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For 3,789 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: 2,489 out of 3789
  2. Mixed: 1,198 out of 3789
  3. Negative: 102 out of 3789
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  1. Eismayer
    Wagner takes a reserved approach to potentially heart-tugging developments. There is an air of confidence and composure in the film.
  2. 2018
    2018 wears its heart on its sleeve and succeeds as tense, well-paced popular entertainment.
  3. Antarctica Calling
    Jacquet makes the fundamental miscalculation — at least for non-French audiences — of assuming that his endless musings about why he is drawn to this part of the world, delivered at length in his own voice, are, well, sufficiently interesting.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mambar Pierrette
    Mbakam has brought the patience of a documentarian to a character study that lets the details create an accumulative affect.
  5. Lubo
    Rooted in a great injustice, Lubo ­– the film – becomes a curious, sometimes intriguing but ultimately frustrating portrait of a man undone by that injustice.
  6. At Averroès & Rosa Parks
    At Averroès & Rosa Parks, which premiered in Berlinale Special, is a tougher watch than its predecessor, but an extremely accomplished and compelling work.
  7. The Roundup: Punishment
    It’s a robustly entertaining romp.
  8. The Penultimate
    A striking first feature steeped in allegory, dust and despair, The Penultimate brings a blend of absurdity and theatricality to a stylised tale of humanity unravelling.
  9. Invisible Nation
    The documentary is a work of earnest advocacy, pleading with viewers to see their stake in Taiwan’s fight. The results may not be gripping cinema, but the passion behind the project is undeniable.
  10. Mongrel
    Anchored by a lived-in performance from Wanlop Rungkumjad as a bedraggled migrant caregiver striving to maintain his humanity despite being exploited by his employer, this is a deeply sobering expansion of Chiang’s thematic focus.
  11. Nasty
    Nastase is a compelling, complex character.
  12. Hopeless
    A suffocating slipknot drama, it embeds violence and extortion in a destructive ecosystem, showing that every favour is loaded, every gift poisoned, every debt unpayable. Brutality never cleanses in Kim’s impressive debut; it simply engenders more brutality.
  13. Cottontail
    Cottontail does not hold any great surprises and, while understanted and full of grace, also lacks bite.
  14. Libertad
    Roquet’s intimately textured filmmaking captures not just the hot and cold currents of sentiment between the girls, but how all-consuming and all-important it feels to the sheltered Nora.
  15. Mexico 86
    Mexico 86 offers Béjo a substantial, compelling lead; it shows the Argentinian-born star absolutely at ease in a Spanish-language role, and using her characteristically low-key performance style to potent effect.
  16. Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night
    Grief and tragedy naturally co-exist with gentle comedy; and Adalsteins leans into both the eccentricity and philosophical density of the source material, with the village itself serving as a somewhat enigmatic narrator.
  17. On Falling
    Thanks to the tight team-work between Carreira and her intuitive lead actor, On Falling will grow to become an intense, enveloping experience.
  18. Under the Open Sky
    It’s all very sweet and well-meaning, yet this story of redemption is a naïve and very pastel coloured portrait of a Yakuza veteran.
  19. The Klezmer Project
    What emerges is a history lesson but also a personal journey of sorts for Koch and Schachmann, grandchildren of Jewish immigrants who discover an emotional connection to their cultural roots along the way.
  20. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    The festering resentment of things left unsaid fuels this play, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s unflinching, brisk screenplay traces the growing fissures in the family.
  21. Falling Into Place
    A little too long and reliant on a coincidence or two to advance the plot, Falling Into Place still proves a heartfelt tale of thirtysomething love in which the prevailing gloom ultimately leads towards the light.
  22. Better Go Mad in the Wild
    It is a fascinating, free-spirited tribute to two men whose lifelong connection to the earth is only rivalled by their bond to each other.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    HI-FIVE
    The mix of satirical comedy, action and sentimentalism is not always comfortable, and prevents the film from truly breaking the mould. Yet its bubblegum aesthetic, unchallenging narrative and strong cast, which includes Burning and The Match star Yoo Ah-in, make it ideal summer fare.
  24. Bonus Track
    The two actors manage to capture the vulnerabilities that come with opening yourself up to someone else, particularly at such a delicate age.
  25. Gavagai
    Gavagai is refreshingly grown-up in the way it sets up satirical targets and then complicates them – pointing out, for example, that tensions around caste, exclusion of the ‘other’ and the guilt of privilege are not the exclusive preserves of white people.
  26. Sangre Del Toro
    Del Toro’s undying adoration for his fantastical creatures leaves us hungry to learn more about the inner workings of the man who brought them to life.
  27. A Sad and Beautiful World
    The result is an appealing, soulful romance with a considerable emotional tug.
  28. Adult Children
    Adult Children develops into a tale of guilty secrets, ulterior motives, honest conversations and sweet vulnerability.
  29. 7 Keys
    7 Keys is a nervy but uneven thriller that is rather let down by the fact that, while the two central performances are independently strong, there’s little discernible chemistry between them.
  30. An American Pastoral
    Hardly a second too long despite its almost two-hour running time, this urgent, absorbing documentary should be required viewing for those, inside or outside the United States, who are struggling to make sense of the recent presidential election. It will also speak to anyone interested in the battle over books and gender issues that has been raging for some time now in the American educational sector.
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