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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. Magic in the Moonlight
    One distraction is that everything feels smothered in an extra helping of déjà vu sauce: another movie featuring a middle-aged misanthrope with a dewy younger woman; another film with stage magic as a theme.
  2. Hulk
    Whereas the psychology is surreal and wonderfully fluid, the action is too real and surprisingly listless, displaying little of the kinetic zip, or the sheer lyricism, that Lee brought with such memorable effect to "Crouching Tiger."
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    It’s a timely narrative subject, but its treatment in The Reluctant Fundamentalist is fundamentally flawed.
  4. Brubaker
    David Keith, a native of Tennessee, had a tiny role in The Rose (as Bette Midler's soldier friend) and he is one of the few in the Brubaker cast whose accent is authentic and who appears to have the wherewithal to survive in a penitentiary. His scenes are the only respite from the movie's shrill, simplistic self-congratulation. [21 June 1980]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  5. Assassination Nation
    Levinson displays some amazing technical chops – most of which can be traced back to Joseph Kahn, but never mind – and there’s one standout home-invasion sequence toward the end. But some warnings are best heeded.
  6. Volcano
    In a few sound bites, we get the picture and the picture's motto: the smug and selfish coast is an order of disaster-flick toast waiting to burn.
  7. To Rome with Love
    The current postcard from abroad is not great, but not grating.
  8. Pledge
    It’s not that every film has to achieve some grand epiphany, but Touch Me Not is not nearly as satisfying as the primal act it’s obsessed with.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Deep Blue Sea
    One of those stupid movies that are good to relax with.
  10. And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
    For those who don't know his (Lelouch's) work, And Now Ladies and Gentlemen will be fun because his style is unique and unpredictable. But for those who have known him in better form, this one is not a must-see.
  11. The Green Butchers
    Black comedies don't get much darker than this.
  12. Imagine That
    An Eddie Murphy comedy that's actually endearing.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    A run-of-the-mill movie hero.
  14. Charlie Bartlett
    Actually, occasionally, does feel good. Now if only it had something to say.
  15. You Don't Mess with the Zohan
    This picture is to comedy what carpet bombing is to aerial warfare: The onslaught is so relentless that occasional direct hits on the funny bone are a statistical guarantee.
  16. The Hunting Party
    The Hunting Party does a good job of illustrating Winston Churchill's observation, "There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result."
  17. Bee Season
    Though bathed in ecclesiastical light and a work of obvious craft and ambition, Bee Season is grimly serious and rather full of itself.
  18. Life
    Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds and others float around one another for an intense but spark-free 103 minutes, their characters barely sketched.
  19. Another Simple Favor
    Seven years is a long time to attempt a reheating of all the many ingredients that made the original film go down so easily, and Another Simple Favor simply tastes off.
  20. Thor: The Dark World
    A good model of how superheroes can save the world without forced gravitas, and have fun doing it.
  21. Beast
    It’s an edge-of-your-seat crowd-pleaser that cares enough to develop its story world and characters just as well as its jump-scares and tension.
  22. The Riot Club
    There’s a flicker of déjà vu seeing Max Irons step into the role of a posh Oxford University student in The Riot Club. Irons has inherited the cheekbones and silky voice of his father, Jeremy Irons.
  23. Lonesome Jim
    The narrative of Lonesome Jim pokes about aimlessly, trying to mine nuggets of amusement.
  24. The Last Stand
    Dig just a shade beneath the surface, trade in the text for the subtext, and a more interesting picture emerges – a little richer, sadder, almost poignant. Arnie is back again, yet now, as a storied immigrant nearing the end of his tale, he's become an odd sight to behold.
  25. Thanks for Sharing
    Thanks for Sharing might best be described as being like Steve McQueen’s sex-addiction drama, "Shame," if it were rewritten by Neil Simon at his most schmaltzy.
  26. The Substance of Fire
    Consequently, your reaction to the film will pretty much hinge on your opinion of the play. Ho-hum is my humble verdict.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Best Sellers
    Clichés abound and you think you know where this is going. But in her feature debut, Canadian director Lina Roessler manages some genuine surprises. Caine is wonderful, Plaza is charming. The film has its moments, but one for the books this ain’t.
  28. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
    This omnibus of four tales is cheerful, campy, garish, ghoulish and gross. That means it's a success on its own unambitious B-movie terms. [05 May 1990]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  29. Spiderhead
    Perhaps sensing that the film needs all the toe-tapping energy it can get, Spiderhead’s cast make the most out of their thin material.
  30. Zack Snyder's Justice League
    It is still by no means a great film, even compared against the standards of contemporary superhero cinema, which is bleeding any sense of individual artistry and purpose each passing year. But it is a wild, invigorating experiment to experience.
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