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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. Lucy
    Remember "Limitless," the 2011 thriller in which Bradley Cooper becomes a whirling killer dervish from a drug that lets him access 100 percent of his brain? Well, Lucy is basically the same movie with Scarlett Johansson in the Cooper role. It's not a good trade-off.
  2. Life Itself
    Don't miss it. Though Life Itself is a warts-and-all portrait Ebert didn't live to review, my guess is his thumbs would be shooting upward. Mine sure are.
  3. Boyhood
    Want to know what it's like to be in on the discovery of a new American classic. Check out Boyhood. Richard Linklater's coming-of-age tale is the best movie of the year, a four-star game-changer that earns its place in the cultural time capsule.
  4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Dawn is dynamite entertainment, especially in the rousing first hour.
  5. Snowpiercer
    A slambam sci-fi thriller with a brain, a heart and an artful sense of purpose. You're in for a wild whoosh of a ride.
  6. Begin Again
    It's rare to find a movie that uses music to define love without sentimentalizing it. But Begin Again, with songs by Glen Hansard and New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander, is a wonderfully appealing exception.
  7. Transformers: Age Of Extinction
    The Bay-man has made the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet. I know, hard to believe, right? How could any summer blockbuster be as dull, dumb and soul-sucking as the first three Transformers movies? Step right up.
  8. Third Person
    I don't like this movie. I don't like how it walks, talks, struts and sells itself. I find it contrived, tortured, humorless, infuriating and interminable. And yet if you care anything about film and the creative drive that still exists in the people who make them, then Third Person needs to be seen.
  9. Think Like a Man Too
    If you laughed at Tim Story's first "Think," based on Steve Harvey's bestselling advice book for women, you'll probably ride along for this jacked-up, Vegas-set sequel in which dudes and dolls offer sexist approaches to throwing a bachelor party.
  10. Jersey Boys
    It's the Mob connection that allows Eastwood to add shading and a sharper edge.
  11. The Rover
    All you really need to know is that The Rover is a modern Western that explodes the terms good and evil; that its desolation is brilliantly rendered by Michôd and cinematographer Natasha Braier; that Pearce and Pattinson are a blazing pair of opposites.
  12. How to Train Your Dragon 2
    It's thrilling, a soaring blend of 3D animation and spectacular storytelling that swerves daringly to honor the healing chaos of family, human and dragon.
  13. 22 Jump Street
    Thanks to this team of merry pranksters, 22 Jump Street hurts so good.
  14. Obvious Child
    Obvious Child is a romcom with a sting in its tail. And Slate is a dynamo, nailing every laugh while showing a true actor's gift for nuance.
  15. Edge of Tomorrow
    Liman keeps the action and surprises coming nonstop. OK, the end is a head-scratcher. Until then, Cruise and Blunt make dying a hugely entertaining game of chance.
  16. The Fault in Our Stars
    Green made the wise choice to be funny in telling his sad story.
  17. Filth
    Even when the film falls to pieces, McAvoy's bonkers brilliance will blow you away.
  18. We Are the Best!
    What we have here is an exhilarating blast of a movie, full of heart but still punk rock. So don’t get all pissy because it’s in Swedish (with English subtitles) and you never heard of anyone in it and coming-of-age movies about girls make you puke.
  19. Lucky Them
    Haden Church gives the movie the joyous kick it needs. His flirty thrust-and-parry with Collette is beautifully played.
  20. A Million Ways to Die in the West
    Call this cowpoke comedy "Blazing Saddles" for millennials. Or just call it icky.
  21. 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.
  22. Cold in July
    Get ready to squirm. Be sure to seek out this twisty and terrific sleeper in theaters or on VOD. It's a real find.
  23. X-Men: Days of Future Past
    Step up, cynics, and see the summer 2014 blockbuster that gets damn near everything right.
  24. The Immigrant
    What sounds like undiluted melodrama with the hounds forever nipping at Ewa's heels is transformed by Gray into a mesmerizing meditation on the broken American promise.
  25. Million Dollar Arm
    Hamm is first-rate, his nuanced portrayal lifting the movie to the winner's circle.
  26. Godzilla
    Seeing the scaly dude side with Mother Nature against the freaks is almost worth enduring the blather that precedes it. I said "almost."
  27. Chef
    Buoyed by a Latin-flavored score and Favreau's knack for improv inspiration, Chef is the perfect antidote to Hollywood junk food. Like the best meals and movies, this irresistible concoction feels good for the soul.
  28. Fed Up
    Fed Up has a fire in its belly to change things. Naïve? Maybe. So what. I say, Godspeed. Here is something rare at the multiplex: a movie that matters.
  29. Palo Alto
    A hypnotic movie of harsh truth and healing compassion. It sticks with you.
  30. Neighbors
    You expect hardcore hilarity from Neighbors, and you get it. It's the nuance that sneaks up on you.
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