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For 4,534 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 The Wolf of Wall Street
Lowest review score: 0 Joe Versus the Volcano
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,923 out of 4534
  2. Mixed: 982 out of 4534
  3. Negative: 629 out of 4534
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  1. John Wick: Chapter 4
    We came into this series tickled by the element of surprise. And we leave Chapter 4 with the distinct feeling of satisfaction.
  2. Enys Men
    Enys Men is for us. It’s a cult classic that didn’t feel the need to kill time in order to be called cult or classic.
  3. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
    You do not need a documentary to prove that the tour guide of No Reservations and Parts Unknown contained multitudes. Any viewer could see him mature and mellow out, or at the very least become more meditative, as seasons progressed. But Roadrunner, Neville’s portrait of the late, beloved Bourdain, would like to give those other sides a bit more screen time.
  4. High Flying Bird
    It needs a Soderbergh, who invests this tale of outrunning and outgunning organizations — be they sports leagues or studios tied to old distribution/exhibition models — with a sense of energy, verve and mischievous glee.
  5. The Humans
    Every one of the performances is, to say the least, an example of what talented actors can bring to a piece of character-driven tragedy; there’s not a single weak link in this chain, while the collective chemistry suggests an instant history of affection, conflict, and shared cringing.
  6. The Card Counter
    The movie has real moral terror at its center. It gets ugly: It gives that word fresh resonance. This is where it gets things right — what will, one hopes, make it worth remembering.
  7. Beatles '64
    What the Beatles did in 1964 alone continues to change the world—and Beatles ’64 is testimony to that ongoing story.
  8. Near Dark
    Bigelow's artful handling of the magic & menace of the night is hauntingly apparent.
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  9. Dirty Pretty Things
    Fueled by gripping suspense, dark humor and outraged humanity, the film is a modern horror story that means to shake you, and does.
  10. Punch-Drunk Love
    Anderson orchestrates a comic romance like no other. The effect is intoxicating. Sandler and the movie will knock you for a loop.
  11. The Chronology of Water
    If there is personal expression abound in Stewart’s debut, there’s also precious little ego. Nor are the tics that too often prick or sink the work of actors feeling out what it’s like to call the shots.
  12. After Dark, My Sweet
    A hot-wired crime thriller that captures Thompson's flair for hard action, malicious wit and fevered eroticism.
  13. I, Daniel Blake
    I, Daniel Blake, a new Loach landmark which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year, sums up everything that has kept he muckraking motor running for decades.
  14. The Dark Knight Rises
    The sheer scope of Nolan's vision – with emotion and spectacle thundering across the screen – is staggering. The Dark Knight Rises is the King Daddy of summer movie epics.
  15. The Lost City of Z
    Hunnam is slow to grab us as Fawcett, but the implosive force of his performance soon takes hold.
  16. Devil in a Blue Dress
    Writer and director Carl Franklin ("One False Move") scores a triumph in using the brooding atmosphere and racial tension of the sun-kissed, seedy City of Angels to reveal character and reclaim a neglected past that ace cinematographer Tak Fujimoto brings to vivid life.
  17. Avengers: Endgame
    The movie hits you like a shot in the heart.
  18. Ex Machina
    Isaac's brilliant take on this bearded, buzz-cut and barefoot Dr. Frankenstein is a tour de force of shock and awe. Ex Machina springs surprises that will haunt you for a good long time.
  19. Oldboy
    As always with Park Chanwook, you just hold on and let him rip.
  20. Morvern Callar
    Despite grim doings involving sexual hysteria and chopped-up body parts (don't ask), Ramsay and Morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feeling.
  21. The Sisters Brothers
    Audiard recently won the Silver Lion as Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Watch The Sisters Brothers and you’ll have no trouble understanding why.
  22. Blue Moon
    Portraits of great men given the movie-star treatment usually accentuate the positive. Linklater finds it more interesting to look at a self-sabotaging artist’s greatest misses. It’s a tribute that’s really a cautionary tale.
  23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Getting lost in the hypnotic Half-Blood Prince is what gives the movie its haunting power.
  24. Zootopia
    A tour through the byways of Zootopia is a bracing blend of color and richly detailed design.
  25. Best in Show
    Waggish fun like this is too good to miss.
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  26. A Love Song
    There’s a genuine sense of admiration for these two middle-aged characters emanating from behind the camera, and you get the feeling that Walker-Silverman, a young filmmaker with a handful of shorts to his name, isn’t that interested in too-cool-for-film-school showboating.
  27. Speed
    If you're looking for action movie heaven, try Speed, a crackling blend of suspense and fun that gives you the rush of a runaway roller coaster.
  28. Non-Fiction
    The famous Assayas light touch keeps his film above the fray of didacticism. So dig in as an expert cast puts a scintillating spin on every verbal volley. Non-Fiction is a bonbon spiked with delicious wit and malice.
  29. Mississippi Masala
    Mira Nair’s lush, heartfelt romance glows with humanity and desire; it puts the “passion” back in “compassion.”
  30. Much Ado About Nothing
    Whedon, without skimping on the tale’s tragic undercurrents, has crafted an irresistible blend of mirth and malice.
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