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For 3,130 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 The Wolf of Wall Street
Lowest review score: 0 Event Horizon
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,748 out of 3130
  2. Mixed: 1,003 out of 3130
  3. Negative: 379 out of 3130
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Max Cea
    Manifesto
    Despite the hit-and-miss nature of this highfalutin concept-art, Manifesto comes across as successfully, outrageously funny. As authentically enthusiastic as Rosefeldt seems to be about manifestos, he seems equally aware of the pretentious ridiculousness lurking within them.
  2. The Son
    Whatever allure The Son has lies in its very remoteness, in its resolute refusal to show us all but the most delicate emotional vibrations. It also moves very sluggishly.
  3. Sleeping with Other People
    Sleeping With Other People is one of the best and funniest recent attempts to update the rom-com – but the container feels too antiquated for the world it captures, which is so furiously alive.
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    Marshall delivers old-fashioned swashbuckling action-movie thrills more than computer-engineered grotesquerie.
  5. Step Brothers
    Stupid, crude and hilarious, Step Brothers works by sneaking past our better judgment.
  6. Late August, Early September
    Assayas' triumph here is in making sense of confusion and emotional drift -- bringing his characters gently forward into life, and making the film feel full and rounded while still resisting easy resolution.
  7. Being Julia
    Like a truffle in a fluted paper cup, a small delight made with care and attention to detail.
  8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    It needs to seem cool enough that we want to watch it despite its obvious silliness, and viewed through that prism of canny analysis, the craftsmanship of “Winter Soldier” is first rate.
  9. Candy
    With its intelligence, compassion, human terror and sheer loveliness, Candy is a winner despite the well-worn path it treads.
  10. Black Cat, White Cat
    It's thrilling to see something this profane, mythic and, most of all, not bored with life, love and the possibilities of cinema.
  11. The Cat's Meow
    If there were any justice in the world, The Cat's Meow would be the beginning of the rehabilitation of Davies' image.
  12. The Unknown Known
    Donald Rumsfeld, then, is almost the perfect foil or adversary to Morris, and part of the absurd magic of Morris’ extended interviews with Rumsfeld is that they almost never feel adversarial.
  13. Rock of Ages
    Rock of Ages is an effulgent celebration of fakeness. It isn't trying to be real; it's trying to be faker than any fake thing has ever been before.
  14. What Lies Beneath
    You feel you've been both a little creeped out and vigorously entertained. Its showmanship comes through in the clutch.
  15. At Any Price
    For me the breakthrough in At Any Price comes from 59-year-old Dennis Quaid, cementing his character-actor renaissance with what may be the nastiest role of his career.
  16. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    Every minute he's on screen, Whitaker makes Ghost Dog worth watching.
  17. The Blood of My Brother
    Much of the picture is exciting and terrifying.
  18. Zebraman
    Utterly delightful.
  19. The Girl Who Played with Fire
    There's way too much plot here getting in the way of the story, which makes it tough for Alfredson and cinematographer Peter Mokrosinski to focus on the series' strongest elements. Of course it's the character of Lisbeth that has made these books and movies into a worldwide phenomenon.
  20. Stage Beauty
    An entertainment as billowy as a Shakespearean nurse's sail-shaped hat.
  21. Dr. Dolittle 2
    The good-natured silliness of it all kept me laughing.
  22. La sierra
    The story of how La Sierra moves from a seemingly pointless war to an unexpected peace is a thrilling one, although the impact of seeing what becomes of these three kids is devastating.
  23. Invictus
    A mildly rousing and reasonably satisfying picture about one man's efforts to mend the rifts among his countrymen.
  24. The Dictator
    Although the character of Aladeen seems awfully predictable by Baron Cohen standards, the movie itself veers from one hilarious, absurd and patently offensive setup to the next.
  25. Strike
    If Thalbach's fiery performance is the heart of Strike, her costar is the vast and impressive Gdansk shipyard itself.
  26. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
    It's a relief to go to the movies and see teenage girls acting like teenage girls, as opposed to grown women acting like teenage girls.
  27. Lake Tahoe
    A surprisingly refreshing experience, especially in a season of infernal cinematic busyness.
  28. Open Water
    Kentis and Lau succeed in doing what all filmmakers worth their salt strive to do: They make us care about their characters.
  29. Planet of the Apes
    Past the first third, Planet of the Apes is entertaining enough, but it stops far too short of being completely seductive.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Max Cea
    The Glass Castle
    Cretton did fictionalize parts of the story, adding dramatic embellishments and narrative tissue. But his greatest feat may have been telling the story in such a way that viewer doesn’t leave the theater going, “Oh, some of these stories are so extreme, they might be slight fictionalization.” They’re too consumed by the ride.
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