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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 0.4 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. Only the Brave
    The surprise MVP runner-up here is Connelly, despite her tendency to get kind of yell-y during key dramatic moments. Her lonely Amanda is a better written version of a typical long-suffering-spouse.
  2. My Friend Dahmer
    A warped wonder of a movie that takes twisted to areas few have investigated.
  3. The Founder
    Like Apple founder Steve Jobs, Kroc – who died in 1984 – had a genius for marketing the talent of others. Is that a lesser gift? Not in these United States. Not then. And not in the age of Trump. Set more than a half century ago, The Founder proves to be a movie for a divisive here and now. Step right up. You might just learn something. God help us.
  4. Velvet Goldmine
    The plot only slows a film that works best as a feast of sight and sound.
  5. Melinda and Melinda
    With Melinda and Melinda he's (Allen) not just going through the motions. He's saying the game isn't over before you laugh till it hurts.
  6. Hamlet 2
    It's Coogan's breakthrough star performance that holds it all together. He's sensational.
  7. The Hunting Ground
    As the cases mount and institutional reps succeed best by playing dumb, The Hunting Ground becomes a energizing call to action, a potent provocation that’s been too long coming.
  8. The Towering Inferno
    The story is stock, but thanks to the behind-the-scene fire wranglers, you can practically feel the heat.
  9. Black Rain
    It's risky making an action picture that breaks its violent stride to emphasize the difficulties of living up to preconceived ideas of masculinity. But it's that risk that makes Black Rain distinctive. By refusing to beat its Eastern and Western protagonists into comic-book pulp, the movie pays them, and the audience, a rare compliment.
  10. Light Sleeper
    Schrader is out there again, testing the limits of audience tolerance. Good for him. Buoyed by his questing spirit and Dafoe's mesmerizing performance, Light Sleeper might just keep you up nights.
  11. Danny Collins
    Pacino is irresistible. Whether strutting onstage or wrestling with his drug-fueled demons, he doesn't skimp on Danny's human limits. With nine Lennon tunes on the soundtrack and a new song for Danny to express his creative reinvention, this hilarious and heartfelt movie is an exuberant gift.
  12. The Yes Men
    Subversive and diabolically funny.
  13. Wetlands
    This no-bull spellbinder is allergic to sentiment. Unlike porn, Wetlands keeps its humanity intact. And if Oscar didn't have a stick up his ass, Juri would be a nominee for Best Actress. Yup, she's that good. Your move.
  14. Confidence
    Scenes with Burns crackle with the toxic energy that makes Confidence a game worth playing.
  15. Last Flag Flying
    The compensation comes in watching these three marvelous actors have a go at it, which they do with piercing humor and heart.
  16. The Clearing
    The pleasures of this endeavor, directed with a keen eye for detail by Pieter Jan Brugge, come from what the actors bring to the material.
  17. Tangled
    Disney's spirited re-telling of Rapunzel in 3D animation turns out to be a dazzler.
  18. Nymphomaniac: Volume I
    I refuse to render a final verdict on the latest cinematic outrage from Danish provocateur Lars Von Trier until Volume Two drops its undies on April 18th. But I will say this for Volume One: It's a mesmerizing mind game.
  19. The Angry Birds Movie
    There's no denying the movie's high spirits or its irresistible invitation to shake your sillies out.
  20. A Scanner Darkly
    This gifted writer-director isn't out to dull the masses with cinematic opium. Embedded in the visionary headtrip of A Scanner Darkly is a hotly political call to arms.
  21. The Cove
    The Cove plays like a thriller. It has the breathless pace of a "Bourne" movie, but none of the comfort of fiction. This is documentary filmmaking at its most exciting and purposeful.
  22. The Men Who Stare at Goats
    The go-for-broke performances help make all this paranormal activity too much fun to care.
  23. Joe
    Sheridan, so good in "Mud" with Matthew McConaughey, excels here as a vulnerable sapling.
  24. Little Miss Sunshine
    It's "National Lampoon's Family Vacation" with soul.
  25. The Quiet American
    Caine has never been better, which is saying something. He puts a human face on a tragic era of history in a film that ranks with the year's finest.
  26. Enchanted
    Not since Julie Andrews rode an umbrella to glory in Mary Poppins has Disney given us such a real-life doll (Amy Adams).
  27. The Interview
    It's stupid. It's in bad taste. It impossible. I know all that. Look, Quentin Tarantino killed Hitler in "Inglourious Basterds" and the neo-Nazis stayed quiet. It's a farce, people.
  28. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jarmusch, as ever, has the power to sneak up on you. He's a spellbinder. The same goes for his movie.
  29. The Walk
    Ignore the tell and focus on the show, spectacular in every sense.
  30. Bend It Like Beckham
    Writer-director Gurinder Chadha juggles all the angles with flair and fairness. Like Nagra and Knightley, the movie is a sweetheart.
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