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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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  1. War of the Buttons
    War of the Buttons is handsomely crafted and it's touting tolerance, but as long as we open the gates to the Trojan horse of historical simplification, there's a danger that Hollywood could attack us with "The Goonies Go to the Gulag." Be vigilant!
  2. The Sessions
    Few mainstream movies, let alone disability dramas, are so frank about sexual mechanics, yet notwithstanding the nudity, The Sessions isn't voyeuristic or sleazy.
  3. The Bay
    The Bay is better than a shallow exercise, but crabby horror fans may have preferred that Levinson took a real plunge.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wreck-It Ralph
    A lot like video games and candy: light entertainment but fun while it lasts.
  5. Flight
    We can quibble about the punitive punchline of John Gatins' script, but keeping complexity aloft for so long makes Flight a miraculous feat.
  6. Simon & the Oaks
    It's as if there's a missing reel of film that could tie the story together and give it the emotional impact it takes for granted.
  7. Chasing Mavericks
    If your inner amphibian craves a wave, you have the right kind of brain to appreciate the elemental story and scenic backdrops. But advanced mammals might smell something fishy.
  8. The Other Son
    Some may scoff when the boys exhibit traits and interests derived from the biological parents they never knew, but The Other Son is such a disarming feat that cynics will get left at the checkpoint.
  9. Cloud Atlas
    Superior filmmaking. Yes, it runs almost three hours - but you've probably seen 90-minute films that felt a lot longer.
  10. Fun Size
    Compared to most teen comedies these days, Fun Size is almost touchingly tame.
  11. The Other Dream Team
    If you root for documentaries with heart, The Other Dream Team is a slam dunk.
  12. Chicken with Plums
    Although the story is mournful, the movie is buoyed by a heaven-scented surrealism.
  13. Hello I Must Be Going
    At once an intriguing character study and a refreshingly offbeat romance.
  14. Alex Cross
    Formulaic serial-killer crapola.
  15. Little White Lies
    Whereas "Chill" attempted to define a generation, "Lies" is more of a statement about the nature and limits of friendship.
  16. Keep the Lights On
    The performances are first-rate, with Lindhardt particularly moving as a guy who's in deep denial about just how much he can expect from a relationship with an addict.
  17. Here Comes the Boom
    Loud, incoherent and unfunny, Here Comes the Boom is the sound of American culture imploding.
  18. Seven Psychopaths
    By the time the meta-movie and cute-dog subplots collide in the desert, this high-concept vehicle has run out of gas. Movies about the filmmaking process may never get old, but self-referential hit men smell like yesterday's fish story.
  19. Sinister
    It comes together with a gruesome though excellent ending that some will find difficult to shake.
  20. Argo
    Before it turns into a great escape flick, Argo is an amusing spoof of the movie biz.
  21. The Oranges
    While it claims to be exported from New Jersey, The Oranges is peddling an alien motto: When life hands you lemons, fuhgeddaboudit.
  22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    Too modest to become a worldwide phenomenon, but sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the '90s may want to take it for a spin on the dance floor.
  23. Frankenweenie
    While the big-headed, spindly puppets don't evoke enough emotion to make the movie a must-see, Burton's 3-D design team pours its heart into the monochrome surroundings, from the suburban décor to Victor's laboratory to the carnival midway.
  24. Taken 2
    A movie with no surprises at all, a streamlined chase flick that is running on the fumes from recycled fuel.
  25. Liberal Arts
    Sticks to the syllabus of a decidedly minor movie, but its humanities faculty is first-rate.
  26. Won't Back Down
    While the cast is filled with award winners, writer-director Daniel Barnz is a dunce who can't construct an argument without employing flimsy logic and cardboard characters.
  27. Pitch Perfect
    The campus comedy Pitch Perfect harmonizes high-end performance with low-brow spoofery. It's like a National Lampoon parody where the targets write the jokes.
  28. Looper
    While Looper lacks the heft of a classic, this wayback machine is worth taking for a spin.
  29. The Master
    The Master is not a schematic attack on a particular religion. It is a brilliantly conceived and powerfully realized work of art, with complex characters, exquisite images and ambiguously big ideas.
  30. Trouble with the Curve
    Everything about Trouble With the Curve is as streamlined and hollow as a Wiffle Ball bat.
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