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For 7,558 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Ghost Elephants
Lowest review score: 0 Buddy Games: Spring Awakening
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,950 out of 7558
  2. Mixed: 1,250 out of 7558
  3. Negative: 1,358 out of 7558
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  1. A Family Man
    Whenever the movie reaches for poetry it lands somewhere in a chain drugstore's greeting card aisle, trying to choose between one that shows an adorable child laughing in a Photoshopped field of sunlit daisies, one that tries for gallows humor but isn't really that funny, and a third with a quote about mortality and wisdom only seems thoughtful because it's written in cursive.
  2. Ice Age: Collision Course
    Don’t be distracted by the eye-pleasing purple and lavender hues that have been added to the typically chilly color palette. This plot is as disjointed as it sounds.
  3. Christy
    All of it is done capably but without much panache; worst of all, the boxing sequences feel rudimentary, lacking both artistry and savagery.
  4. Born a Champion
    Whether I should call this movie a “passion project” or a “vanity project” is something I’ve thought about, and since it appears from the evidence of the fight scenes in this film that Mr. Flanery could render me unconscious within half a minute of being introduced to me, “passion project” is the way to go.
  5. The Hummingbird Project
    This one works overtime, shifting gears repeatedly without once providing enough substance for the viewer to engage.
  6. Sacramento
    Stewart and Erskine light up the movie with vivid, layered, authentic performances that capture our interest but throw the movie out of balance. One more screenplay draft would have been worthwhile; there are glimmers of a better version that create some optimism for Angarano’s next film.
  7. Ma
    The film proves to be more shallow than its edgy premise and subsequent themes promise.
  8. Jamie Marks Is Dead
    This not-quite-horror movie is so indulgently languorous — some might describe it as poetic and mournful while those who are less kind would dismiss it as plodding and downright depressing — it is likely to test the patience of many viewers.
  9. 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.
  10. Son of God
    Son of God's earnest-ness is not necessarily a strike against it; it was made by earnest people who want to spread the word. But it's a tough draught to swallow if you're not in the mood for a sermon.
  11. Ick
    The problem is that the sociopolitical underpinnings of “Ick” feel relatively shallow and borderline sadistic, leaving viewers with a hollow “Blob” riff with too little to hold onto regarding character, setting, or even horror.
  12. Hunt
    Hunt has some excellent bang-bang escapism, but it's ultimately too shallow to recommend.
  13. Clemente
    Judging by this documentary’s easygoing approach, Altrogge wants to use his film as a full-spread story on Clemente. The decision pushes Clemente the man into being a mere memory.
  14. Postcards from London
    The film is best when it doesn't take itself too seriously. Unfortunately, for the most part it takes itself very seriously.
  15. The Man Who Knew Infinity
    Irons is the gawky one. His Hardy is a socially inept bachelor who is ill-suited to the role of nurturing mentor and father figure.
  16. Always Be My Maybe
    It is then unfortunate that this tempting package by Khan, a creative and producing force behind ABC’s “Fresh off the Boat,” is so bland, feeling less like a movie and more like the output of an assembly line.
  17. Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets
    Cocker's magnetic persona is a huge part of Pulp's identity, but it's not the band's greatest legacy. So don't be surprised when Cocker's gas-leak hiss of a voice is drowned out by smoke machine cannons, and fails to swell until it bursts at the end of "Common People."
  18. The King of Kings
    Distributed by the Christianity-centered Angel Studios, and written and directed by first-timer Jang Seong-ho (a visual effects master from Korean cinema), it is less of a fully satisfying animated feature that works on its own terms than a teaching tool that is clearly intended as such.
  19. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
    The primary struggle of Chernov’s documentary is that it leans into the impersonal in an attempt at devastation. It can’t rely on the men as the crutch of the film’s emotion.
  20. Cannibal
    As Cannibal progresses it becomes both more traditional in its narrative and frustrating in its lack of depth.
  21. Uncharted
    How is a movie based on a video game more soulless than the game itself? The knock against the world of gaming has long been that they lack a human element, but Ruben Fleischer’s Uncharted feels emptier than the award-winning franchise on which it’s based.
  22. The Wedding Ringer
    Vaguely more tolerable than you might expect – enjoyable, even, in sporadic bursts.
  23. Frantz
    While it is far from Ozon’s worst movie, it is perhaps the first one he's made that feels like it could be the work of any other director.
  24. Allure
    Wood, whose whippet-thin appearance in this dank noir-ish drama semi-draped in mystery could be described as Kristen Stewart lite, fully dedicates herself to embodying a rather unpleasant and contradictory character as she attracts her prey and then goes about abusing them physically and emotionally.
  25. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
    As much as Costner tries to play an even hand, attempting to give the Indigenous and settler perspective equal attention, it doesn’t wholly work.
  26. Abominable
    It sometimes feels Scrooge-like to come down on a sweet and simple film like this one, but kids can get bored too. And they will here.
  27. The Banishing
    Despite a few strong production values and performances, Smith’s film simply crosses the lane into incoherency and not the surreal David Lynch-esque kind of incoherency that sets a tone, but the this-needed-a-better-edit-or-rewrite kind of incoherency that gets people wondering what else is on Shudder.
  28. They Remain
    They Remain is such a slow burn of a film that it fizzles out. It’s one of those movies that mistakes meandering as building tension, and wastes an intriguing presence on weak characters and an overbearing sense that it’s being made up as it goes along.
  29. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    Let me be frank: to use the words of the august founder of this website, I hated, hated, hated this movie.
  30. Blast Beat
    Their many challenges wrap up too neatly, but there are enough genuine moments of truth in Blast Beat to make you wish there were even more.
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