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For 7,298 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 The Red Turtle
Lowest review score: 0 The Mod Squad
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,355 out of 7298
  2. Mixed: 1,827 out of 7298
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7298
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  1. When in Rome
    In the case of When in Rome, oh to do what the Romans used to do: Toss the bloody thing to the lions.
  2. Saint John of Las Vegas
    A funereally unfunny comedy.
  3. Creation
    As angst-filled as if it were "Amadeus" and "Lust for Life" rolled into one.
  4. Extraordinary Measures
    Best when Fraser is on screen. Ian McKellen, who starred with Fraser in "Gods and Monsters," called him the most natural actor he'd worked with, marvelling at Fraser's ability to disappear into roles.
  5. Tooth Fairy
    Sorry to disappoint anyone who saw the cast list of this film and presumed Julie Andrews was going to play the horrific serial killer Tooth Fairy from the Hannibal Lecter movies.
  6. The Book of Eli
    So we're back on "The Road ," but this time Eli's coming – better hide your heart and, while you're at it, put your brain on hold, the easier to enjoy the action-filled sermon to come.
  7. The Spy Next Door
    Chan's comedic gifts and still-nimble moves are wasted in a string of unimaginative household calamities and practical jokes.
  8. Fish Tank
    A half-century ago, "kitchen sink realism" began its harsh existence on the British stage and then migrated to the screen where, over the years, the genre has taken up permanent residence, maturing into a gritty art...Now add Andrea Arnold to the directors' list and Fish Tank to the kitchen. It's classic low-rent realism – you can almost smell the grease on the unwashed dishes.
  9. Daybreakers
    The symbolism is about as subtle as a fang to the neck. Really, Daybreakers is more fun than foreboding; it's fright-lite, yet that's par for the bloody course in these busy apocalyptic days.
  10. Leap Year
    At least Adams and Goode are always watchable, even when you occasionally feel embarrassed for them.
  11. Youth in Revolt
    In Youth in Revolt , Cera bellies up to the same table once too often. His fresh-faced act is starting to look really stale.
  12. The White Ribbon
    Smarting like hell, the artist and his art are at it again. Consequently, like most of Michael Haneke's films, The White Ribbon is profoundly disturbing, impeccably shot, superbly cast, allegorically ambitious and, yet, slightly disappointing – just enough to make you wonder if that salt-in-the-wounds theory is as dogmatic as the dogma he likes to condemn.
  13. Sherlock Holmes
    Guy Ritchie's Holmes reboot feels both too complicated and too elementary, dear Watson.
  14. It's Complicated
    This is wish-fulfilment fantasy, where the laughs lie in sorting out an embarrassment of riches.
  15. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus takes us deep into the imagination of Terry Gilliam, which once was a splendid place to visit. And might prove so again. But not here, because this film is less a coherent exercise of imagination than a haphazard lecture on its importance, a lecture that eventually dwindles into self-indulgence.
  16. Police, Adjective
    A simultaneously realistic and absurdist examination of police work.
  17. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
    As shrill, partly-animated musicals about singing vermin go, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel really isn't all that bad.
  18. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
    If you are expecting a pleasant evening of escapism, you will be cruelly fooled. The editor responsible for the trailer is clearly a genius.
  19. Avatar
    Avatar is a king's ransom fairly well spent, not least because Cameron's invitation into his superbly crafted universe comes with an unexpected price: He makes it easy to gaze fondly on all this movie magic, but only in exchange for a hard look at ourselves.
  20. Nine
    Unassuming only in its title.
  21. The Young Victoria
    Really, Young Victoria is just a lot of costumes in fond search of some drama. And finding precious little.
  22. A Town Called Panic
    Surreal and hilarious.
  23. Crazy Heart
    Bridges's big performance takes place in the context of a relatively minor movie.
  24. The Lovely Bones
    The book floats sublimely above its dark theme; the movie sinks into the ridiculous.
  25. Invictus
    The focus of Invictus is less on Mandela's psychology than his willpower and political astuteness.
  26. A Single Man
    Then again, Colin Firth is enough. Every movie is a performance, but very seldom is a performance a movie.
  27. Brothers
    It tries too hard too early.
  28. Up in the Air
    As for the implicit tragedy amidst the funny business, the swelling ranks of the unemployed, the movie has no solution but instead offers itself as implicit solace: Escape, ye wretches, into my clever humour and my nifty dialogue and my star's considerable charm.
  29. Until the Light Takes Us
    Contains fascinating footage – material from the 1980s that looks to be the work of angry, ancient Norse warriors. There is, however, almost no perspective here. Perhaps the filmmakers succumbed to a condition associated with a city east of Oslo – the Stockholm Syndrome.
  30. Everybody's Fine
    If nothing else (and there ain't much else), Everybody's Fine does prove one thing: Even an actor with the gifts of Robert De Niro can't make bland interesting.
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