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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. Sherman's Way
    Unfortunately, this strained comedy relies entirely on clichés and contrivances to tell the story of Sherman.
  2. Tokyo!
    Anyone looking for something original or unexpected should check out the trio of short films that comprise this entertaining ode to the titular city.
  3. Red Riding Trilogy
    These three films (adapted from David Peace's novels by different directors), each a singularly gripping work, together form a towering and emotionally complex achievement.
  4. Crossing Over
    Writer-director Wayne Kramer adds what could be called mainstream threads to his messy script, but the result is simplistic across the board.
  5. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
    Director Bruce Hendricks makes little use of the 3D technology, though the gimmick does distract from the fact that we learn nothing new about the guys. It would have been interesting to hear something of their history, especially given their much-discussed Evangelical background.
  6. The Trouble with Romance
    Ever fast-forward through a late-night cable romance just to get to the good parts? This amateurish relationship dramedy features all the stuff you'd skip, and nothing else.
  7. An American Affair
    This is one of those films in which almost every element is done in such an embarrassingly amateurish way, you want to put it out of its misery.
  8. Fired Up!
    Tries waaay too hard, just like its motormouth jock-snark heroes.
  9. Madea Goes to Jail
    Though he plays two other roles, Perry only really cuts loose when he dons Madea's housecoat, turning her into a devilishly funny voice of reason. Likewise, the movie tenses up when she's offscreen, becoming the sort of moralistic soap opera we've seen from Perry before.
  10. Eleven Minutes
    If you watched "Project Runway's" first season and wondered what happened to winner Jay McCarroll, here's your chance to find out.
  11. Must Read After My Death
    Intensely compelling documentary.
  12. Katyn
    A pensive and searching drama that explores how deep into the national psyche these murders in the Katyn forest went.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Friday the 13th
    Purists will be – happy? Relieved? – to know that the "ch-ch-chhh" music survived, and the body count still totals 13.
  14. Two Lovers
    Director James Gray is best known for hard-edged dramas like "Little Odessa," so it's surprising to find he has such a well-developed romantic side. This isn't your average date-night flick, though.
  15. Coraline
    An extraordinary achievement that nevertheless falls short of its full potential, Coraline is absolutely worth seeing, for older children and adults alike. But the connection will be entirely through your eyes; if you want it to touch your heart, you'll have to go to the book on which it's based.
  16. He's Just Not That Into You
    Yes, that's an impressive collection of actors. And yes, it's deflating to watch them wandering in and out of half-written scenes with no discernable direction.
  17. The Pink Panther 2
    Martin starts at the outrageous accent and spins out from there, and that's fine for this. And there are a few snicker-worthy scenes.
  18. Push
    Fanning's watcher is watchable, yet the kid-actress extraordinaire is so polished it kind of makes your head explode.
  19. Confessions of a Shopaholic
    There are some mildly amusing turns from costars like Kristin Scott Thomas, playing an icy editor, and Robert Stanton, as her frustrated debt collector.
  20. The International
    The International almost seems like a Monty Python spoof on spy-game thrillers in which the phrase "secret agent" is constantly replaced by "banker," resulting in lines like, "...If I die, 100 other bankers take my place."
  21. The Uninvited
    Yeah, this is pretty much your classic been-there, done-that scenario: evil stepmother, clueless father, imperiled teen.
  22. Taken
    Neeson's better than this. You can't watch him here without thinking, Geez, every fight-choreography session could have funded "Love, Actually." This bash-the-door-down action scene likely took as long to film as "Kinsey." That gunfight required more stunts than all of "Schindler's List."
  23. New in Town
    A romantic comedy that's neither romantic nor funny.
  24. Service (Serbis)
    This isn't a family -- or a film -- you'll ­easily forget.
  25. Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
    A limited amount of original footage -- awkwardly enhanced with reenactments -- gives the film a somewhat narrow focus. But in a way, the dry tone fits.
  26. The Lodger
    Filled with second-rate Brian DePalma twists, noirishly blurred lights and usually solid actors mouthing potboiler brine, The Lodger resembles bottom-shelf '80s dreck.
  27. Inkheart
    A kids' adventure movie can be a lot of things -- wild and woolly, loosey-goosey, full of foolishness -- but they should never be shabby. And that's the best word for Inkheart.
  28. Chandni Chowk to China
    With musical numbers and fight scenes as big as its heart, director Nikhil Advani's action-comedy really does sample it all.
  29. Cherry Blossoms
    Refusing to be rushed, Doris Dörrie blends individual experiences with universal emotions to create a quietly moving study of self-discovery.
  30. Hotel for Dogs
    Even the youngest viewers, not to mention their parents, will appreciate the buffoonish villainy of the dogcatchers (still useful villains more than half a century after "Lady and the Tramp"), and the movie's nice anti-kill shelter message is as it should be.
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