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For 4,658 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 35% 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: 3,354 out of 4658
  2. Mixed: 845 out of 4658
  3. Negative: 459 out of 4658
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  1. Good
    Viggo Mortensen looks the part but never brings it home with great conviction or passion. I never believed in the character and that greatly diminished the film's ability to argue its ethical case.
  2. Revolutionary Road
    Revolutionary Road is a fine motion picture, but it's not a good choice to lighten a burden or brighten a night. It rewards in the ways that only tragedies can.
  3. The Spirit
    There are good things to be said about The Spirit, but not enough of them to outweigh the bad.
  4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    There's no denying the film's power of compulsion and the sense that, when it's all over, it means something. Most viewers will be entertained and moved, and some will find their intellect aroused.
  5. Bedtime Stories
    This is a rare time when young ones will get more out of a Sandler movie than their parents, who may have grown up with him when he was on "Saturday Night Live."
  6. Last Chance Harvey
    Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson bring credibility to Last Chance Harvey merely by their presence. The result is a holiday parfait.
  7. Marley & Me
    It's an enjoyable and unpretentious perspective of life that reminds us how important and rewarding the little things can be.
  8. Valkyrie
    Valkyrie, despite being a more straightforward thriller, is less gripping than "Downfall," the most recent film in which Hitler had significant screen time.
  9. The Tale of Despereaux
    While the voice acting is fine and the story is nicely paced, the visuals are disappointing.
  10. Yes Man
    Undemanding, light, and enjoyable.
  11. The Class
    Considering the strength of performances given by the 25-or-so teenage actors portraying the students, it's amazing that none of them have previous experience.
  12. Moscow, Belgium
    There are no big-name stars. Barbara Serafian, who is excellent, has a thin, eclectic resume. She looks a little like Frances McDormand.
  13. Seven Pounds
    Seven Pounds works better the more the viewer feels and the less he/she thinks. On an emotional level, one could decree that the movie is satisfying. On an intellectual level, it's disappointingly shallow.
  14. The Wrestler
    Aronofsky's directorial style is simple and spare. There are no flourishes or attempts to convince us that he is a master of his craft.
  15. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    It lacks the simple elegance and intelligence of the earlier film, and employs special effects and pointless action scenes to replace passages of dialogue.
  16. Doubt
    An intellectually and emotionally exhausting and engrossing experience. It is drama of the highest caliber.
  17. Gran Torino
    An amazingly over-the-top anti-racism parable but, despite its obvious shortcomings, it is nevertheless effective and affecting.
  18. Nothing Like the Holidays
    Like fruitcake, movies like this are ubiquitous at this time of the year but rarely are they devoured with great relish or enthusiasm.
  19. Che
    What potentially could have been the greatest asset possessed by Che - its unapologetic length - turns into its greatest detriment.
  20. 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.
  21. Wendy and Lucy
    The transformation undergone by Michelle Williams to play this role is nothing short of astounding.
  22. Frost/Nixon
    Howard and Morgan have transformed this story into something more than an embellished re-telling of recent history. They have shaped a tragedy that is almost Shakespearean in force.
  23. Cadillac Records
    There are plenty of small pleasures to be found throughout Darnell Martin's feature, but a compelling storyline featuring three-dimensional characters is not among them.
  24. Punisher: War Zone
    This is essentially a Steven Seagal movie without the Ponytailed One, and may appeal to those who enjoyed Seagal's rather bland, cookie-cutter action films.
  25. Transporter 3
    Transporter 3 is the most frustrating entry into a series that has never set the bar terribly high.
  26. Four Christmases
    Four Christmases is waste of time and a disappointment, but it's also relatively painless.
  27. Milk
    Milk feels like an important picture, but not in a way that makes it tedious to watch. There's no pretentious sheen to the proceedings.
  28. Twilight
    Twilight isn't an especially good movie, but neither is it an abomination. At times, the dialogue is laugh-aloud bad - almost to the point of being hilarious.
  29. Australia
    It's an epic pretender, not an epic contender.
  30. Quantum of Solace
    The film's biggest problem is its director. Marc Forster is an experienced art house filmmaker with impressive credits (most recently, "The Kite Runner)", but he is clueless when it comes to action sequences.
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