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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. Shaolin
    Jackie Chan's cameo as a monastery cook is a tiny joy. To see Chan use his once-great physical skill on a hunk of bread dough is to see a giant work in miniature.
  2. Tanner Hall
    Most of the actresses are appealing, but ultimately not even the gifted Mara can keep the film from feeling like a gauzy portrait of privilege.
  3. Brother's Justice
    While Shepard and Tuck earn a few laughs spoofing the celebrity/enabler relationship, the high points come from the game cameos: Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, and Bradley Cooper are drolly entertaining as A-listers who make it perfectly clear that they're doing their buddy a big favor by appearing in his movie.
  4. Warrior
    Has moments of power that push through a fake-out script.
  5. Contagion
    There's a sense of dread in Contagion, but it never spreads to us. When Day 1 is finally shown, it makes you want to eat better, which isn't the same as saying this is a great movie.
  6. Apollo 18
    Has no thrills, no chills, no scares and contains a villain, or several of them, actually, that will turn you to stone -- from boredom.
  7. Love Crime
    More cold fish than cold-blooded, director Alain Correau keeps his movie buttoned up and predictable.
  8. I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
    Based on a true story, co-writer/director Claude Miller ("A Secret") gets points for using a bit of narrative sketchiness to good effect.
  9. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
    Without a satisfying resolution, the movie ultimately sheds very little light on its own subject.
  10. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
    To maximize your entertainment budget, look no further.
  11. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
    What the movie lacks in depth it makes up for in surreal humor, and - just as he should - Gainsbourg look-alike Elmosnino seduces us effortlessly.
  12. Seven Days in Utopia
    There's a climactic putt, of course, but by then you wish Duvall would get one more "Tender Mercies" under his belt so you can forget about this tin cup of a family flick.
  13. Rebirth
    This incredibly moving, touchingly honest and transcendent chronicle of how a handful of people coped after Sept. 11 is not only one of the best distillations of that day, but a monument to humanity lost and gained.
  14. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
    The jokes are hit-and-miss, but the cast is uniformly game, with Labine stealing the show.
  15. Shark Night 3D
    The one crime a B-movie should never commit is boring its audience. By even these low standards, Shark Night 3D is dead in the water.
  16. The Debt
    Despite some early whispers of awards potential, The Debt is nothing more than a gritty thriller with a highbrow pedigree.
  17. Colombiana
    Zoe Saldana makes being an action hero look so easy in Colombiana, you have to wonder why more actresses don't try it.
  18. Higher Ground
    This would be tricky territory for the most experienced director, but I can't remember the last time I saw organized religion handled in such an even-handed, thoughtful manner.
  19. Brighton Rock
    Though he has a true appreciation for detail, Joffe has the scar-faced Pinkie so scurvy that Rose ought to run the minute she sees him.
  20. Special Treatment
    As clichés trot through their sessions - it's like "In Treatment" as bedroom farce - we check out. Huppert, though, is as fearless as ever.
  21. Circumstance
    Keshavarz's vision is clear and heartfelt, and everyone has an urgency in their eyes.
  22. Our Idiot Brother
    Despite a pleasantly laid-back demeanor, you wish it would just get focused.
  23. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
    If you flinch at "boo," you'll find plenty to jump at here. Just don't expect striking originality, or even genuinely memorable eeriness. Still, every time "Dark" starts to feel like a generic thriller, it's saved by the distinctive stamp of co-screenwriter/producer Guillermo del Toro.
  24. Griff the Invisible
    There have been so many movies about aspiring superheroes in recent years, they practically constitute their own genre. Though hardly ground-breaking, this whimsical Australian entry is just endearing enough to stand out from the pack.
  25. Mozart's Sister
    Marie Féret struggles to hold the film's center throughout, but there's more than enough to distract us, from transcendent music to sumptuous costumes and sets.
  26. The Hedgehog
    Writer/director Mona Achache adapts Muriel Barbery's novel, "The Elegance of the Hedgehog," loosely but skillfully, creating an intimate portrait that resounds with empathy. Comedy and tragedy are given equal respect, and even the quietest souls are valued.
  27. Flypaper
    It's a mess from start to finish, but there's still fun to be had in Rob Minkoff's caper comedy.
  28. Programming the Nation?
    This thought-provoking but overlong doc wins points for being all-inclusive.
  29. 5 Days of War
    Harlin even makes poor Kilmer go running about. Just like that image, "5 Days" is embarrassingly clumsy.
  30. Amigo
    Cooper, Torre and Dane DeHaan, as a soldier smitten with a local girl, stand out among a strong cast. With its big ideas on an intimate scale, this is Sayles' best in a decade.
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