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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. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Sollett, hoping for a "Before Sunrise/Before Sunset" vibe, sadly settles for a soggy aftertaste.
  2. Eagle Eye
    Questions: Did everyone involved in this botched thriller OD on speed? Does jimmy-legs director D.J. Caruso think if he slowed down the action we'd figure out how stupid the plot is?
  3. Miracle at St. Anna
    The film collapses because Lee can't sew these vignettes into a seamless tapestry. He's more interested in getting even than he is in getting it right.
  4. Appaloosa
    Appaloosa is gripping entertainment that keeps springing surprises.
  5. The Duchess
    It's Knightley who makes The Duchess a royal treat.
  6. Hounddog
    What I can't figure is why anyone would want to release this tripe in theaters just when Fanning has nearly lived it down. They ain't no friends of mine, or any other moviegoer.
  7. Lakeview Terrace
    The main problem with this treatise on racial politics undercover as an exercise in suspense is that the director, Neil LaBute, didn't write the script.
  8. Ghost Town
    It sounds sappy, and sometimes it is, but director Koepp and co-writer John Kamps stay alert to the humor and pathos of Bertram's isolation.
  9. Burn After Reading
    It would be no country for movie lovers without the Coens. They still manage to run unmuzzled while the rest of Hollywood runs scared.
  10. Towelhead
    The heart of the movie is really in Jasira's moments with her father, a mass of contradictions that Macdissi plays with comic ferocity and genuine feeling.
  11. Righteous Kill
    Righteous Kill, a.k.a. The Al and Bob Show, is a cop flick with all the drama of "Law and Order: AARP." This movie defines drag-ass.
  12. The Women
    It's a major dud.
  13. Hamlet 2
    It's Coogan's breakthrough star performance that holds it all together. He's sensational.
  14. Trouble the Water
    Lessin and Deal have made Trouble the Water a spellbinder you do not want to miss.
  15. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Woody Allen's sexiest movie ever.
  16. Tropic Thunder
    A knockout of a comedy that keeps you laughing constantly. It's also killer smart, lacing combustible action with explosive gags.
  17. Pineapple Express
    You'll go limp from laughing.
  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 Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
    The new Mummy is, how can I put it? Just freakin' awful.
  20. The X Files: I Want to Believe
    In not knowing who it needs to please, I Want to Believe pleases no one.
  21. Step Brothers
    Starting at infantile and regressing hysterically from there, Step Brothers flies on the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
  22. American Teen
    Reality tv, welcome to the multiplex. If "The Hills" went back to high school and developed wit, perception and a conscience, it might play something like Nanette Burstein's wallop of a doc.
  23. The Dark Knight
    No fair giving away the mysteries of The Dark Knight. It's enough to marvel at the way Nolan -- a world-class filmmaker, be it "Memento," "Insomnia" or "The Prestige" -- brings pop escapism whisper-close to enduring art.
  24. Mamma Mia!
    Meryl Streep can do anything: sing, dance, do splits, act her heart out. She (almost) saves this clumsy, overwrought film version of the Abba musical that's been running on stages from Broadway to Barcelona since 1999.
  25. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    A surprise package of fun, fright and untamed imagination.
  26. Journey to the Center of the Earth
    I don't know if 3-D could improve all movies (nothing could make "The Love Guru" funny) but it sure works here.
  27. Meet Dave
    Murphy, teaming again with his "Norbit" director Brian Robbins, is assuming we'll all line up for lazyass toilet jokes and pay for the privilege. Prove him wrong, people, please.
  28. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
    Johnny Depp, who paid for the 2005 funeral in which Thompson's ashes were fired out of a cannon, narrates with just the right mix of awe and impertinence.
  29. The Wackness
    An almost-there comedy with diverting compensations.
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  30. Tell No One
    The movie brims over with action -- check out Alex's run through traffic on the Paris beltway -- but Canet scores a triumph by plumbing the violence of the mind.
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