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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. Summerland
    The main appeal of Summerland, a considerable one, is that it allows Gemma Arterton to hold the screen for a nearly unbroken 90 minutes. It showcases her in a variety of modes and moods and provide some huge acting moments that make us recognize that, somewhere along the line, Arterton has become a powerhouse.
  2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    As it stands, Wakanda Forever feels as lost and forlorn as the Wakandan people.
  3. God Bless America
    At no point during the movie does it strike him that mass extermination might be classified as "rude." No, Frank has the courage of his convictions, which include the belief that most of America has already flushed itself down the toilet.
  4. 5x2
    The film is bleak, not particularly compelling, and the characters are frustrating, the enemies of their own happiness.
  5. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
    Even within the rules of its own peculiar world - a world well stocked with talking savanna denizens and monkey-powered superplanes - the film is completely irrational.
  6. The Nutty Professor
    Murphy is wonderful -- I wouldn't begrudge him an Oscar nomination -- but The Nutty Professor is a mess.
  7. Emily
    It’s all rather enjoyable, and O’Connor, having starred in “Mansfield Park” (1999), certainly knows her way around 19th century romance. Yet the question remains: What is the point of all this?
  8. Nico and Dani
    Sweet and harmless -- a beach movie in more ways than one -- but it doesn't run awfully deep.
  9. Kevin Hart: What Now?
    A victory lap of a comedy film taken by a star whose talent continues to propel his career, but doesn’t seem particularly hungry.
  10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
    The result is a reminder that, with weak material, it’s often worse to have a really good actor. The weaknesses just stands out in sharper relief.
  11. Molly's Game
    At a certain point, everyone watching Molly’s Game will form the question, “Why should I care about any of this?” It’s a question Sorkin should have anticipated. He has no good answer.
  12. The Singing Detective
    Admiring The Singing Detective is easy, and so is appreciating the originality of the story's conceit, the artistry of the actors and the directorial intelligence of Keith Gordon. But loving it would take an act of will.
  13. Two If by Sea
    Two If by Sea should have been titled "Two at Sea." It's adrift. Stars Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary have no chemistry together, and a perfectly good story is wasted on a really bad script.
  14. 12 O'Clock Boys
    Taking a stand would have made the film stronger, and might even have been helpful to young Pug and his peers.
  15. Kick-Ass 2
    A weird mix of the refreshing and the dispiriting, Kick-Ass 2 is appealing in its brutal honesty and repellent in its honest brutality.
  16. House of Sand
    Most viewers will have no more fun watching this story than the characters do living it.
  17. All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)
    The film was clearly a labor of love, for good or ill. At one point, Galinsky jokingly refers to the production as “semi-unprofessional.” This is unusual and welcome frankness from a moviemaker.
  18. House on Haunted Hill
    The kind of horror movie that's not a bit scary and quite a bit gross.
  19. Unknown Pleasures
    The story goes nowhere...We don't understand the motivation of the characters.
  20. Striptease
    While Showgirls was funny the whole way through, Striptease has long, dreary stretches, where you're forced to watch Demi Moore undressing.
  21. Senior Year
    Senior Year is a just-OK movie, but it’s a very good Rebel Wilson movie, in that she has been funny in supporting roles, but this is the first time she has excelled as the name above the title.
  22. Man of Tai Chi
    A modestly entertaining martial arts melodrama with impressively staged fight sequences that help compensate for a stale plot and some less-than-stellar acting.
  23. Hugo
    The result is a movie that's kinetic yet slow, whose joys are architectural more than spiritual.
  24. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
    Feels forgettable, even though, in the moment, it's often very funny.
  25. Meet Monica Velour
    A road trip into the heart of that bumpiest of territories, the adolescent id.
  26. When We Leave
    A doleful melodrama. There are some intense, moving sequences, but too much emotional badgering and a general shortage of finesse.
  27. Jobs
    At its best, it's a good picture, and at its worst, it's almost good.
  28. Open Range
    Open Range veers wildly. It's a movie of beauty and sensitivity, and tedium and absurdity.
  29. The Fifth Estate
    Not entirely successful or appealing - not exactly a delightful evening in the company of scintillating characters - but interesting all the same.
  30. Boogie
    Boogie has some hops. But its all-around game could use a little work.
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