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For 3,730 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 10 The Emoji Movie
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,446 out of 3730
  2. Mixed: 1,183 out of 3730
  3. Negative: 101 out of 3730
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  1. The Tree of Life
    A cinematic symphony more than a classic narrative film, Terrence Malick’s long-awaited The Tree Of Life has moments of breathtaking visual and aural beauty, but in the end it has us longing for the days of Badlands, Days Of Heaven or The Thin Red Line, when the Texan auteur also knew how to spin a good yarn.
  2. Fences
    Fences is a deeply affecting treatise on marriage, poverty and the struggles of sons to confront the long shadow of the man who brought them into this world.
  3. The Founder
    The extent of Kroc’s greed is The Founder’s unique playing card, and John Lee Hancock delivers it with a depressingly special sauce.
  4. Baden Baden
    Baden Baden is an intimate, at times seemingly whimsical narrative that appears to drift almost free-associatively from episode to episode. But it’s unified by a distinctive humour and intelligence, crisp visuals, and Richard’s intensely charismatic presence.
  5. Allied
    A World War II romance-thriller that starts off smartly but sputters to an underwhelming finale.
  6. Prevenge
    As with babymaking, the conception is more fun than the delivery, which comes perilously close to turning our knocked-up heroine’s kill list into a series of very dark alt-comedy sketches.
  7. Patriots Day
    As exciting as the film may be, Berg too easily undercuts the human element of his story.
  8. Split
    Split is a highly effective, nerve-shredding horror movie that makes the most of its claustrophobic setting, familiar setup and psychological gimmicks
  9. Eternity
    This highly decorative mood piece pays more attention to getting the wafting drapery and soft furnishings just so than it does to the meat of the drama, and audiences may come away feeling a little undernourished.
  10. Bad Santa 2
    An agonisingly strained attempt at misanthropic comedy, Bad Santa 2 is puerile when it should be shocking, calculating when it should be transgressive, and listless when it should be liberating.
  11. Magnus
    Magnus Carlsen, called the Mozart of chess, became world champion in 2013 at the age of 22. Benjamin Ree’s rousing documentary shows us how this taciturn prodigy got there, and how his family keeps him sane.
  12. Uncle Howard
    Uncle Howard begins as a slightly tentative film about a nephew’s quest to discover more about his adored film-maker uncle, Howard Brookner. But it grows into a perceptive, poignant documentary which looks at many things.
  13. Shut In
    Most of the story’s credibility goes out the door with the big plot twist.
  14. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    Like the wizarding movies to which it’s connected, Fantastic Beasts is better the darker it gets, especially in a robust final reel where the film fully hits its stride.
  15. Miss Sloane
    Miss Sloane is a shallow but lively thriller which becomes undermined by its makers’ misplaced belief in the profundity of their topical tale.
  16. Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
    This is a muscular story about the fight for freedom which is rich and vibrant and authentic. However, Bilal’s beefy approach also extends to scenes of torture and bloodthirsty battle sequences.
  17. Rules Don't Apply
    The romantic comedy-drama Rules Don’t Apply is, by turns, fizzy and melancholy, nostalgic and clear-eyed, but it never builds to anything especially substantial.
  18. Prisoners
    An impressive US debut for French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, dramatic thriller Prisoners is a potent mix of suspense, emotion and intrigue that draws intense performances from leads Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.
  19. A Street Cat Named Bob
    While Bob does slink around some predictable narrative beats, this is still a slyly subversive film with a social point to make as it highlights James’s isolation in a cold, hard-faced London which responds better to animals than its hopeless humans.
  20. Moana
    The perfectly pleasurable Moana boasts vivid animation, a handful of catchy songs and a sweetly sunny disposition — all suitable compensation for a story which is not particularly inspired or original.
  21. Don't Call Me Son
    Muylaert handles an atmosphere charged with intensely conflicting expectations with a light touch, and sparks of humour.
  22. The Eagle Huntress
    A stunning location and a winning character are cannily deployed to create a likeable film in which audiences will need little persuasion to cheer the triumph of the underdog.
  23. Operation Mekong
    Going in guns blazing and attempting to set pulses racing might not feel wholly appropriate given the facts at the heart of the film, but it does suit Lam’s usual style — not to mention audiences looking for non-stop thrill ride of a movie.
  24. Your Name.
    This is a film which handles its high concept with confidence, and a winning balance of comedy and emotional punch.
  25. 12 Years a Slave
    The broader approach to storytelling on McQueen’s part robs 12 Years A Slave of some of the precise, up-close vibrancy that was the hallmark of his earlier films. As a consequence, this new film feels a little less personal, although that criticism should not dismiss the intelligence and feeling on display.
  26. Crosscurrent
    A meandering, sluggish tale that offers moments of great beauty but ultimately feels like a ragbag, take-your-pick bundle of poetic and spiritual suggestions inspired by China’s great Yangtze River.
  27. Doctor Strange
    Entertaining in its grand flourishes but spottier when it comes to character work and thematic coherence, the film boasts a slightly darker and more mystical air than its peers, accentuated by some of the most arresting set pieces in the MCU canon.
  28. I Am Not Your Negro
    Baldwin’s insights originate from 1979, but they still speak volumes, and Peck makes their observations sting.
  29. National Bird
    National Bird shows that there is indeed a horrible reckoning, but it mostly comes from within. This is a personal film about guilt.
  30. Before the Flood
    A sober, thoughtful documentary that combines a lament for a lost Eden with a rousing call to action.
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