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For 7,293 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: 4,350 out of 7293
  2. Mixed: 1,827 out of 7293
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7293
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  1. Death to Smoochy
    Sporadically funny, twisted for sure, it risks becoming as repetitive and shrill as the kinds of programs it satirizes.
  2. Baggage Claim
    Otherwise, Brody, Scott and Jenifer Lewis (as Montana’s imperious oft-married mom) give this formulaic material maximum comic spin.
  3. City of Ghosts
    If you feel you might already have seen City of Ghosts, but can't quite place it, you'd be forgiven. Hollywood, never afraid of working a cliché to death, has turned out dozens of "City of . . ." films over the years.
  4. It's Kind of a Funny Story
    It might be called "It's Kind of a Thin Movie."
  5. Bronson
    Bronson is one of those “based on a true story” dramatizations where the theatrically staged drama only gets in the way of the more interesting truth.
  6. The Cuban
    Perhaps sensing that the rest of his story - mostly focusing around the earnest do-goodery of Golja's aide - falls emotionally flat, Navarretta lavishes attention on his two marquee players, creating tiny moments of poignancy.
  7. From the Land of the Moon
    Still, the thing is almost watchable until a ridiculous reveal spoils whatever chances this film had at succeeding.
  8. Night School
    So if you can get through this headache of a script and Lee’s unwavering commitment to choreographed dance numbers, there are some funny times in store.
  9. Dolphin Tale
    A potentially appealing story about a rescued disabled dolphin gets smothered with inspirational family values guff.
  10. The Mule
    A crusty screed against many facets of modern life – the internet, smartphones, insurance companies, pecans – but kinda ho-hum on the subject of drug violence, Clint Eastwood’s The Mule is one of the more confounding films of the year.
  11. The Concert
    A discordant mix of melodrama and chaotic farce.
  12. Snakehead
    Leong’s documentary realism is powerful – if tough on an audience – but his fiction skills are erratic in a film that relies too heavily on Sister Tse’s narration, much repeated flashbacks and heavy exposition of the characters’ motivations.
  13. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
    Makin has a knack for comic jolts, and, apparently, little interest in the longer narrative arc that movies, no matter how unorthodox, require. [13 Apr 1996]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Must Love Dogs
    What's curious about the film, in an anthropological way, is that it's made up of a series of false human moments yet remains entirely predictable.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
    Positively hops with jolts and frights but they're the cheap kind.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Last Summer
    One can lodge the complaint that Last Summer is redundant, though Breillat’s aims differ significantly from el-Toukhy’s. The trouble lies instead with the inconsistency and loathsomeness of these aims.
  17. What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole
    In short, it's much fatter with less matter and a distressing shrinkage in thought.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Breastmilk
    There could be a fascinating and illuminating movie in this.
  19. The Deep End of the Ocean
    The verdict is easy: Pfeiffer terrific, movie not.
  20. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
    Except for one memorable interlude, the film just doesn't have near enough fun blasting spitballs at "Pirates of the Caribbean."
  21. Bedtime Stories
    Bedtime Stories does divide into two types of comedy: There's the story comedy, in which Skeeter dresses in costume when he performs slapstick and insults people, and then there are the real-life scenes, when he does the same things in regular clothes.
  22. The Object of My Affection
    Judged esthetically -- the only yardstick worth applying -- it can be safely placed in that long line of indistinguishable Hollywood mediocrities, all of them trying in vain to resurrect an awfully weary genre.
  23. My Life in Ruins
    This paint-by-numbers romantic comedy is chock-a-block with jokey stereotypes – Americans are obnoxious, Canadians polite, and the Greeks just dance – yet lacking in any real drama, only occasionally mustering enough charm or humour to rise above a predictable formula.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    The Brainwashing of My Dad
    The film’s examination feels shallow.
  25. Son of the Mask
    While not as edgy or funny as "The Mask," the popular 1994 "original" starring Jim Carrey, the movie offers eye-popping animation high-jinks and a warm-and-fuzzy story that reinforces what some would call family values.
  26. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
    A shrill and silly affair, bordering at times on camp.
  27. Desperados
    Maybe Rapoport’s script from way back when was fiercer, sharper, and funnier, and the sands of time have simply eroded any of its interesting edges down to mere nubs of gross-out nothingness. But watching it today on Netflix, it can’t help but feel highly algorithmic.
  28. The Natural
    With Redford, less is not more, less is nigh on to nothing. He's natural in The Natural, but he's artless: it has been years since he played the politician in The Candidate, but he's still running for office on screen. The gig he wants is God, and that's what he gets to play in The Natural, a Greek deity with an arm made of home runs and a halo made of Sun-In. [11 May 1984]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Stir Crazy
    Just as the promising parody of prison films begins to catch fire, Friedman and Poitier douse it with a bucketful of realism. [13 Dec 1980]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  30. 2 Hearts
    Frankly, 2 Hearts is the drama this year deserves. One that starts with promise before descending into madness.
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