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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 0.5 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. Unknown
    ignore the pileup of implausibilities and Unknown becomes a diabolically entertaining con game. Does it jerk you around? Yes. Suck it up. The ride's worth it.
  2. The Rum Diary
    At best diverting, at worst drearily conventional, The Rum Diary is pre-gonzo Thompson, before the fusion of fact and trippy fantasy that flowered into a brilliant delirium.
  3. Filth
    Even when the film falls to pieces, McAvoy's bonkers brilliance will blow you away.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rollerball
    The skate-rink action, which culminates in an apocalyptic death match, remains rabble-rousingly brutal.
  5. Breaking and Entering
    The actors, especially Binoche, do their damnedest to bring urgency to their roles. But despite Minghella's admirable attempt to tackle major themes on an intimate scale, the film goes down like weak tea. There's no kick in it.
  6. Bamboozled
    A frustratingly uneven satire with undeniably sharp teeth, isn't afraid to shoot comic darts at its targets until blood is drawn.
    • Rolling Stone
  7. Hereafter
    Hereafter, set to a resonant Eastwood score, truly is haunting.
  8. The Minus Man
    A potent thriller that grows in intensity as the audience realizes that the character it likes most is most likely a nut job.
    • Rolling Stone
  9. CQ
    Writer-director Roman Coppola is trying to capture a time he's too young to remember, when the French New Wave reinvigorated film art.
  10. Men of Honor
    Passes muster as an old-style biopic with its heart in the right place. There won't be a dry eye in the house.
    • Rolling Stone
  11. Phone Booth
    Farrell is a dynamo. And Kiefer Sutherland, whose sniper role is essentially a voice on the phone, matches Farrell subtle shift for subtle shift.
  12. The Anniversary Party
    They turn what could have been an acting stunt into an intimate and compelling study of bruised emotions.
  13. The Ladykillers
    It's as if the brothers admired the Swiss-watch precision of the original and wanted to take it apart to see how the pieces would work in a new setting. As an experiment, it's fascinating. But damn if the fiddling doesn't suck the life out of the laughs.
  14. Troy
    Troy lacks the focus of Gladiator, not to mention that Oscar winner's scrappy wit. But why kick a gift horse when you're in summer-movie heaven?
  15. Phoebe in Wonderland
    Let Clarkson and Fanning take you to the rabbit hole of seductive enchantment that defines this movie. And don't ask what to do -- jump.
  16. Fast X
    It’s a numbing collage of fiery, stitched-together spectacles. You can feel your IQ draining with each passing minute.
  17. Maleficent
    Jolie comes to this party ready to bite, but the movie muzzles her. Even at 97 minutes, Maleficent is still one long, laborious slog.
  18. Bottle Shock
    It's a winner. And not just for oenophiles. Director Randall Miller, who co-wrote the script with his wife Jody Savin, keeps the plot brimming with spirit and wit.
  19. The Pale Blue Eye
    The Pale Blue Eye is heavy, and not always to its advantage. Its glumness, meant to come off as a good-looking take on American gothic, gets in the way of its juicier, freakier bits. The offense is that it does so in service of a mystery that barely matters.
  20. The Running Man
    For all of the multiplex-friendly fun Wright’s conjuring with this over-the-top spin on dystopian sci-fi blockbusters, the prevailing feeling here is dread. Most filmmakers would have diluted the grit and genuine sense of moral free-fall. Wright doubles the dosage. Every adrenaline rush comes with a chaser of low rage and simmering despair.
  21. Dinner for Schmucks
    When Hollywood decides to remake French farce by Francis Veber, the result can be a champagne cocktail (La Cage Aux Folles spawning The Birdcage) or pâté de merde (Les Compères degenerating into Father's Day). Dinner for Schmucks, adapted from Veber's Le Dîner De Cons, falls somewhere in the middle.
  22. The Recruit
    As a thriller, The Recruit is merely an entertaining ride. But remember: Nothing is what it seems. It's the subtext -- two actors from different generations faking each other out with skill and affection -- that counts.
  23. Dinosaur
    In story terms, Dinosaur lays an egg.
    • Rolling Stone
  24. The Cable Guy
    Carrey knocks himself out trying to make The Cable Guy different, then neglects the quiet, telling moments that would make it real.
  25. Alive
    Alive draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic.
  26. Joy
    The 25-year-old supernova (Lawrence) again proves she can do anything, moving from comic to tragic without missing a beat.
  27. The Three Stooges
    The Stooges were always better in short doses. And 90 minutes of PG nyuk-nyuk-nyuk can seem like an eternity.
  28. Summerland
    A sweet, soft-centered pastoral drama that’s never as tough-minded as you want it to be. Thankfully, in her feature debut as a filmmaker, playwright Jessica Swale shows a genuine flair with actors.
  29. Steel Magnolias
    No use fighting it. this laugh-getting, tear-jerking, part-affecting, part-appalling display of audience manipulation is practically critic-proof...The result can best be described as shamelessly entertaining.
  30. The Extra Man
    Kline finds every nuance of mirth and melancholy in this wonder of a role and rides it to glory. You can't take your eyes off him.
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