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For 4,545 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: 2,928 out of 4545
  2. Mixed: 987 out of 4545
  3. Negative: 630 out of 4545
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  1. Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus
    Cera, still one of a kind and still making us love him for it (Arrested Development – yes!), never flinches. Jamie is impossible to like. And yet we do because Cera plays him without an ounce of bogus ingratiation. He's terrific.
  2. Fruitvale Station
    Fruitvale Station is a gut punch of a movie. By standing in solidarity with Oscar, it becomes an unstoppable cinematic force.
  3. Pacific Rim
    What pulls us over the rough spots is the mind meld between del Toro the artist and the child inside him. They both want to astonish us. Geeks everywhere, salute.
  4. The Heat
    McCarthy is a force of comic nature. And she and Bullock mix it up like pros. In this dead-battery of a movie, these live-wires miraculously ignite sparks.
  5. The Way, Way Back
    The Way Way Back gets it wittily, thrillingly right. It turns the familiar into something bracingly fresh and funny. It makes you laugh, then breaks your heart.
  6. Despicable Me 2
    It's still a first-class charm assault.
  7. The Lone Ranger
    Here they're just putting "Pirates of the Caribbean" in a saddle and pretending we won't notice.
  8. White House Down
    The poster for this movie should read: Hello, Suckers!
  9. Unfinished Song
    Stamp's award-caliber performance as a closed-off man on the brink of turning into stone is a miracle of subtlety and feeling. This is acting of the highest order. Redgrave partners him superbly, bringing warmth and nurturing humor to a role she refuses to play for easy tears.
  10. Monsters University
    It's all infectious fun, despite the lack of originality. In the art of tickling funny bones, Crystal and Goodman earn straight A's.
  11. World War Z
    World War Z is still as smart, shifty and scary as a starving zombie ready to chow down on you, baby, you.
  12. 20 Feet from Stardom
    Sometimes it's racism; sometimes bum luck; sometimes it's producer Phil Spector putting Love's voice in another singer's mouth. You watch. You hear the gospel spoken in the voices of these women. And you marvel.
  13. The Bling Ring
    Emma Watson is sensational as Nicki.
  14. Man of Steel
    Caught in the slipstream between action and angst, Man of Steel is a bumpy ride for sure. But there's no way to stay blind to its wonders.
  15. This Is the End
    There's no way you won't have a blast. In their directing debuts, Rogen and Goldberg come up aces, mixing hilarity and horror like pros and never letting up on the killer momentum.
  16. Tiger Eyes
    The result is an uncommon intimacy, the kind you find in a Judy Blume novel. Her grit and grace are all over this heartfelt adventure of a movie. She gives it a spirit that soars.
  17. Much Ado About Nothing
    Whedon, without skimping on the tale’s tragic undercurrents, has crafted an irresistible blend of mirth and malice.
  18. The Internship
    A flabby farce that might win a pass at the box office because it's just so cute and family friendly. But where's your edge, guys? Where are the laughs that walk a tightrope?
  19. The Purge
    DeMonaco shows a sure hand at building tension. Too bad the film devolves into a series of home-invasion clichés. The Purge was almost on to something.
  20. The East
    You leave The East with a hunger to know more and a good idea of where to look. For Marling and Batmanglij that counts as mission accomplished. For audiences, it’s that rare thing these days – a movie that matters.
  21. Now You See Me
    I left this movie feeling I’d been had. And not in a good way.
  22. After Earth
    The young Smith has energy, but not the acting chops. And he's no miracle worker. The burden of carrying this dull, lifeless movie is just too much. And it's hell on an audience. It's not a good sign when you sit there thinking – Make. It. Stop.
  23. Before Midnight
    Whatever a modern love story is, Before Midnight takes it to the next level. It's damn near perfect.
  24. Fast & Furious 6
    It’s kickass trash that never pretends to be more. Bonus points for that.
  25. The Hangover Part III
    What happened, bitches? Didn't the letdown of The Hangover Part II – basically Part I set in Thailand but minus the laughs – teach you anything? Guess not.
  26. Frances Ha
    Baumbach, in his most compassionate film since The Squid and the Whale, catches Frances in the act of inventing herself. It's a glorious sight to see.
  27. Star Trek Into Darkness
    Kudos to Abrams for going bigger without going stupid. His set pieces, from an erupting volcano to the hell unleashed over London and Frisco Bay, are doozies. So's the movie. It's crazy good.
  28. Stories We Tell
    The result, with its flashing perspectives and stealthy wit, is unique and unforgettable.
  29. The Great Gatsby
    There may be worse movies this summer than The Great Gatsby, but there won't be a more crushing disappointment.
  30. Pain & Gain
    In between scenes of the muscleheads torturing their victim, Bay indulges his taste for treating women as sluts and grisly brutality as a nifty excuse for a cheap laugh. Pain and Gain is personal all right. You leave these characters with the distinct impression that they're Bay's kind of people.
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