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For 4,546 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: 2,929 out of 4546
  2. Mixed: 987 out of 4546
  3. Negative: 630 out of 4546
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  1. Higher Ground
    Farmiga expertly guides a large and gifted ensemble cast and proves as fearless a director as she is an actress. She lights up Higher Ground and makes it funny, touching and vital.
  2. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
    With Del Toro's name in the credits, standard chills aren't enough. We want imagination to run riot.
  3. Our Idiot Brother
    Our Idiot Brother comes off as a blueprint for a smart script no one really made. Now that's what I call dumb.
  4. Amigo
    Amigo is combustible filmmaking, something that stays with you long after the final credits. In an entertainment universe of escapism and short attention spans, Amigo is a rousing antidote and a cause for celebration.
  5. One Day
    This tear-jerking twaddle, adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 bestseller, is nearly as bad as Anne Hathaway's British accent, which is heading for infamy.
  6. Fright Night
    Menace and mirth can cancel each other out. But the combo clicked in 1985's Fright Night (banish the 1988 sequel), and it clicks again in this frisky 3D remake.
  7. Final Destination 5
    The cheap thrills wear off way fast, and we're left with atrocious acting, feeble writing and clueless directing (from first-timer Steven Quale). The horror! The horror!
  8. Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
    The movie plays like an evangelical prayer meeting, though I'd hold the hallelujahs. The characters we came to admire as vulnerable misfits hit the stage like visiting royalty and with a nonstop perkiness that makes the Von Trapps look like manic-depressives.
  9. 30 Minutes or Less
    Fleischer isn't much on details. It's all about the zigzagging rush of the ride. Fair trade.
  10. The Help
    A deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak is rare in any movie season, especially summer. That's what makes The Help an exhilarating gift.
  11. The Whistleblower
    The film swings from melodrama to sermonizing, both blunting the human drama that needs to come to the fore.
  12. Bellflower
    Here's a movie that starts in your face and, amazingly, keeps coming at you. That's a good thing.
  13. The Change-Up
    No matter Bateman and Reynolds make The Change-Up seem a lot better than it is. Each earns a star in my review. The movie would be literally nothing without them.
  14. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    The movie rises and, at times, even soars. This is all - and I do mean all - thanks to what human actors in league with computer technology can now achieve to bring the apes to life. No more guys squeezed into monkey suits and talking in posh accents. Performance-capture makes all the difference.
  15. The Devil's Double
    This is a breakthrough star performance from a terrific actor getting a chance to let it rip.
  16. Attack the Block
    It's hot, fierce, funny, vicious and ready to bite, baby.
  17. Crazy, Stupid, Love
    What makes Crazy Stupid Love a cut above is actors who let pain seep into the laughs. Here's a comedy you really can take to heart.
  18. Cowboys & Aliens
    It looks slick, pricey and starry – Indiana Jones teams up with James Bond for a gunfight with space demons. But even Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig can't save a movie that's all concept, no content.
  19. Another Earth
    Another Earth offers imagination and provocation to spare.
  20. Captain America: The First Avenger
    Here's the funny thing: Despite all the Captain America rah-rah in costume and indestructible shield, the movie is at its best when the story sticks with skinny Steve.
  21. Friends with Benefits
    Their banter is fun at the start until it becomes relentless.
  22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    What an exhilarating gift to watch Harry and Company go out in a blaze of glory and amazing grace.
  23. Larry Crowne
    Larry Crowne is more than a missed opportunity. It's alarmingly, depressingly out of touch.
  24. Horrible Bosses
    Here's a hit-and-miss farce that leaves you wishing it was funnier than it is. Why? Because it wussies out on a sharp premise.
  25. The Perfect Host
    The dialogue is witty and spiked with delicious malice. At least it is when Pierce delivers it.
  26. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon - high on any list of the worst blockbusters ever - is a movie bereft of wit, wonder, imagination, and any genuine reason for being. Watching it makes you die a little inside.
  27. A Better Life
    This movie will get under your skin.
  28. Cars 2
    Lasseter is back behind the wheel, and you can feel his love for all things automotive in every frame. No humans blot this anthropomorphic romp. Cars do all the talking.
  29. Bad Teacher
    Bad Teacher keeps running away from its combustibly nasty premise. Damn shame.
  30. Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times
    Page One is a vital, indispensable hell-raiser.
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