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For 4,652 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Arrival
Lowest review score: 0 A Hole in My Heart
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,348 out of 4652
  2. Mixed: 845 out of 4652
  3. Negative: 459 out of 4652
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  1. Gang Related
    Kauf, whose Stakeout was a lighter blend of the same kind of elements at work here, knows just how to play the material to keep it enjoyable. That's not an easy task, considering that the main characters are pretty reprehensible and the basic plotline is about covering up the accidental murder of a cop. Nevertheless, in part because of a series of good performances and in part because Kauf approaches things with confidence, the results are positive. Gang Related may not be Pulp Fiction, but it's not a bad foray into tangential territory.
  2. What Men Want
    At least What Women Want could be identified as an enjoyable rom-com with a dose of female empowerment. One would have to be charitable to use “romantic”, “comedy”, or “enjoyable” for this new iteration.
  3. TRON: Legacy
    They had 28 years, and this is the best they could come up with?
  4. The Thing
    It's a solid, entertaining monster movie that, at its best, recalls not only its three decades-old namesake but Alien as well.
  5. The Fifth Estate
    Perhaps the most curious and counterproductive aspect of The Fifth Estate, the so-called "Wikileaks movie," is the decision by director Bill Condon and screenwriter Josh Singer to establish the film as a thriller.
  6. Den of Thieves
    Den of Thieves delivers an above-average cops-and-robbers heist film.
  7. American Reunion
    This is a joyless experience made all the sadder because most viewers still remember the naughty delights delivered by "American Pie."
  8. The Sentinel
    Director Clark Johnson and screenwriter George Nolfi (adapting the novel by Gerald Petievich) do an excellent job of setting things up and getting the story underway. Unfortunately, some of their hard work is undone during the movie's final third.
  9. Your Place or Mine
    The actors may not have perfect chemistry but they are as likable as they’ve ever been and it’s not a chore to spend 110 minutes with them even though one can’t help but wish the fantasy is better realized and the ending doesn’t feel rushed and unearned.
  10. The Gray Man
    The Gray Man is part of an unflattering pattern where creativity plays second fiddle to algorithms.
  11. New York, I Love You
    Oddly, the filmmaker best known for his Valentines to New York, Woody Allen, is not participant.
  12. Shoot 'Em Up
    There's a little bit of "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in Shoot 'Em Up, although this production isn't as smart or as slick.
  13. Broken City
    Whether the core flaw lies in the script or is the result of overly aggressive editing, the final result is offers only sporadic glimpses of the compelling thriller Broken City fails to evolve into.
  14. The Grudge
    Pretty much a one-trick pony, and, after a while, that trick loses its ability to impress.
  15. Terminator Salvation
    With its idea of an insurgency striking against an implacable evil empire, there's more than a little "Star Wars" in Terminator: Savlation, although not even at its "Empire Strikes Back" bleakest was Lucas' series this dark.
  16. The Mummy
    In the end, it's the self-mocking aura that save this film from being a waste of two hours.
  17. Bohemian Rhapsody
    It’s too bad no one working on the production recognized the disparity in quality between the performance/non-performance scenes or they might have leaned more heavily on the former at the welcome expense of the latter.
  18. Ice Age: Continental Drift
    It is as comfortable and predictable as any Saturday morning cartoon, although with higher production values and a spiffier look.
  19. Hancock
    Sometimes funny, sometimes clever, and occasionally involving, but it's never brilliant and its edge is compromised by the neutering that accompanies the teen-friendly PG-13 rating.
  20. Antichrist
    Bottom line: Do I recommend Antichrist? Tough to do, but tough not to. For those who are intrigued by the controversy, it may be worth the sacrifice, if only so you can evaluate it from a position of knowledge.
  21. Bullet Train
    There’s a time and a place for mayhem, and that’s essentially what Bullet Train is: two hours of fights, carnage, and witty repartee. Oh, it’s too long, to be sure – probably at least by 20 minutes. And its puzzle-like structure is too complicated for its own good. But, taken on its own terms, it’s fun and energetic as only this sort of film can be.
  22. Y2K
    Although there are a few amusing instances when the film goes over-the-top with gore, those don’t save what’s ultimately a bad zombie apocalypse film with the undead replaced by robots.
  23. Sleuth
    The 1972 movie was better paced and presented a superior story but this one has its own pleasures. It's an interesting failure - a film that works more successfully as a study of technique and writing than as a motion picture.
  24. Amsterdam
    With its whiplash-inducing tonal inconsistencies and sloppily assembled narrative, Amsterdam often feels like a pastiche of (take your pick) Monty Python, The Coen Brothers, or Wes Anderson grafted onto a crime caper/espionage thriller with a strong allegorical message about fascism.
  25. Inventing the Abbotts
    Inventing the Abbotts has the cast and characters to be something special; the script just isn't ambitious enough.
  26. Kalifornia
    Kalifornia is disturbing, and, while it doesn't overdo the blood, neither is the violence understated.
  27. Harrison's Flowers
    At its heart, Harrison's Flowers is a love story, albeit a graphic and difficult one.
  28. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein may not be the definitive version of the 1817 novel, and the director likely attempted more than is practical for a two-hour film, but overambition is preferable to the alternative, especially if it results - as in this case - in something more substantial than Hollywood's typical, fitfully entertaining fluff.
  29. Adult Life Skills
    The only reason Adult Life Skills is getting attention in 2019, nearly three years after it was finished, is because lead actress Jodie Whittaker is now bigger than big.
  30. Little
    The humor is typically sitcom-ish, tending more toward sophomoric gags than genuinely funny material.
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