NME's Scores

For 366 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 31% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 20 Death on the Nile
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 8 out of 366
366 movie reviews
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sure, there’ s no real reason for this story to keep unfolding. This is all about enjoying the imagery of human beings getting chopped up. And in that regard at least, Texas Chainsaw Massacre does not disappoint.
  1. Apatow has assembled a fantastic cast of A-listers and friends for his take on the pandemic. Unfortunately, it’s not very funny.
  2. At least Scream star Matthew Lillard brings some creepiness into his little screen time. Otherwise, Five Nights At Freddy’s is moribund.
  3. You won’t be able to shake the feeling that there’s a lack of heart and soul here.
  4. Purple Hearts is crushingly predictable and never quite rings true, but it’s not completely hopeless.
  5. But as the film lurches into the final third, there’s little emotional sustenance to keep you going. Just one yawn-worthy twist and some dud CGI. Avoid.
  6. Despite the odd flash of gore (this is a ‘15’ certificate, so expect minimal scares), the film’s biggest crime is that it’s utterly boring.
  7. Driven by big-truck energy and lumbered with tired sports clichés and flat jokes, Home Team feels like its target audience is bad dads who don’t like spending time with their sons.
  8. True, it’s a clever loophole the director has exploited, but that’s as far as it goes. Blood And Honey is a sticky mess of a movie.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s poignant in informing and representing the value of sexual expression and acceptance, wholeheartedly portraying that BDSM relationships are more often than not as grounded and human as the people involved.
  9. There’s plenty to admire in Silverton Siege, but most of it comes from the true story itself, with the film squandering every opportunity it has to make an impact.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Good Mourning is content with providing sheer, silly entertainment, filling the comedy void left by the likes of Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill perfectly.
  10. There is the occasional nice detail – like the Jim Belcher figurines that go on sale when he becomes a household name. But Hookings’ screenplay lacks depth, the characters all largely one-note.
  11. You won’t come away feeling as though Shania Twain has bared her soul, but you will have renewed respect for the talent, vision and hard work that made her an era-defining artist.
  12. Honestly, this film is so terrible it makes the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy look like high art. The review’s lone star is for the location manager who criss-crossed Europe to find all the blandly luxurious pads that this soulless nonsense unfolds in.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The telling of Baby’s early life is illuminating. It offers his lived experience as well as an insight into the historical background of oppression and inequality in the US to show how the rapper – a childhood “genius” who would ace exams even though he never showed up to class – would eventually be incarcerated by the age of 20.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The terrible dialogue, lazily written character dynamics, and sloppy storytelling make Re/Member a movie we’d rather forget.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Taken on its own merits, the live-action Zom 100 is a pretty fun time – a consistently amusing adventure that makes up for its slightness with an abundance of silliness.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DeVidas’ film might be a difficult watch but, as well as serving up a reminder of the horrors of addiction, at least it gives us plenty to be grateful for too.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Simplicity can be elegant, one must be careful not veer into simplistic, which can be monotonous. Ballerina teeters on the edge both.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ultimately, Kids Are Growing Up serves as a meditation on happiness.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Both Song Joong-ki and Choi Sung-eun are phenomenal throughout Kim Hee-jin’s feature film debut, transforming My Name is Loh Kiwan into a film that will stay with you for a long time.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you’re a casual fan, Rite Here Rite Now makes for a fun, enjoyable experience that should tide you over until their next album or tour. But if you’re a die-hard, this is essential viewing – not just for its exhilarating live moments, but for the next part of the gripping Ghost saga.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The characters and story may feel a little stock, yanked straight out of a canon of teen movies from Bring It On to Bottoms, yet you won’t come away from this crowd-pleaser without a smile on your face to match those of the peppy Millenium Girls. And in that sense, Victory is victorious.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BLACKPINK World Tour [Born Pink] In Cinemas is a fun reminder of the sparkle and strength displayed in BLACKPINK’s concert and a timely celebration of one of K-pop’s biggest girl groups, bright enough to tide us over until the four-piece are back on stage in front of us again.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    To some degree, blur: Live at Wembley Stadium is more like watching a bunch of teens successfully pulling off their first gig than 50-somethings at an all-time career high. It’s this mischievousness that makes them so endearing to watch.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    After watching Jung-do’s renewed sense of purpose come through, watching the story go down the path of a typical action-thriller is a letdown. However, if you’re only going into Officer Black Belt to watch Kim Woo-bin deliver some killer moves, however, you won’t be disappointed.
  13. Much of One Hand Clapping feels like the knowing performance video it was always intended to be, but it’s these behind-the-curtain glimpses that stop you blinking throughout for fear of what you might miss.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite the peaks, Uprising would have benefited from a shorter runtime and a more focused lens – and perhaps less severed noses.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Right People, Wrong Place might be a document of an album, allowing RM to show the contrast between this experience and the more polished, slick workings of BTS. But it also feels like a subtle chronicle of friendship forged through music.

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