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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. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
    I never rooted for them as a couple, never felt a chemistry in their bond. And in a romance, even one with tragic notes, that really is the end of the world.
  2. Alien 3
    If Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) had more surprises and James Cameron's Aliens (1986) more thrills, David Fincher's austere, low-tech, darkly funny Alien 3 has more sharply observed characters.
  3. Pocahontas
    Disney deserves praise for raising the ante on its ambitions in animation. Next time, though, a little less civics lesson and a little more heart.
  4. Sing
    Sing doesn't have the grit or the grace notes of Zootopia, which it resembles only in its concept of an animal kingdom.
  5. The Mask
    This gifted clown has found the right vehicle for his souped-up silliness. Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin'.
  6. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    What Cooper has given audiences here is way more compelling than a live-action greatest-hits compilation.
  7. The Lovebirds
    The Lovebirds knows how to send out a laugh with a sting in its tail. That’s what they call inspired lunacy.
  8. Mr. Holland's Opus
    Forrest Gump lives in spirit in this overbearing tear-jerker that takes two and a half hours to cover three baby-boom decades in an effort to prove that nice guys finish first, at least in the hearts of academy voters.
  9. On the Basis of Sex
    Call it RBG: The Early Years.
  10. We Own the Night
    We Own the Night is defiantly, refreshingly unhip.
  11. Lakeboat
    Brought to the screen awkwardly but ardently by Mamet-actor supreme Joe Mantegna in his feature-directing debut.
  12. Signs
    Follow Shyamalan's Signs. It will take a piece out of you.
  13. Bridget Jones's Baby
    Sounds godawful in title and concept — but which in execution is a fizzy delight.
  14. Elvis & Nixon
    It ain't fact, but it is damn entertaining fiction.
  15. Legally Blonde
    Witherspoon -- though miles from the keen satire of "Election" -- stays one sharp cookie even as her film crumbles.
  16. Cars 3
    The result is inspiring, which isn't something you associate with this series.
  17. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
    Saunders and Lumley are all about keeping the party going. So grab your Bolly, darlings, and party on.
  18. Confidence
    Scenes with Burns crackle with the toxic energy that makes Confidence a game worth playing.
  19. The Drama
    There’s a sense of sniggering that lurks behind all of the provocation, which thankfully never crosses the line into full 4chan territory. But the fact that so much hinges on the poking of a wound doesn’t automatically make it audacious in a way that’s taboo-breaking. It’s the sort of too-edgy-for-the-mainstream movie that’s not nearly as edgy as it thinks it is.
  20. Limitless
    It's a wet dream for anyone who's ever dreamed of getting an edge on the information highway. The worst side effect is that you won't believe a word of the damn thing in the morning. Fair exchange.
  21. Nobody 2
    The universal rule of sequels dictates that you give viewers another helping of the same thing yet somehow make it different, the sort of koan that only makes sense to lifelong Zen masters and studio suits. Yet, against the odds, the creators of this continuation have managed to do more than just produce a carbon copy with a new number after the title.
  22. Jurassic World
    This state-of-the-art dino epic is also more than a blast of rumbling, roaring, "did you effing see that!" fun. It's got a wicked streak of subversive attitude that goes by the name of Colin Trevorrow.
  23. Junior
    Ah-nuld’s swollen belly is the joke — the only one — but director Ivan Reitman (Dave) takes it for a few deft spins.
  24. Barbershop 2: Back in Business
    It’s feels like the New Puritanism (recently repped by the outcry over Janet Jackson’s "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl) is seeping in. But in the barbershop? Say it isn’t so.
  25. The Shape of Things
    The actors nail the comic sting in every line, punctuated by eleven prime Elvis Costello songs.
  26. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    Maybe money never sleeps, but this missed opportunity of a movie will have audiences dozing.
  27. The Whistleblower
    The film swings from melodrama to sermonizing, both blunting the human drama that needs to come to the fore.
  28. Memphis Belle
    The vigorous young cast enhances the excitement of the flight sequences, which are spectacular. Movie rah-rah has rarely been this entertaining.
  29. Those Who Wish Me Dead
    I imagine that, for some, the movie’s structure will play unevenly, seem a little weird in its jumping and drifting. But the contours of this story, and the tinges of genuine melancholy thrown into our path along the way, are very much to the point. They make it all work, and make it worth it.
  30. Bad Boys for Life
    It’s a bumpy ride for sure, but Smith and Lawrence haven’t lost their irresistible mojo and Bad Boys For Life plays like a blast of retro ’90s action. It’s like they never left.
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