiece with every season of "The Sopranos," allows nostalgic feeling to be the sole reason for this, his first feature film.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
    The real stunner of Worlds Away is how it could afford to use so many Beatles songs.
  22. Les Miserables
    Fortunately, this sprawling epic is well-anchored. There cannot be a better big-screen showman than Jackman.
  23. On the Road
    Salles has made an admirable effort, which - while no roman candle - can be appreciated for its honest ambitions.
  24. Django Unchained
    Just when we thought Quentin Tarantino had shown us all the cojones he has, in rides Django Unchained.
  25. Jack Reacher
    Cruise's tightly controlled performance holds our attention all the way through to the tense finale. Still, McQuarrie's script never gets at the heart of a character who's already inspired such a passionate fan base.
  26. The Guilt Trip
    While the actors are appealing, their weirdly co-dependent characters aren't. And they don't learn enough to balance out the bland, intermittently irritating nature of their adventures.
  27. Amour
    Small victories that turn into defeats, long walks to gain little ground, little wounds that get deeper every day - growing old is a war, and movies rarely go there. Michael Haneke's amazing, dignified Amour is the exception.
  28. Zero Dark Thirty
    What finally sticks in the mind about "ZDT" is its precision. What the film says about getting information from terrorism suspects in an era of high-tech surveillance depends on your point of view. What is unquestionable is how powerful its full scope is.
  29. Stand Up Guys
    The script is undernourished, the supporting characters - including a horribly miscast Lucy Punch - ill-conceived, and Val increasingly hard to take. But when the movie ended, I wanted to watch Walken all over again.
  30. Trashed
    Crucial viewing for realists and alarmists both.
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