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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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    • 82 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Pandas
    Brightly narrated by Kristen Bell, the documentary illustrates the challenges of saving the endangered animals with the story of one bear born in the captive breeding program at Chengdu Panda Base in China.
  2. The Big Sick
    The Big Sick has a lot of charm. Just don’t expect the revolution in romantic comedy that its aggressive hype would suggest.
  3. Buck
    Beautifully but simply wrought by director Cindy Meehl, this deft documentary is a poignant reappraisal of what it means to be human.
  4. Spotlight
    Keaton, who deserved an Oscar for his performance in “Birdman,” brings to Robinson a bracing blend of humor and authority. Ruffalo is the essence of the newsman who just won’t quit, and McAdams is just as effective as his more low-key colleague.
  5. Paris
    This is a kaleidoscopic valentine to a great city from a director who knows and loves his subject.
  6. A War
    The story unfolds not as contrived drama, but with all the surprise and inevitability of real life.
  7. Bernie
    Bernie could easily have gone horribly wrong. But Black and Linklater finesse this tricky material with as much virtuosity as Bernie brings to that broccoli.
  8. Henry & June
    A beautiful movie, probably more erotic than any mainstream film ever made and yet never remotely pornographic, at other times hilariously funny. [05 Oct 1990, p.3F]
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  9. District 9
    The reason District 9 reverberates so loudly is because its moral indignation is cranked to 11.
  10. 45 Years
    Daringly unsentimental, 45 Years makes a persuasive case that marriage demands not only patience, but guts.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Fantastic Mr. Fox
    Most of all, it’s a magical feat, one that turns puppets into personalities and an English meadow into Anderson’s world.
  12. First Position
    Among recent documentaries, First Position soars to the head of the class.
  13. Pacific Heights
    One of the best adult suspense films of the year. [28 Sept 1990, p.3F]
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  14. Farewell My Concubine
    Farewell My Concubine is a work of passion and compassion, another great work by one of the so-called fifth-generation of directors who are making the Chinese cinema one of the best in the world. [29 Oct 1993, p.3F]
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  15. City of Ghosts
    Director Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land”) sticks with the group as it moves from strategy meetings to safe houses, documenting not only its political commitment but also intimate moments of reflection.
  16. Escape from L.A.
    Unlike many action-flick heroes, Snake Plissken is more than welcome the second time around. [09 Aug 1996, p.5E]
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  17. Detroit
    The film is hard to watch, but its timeliness is impossible to ignore. Still, a case could be made that Bigelow dwells on the violence a bit too obsessively.
  18. Ruby Sparks
    Particularly memorable are scenes in which Calvin loses his cool as Ruby holds onto her calm. It all adds up to a movie that's sparklingly entertaining.
  19. The Artist
    May be too cute to qualify as high art, but it's highly entertaining.
  20. King of the Hill
    There are no false Hollywood dramatics, no musical cues telling us how we should feel about this boy's battle for dignity and a place in the world. The director lets complex emotions flow naturally out of believable action and dialogue in this very faithful adaptation of a fascinating memoir. [20 August 1993, p.3F]
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  21. A Separation
    Although it's slow to unfold, this courtroom drama is so timelessly humane and even-handed it feels like it came from the dockets of Solomon - by way of Sidney Lumet.
  22. Logan Lucky
    Tatum is terrific as a sort of anti-Clooney, and Driver complements him perfectly.
  23. Incredibles 2
    Bursting with style and imagination, The Incredibles 2 sets a standard that few superhero flicks — animated or live-action — can match.
  24. Nightcrawler
    Gilroy vividly evokes both the LA exteriors and newsroom interiors, and the action sequences are fraught with tension.
  25. Won't You Be My Neighbor?
    Rogers has been criticized by conservative pundits and parodied by comedian Eddie Murphy. But those backhanded acknowledgments only confirmed his status as a force to be reckoned with.
  26. The Founder
    Not just another biopic, The Founder is a morality tale that raises provocative questions about consumer culture, its benefits and its consequences. You won’t look at a Big Mac the same way again.
  27. Nowhere Boy
    Nowhere Boy is too astutely written and directed to go to predictably melodramatic extremes.
  28. 20th Century Women
    20th Century Women doesn’t have much of a plot — if it has one at all. But the film beautifully evokes the era just before Ronald Reagan entered the Oval Office.
  29. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
    Allen has been criticized for leaving some of the plot lines up in the air and several characters in the lurch. But he seems to be making a point: Neat Hollywood endings are as phony and dangerous as Cristal's ramblings.
  30. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
    An entertaining and sometimes exceptional look at the short life of the man who singlehandedly brought about the boom of martial arts in this country. Starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation), "Dragon" covers Lee's life from his early days in Hong Kong to his final scene from "Enter The Dragon," Lee's only big-budget American movie. [12 May 1993, p.6F]
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