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For 1,847 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Asteroid City
Lowest review score: 0 The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,361 out of 1847
  2. Mixed: 317 out of 1847
  3. Negative: 169 out of 1847
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Career Girls
    While Career Girls has an overall somber tone, it is sparked by Leigh's humor and the actresses' - particularly Hannah's - verbal quickness... While the film may not be very satisfying to viewers, it is intriguing to watch Leigh's work and to see the women's characters develop. [22 Aug. 1997, p.6E]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  2. The Disaster Artist
    James Franco is fascinatingly weird as Wiseau, and brother Dave Franco complements him perfectly as a regular guy who has little choice but to go with his flow.
  3. Bill Cunningham New York
    Cunningham's answers to pointed questions about romantic love and religious faith are so open-hearted, we understand that he's bigger than just New York.
  4. Broken Embraces
    Broken Embraces is stylish and sly, an engaging exercise that gives us less than meets the eye.
  5. Maggie's Plan
    A sophisticated comedy about New Yorkers who might easily be mistaken for characters in a Woody Allen movie.
  6. Testament of Youth
    Lovely to look at, and Vikander does nothing to derail her inevitable ascension to the A-list. But as a story, it evokes a word that no battlefield nurse would ever apply to her experiences: sterile.
  7. Like Someone in Love
    The film is so masterfully controlled, we feel like we’ve eavesdropped on something like life.
  8. Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
    Despite accusations of nearly succumbing to spotlighting beefs over beats, the film comes off as an honest representation of a great group that's not to be forgotten.
  9. Lady Macbeth
    A rebuke to the genteel period costume dramas that have long reigned as arthouse staples. Working from a screenplay by Alice Birch, director William Oldroyd turns the genre on its head, penetrating the pretty exteriors that conceal wild and dangerous emotions.
  10. Chico & Rita
    When a place and its people are this stylish, we can't help but be drawn to them.
  11. Guardians of the Galaxy
    Surrender, earthlings. It’s the Guardians’ world and you’ll be happy to live in it.
  12. Lore
    With a child’s perspective on war, Lore deserves comparisons with “Empire of the Sun” and “Hope and Glory,” and with a feisty female protagonist it stands virtually alone.
  13. The Army of Crime
    This true story does a great service by honoring the memory of 22 brave men and women and by dramatizing the internal debates within the French population. But in staying true to life, it sacrifices some of the pacing and clarity of a conventional thriller.
  14. Dirty Wars
    These wars being fought in our name may be dirty, but this courageous film reminds us that as long as we have a free press, they don’t have to be secret.
  15. A Monster Calls
    A Monster Calls is the rare film that addresses the mysteries of childhood without succumbing to schmaltz.
  16. Buck
    Beautifully but simply wrought by director Cindy Meehl, this deft documentary is a poignant reappraisal of what it means to be human.
  17. The Baader Meinhof Complex
    Has been criticized as endorsing or condoning violence, but that assessment is unfair and inaccurate. If terrorism is to be eliminated, it must be understood, not oversimplified.
  18. Flight
    We can quibble about the punitive punchline of John Gatins' script, but keeping complexity aloft for so long makes Flight a miraculous feat.
  19. 99 Homes
    Aside from art-house fare, American movies of recent decades have tended to ignore even the most urgent social problems. Despite its lapses into melodrama, 99 Homes is a thought-provoking exception.
  20. The Lunchbox
    The debut creation of director Ritesh Batra, it’s a lovely little film from a place where the little things linger.
  21. Dave
    Reitman's movie is triumphant and actually deserves being mentioned in the same breath with those great comedies of 50 years ago. [07 May 1993, p.3G]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  22. Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
    The film confirms it's hard to do brain surgery on a battlefield. But it doesn't take a brain surgeon to think it could go deeper.
  23. Soul Power
    Soul Power is both a funk-tastic time capsule and a timeless celebration of the human spirit.
  24. What's Love Got to Do with It
    Since the movie never really gets very far beneath the skin of these immensely talented people, their battles and her final victory seldom rise above the level of moderately entertaining melodrama. [11 Jun 1993, p.3G]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  25. After the Thin Man
    Almost as good as the first film, it has James Stewart in one of his earliest roles. [02 Aug 2005, p.E1]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  26. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
    Gibney is as dramatic a storyteller as the Hollywood directors with whom he competes for our attention, and he employs a big bag of tricks.
  27. The Last Station
    As they build up steam, two powerful actors keep us wondering whether this train is bound for war or peace.
  28. Margin Call
    Margin Call has a spectacular cast, and the 24-hour cycle of events gives the movie the compressed dramatic effect of a fine play.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Wonder Woman
    Gadot proves she is worthy of Wonder Woman’s tiara, but the superhero deserves a great film, not one that’s just better than the others.
  30. (500) Days of Summer
    A movie that will be discovered, embraced and shared with friends like a favorite record album.
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