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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. Kalamity
    Stahl should have had a career similar to Sam Rockwell's, blending thoughtful indies with fun popcorn flicks. Instead, he's spinning his wheels in junk like this. Calamitous indeed.
  2. Boxing Gym
    Wiseman films it all without comment, letting the rhythm of the place tell the story.
  3. Knucklehead
    Half-assed, halfhearted attempt to copy the Farrellys' out-there style is missing both their jackassical riffs and their heart.
  4. Inhale
    The film awkwardly mixes political, social and medical issues and ends up being less than the sum of its parts.
  5. Conviction
    Based on a true story, the movie's best scenes involve its heroine breaking down barriers by force of will as much as by legal wrangling.
  6. Paranormal Activity 2
    Without giving anything away, much of the excruciatingly teased-out tension here echoes the first movie without upping the ante.
  7. Hereafter
    It doesn't help that Eastwood's laconic style is as torpid as it was in such misfires as "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and "Changeling."
  8. Tamara Drewe
    The book itself is an easy read -- conveniently enough, it shouldn't take you more than two hours. So you might want to skip the discordant copy, and use that time to discover the real thing.
  9. Stone
    Norton, too, keeps us guessing, though his pseudo-tough-guy line readings (and cornrowed hair) are initially distracting. But his scenes with De Niro -- who fills every twitch or glance with Jack's long-buried guilt -- are the guts of the movie.
  10. Jackass 3-D
    Ten years into the "Jackass" franchise, it's obvious the well is starting to run dry. Then again, if you show Johnny Knoxville an empty well, he'll jump in headfirst. After packing it with writhing snakes.
  11. RED
    To underestimate actors of this caliber -- even in a popcorn action flick -- would be dangerous indeed.
  12. Down Terrace
    Strong performances and understated cinematography help balance the self-conscious editing, but ultimately the entire affair feels false.
  13. Carlos
    Assayas - whose previous work, though noteworthy, never hinted at this kind of ambition - gives the film a journalistic quality, while admitting that only a recombination of facts and fiction could do the story justice. It certainly results in explosive viewing.
  14. The Two Escobars
    The Zimbalists have unearthed a trove of footage, which they effectively blend with a full range of surprisingly honest interviews. As a result, the story of two individuals expands into a portrait of an entire country, in almost unthinkable distress.
  15. Life as We Know It
    The sisters who play Sophie are adorable. And if you happen to be a sleep-deprived parent yourself, there are worse ways to catch a two-hour nap.
  16. Secretariat
    Wallace layers on some era-specific meaning to Chenery, who seems to be simply following her lineage, thanks to Lane's quietly dignified performance. Malkovich is more fun, though Laurin isn't as outrageous as the movie thinks he is.
  17. It's Kind of a Funny Story
    Melancholy 16-year-olds are the ideal audience for It's Kind of a Funny Story, which actually feels as though it were made by an especially precocious adolescent.
  18. Inside Job
    Ferguson doesn't aim to entertain; he wants answers, and talks to many of the enabling weasels.
  19. Nowhere Boy
    Johnson is convincing as a swaggering, jokey Lennon, but the photos of young John, Paul and George that end the movie ultimately have more punch than this bubblegummy montage.
  20. As Good as Dead
    This taut but cliched little thriller is like "Wait Until Dark" with neo-Nazis.
  21. The Social Network
    A work deeper than its nickname, "The Facebook Movie," hints at - coils around your brain. Weeks after seeing it, moments from it will haunt you.
  22. Let Me In
    Director Matt Reeves (who also made the much rawer "Cloverfield") so deeply understands the nature of childhood terror that Let Me In burns with a white-hot clarity.
  23. Speed-Dating
    Jonathan, who was so great in "Roll Bounce," deserves better. It'd be overly generous, however, to say the same about anyone else involved.
  24. Freakonomics
    From a consumer perspective, you're better off skipping the movie and putting your money toward their book instead.
  25. Douchebag
    The rhythms of this comedy-drama may be familiar, but besides its fratty title, it's surprisingly sophisticated.
  26. Leaving
    The class issues make them pariahs, the love scenes belong on Cinemax After Dark, and the emotions writer-director Catherine Corsini believes are so adult are clichéd. Still, Scott Thomas is beguiling as usual, the one expected thing that's welcome here
  27. Ip Man
    The highlights, of course, are the competitions and duels, choreographed by Sammo Hung.
  28. You Again
    A chatty little bore.
  29. Buried
    Just when it seems he's left himself with no way out, he comes up with a finish guaranteed to leave you breathless.
  30. Waiting for 'Superman'
    Why are innovative educators met with so much resistance? And why is our system falling so painfully short? Perhaps ­because so many of us don't realize just how dire things ­really are.
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