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For 7,564 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 0.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 The Samurai and the Prisoner
Lowest review score: 0 Buddy Games: Spring Awakening
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,953 out of 7564
  2. Mixed: 1,251 out of 7564
  3. Negative: 1,360 out of 7564
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  1. Morgan
    My diagnosis of why Morgan malfunctions as a chilling plunge into blood-splattered mayhem is that, before the midway point, it is pretty obvious what the eventual outcome and supposed big reveal will be. This is not the fault of the actors necessarily — there are highly respected talents involved here. It is just that we have seen most of this unfold before.
  2. Haunted Mansion
    With a repeated sourness in the film’s comedic efforts and a tragically misused ensemble, Haunted Mansion misses the chance to become a Halloween classic.
  3. Lee Cronin's The Mummy
    It is a relentlessly brutal movie, one that too quickly becomes monotonous in its cruelty, numbing instead of thrilling viewers.
  4. Special ID
    And yet it's impossible to deny that what Special ID does well it does extremely well.
  5. Being Charlie
    Proves to be a kind of career rehab for Dad.
  6. Crown Vic
    Aside from a rock-solid performance by Thomas Jane as the grizzled cop, Crown Vic, which is named after the Ford model car that is the default of the LAPD black-and-white, has very little to offer the discriminating moviegoer.
  7. Lake of Death
    Lake of Death is a slow burn that fizzles out under the weight of its influences. The tech elements are significantly better than average B-movie fare, but the writing never matches them.
  8. One & Two
    Never feels as momentous or as angsty as a good story about moody teenagers should, and that's mostly because the film lacks a menacing parental adversary.
  9. 3 Generations
    Takes on the topic of gender dysphoria with a talented cast but not much to say.
  10. The Marsh King's Daughter
    Despite strong work from Ben Mendelsohn, Daisy Ridley, and Gil Birmingham, director Neil Burger's adaptation is a medium-level thriller.
  11. Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog is the worst kind of bad movie: it's too inoffensive to be hated and too wretched to be enjoyable.
  12. MI-5
    An action espionage tale vaguely in the Jason Bourne mold, MI-5 does indeed play like a TV spin-off, but one in which the filmmakers said to their team, “Listen up, all! We’re now doing the cinema version. What can we do to make it cinematic?”
  13. The Parts You Lose
    Most of the movie is conveyed through point of view, which is especially fitting because the central character is hearing-impaired. Wesley is a careful, thoughtful observer of the world around him, and this movie challenges us to look as closely as he does. Every frame is filled with significant, illuminating details.
  14. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
    These “Fantastic Beasts” movies are just not good. They’re extremely OK, but never truly inspiring or transporting.
  15. Hunted
    There’s a better version of Hunted that either leans more into its surreal flights of fancy or settles into gritty, tense realism. Hunted gets caught in the middle.
  16. RED 2
    I did my homework and watched the original "RED." It was just as stupid as this movie, yet I liked it a little more.
  17. Fallen
    Fallen fuses its one good idea with countless bad ones generated not from life experience but from recycled formulas.
  18. Secret Headquarters
    Secret Headquarters is as bland and forgettable as its title would suggest. It’s so generic, it almost sounds like the name of a better movie translated awkwardly from another language into its simplest terms in English.
  19. Railroad Tigers
    Though it boasts a large scope with its ensemble cast, huge sequences and the star power of the almighty Jackie Chan, Railroad Tigers lacks the vital focus to come together.
  20. Angel of Mine
    Farrant’s confidence as a storyteller — along with Rapace’s full-bodied performance — enrich the story and guide it toward its delicately bonkers premise.
  21. Same Kind of Different as Me
    It can be hard to disagree with the heart and events of this true tale, except for when the movie reveals itself to be mighty self-congratulatory.
  22. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
    The adult viewer, reflecting on the idea that this is “just” a kid’s movie, might conclude that kids deserve a little better.
  23. In the Heart of the Sea
    And this is ultimately what damages In the Heart of the Sea more than anything else: it is so very many different things, but they all feel detached from each other, almost like a bunch of self-contained mini-movies stitched end-to-end, with the framing device serving as needle and thread.
  24. Elevator Game
    Not dunking on social media teens is a refreshing angle, enough to make you want to care about their inevitable deaths. But the movie's by-the-numbers horror will make you feel otherwise.
  25. Jimpa
    Jimpa is a story that feels like it’s arrived about a decade too late for its intended audience: Queer people want more from their rep than being anthropologically observed from the sidelines, and straight people have watched enough “Drag Race” to already be familiar with the concepts this film treats as novel.
  26. Superpower
    This isn't a bad film by any means: it does a creditable job of convincing us that Penn's heart is in the right place (as an activist) even when the execution is sometimes impulsive or clumsy; but it lacks focus.
  27. Tape
    Tape isn’t just a movie. It is a rallying cry.
  28. Dog Days
    Director Ken Marino’s contemporary tale of intertwined lives will still disarm you eventually with its unabashed cheeriness and generous spirit.
  29. A Cure for Wellness
    I keep forgetting the title of A Cure for Wellness and calling it “The Color of Despair.” It’s an accurate mistake.
  30. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    It’s a pity that Jack Reacher: Never Go Back fails to support Cruise and his co-stars, all of whom are acting as if their lives depended on it. There’s a great movie buried somewhere in here—a strange but beguiling family comedy and a meditation on nature vs. nurture, with a bit of shooting and punching thrown in—but the filmmakers never figure out how to excavate it.
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