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For 7,299 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 7299
  2. Mixed: 1,828 out of 7299
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7299
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  1. Glory Road
    If the facts of the story are essentially true, their presentation is as formulaic as ever.
  2. Last Vegas
    The movie is a preholiday trifle that’s mildly risqué and a lot sentimental.
  3. American Flyers
    Predictable and maudlin. [14 Oct 1985]
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  4. Sukiyaki Western Django
    In the world of pulp movies, where horror, westerns and Asian exploitation borrow and blend with each other, there's a point where the cross-genre mishmash begins to feel like gobbledegook. That's definitely the case with Sukiyaki Western Django.
  5. Child's Play
    The premise of Child's Play, in which the murderer is a much-merchandised doll patterned after cartoon characters known as Good Guys, is long overdue. Unfortunately, the package in which the present arrives is often too little, sometimes too much, and always too late. [11 Nov 1988]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Four Seasons
    Partly because of Alda's comedy training on television, he has succeeded in making, for two thirds of its length, an amusing and very commercial film. But the last part shows him failing at what he really wanted to do. [23 May 1981]
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  7. Maverick
    For all its cinematic assets, Maverick seems a less charming vessel than the show I watched at my daddy's knee.
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  8. Brokedown Palace
    This is the kind of picture that is faux subtle when it should be bold, and really ham-handed when it should be delicate.
  9. Rock of Ages
    Where this PG-rated adaptation of a hit Broadway show, adapted by Adam Shankman falls down is by being far too mild for its supposedly outrageous subject.
  10. Clockstoppers
    There's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed: Mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up; when the explosions start, they fall to pieces.
  11. Drumline
    Comes close to collapsing under the weight of drawn-out scenes and an earnest story that piles on minor themes and subplots, but the energy and visual kick of the band numbers saves the day.
  12. The Woman in the Window
    The Woman in the Window isn’t sure whether it’s a thriller, a drama, a psychological study or a slasher. Each Big Moment™ succeeds in eliciting a reaction, but that just leads to a new state of confusion. Confusion that’s spurred on by questions that aren’t answered.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Against the Ropes
    Wobbles like a punch-drunk fighter. It never finds its legs, but allows Ryan -- whose wardrobe looks like Erin Brockovich crossed with Barbarella -- the space to do what she does best: turn on the charm, and make audiences wonder why she's slumming in such a lame storyline.
  14. Clash of the Titans
    There’s little here to improve upon the stilted quality of the original, and it’s even more cumbersomely plotted.
  15. Bewitched
    With no help from the dialogue, Kidman doesn't have a clue how to make clueless interesting. Not for lack of trying. Her efforts, which often consist of channelling Elizabeth Montgomery by way of Marilyn Monroe, are painful but insistent.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A Bridge Too Far
    Producer Joseph Levine has spared no expense but achieved very little in this $25- million all-star extravaganza. [16 Nov 1977]
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  17. Knockaround Guys
    A layabout movie -- not risibly bad, just relentlessly sub-par.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Uptown Girls
    When Uptown Girls isn't trying to play up its wacky high jinks -- and those tend to be so weak they can't possibly float the film -- it stoops to the kind of psychological character development films this shallow should really avoid like the plague.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Daddy Day Care
    Full of poop and pratfalls, Daddy Day Care's abrasive marketing campaign promises a fresh slice of hell. So for it not to cause physical pain to any viewer over the age of five is a considerable achievement.
  20. Before I Go to Sleep
    Throbbing musical crescendos and flickery flashbacks abound but apart from some outlandish plot machinations, nothing here is good or bad enough to be memorable.
  21. Man of Tai Chi
    Ambitious but generic martial-arts movie.
  22. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
    A wild, reckless, gleefully immoral work of pop nihilism.
  23. About Time
    There are the usual gaggle of embarrassing friends, a lot of voice-over and montages, a wedding, a funeral and wait … something’s missing. Oh, right. Hugh Grant.
  24. Apt Pupil
    No matter how you judge it -- as a strict morality play or simply a psychological thriller -- Apt Pupil just doesn't make the grade.
  25. A Perfect World
    A Perfect World is perfect indeed - for the initial 15 minutes. After that, the fault-lines start to emerge, widening, widening, until the thing cracks open and falls apart. [24 Nov 1993]
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  26. The Addams Family 2
    The Addams Family 2 allowed me a couple of nostalgic chuckles, while the kids were entertained by the antics. It wasn’t entirely a snooze, but I can’t say it was particularly memorable for either of us.
  27. Cannery Row
    This is insubstantial stuff, light as laughter, and every bit as fleeting. [13 Feb 1982]
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  28. The Adjustment Bureau
    Sometimes, a strong premise makes for a weak movie, which ends up drowning in its own clever conceit.
  29. Lola Versus
    Lola Versus is all Greta all the time, a bonanza for fans and proof that Gerwig's easy offbeat charm, obvious smarts and physical comedy gifts can carry a film.
  30. Breach
    Under better circumstances, Cooper might be said to have stolen the picture outright. But as it is, and compelling as he is, there's just nothing here to steal.
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