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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. Red Cliff
    Overlong but ambitious, Woo proves he's as good at tactical maneuvers as he is at close-quarters combat.
  2. 2012
    Doomsday views are a knockout, but the script is a real disaster.
  3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    The result is a visual treasure that successfully blends deadpan quirkiness with a wry realism rarely seen in any film, let alone one for children.
  4. The Messenger
    Feels more respectful than real.
  5. Pirate Radio
    Tries to capture that moment -- complete with air guitar-playing deejays -- and unapologetically rides a wave of nostalgia, but ultimately sinks due to a bloated, watery script.
  6. William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
    This doc, made by Kunstler's daughters Emily and Sarah, doesn't pretend to be unbiased, but it nonetheless has an unblinking view of its subject. They must have learned a thing or two from dad.
  7. Women in Trouble
    Writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez seems to think his characters are oh-so-edgy, and maybe they would be -- if it were 1982.
  8. The Box
    The Box is its own kind of awful, a disconnected mess that never finds its reason for being.
  9. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
    The film's real strength is its cast, from an Oscar-bound Mo'Nique to a notably deglammed Mariah Carey.
  10. The Fourth Kind
    By the end of its way-too-long 98 minutes, there are four things audiences will be haunted by: Jovovich's annoying, whispery monotone; silly closeups of owls; Will Patton's Z-movie turn as a grizzled sheriff, and dialogue like "It's too late to forget what you already know." Ain't that the truth.
  11. A Christmas Carol
    Like a dime-store holiday card, this Christmas Carol is well-crafted but artless, detailed but lacking soul.
  12. The Men Who Stare at Goats
    When the haze wears off and the movie grounds itself in reality, it's a bummer. Until then, though, what's weird here is gloriously weird.
  13. Collapse
    It would have been helpful had Smith put his words into some sort of context, allowing others to assess his theories. Instead there's simply Ruppert, talking, raging and warning, as if his very life depended on it.
  14. That Evening Sun
    Director Scott Teems' film is as quiet as untilled soil -- not always a good thing -- but Holbrook has a handle on where to dig.
  15. Gentlemen Broncos
    Yep, Hess wrote and directed "Dynamite," and here's proof we shouldn't have rewarded him. The hollow "Broncos" is even more cruelly disdainful, designed primarily to scorn the pathetic lives within.
  16. Skin
    A little more variation in the script, though, might have yielded something truly great.
  17. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
    The only truly ugly side to this self-consciously grimy movie is the streak of Neanderthal humor. Operatic overacting is funny. Racist and homophobic jokes? Not so much.
  18. Labor Day
    Heartening, and yet, a year after being filmed, unintentionally aggravating.
  19. This Is It
    The late King of Pop delivers.
  20. Astro Boy
    Looks so great, it may take a while to notice it's a clunky political parable wrapped in a tonally confused fairy tale.
  21. Amelia
    Tis embalmed drama is a ghost from the '80s, a decade that regularly produced surprise-free, caramelized biopics. The airless Amelia is missing practically everything.
  22. Saw VI
    One we wish we hadn't seen
  23. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    While "Twilight" will make more money and get more attention, the darkly comic Cirque du Freak boasts the shaggy charm of the natural underdog.
  24. (Untitled)
    In mistaking obvious observations for cutting insight, writer-director Jonathan Parker becomes what he lampoons.
  25. Antichrist
    Von Trier ("Breaking the Waves," "Dogville") has no barriers, which absolutely can be a good thing. Here, though, his uninhibited nature is an omen of the pretentious butchery to come.
  26. Motherhood
    Motherhood's litany of complaints and trite comedy-drama comes off as thin, and targeted, as a flyer for The Children's Place.
  27. Ong Bak 2
    The criterion couldn't be simpler: does a 20-minute martial arts battle featuring Thai superstar Tony Jaa sound like the ideal way to spend your time and money? If not, move on.
  28. Where the Wild Things Are
    The film treats kids' inner lives as more than a fantasy, which is a rare and beautiful thing.
  29. Law Abiding Citizen
    Such a lazy action-drama underachiever, it seems unfair to target stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler for bringing their C game.
  30. The Little Traitor
    Roth prefers sentimentality to subtlety and cutesiness to complexity. Fortunately, Molina balances Port's precocity, bringing a welcome gravitas to this simply told tale.
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