NME's Scores
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For 366 reviews, this publication has graded:
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63% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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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: | Oppenheimer | |
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| Lowest review score: | Death on the Nile |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 218 out of 366
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Mixed: 140 out of 366
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Negative: 8 out of 366
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Nick Levine
In a way, it’s a shame the film ends with a basic boilerplate listing Lopez’s record sales, box office receipts and social media following. By this point, Halftime has done more than enough to show us that its subject is very much the real deal.- NME
- Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Nick Levine
You won’t leave a-ha: The Movie wanting to hang out in the band’s dressing room, but you will come away with a renewed appreciation for the intense and sensitive men who made melancholy pop gems like ‘The Sun Always Shines On TV’ and ‘Hunting High And Low’. Glorious as it is, there’s a lot more to this band than ‘Take On Me’.- NME
- Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Nick Levine
This feature-length documentary makes for affecting viewing because it tells the duo’s incredible success story through the lens of their rock-solid friendship.- NME
- Posted Jul 5, 2023
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Nick Levine
The Bob’s Burgers Movie is substantial enough to justify its 102-minute runtime and manages to supersize the show’s appealing recipe without diluting its flavour. It’s a meaty treat that fans and newcomers alike can devour with relish.- NME
- Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Nick Levine
There’s something undeniably impressive about the whole enterprise, in which Lanthimos has found the perfect co-conspirators: Plemons’ ambiguous quality suits his opaque stories, while Stone’s charisma warms the edges of his chilly filmmaking. The result is a singular, freaky challenge that’s definitely worth accepting.- NME
- Posted Jul 2, 2024
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Nick Levine
It all adds up to a film that’s brave, fascinating, grim and irreverent: in other words, vintage Verhoeven.- NME
- Posted Apr 22, 2022
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Nick Levine
Is there too much going on? Possibly, but Eddington is never dull – Aster commits fully to his grisly vision of a ruptured America where a sticky narrative is more important than the truth or any kind of moral high ground.- NME
- Posted Aug 22, 2025
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Alex Flood
Apart from the usual stylistic clichés, this isn’t your typical Anderson movie. Structurally, it’s unconventional.- NME
- Posted Feb 14, 2023
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James Mottram
All set around the American Civil War, Chapter 1 is a three-hour slow-burn that takes some patience, but rewards with handsome vistas, moments of thrilling action and characters that will likely grow in significance in subsequent instalments.- NME
- Posted Jul 2, 2024
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James Mottram
Somehow Johnson’s sophisticated turn – the best of her career – will keep you on side. As romantic as Materialists is, it’s also realistic which makes it so watchable.- NME
- Posted Aug 22, 2025
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Good Mourning is content with providing sheer, silly entertainment, filling the comedy void left by the likes of Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill perfectly.- NME
- Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Alex Flood
It’s a familiar story, to be honest. But even if Bond seems the same as ever, the world he exists in isn’t.- NME
- Posted Feb 14, 2023
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Alex Flood
Though it plays like a glitzy musical in the mould of Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis also works as a much-needed lesson about America’s cultural history.- NME
- Posted Jul 15, 2022
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Mark Beaumont
The Beach Boys makes up for its narrative familiarity by exploring some of the lesser-known behind-the-scenes tidbits.- NME
- Posted May 27, 2024
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Unlike its predecessor though, you won’t forget this experience in a hurry.- NME
- Posted Dec 13, 2022
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Nick Levine
Wonka isn’t quite an immaculate confection, but it’s moreish enough to become a future festive favourite. You’ll want to tuck right in.- NME
- Posted Dec 4, 2023
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Matthew Turner
Combining spectacular effects work with a surprisingly provocative script, it’s a superbly made sci-fi adventure that delivers plenty of robo-thrills.- NME
- Posted Sep 27, 2023
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Matthew Turner
The Fall Guy is a delight from start to finish, thanks to a sparkling script, thrilling action sequences and to-die-for comic chemistry between the two leads.- NME
- Posted May 1, 2024
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Alex Flood
Denis Villeneuve’s new reboot thankfully ditches the silly, but it does take itself extremely seriously.- NME
- Posted Feb 14, 2023
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James Mottram
If you’re looking for a good-old fashioned romp, stylishly made and frequently hilarious, this ticks all the boxes.- NME
- Posted Sep 12, 2022
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James Mottram
Perkins ensures everything services a story that comes armed with at least one almighty twist. Measured in pacing and tone, his film also feels extremely moody thanks to the overcast skies captured by cinematographer Andrés Arochi.- NME
- Posted Jul 12, 2024
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Nick Levine
A perfunctory romantic subplot linking Andy to a bland property developer (Patrick Brammall) should have been edited out and the ending is perhaps a little too sentimental. But this is still a smart and satisfying sequel. The Devil Wears Prada 2 feels like a sleek update on a classic, not a cheap knock-off that falls apart in the wash.- NME
- Posted Apr 29, 2026
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Alex Flood
By the apocalyptic and slightly predictable ending – come on, another quasi-spaceship assault? – Johansson’s swansong has cycled through futuristic sci-fi, buddy comedy, escape adventure and teary drama.- NME
- Posted Feb 14, 2023
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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.- NME
- Posted Mar 12, 2024
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Nick Levine
The Girl with a Bracelet is a clever, relevant film which makes you question the way society expects young women to behave.- NME
- Posted Sep 28, 2022
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Nick Levine
Creed III isn’t quite a knockout, but only a fool would come away questioning whether this seasoned slugger of a franchise has more rounds left in it. Bring on Creed IV.- NME
- Posted Mar 2, 2023
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They Will Kill You is a deeply unserious comedy horror that provides just enough plot to get it to the next bloodbath. It might not work for some but there’s something in the enthusiasm of all involved that is hard to resist as they craft a gleefully chaotic spectacle.- NME
- Posted Mar 28, 2026
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Lou Thomas
Sweeney is excellent as the whistleblower who slowly but surely realises the game is up and creeps from poised confidence to frightened, tearful regret. Hamilton and Davis are also very believable as agents in complete control.- NME
- Posted Mar 2, 2023
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Through it all, the overwhelming sense BTS: The Return gives is one of a group at a crossroads, figuring out which way to turn.- NME
- Posted Mar 28, 2026
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Ralph Jones
Civil War is something of a staggering achievement of spectacle and sound, with vast swathes of the US convincingly up in smoke. Not once do we get the foul whiff of CGI; not once are we taken out of the engrossing reality of the protagonists.- NME
- Posted Apr 11, 2024
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