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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. Everything Must Go
    Ferrell delivers a performance of implosive intensity that rings true in every detail.
  2. Bridesmaids
    Kristen Wiig is an indisputable goddess of comedy. And this rowdy fem-friendship movie she stars in and wrote with Annie Mumolo is infused with the Wiig brand of wicked mischief.
  3. Something Borrowed
    The half-star rating goes to John Krasinski for heroically rising above this vile dung heap of a movie.
  4. Hobo with a Shotgun
    Moralists, beware. Hobo looks like a garish cartoon puked up by a filmmaker overstuffed with cheap thrills and celluloid scuzz. What's not to like?
  5. The Beaver
    The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster from a script by fearless first-timer Kyle Killen, is operating on a plane far above multiplex formula. This flawed but heartfelt movie has the power to sneak up and floor you.
  6. Thor
    Hemsworth, an Aussie actor with a vocal command to match his heaving brawn, doesn't just play the role, he owns it. I'm expecting both sexes will feel his impact.
  7. Fast Five
    Fast Five will push all your action buttons, and some you haven't thought of. So what if you hate yourself in the morning.
  8. Prom
    Prom has its modest delights, chiefly its young cast.
  9. Incendies
    A devastating mystery thriller from Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve that grabs you hard and won't let go.
  10. Rio
    A brightly-colored, dizzying pinwheel of 3D animation in which nothing much happens. Sounds like summer is here early.
  11. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
    Spurlock says he's not selling out, he's buying in. I'm buying into Spurlock. As ever, he makes you laugh till it hurts.
  12. Water for Elephants
    It's all in the telling. Gruen provided grit and pungent detail. The movie settles for gloss.
  13. Scream 4
    Between a diabolically funny start and a surprise climax, Scream 4 offers nothing more than a series of gory deaths that grow tiresome with repetition. The rating is a hard R, but Craven and Williamson keep it soft at its core. "Scream 1" is still the only keeper.
  14. Atlas Shrugged: Part I
    Who's the idiot responsible for this fiasco? You can't blame the Tea Party, an organization of 9 million that the film's producers are exploiting to get butts into seats. There's an object lesson in objectivism for you.
  15. The Conspirator
    The film pivots on McAvoy's powerfully implosive performance as a man trying to grow beyond his own prejudices. His scenes with Wright, under Redford's nuanced guidance, give this film its timely resonance and its grieving heart.
  16. Meek's Cutoff
    Reichardt has crafted a haunted dream of a movie to get lost in.
  17. Your Highness
    Nothing works. Nothing.
  18. Arthur
    Gordon, who died shortly after the first Arthur, never had to see the luckless 1988 sequel that made his beloved characters seem like strangers. The new Arthur, insipid when it should be infectious, leaves the same deadly impression.
  19. Hanna
    As Hanna confronts her past, the movie becomes like nothing you've ever seen. I'd call it a knockout.
  20. In a Better World
    An emotional powerhouse.
  21. Source Code
    Working from a tight script by Ben Ripley, Jones creates scary, hairy, high-octane tension. Disbelief? Suspended, until the logic lapses kick in later. It's a small price to pay for a ride that starts at wild and accelerates from there.
  22. Insidious
    Here's a better than average spook-house movie, mostly because Insidious decides it can haunt an audience without spraying it with blood.
  23. White Irish Drinkers
    The performances are uniformly terrific, finding the specific details that create a universal truth.
  24. Sucker Punch
    Looks aren't everything. Case in point: Sucker Punch, a dazzling visual design that goes tone-deaf every time it opens its dumb mouth or makes claims to profundity.
  25. Paul
    Rogen is a nonstop hoot, but it's the byplay between Frost and Pegg that roots the laughs in characters we care about. That's right: characters. No anal probes.
  26. The Lincoln Lawyer
    This is rock-solid entertainment. McConaughey, a cunning mesmerizer in the courtroom, steers this Lincoln into what could be a hell-raising franchise. More, please. Soon.
  27. 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.
  28. Win Win
    This movie wins you over, head and heart, without cheating. It's just about perfect.
  29. Jane Eyre
    Fukunaga, son of a Japanese father and a Swedish mother, is a filmmaker to watch. He has reanimated a classic for a new generation, letting Jane Eyre resonate with terror and tenderness.
  30. Red Riding Hood
    Even wild man Gary Oldman, as a priest ready to eighty-six the wolfman with silver nail polish, can't liven up this humorless hogwash. And it's just sad to see the legendary Julie Christie stuck playing the grandmother.
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