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For 9,305 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 2.1 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: 5,161 out of 9305
  2. Mixed: 2,658 out of 9305
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9305
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    • 22 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bakery in Brooklyn
    Bakery in Brooklyn is entertaining fluff more suitable for the Lifetime or Hallmark channels than theaters.
  2. A United Kingdom
    It’s not a bad film, just, strangely, not a good one.
  3. Bliss
    Director Abdullah Oguz gives us lots of nice scenery, but the simplistic story and characters strain credibility. What's more, the climactic plot turn is as hokey as it gets.
  4. Wish Upon
    This isn’t close to being a great movie. But if you don’t overthink it, there is some fun to be had in the grisly consequences.
  5. The Purge: Election Year
    There’s not a lot of nuance or sense in the third “Purge” movie. But it still manages to coast on a combination of self-awareness, crowd-pleasing carnage and a plot that ties perfectly into current events.
  6. SLC Punk!
    So forced and contrived in delivery that it's tedious. That's not good when the intention is to be audacious.
  7. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    Fast falls from interestingly loopy to tiresome.
  8. Deadpool & Wolverine
    It’s definitely not for everybody, but even a non-fan stumbling into the theater accidentally will find whole sections here to enjoy.
  9. Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
    It's a celebration of nerd pride in all its many-feathered glory.
  10. DragonHeart
    Mythology has rarely been so preachy in a tedious Hollywood style.
  11. Kimi
    The most glaring problem here, and the one hardest to explain, is Soderbergh’s failure to elicit any warmth or charm from Zoë Kravitz, who has been consistently appealing in her every other screen performance, from blockbusters like the “Divergent” series to little independents like “The Road Within.”
  12. Absolute Wilson
    Befuddling.
  13. Hyde Park on Hudson
    The only way Bill Murray could seem less like Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson is if the movie showed him winning a marathon.
  14. Teacher's Pet
    It seems like a bizarre move for Disney, releasing a film that combines elements of "Blue's Clues" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau."
  15. Neil Young: Coastal
    The documentary could have used a little more excitement, but “Coastal” leaves us with a lingering notion that we’ve seen something special.
  16. Atlas Shrugged: Part I
    The story, a dystopian tale with heroes and villains and lots of triumphs and reversals, is so busy and so inherently interesting that the movie is entertaining until the finish - or the sort of finish. As only the first part of the story, Atlas Shrugged doesn't end, it stops.
  17. Undercover Blues
    Take everything extraneous out of Undercover Blues and you're left with about 15 minutes of physical gags and banter, more than enough to make an amusing coming-attractions trailer but about 70 minutes short of a decent movie. [11 Sept 1993, p.F5]
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  18. Coneheads
    I got tired of Coneheads early on, but I never really got tired of looking at those heads.
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  19. Where the Heart Is
    Sloshes between comedy and drama, never quite hitting stride as either.
  20. The Goonies
    I would not take very young children to see The Goonies - too intense. I would also discourage any adults who are borderline in their liking of children from seeing this film. The Goonies could easily turn a lot of otherwise tolerant grownups against children, and I'm assuming that would be a terrible thing. [7 Jun 1985, p.75]
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  21. The Dead Don't Die
    Indeed, it's hard to figure out why this film was even made, beyond the fact that it could be made, that there was a loose idea and talented people willing to join in the fun. It's neither serious nor funny enough, and it adds nothing to Jarmusch's reputation. If anything, it might hurt it retroactively.
  22. Cutthroat Island
    It's a swashbuckling extravaganza, but Davis is not convincing. And before anyone objects, it's not because she's a woman. Get out already! This is the '90s, and women can do anything. But they can't escape from a lousy movie any better than a man can.
  23. Nine 1/2 Weeks
    Subliminally speaking, you may not like this movie because it goes so far. Or, you may not like it because it stops short. Or you may like it for one of the above reasons. [21 Feb 1986, p.68]
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  24. The Drummer
    Defined only by their scars, all three lead characters feel generic, as if Werthman built them out of archetypes that ran through his case studies.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Class of 1999
    Blood surges, splashes, drips, gushes, swamps, floods, swells, swishes, rains, slushes, shoots and smears over everything. The rest of the special effects -- a mechanical arm melting, a school chemistry lab bursting into flame, a head being twisted off a torso -- are nothing to write home about. [11 May 1990, p.E7]
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  26. Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Cameron is such a good filmmaker that even though he seems to be out of ideas, the three-hour, 17-minute running time chugs along efficiently on pure craftsmanship. But is that enough?
  27. The Power of One
    An earnest, ponderous epic that tries desperately to say Something Important about disenfranchised blacks and their Afrikaans oppressors, but never does. [27 March 1992, p.D7]
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  28. Mixed Nuts
    Mixed Nuts, opening today at Bay Area movie theaters, is laced generously with chuckles, though it neglects one little detail that helps make movies satisfying: a plot. [21 Dec 1994, p.E1]
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  29. Isn't She Great
    Leaves an unintentional unpleasant aftertaste.
  30. Total Eclipse
    What's lacking is an explanation for the relationship, and some insight into the origins of Rimbaud's art. The other big problem, aside from DiCaprio's twang, is his lack of chemistry with Thewlis. These are two fine actors, working in vastly different styles, who might as well be walking through different movies. At the end of the handsome, frustrating Total Eclipse, you'll be wondering who these two men were.
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