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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. Jandek on Corwood
    A revealing portrait of outsider music nerds.
  2. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
    The deal with the new Hotel Transylvania animated comedy is that Count Dracula needs a vacation, but, really, it’s the creative team behind the franchise who could use the time off.
  3. People I Know
    In the midst of material that's dusty and dated, People I Know somehow feels apocalyptic. How is this possible? Easy: When America's liberal conscience is in the sole care of a publicist, you just know the world's going to hell in a handbasket.
  4. Jet Lag
    The script is definitely mediocrity mixed with complication.
  5. The Fighting Temptations
    Gospel music not only saves Darrin's plastic yuppie soul -- Praise the Lord -- it also gives an otherwise wasted hour and a half some warmth and buoyancy.
  6. The Notebook
    The Notebook is meant to be a romantic weepy, and you will shed tears - but only from the consistent and exhausting effort of trying to control your gag reflex. Even a body that welcomes a sugar fix will repel a sugar invasion.
  7. A Time to Kill
    Director Joel Schumacher has pulled no mawkish punches, wringing every drop of emotional potential from the script (adapted by screenwriter Akiva Goldsman from John Grisham's popular novel) down to the last manipulative glance and close-up. Call it A Time to Overkill.
  8. Silent Night
    Silent Night is all needlessly protracted foreplay, a true “when are they going to get to the fireworks factory?” tease of an action movie. And when Woo finally does light things up with only 15 minutes to go, the result is a limp pop of sparks, easily extinguishable.
  9. Paranormal Activity 2
    The principle suspense is wondering when the suspense is going to start, as you scan the darkly-lit screen looking for any hint of imminent horror.
  10. 2010
    Sadly, 2010 is not going to make it any easier for the uninitiated to grasp the reasons its predecessor thrilled a generation: the only people 2010 is likely to thrill are the agents of the actors in the cast. [7 Dec 1984]
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  11. The Dead Don't Die
    For its slightness and silliness, its concerns are grander. Here, the undead ghouls represent nothing but the cold prospect of death itself. “This isn’t gonna end well,” Driver’s omniscient copper keeps intoning. And it never does.
  12. Shorts
    Rodriguez, is a hack in the best sense of the term, often serving as producer, director, writer, shooter and composer – all of which come into play for Shorts .
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Red Dawn
    It's pure American corn but expertly and entertainingly harvested. The casting is excellent, the performances are so good and the emotional thrust of the film so strong that it is impossible not to enjoy. [10 Aug 1984]
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  14. Sinister
    A mixed bag of old-school and contemporary horror tricks that occasionally raises a hair prickle of intrigue.
  15. The Tale of Despereaux
    The movie is a freakish creature, with lush, painterly animation inspired by Dutch and Flemish masters, attached to a convoluted, gloomy narrative punctuated with scenes of sadism that rival "The Dark Knight."
  16. Alice in Wonderland
    This is still her (Wasikowska’s) picture. She’s its 10-foot tower, mysterious and brave and excited and withdrawn. Alice is the true magic in a Wonderland that’s mere movie magic – the happy surprise amidst everything we’ve come to expect.
  17. A Wrinkle in Time
    This pretty movie feels convenient rather than meaningful.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Conan the Destroyer
    Conan the Destroyer is in a class below its predecessor. Director Richard Fleischer (The Vikings, Mandingo) has indeed made a dumb, ridiculous movie. [29 June 1984]
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  19. The Beekeeper
    By Cinema Stathama considerations, The Beekeeper is a masterpiece – the best B(ee)-movie of this cold-hearted season.
  20. The Big Year
    The result is an offence-free, mild entertainment in which everyone from cast to scriptwriter seems to be winging it.
  21. Book Club
    The whole thing feels like a late-night, dorm-room gab fest, except that the four women in question are well over 60, which is the gag.
  22. Beowulf & Grendel
    To be very generous toward the filmmakers' intentions, Beowulf & Grendel might be seen as a misguided attempt to lend some modern nuance to a traditional tale of good and emphatic evil. But why pussyfoot? The movie is a lumbering and ludicrous mess.
  23. The Artist's Wife
    Like an exhausted artist facing a blank canvas, or an underwhelmed film critic staring at a blank screen, The Artist’s Wife doesn’t have much to say but tosses something on the screen regardless, hoping it will stick.
  24. Alpha Dog
    Like "Rebel", directed by Nicholas Ray, this film excels at capturing the nervous posturing of adolescent boys marking their territory by pissing on each other's shoes.
  25. Anemone
    While there are several moments in the film, including two extended monologues, that remind audiences just how ferociously committed a performer Daniel can be, so much of Anemone feels a few dozen workshops away from being camera-ready.
  26. Prisoners of the Ghostland
    It is an overstuffed, manic, exhausting piece of instant movie-meme catnip – likely impenetrable to all but the hardest of hardcore genre devotees.
  27. Mister Lonely
    Some films, like some people, wear their artsy pretensions on their sleeve, and there really isn't much going on beneath – it's just a posturing armband wrapped around a plain arm. Welcome, then, to the emptiness of Mister Lonely, a movie that goes to extraordinary lengths to say ordinary things.
  28. Ella Enchanted
    Hathaway may be in a royal rut, but the tiara seems to fit.
  29. George of the Jungle
    They are singing the jingle in the bath, in bed, in the car, ready to send you, like George, smack into a tree.
  30. The Blind Side
    A football story that deserves a penalty flag every other play for piling on the sentiment.
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