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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. The Maid
    Silva intends to keep us guessing, and it's fair to say he takes us in unexpected directions. But don't expect any flashy Hollywood twists. The surprises come from Catalina Saavedra's intense lead performance.
  2. The Ministers
    Does John Leguizamo need a better manager, or does he just have terrible taste in scripts? Because aside from voicing the "Ice Age" movies, he wastes too much time on misfires like this one.
  3. New York, I Love You
    Anyone who actually adores New York is unlikely to appreciate this disappointingly bland collection of shorts, which might as well have been called "Madrid, Te Amo" or "Cincinnati, You're the Best."
  4. Couples Retreat
    You'll have a few laughs, for sure. Just don't expect to enjoy yourself as much as everybody on screen.
  5. An Education
    Watch Mulligan's face as she goes from weary to awakened, and see it all come together.
  6. Adventures of Power
    Mostly, though, you'll appreciate Grenier, who approaches this minor project with hilarious and generous abandon.
  7. The Damned United
    Ultimately it's Sheen, finding new facets of his character in every scene, who shoots and scores.
  8. Good Hair
    There's plenty to appreciate in Chris Rock's rollicking documentary about what goes on when African-American women hit the salon.
  9. Trucker
    Writer-director James Mottern's drama has a lived-in feel, but is notable mainly for Michelle Monaghan's glam-less turn as Diane.
  10. Zombieland
    The action-comedy Zombieland works because it's played with an emphasis on the living, not the undead.
  11. The Invention of Lying
    Once it's high-concept plot kicks in, Gervais' hilariously self-deprecating persona is really all that keeps it grounded.
  12. Whip It
    It's that happiest of surprises: a multiplex movie that genuinely respects its young audience.
  13. A Serious Man
    The humor is sharp and so are the judgments, which pile on until the characters are nearly suffocated under the weight of so much disdain.
  14. More Than a Game
    The result would make an excellent inspirational video for aspiring players, but it's not quite ready for the pros.
  15. Chelsea on the Rocks
    Ferrera's shaggy tone, which fits the iconic building, gets irritating. Still, if you come for the stories, you'll stay for the company.
  16. As Seen Through These Eyes
    Helstein doesn't have to work so hard to remind us of her subject's gravity; the stories chronicled are chilling enough without embellishment.
  17. Fame
    Whether the young ensemble attains it remains to be seen. The standouts, though, are Naughton, Pennie and Perez De Tagle.
  18. Coco Before Chanel
    There are a select few artists who can take the same materials used by everyone else and create a masterpiece. Coco Chanel was one of them. Director Anne Fontaine is not.
  19. Surrogates
    The filmmakers were too busy throwing together potential blockbuster material to notice all the loose ends and gaping holes in logic. Which may, ultimately, explain why Willis looks so confused throughout. Maybe he, too, is straining to locate some intelligence amid all the machinery.
  20. Pandorum
    The movie soon turns into only a production-designed run-and-chase game, and our curiosity about what happened to Earth and the crew is teased and teased again until the movie’s big letdown of a reveal.
  21. Blind Date
    It's about watching two always-fine actors do a lot with very little.
  22. The Boys Are Back
    The performances save the movie from a treacly inevitability.
  23. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
    In his directorial debut, Krasinski doesn't seem to believe in his hideous men so much as he appears intimidated by them.
  24. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
    This desperate effort by ­professional frat boy Tucker Max may be the most dismal movie of the decade.
  25. Paranormal Activity
    A "Blair Witch"-y creepshow that owes a lot to Japanese horror.
  26. Capitalism: A Love Story
    Too bad its wide net ultimately results in diminishing returns.
  27. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    Very likely the most fun your family will have this month.
  28. The Informant!
    Has two aces going for it: Soderbergh's poking at the maze­like holes in American business and Damon's whirling dervish performance.
  29. Love Happens
    Some may wonder why Jennifer Aniston keeps taking projects about single women unlucky in love. But the bigger question in Love Happens is why, with her pick of scripts, she chose one so utterly uninspired.
  30. Jennifer's Body
    Words and story are still the lifeblood of a movie, and Jennifer's Body is filled like a Twinkie with half-fleshed-out ideas.
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