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For 9,316 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Mansfield Park
Lowest review score: 0 Speed 2: Cruise Control
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,171 out of 9316
  2. Mixed: 2,659 out of 9316
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9316
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  1. Defiance
    As a drama - an epic drama, no less, clocking in at 137 minutes - its fascination is diffused, and the movie becomes something of a long slog.
  2. Revolutionary Road
    The best American film of 2008.
  3. Waltz with Bashir
    The best movie of 2008? The most revealing war film ever made? The greatest animated feature to come out of Israel? All these descriptions could apply to Waltz With Bashir.
  4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The movie's excruciating length is without dramatic or thematic justification.
  5. The Spirit
    Throwing your $10.25 down a storm drain is a better idea; at least that way you won't feel the added self-loathing of wasting more than an hour and a half of your life watching Eva Mendes in the worst acting job of her career.
  6. Bedtime Stories
    A fun bit of escapism that's even tender in spots.
  7. Last Chance Harvey
    Witless banter might have won Ginger Rogers for Fred Astaire, but Thompson is too smart for that.
  8. Marley & Me
    This love letter to man's best friend will make dog fanciers roll over and do tricks. It's so warmhearted, you'll want to run out and hug the nearest big, sloppy mutt. And while you're watching it, have your handkerchief ready.
  9. Valkyrie
    The history itself is the main appeal here.
  10. Theater of War
    Intriguing and educational. For partisans of Bertolt Brecht, it's mandatory.
  11. The Tale of Despereaux
    May not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.
  12. The Class
    This is the most realistic film about teaching that you're ever likely to see.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Moscow, Belgium
    Underscores that choices in love are rarely clean and easy, and more often than not, are poignantly funny.
  14. Seven Pounds
    A spiritual successor to "The Pursuit of Happyness," but darker and more oblique.
  15. Yes Man
    The comedy, to the extent there is any, consists mainly of Carrey's verbal asides and strained reactions to people. The script gives him very little to work with.
  16. The Wrestler
    The movie has the simplicity and confidence of a Johnny Cash song.
  17. Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
    A fine new rock documentary.
  18. Gran Torino
    Maybe this mixed-up and weird, awful but awfully likable movie is what Dirty Harry had coming to him, after all.
  19. Che
    If Soderbergh's ambition was to make us feel just how dull it would be to a woods-dwelling communist guerrilla, he succeeded.
  20. Timecrimes
    Overall, it's a nice melding of sci-fi and a crime story.
  21. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    How can this movie not be fun?
  22. Doubt
    There seems to be something about the story itself that's better suited to the stage than the screen.
  23. Nothing Like the Holidays
    Like a Christmas present you didn't know you wanted but are delighted to receive.
  24. The Reader
    A film made with high aspirations and more than the usual commitment but one that, after an arresting beginning, changes into a passive rumination.
  25. Wendy and Lucy
    A film that might have seemed faintly academic six months ago becomes an anxious expression of its historical moment.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Hunger
    Artful, beautiful in parts and unbelievably brutal in others, and no less honest for its stagecraft.
  27. Cadillac Records
    A satisfying combination of great songs and strong dramatic performances.
  28. Nobel Son
    A dreary little thriller that irritates more than it thrills.
  29. Punisher: War Zone
    Assuming you can appreciate the high level of gore and assorted sadistic weirdness, the action is satisfying.
  30. Frost/Nixon
    Morgan finds the right elements of action and character through which to make history leap off the page.
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