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For 9,317 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: 5,172 out of 9317
  2. Mixed: 2,659 out of 9317
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9317
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  1. Gorky Park
    What's interesting about revisiting the film today is that the elements that engaged people most at the time - the thriller plot and the glimpse into Soviet life - maintain hardly any fascination. But the love story - what might have been regarded at the time as the obligatory "romantic interest" - stands out as something of lasting appeal. [26 Mar 2017, p.Q41]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
  2. Triple 9
    Triple 9 is terrific melodrama, but it’s melodrama all the same, and shameless.
  3. Olympus Has Fallen
    It's that wonderful, totally unambitious yet satisfying thing, a really good movie.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Cuban Fury
    A pleasant diversion starring the always amiable Nick Frost, with Chris O'Dowd relishing his role as a slimeball.
  5. Is That Black Enough for You?!?
    Is That Black Enough for You?!? is the noted film critic and author’s ode to Black contributions to American cinema — reaching back to the silent era but focusing on what he considers the apex of Black Hollywood, a wild and energetic period from 1968-78 that revolutionized the art form.
  6. Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
    It’s a lot of ground to cover, but if the movie fails to plumb the depth of Lear’s mystery, it succeeds in being an entertaining look at an influential figure.
  7. Cartel Land
    When the action focuses on the battle lines in Mexico, the results are nothing short of spectacular.
  8. The Third Man
    An admirable film, not a great one -- yet. It drags a bit.[Restored version]
    • San Francisco Chronicle
  9. Waiting...
    Lots of people will leave screenings of this movie in disgust -- and laughter is the last thing they will hear on the way out.
  10. Place Vendôme
    Consistently absorbing as the amazing Deneuve reveals, scene by scene, new facets of a fascinating character in a mercantile war that involves equal parts greed and vanity.
  11. Touch
    Ultimately, the film does its job with skill and heart.
  12. Trees Lounge
    Buscemi eschews the conventional and ends "Trees Lounge" on a stranger, more tantalizing note.
  13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    An outstanding effort that maintains the integrity and purpose that distinguished "The Fellowship of the Ring."
  14. Bamako
    A powerful polemic leavened with moments of beauty and humor.
  15. Quai des Orfèvres [re-release]
    An excellent film noir.
  16. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    Falters in its final 15 minutes, when the funny lines peter out and the flashbacks get fuzzy.
  17. L'Auberge Espagnole
    Does a beautiful job of capturing that mood -- the exuberance and wistfulness of one man's last year of youthful irresponsibility before joining the rat race.
  18. Prey
    A lean, mean, riveting back-to-nature horror film that flies through its thrilling 99 minutes.
  19. Isle of Dogs
    At its best, the movie expresses an affection for dogs and is very much attuned to what is wonderful about dogs and what’s funny about them — their sincerity, their credulousness, their odd tendency to get nervous over nothing and yet to occasionally remain oblivious to real threats.
  20. Cherry Blossoms
    The movie is an ideal blend of character study, deceptively simple plot twists, inspired acting, and travelogue.
  21. Waking Sleeping Beauty
    The movie turns from good to great as the layers are peeled away and director Hahn provides an insider's look at the creative epicenter of the studio.
  22. Interior. Leather Bar.
    A Rubik's Cube of a movie, an intriguing, layered puzzle that isn't easily solved.
  23. Trembling Before G-d
    It's that dilemma -- a commitment to Orthodox life, the refusal to deny one's sexuality and the fear of expulsion once that sexuality is revealed -- that director Sandi Simcha DuBowski illustrates so powerfully.
  24. Snowpiercer
    It's a film that, in its own peculiar way, forces viewers to question their values and ask themselves how much they're willing to sacrifice for a functioning society, and how much is too much.
  25. Return to Seoul
    How Yeon-hee became Frédérique Benoît and what it all means is at the heart of Return to Seoul, an ambitious, challenging and sometimes uneven character study by French-Cambodian director Davy Chou.
  26. Hamnet
    The movie’s biggest asset, aside from Buckley, is the set design. To look at the physical interiors of the houses is like stepping inside a Vermeer painting. Care was taken to provide “Hamnet” with the most realistic and detailed of settings.
  27. Little Voice
    They're great, every one of them, but the real joy of Little Voice is Horrocks: her impeccable evocation of a timid soul and that eerie voice that sounds so surprising coming out of her.
  28. The Ordeal
    What sells this movie is the realistic attention to detail and the bravura direction of Fabrice Du Welz, who draws a gut-wrenching performance from Lucas, who cries, squeals and screams with the best of them.
  29. The U.S. vs. John Lennon
    Within limits, this is an excellent documentary. Even fans who think they've seen everything will see things here they haven't seen.
  30. Bitter Seeds
    A poignant and insightful look into the human suffering caused by agricultural bioengineering, features an unlikely but appealing protagonist to tell its story about a global phenomenon.
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