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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. Licence to Kill
    Not since Dr. No has 007 been so cool and ruthless, and never has a plot been this close to realistic plausibility.
  2. The Power of the Dog
    Overall, The Power of the Dog probably isn’t as powerful or wrenching as Campion intended for it to be but it remains an unsettling piece of cinema. It’s also a reminder that the Western is a broad enough genre to encompass much more than just “Cowboys and Indians.”
  3. An Inconvenient Truth
    The problem with An Inconvenient Truth isn't the message; it's the messenger.
  4. Arthur Christmas
    When it comes to Christmas movies, although most are quickly forgotten, a select few go on to become touchstones, beloved and re-watched by families year after year after year. Arthur Christmas may have what it takes to join the latter category.
  5. The Winslow Boy
    Mamet illustrates that he can work as capably from someone else's script as he can from his own, and that his talent as a director is not eclipsed by his ability as a writer.
  6. Unbroken
    Jolie's account is mostly accurate but coldly clinical. The story is effective in relaying Zamperini's narrative but lacks both the gut punch one often gets from prisoner-of-war narratives and the full catharsis one expects at the end.
  7. Eddie the Eagle
    Like the real Eddie’s 1988 Olympic experience, however, the movie’s memory is likely to fade fast.
  8. The Brothers Bloom
    The Brothers Bloom with satisfy those with a yearning for lighthearted heist tales, comedies, and offbeat romances.
  9. The Snapper
    It's refreshing to see an old subject dealt with in the open and original manner that The Snapper handles pregnancy. The marriage of humor and drama is admittedly imperfect, but it works well enough to occasionally spawn laughter and touch the heart.
  10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Although Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban stands well enough on its own, it has a "middle chapter" feeling. In other words, there's no real beginning or ending. Little is resolved and the film's climax is low-key.
  11. Iron Man 2
    It's difficult to say whether the main problem with Iron Man 2 is that it suffers from too much plot or too little.
  12. Soul Food
    Soul Food stays a cut above the average melodrama by keeping the characters grounded and the situations from becoming too ripe.
  13. Don Juan DeMarco
    Writer/director Jeremy Leven takes pleasure in clouding the division between what's real and what isn't, but he never stretches matters to such an extreme that Don Juan DeMarco is reduced to a mindless farce.
  14. The Boxtrolls
    With top-notch animation, effective voice casting, and a screenplay that falters only toward the end when faced with the need to provide a resolution, The Boxtrolls offers solid entertainment for older children and the parents that accompany them.
  15. The Reader
    The Reader is closer to a near miss than a rousing success but, on balance, this is still worth seeing for those who enjoy complexity and moral ambiguity within the context of a melodrama.
  16. Ingrid Goes West
    Ingrid Goes West is part comedy, part tragedy, part horror/thriller, and part social commentary. Although it is primarily satirical, director/co-writer Matt Spicer never loses sight of the characters.
  17. Crimson Tide
    It's a thrill-a-minute ride that concludes with a whimper, like a roller-coaster that has all the drops and twists early. Make no mistake, this is a good source of early summer fun, but with a little extra imagination, it could have been a whole lot more.
  18. Return to Paradise
    The film's ending is a little unanticipated, and, although there are a few too many surprise revelations in the last 20 minutes, they all work reasonably well to enhance, rather than diminish, the central theme.
  19. X-Men: The Last Stand
    It delivers pretty much what's expected.
  20. Reign of Fire
    The fact that Reign of Fire does what it sets out to do is a cause for celebration amongst those who like special effects-laden action movies featuring fire-breathing monsters and mayhem.
  21. Sundown
    Throughout the entire production, there’s an excellent sense of place with both the touristy and less friendly aspects of Acapulco contrasting with one another. These real-world contradictions are less compelling than those in Neil’s personality but they make for a fascinating backdrop to the unveiling of the truths about one man’s psychological dissolution.
  22. Primate
    It doesn’t feel fresh, but neither is it stale. Despite the very modern setting, the throwback elements are by far the most welcome aspects being offered, proving that sometimes, sticking to the basics is the smartest move a director can make.
  23. Side Effects
    There's something delightfully old-fashioned about Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects. It's the kind of thriller that Alfred Hitchcock might make if he was still alive and active today.
  24. Waterworld
    The script doesn't do a great job with either the spiritual or the physical trek, but the spectacular action sequences occur with enough regularity that strong writing isn't necessary to keep Waterworld afloat.
  25. 6 Days
    This is as pure a narrative-based film as one is likely to find; the men and women populating 6 Days exist primarily to move the story along.
  26. Black Phone 2
    The Black Phone 2 stands as a strong companion piece to the original—firmly rooted in horror, maintaining continuity, yet not shackled by the tropes its predecessor embraced.
  27. A Quiet Place: Day One
    This works effectively as a stand-alone film and part of a larger story, and finds a way to extend the Quiet Place concept without feeling redundant.
  28. The Day Shall Come
    The Day Shall Come is an angry film – funny at times but with an acidic underpinning.
  29. Ford v Ferrari
    This is solid, middle-of-the-road entertainment. Slow patches aside, it finishes strong and, although it probably won’t win the box office race, it may generate some Oscar interest (because Bale is almost always good enough to warrant that sort of attention).
  30. Limbo
    Despite its share of missteps (the most egregious of which unfortunately occurs late in the proceedings), Limbo is just weird and wonderful enough to earn a recommendation. What starts out as an exercise in absurdist and surreal comedy turns into a serious examination of the artificial boundaries that have been drawn to divide humanity in the name of nationalism.
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