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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. Camp
    The modestly perfect antidote to a synthetic, overblown movie summer: a blast of exuberant fun that stays rooted in humanity.
  2. Cinderella
    Count Cinderella as a dazzling dream of a movie from director Kenneth Branagh, who can leap from the Bard (Henry V) to the boffo (Thor) with no apparent sweat.
  3. Golden Exits
    You inherently felt that he had incredible work in him if you could simply wait out his enfant terrible phase. Golden Exits is the first of Perry's people-behaving-badly pieces to start to make good on that promise.
  4. Jennifer's Body
    Hot! Hot! Hot!
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
    Bridges in particular is quite excellent, taking his character's surface sweetness to at times almost psychotic extremes.
  6. True Romance
    The blistering confrontation scene between Hopper and Walken -- both in peak form -- will be talked about for years. It's pure Tarantino: a full-throttle blast of bloody action and verbal fireworks.
  7. The Passion of the Christ
    Powerfully moving and fanatically obtuse in equal doses. The typical star rating doesn't apply, because scenes range from classic to poor and all stops in between.
  8. Paranormal Activity
    With a $15,000 budget too puny to empty a petty-cash drawer, the no-frills Paranormal Activity comes packed with thrills.
  9. Bride & Prejudice
    Lightweight but utterly beguiling.
  10. The Hours
    These three unimprovable actresses make The Hours a thing of beauty.
  11. Les Cowboys
    Les Cowboys pulls in with no intention of letting you go. It's a workout worth taking.
  12. Shopgirl
    Even the film's missteps (the score, by Barrington Pheloung, is cringe-inducing) can't stop this meditation on love -- Martin calls it "Jane Austen for the twenty-first century" -- from melting into heartbreak.
  13. Hulk
    Lee's technique is impeccable, but he's chasing more inner demons than one creature feature can handle. No wonder the audience cheers when TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno shows up for a cameo. It's a reminder of a time when it was easier being green and a Hulk could just get pissed off and bust shit up.
  14. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    Kitano is a riveting spectacle. So's the movie.
  15. Brawl in Cell Block 99
    If many male stars of a certain age are destined to become late-act action heroes, we hope this is Vaughn's "Taken," and his particular set of skills will continue to involve dishing out such graceless, effective hurt.
  16. Disturbia
    Cool stuff. Cool movie.
  17. Party Girl
    What makes it delicious fun is Posey, a party girl for the ages.
  18. Rust and Bone
    Writer-director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) probes the psyches of two people in crisis. His hypnotic film means to shake you, and does. Schoenaerts reveals unexpected layers in Ali. And Cotillard delivers a tour de force of unleashed emotions. She's astonishing.
  19. Falling from Grace
    Mellencamp has made an admirably unfussy movie that sneaks into your heart with the hypnotic power of a song.
  20. Hitchcock
    Hopkins and Mirren are acting pros in stellar form. There's no way you want to miss the pleasure of their company in a movie that offers a sparkling and unexpectedly poignant look at how to sustain a career and a marriage.
  21. Desperado
    The stunts dazzle until you miss the low-key charm and cost-conscious inventiveness of the original. Desperado is best when Rodriguez lets his playful side cut through the blare of a born filmmaker indulging his first chance at high-end Hollywood fireworks.
  22. Everest
    There's only one star in this movie: Everest. Kormákur couldn't shoot higher than base camp, around 14,000 feet, without sickening the actors. But a crew traveled to the top to get footage, while much of the climbing was shot in the Dolomites. No matter. You watch Everest and you believe.
  23. Creed
    The good news is that Coogler puts his own stamp on it. You can feel this fine indie talent stretching his wings in the mainstream.
  24. Nicholas Nickleby
    Christopher Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph. It's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens' grandeur. This Cliff's Notes of a film, though lively fun, only hints at that.
  25. Nothing But the Truth
    Lurie has crafted a different kind of thriller, one with a mind and a heart.
  26. Cars 3
    The result is inspiring, which isn't something you associate with this series.
  27. Ant-Man and the Wasp
    The thrill of the film is watching Ant-Man and the Wasp team up and raise hell together. Rudd is a winning combination of sass and sincerity. And it's a kick to watch Lilly break out and let her star shine.
  28. ParaNorman
    My advice? Just go with ParaNorman. There's magic in it.
  29. Pawn Sacrifice
    The film offers few answers about Fischer's descent into derangement. But you watch Maguire and slowly, with pity and terror, you understand.
  30. Our Brand Is Crisis
    Director David Gordon Green and screenwriter Peter Straughan sometimes stumble over this vast terrain of self-serving scoundrels (Trump trumps anything they can make up), but the laughs keep firing.
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