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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. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
    Where the film fails, ironically, is in the central love affair. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is undeniably gifted, but his Stravinsky is a blank, stoic presence only comfortable at a piano.
  2. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
    If you're looking for an incisive portrait of self-generated stardom, you won't do better than this.
  3. Winter's Bone
    Amid all the hokey hill stuff, Lawrence's hard eyes and manner draw us in.
  4. The Lottery
    Every parent in New York should see this movie and then ask why, when solutions exist, our woefully broken school system has yet to be fixed.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ondine
    Jordan's screenplay aims for a romanticism that the beautiful but stiff Bachleda is unable to fulfill. And the ending, which injects the film's dreamy sensibility with an ugly note of realism, crashes over everything like a frigid wave.
  6. Splice
    Splice is an unholy mess because it fuses together the worst parts of every bad medical-monster thriller, and then boldly cranks up the ridiculous.
  7. Get Him to the Greek
    This is very much Brand's movie, with Hill playing a surprisingly subdued straight man. Still, the strong supporting cast - including Rose Byrne and Elisabeth Moss as the guys' girlfriends - easily holds its own.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cropsey
    Disturbing and flavorful, with a real sense of S.I. atmosphere.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Finding Bliss
    Though the story is semi-autobiographical, Davis' judgmental script alternates cheap humor and clichéd characterizations with nuggets of faux wisdom about sex, love and film. At least porn doesn't pretend to be something it's not.
  10. Marmaduke
    If Marmaduke achieves anything, it's that it makes this past spring's "Furry Vengeance" look like a masterpiece by comparison.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whiz Kids
    Can't get the kids in your life to pay enough attention to homework? Show them Tom Shepard's terrific documentary, and you might just light a fire.
  12. Killers
    Robert Luketic's bland action comedy focuses on the uninteresting relationship between its two bland main characters, and that's the deadliest thing in sight.
  13. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    An epic example of muddled storytelling, chintzy excitement and scatter-brained execution.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sex and the City 2
    It's over the top, and over the rainbow. But just like Carrie's worries about the "sparkle" leaving her marriage, this movie is like once-brilliant Champagne, carelessly left out overnight. And gone flat.
  15. Shrek Forever After
    This is - allegedly - the final chapter in the series, and everyone involved appears invigorated.
  16. MacGruber
    To call MacGruber"a total bomb is a bit much, but this comedy-action flick sure feels like it was put together with gum, shoelaces and a couple of sticky Twizzlers.
  17. Holy Rollers
    Eisenberg - seemingly in every other movie nowadays - gives his best performance since 2005's "The Squid and the Whale" in a film that dramatizes a fascinating New York story.
  18. John Rabe
    Proudly matter-of-fact but, sadly, far from gripping.
  19. Kites
    Melodrama, romance and action are cheerfully jumbled together, so as long as you're ready to embrace the excess of swoony sentimentality, you'll get more than your money's worth.
  20. Perrier's Bounty
    There's no one to root for but the loan shark, who makes an excellent point: It's no fun when somebody takes your cash and gives you nothing in return.
  21. Solitary Man
    Michael Douglas in Solitary Man, has all the tools of the man who plays him at his disposal. At times in this often engaging, occasionally meandering movie, that's enough to score.
  22. Two in the Wave
    For the uninitiated, this fun French documentary detailing the camaraderie and division between filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard reveals a time when "the cinema" was something to get excited about and literally fight over.
  23. Racing Dreams
    The perfect answer to cries of "I'm bored," Marshall Curry's outstanding documentary won't just entertain your family for a little while. It'll also inspire everyone to get back outside, and find a new passion.
  24. Daddy Longlegs
    At its best, this beautiful, off-the-cuff comedy-drama recalls John Cassavetes' shaggiest, most honest work.
  25. Robin Hood
    The problem with Russell Crowe's new take on the legend is that it has one muddy boot in history and the other in fantasy. The middling result is far from a bull's-eye.
  26. Letters to Juliet
    García Bernal's irrepressible charm provides a burst of welcome energy with each brief appearance.
  27. Just Wright
    The chemistry between the leads is more cozy than sexy, but the biggest issue is Latifah's noticeable - and admirable - discomfort with the rom-com clichés found throughout Michael Elliot's screenplay.
  28. Princess Kaiulani
    This somber but unexceptional drama is luxurious to look at but never gripping.
  29. Looking for Eric
    The actors are up to the challenges of the many serious moments, but the sweetest ones are the most memorable. It's nice to see Loach's gentler side.
  30. Touching Home
    There's a fine line between labor of love and vanity project, and this blandly earnest tale straddles it.
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