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For 1,691 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 75% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 20% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 10.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Memories of Murder
Lowest review score: 16 Nemesis
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,310 out of 1691
  2. Mixed: 351 out of 1691
  3. Negative: 30 out of 1691
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  1. Nightmare Alley
    Visually opulent as only a Guillermo del Toro movie can be with gorgeously detailed, period-perfect costumes and interiors and a marquee cast, the noir thriller Nightmare Alley checks all the grand boxes of the genre. Yet the film feels emotionally inert, stacked with unsympathetic, strangely uncharismatic characters that defy empathy. Or worse: defy abiding interest.
  2. I Swear
    I Swear is what’s usually described as a “crowd pleaser” but there is an issue with the way the film conveys the alienation John Davidson feels. A viewer gets a pile-on of terrible events rather than the deep character dive required for emotional investment.
  3. Late Night
    Late Night is a light-hearted comedy with something to say and an excellent cast, that is unfortunately hobbled by a storyline that doesn’t quite add up.
  4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a platform for comedy as a burlesque of drama, with enough winks, pop references and silliness to keep the premise going. Funny stuff.
  5. Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
    The emotional tone here is sympathetic and elegiac, and since both men have a way with words, often absorbing. Though there is little here that won’t be known by fans of the writers, the format of the interviews is striking.
  6. Only the River Flows
    Only the River Flows — based on the novel Mistakes by the River by Yu Hua — runs a tight 102 minutes but crams a lot of atmosphere into that time, moments of high drama interspersed with bizarre humour.
  7. Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
    Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, inspired by the Alan Light’s book The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah, leave almost no stone unturned in their quest to examine the enduring appeal of “Hallelujah” across the years and mediums.
  8. Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna
    Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna is informative (albeit distressing) but doesn’t offer any final answers about the accident that cost Hutchins her life.
  9. Color Out of Space
    The movie looks pretty good, given that it’s small budget effort, and it achieves a sense of tension. But beyond that, the result is frustrating.
  10. Standing Up, Falling Down
    It’s a rare thing to see a movie about failure that a) is plays like a gentle rom com, and b) is not about utter neurosis. But Standing Up, Falling Down is a small sweet, slightly flawed movie that is both of those things.
  11. The Cleaners
    The Cleaners is a doc of remarkable access and a feast for thought.
  12. Summertime
    Carlos López Estrada, who directed 2018’s Oakland-set Blindspotting, developed this original “spoken word musical” from the work of young Los Angelean poets into a sort of contemporary version of Fame.
  13. Materialists
    Materialists is fun and satisfying and, thanks its wonderful cast, full of tender sweetness.
  14. The Phoenician Scheme
    In the end, The Phoenician Scheme has a warm and beating heart.
  15. Violation
    Sims-Fewer clearly follows her vision, and paints an unsettling picture with sure strokes. I look forward to more.
  16. Handling the Undead
    There aren’t zombies rampaging through Norwegian director Thea Hvistendahl’s quiet film. Instead, the spare, slow-paced, thoughtful film is an affecting story about coping with grief.
  17. The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
    The dialogue is clunky at times, and the forced four-narrative format means no character is really fleshed out. But the movie finds its heart and its footing in the last act with Danny’s story and a redemptive finale.
  18. Old Henry
    If you’re yearning for a Western with a vintage feel, and a touch of mythos, writer/director Potsy Ponciroli’s homage to the genre, Old Henry will nicely fill that bill.
  19. God's Creatures
    Anchored by a superb performance by Emily Watson, God’s Creatures is a small, quiet film that packs a surprising punch.
  20. Censor
    Censor is an off-brand horror treat that walks the distance between artistic freedom and the scrutiny of morbid excess to which the title refers.
  21. Rocketman
    Rocketman is as fabulously mercurial and debauched as its subject; anything less would have been futile and disappointing.
  22. Roh
    Roh is a simple story, fueled entirely by atmosphere.
  23. Wildhood
    It would be easy to simply recount the stages and progressions of growing up, coming age, self-discovery, and sexual awakenings. Wildhood is all that, but it also dips into identity issues that run deeper than what is affected visual clues and by the preference of touch.
  24. Evil Dead Rise
    The humour remains, only now there is an added charm missing from previous installments. That charm is courtesy of the movie’s protagonists, a typically atypical family, and their equally quirky neighbours. Including a lovelorn teen boy and an old dude with a shotgun.
  25. Tuesday
    It is also astonishingly tender and very human despite its fantastical premise, which rivals any superhero film for boldness of imagination yet summons uncommon emotional heft.
  26. The Vigil
    The Vigil is a satisfying work of suspense and mystery with a few well-executed jump scares.
  27. I Am Greta
    I Am Greta is a wonderful, rich documentary and at points it moved me to tears.
  28. Penguins
    Penguins is the latest of DisneyNature’s wildlife documentary features, and in many ways among the best. There’s much to admire in it, but its devotion to a family-friendly tone is often at odds with the astounding footage onscreen.
  29. Julia
    It’s an easygoing, highly enjoyable look at the life and considerable influence of Julia Child.
  30. Green Book
    Green Book is not the deepest depiction of racism, but it is a funny and heartwarming depiction of a friendship, forged in a car.
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