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For 7,302 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: 4,357 out of 7302
  2. Mixed: 1,829 out of 7302
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7302
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  1. Major Payne
    Wayans will do anything for a laugh, and twice if necessary. If Carrey wears a broken front tooth in Dumb and Dumber, Wayans has two front teeth capped with gold. If Carrey sells a dead bird to a blind child, Wayans shaves the heads of a blind boy and his seeing-eye dog. [24 March 1995]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  2. Get Hard
    Riding that fine line between misjudged and deliberately anti-p.c., Get Hard is lewd, crude and rude but, despite its disastrous reception at SxSW, not entirely unfunny.
  3. Law Abiding Citizen
    LawAbiding Citizen smells a bit musty these days. Indeed, in an era when the debate has shifted from too little state vigilance to too damn much, this thing seems almost quaint.
  4. Friday the 13th
    Despite an evident appetite for mayhem, however, Bay is not the right guy to produce slasher movies. Horror requires intimacy.
  5. Beyond the Reach
    Beyond the Reach, adapted from the same Robb White Deathwatch novel that spawned the 1974 Andy Griffith-starring television movie "Savages," is a deadly, desert-set game of cat and mouse that is tired and beyond plausibility.
  6. Thunder Force
    With the exception of a few demented scenes teleported over from a stranger, better comedy . . . Thunder Force is as sloppy and disappointing as the label “A Ben Falcone Film” previously suggested.
  7. Year One
    Perhaps the best that can be said for Year One is that it aims low and hits the mark.
  8. Red One
    For all its built-in cynicism and tired tropes, Red One is not as insufferable as you’d expect. At the least you can count on Evans and Johnson committing to the bit and selling all the broad gags they can, which should be enough to win over the elves in your family.
  9. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    The plot's not so hot -- it feels like it was jotted down by someone on an after-dinner napkin.
  10. Mercy
    It’s not like the premise isn’t intriguing. It’s just that the result is the kind of soulless response you’d expect from AI, should it be prompted to make a “screenlife” version of Minority Report, with some elements from Speed.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Smurfs 2
    Only adults with 'Smurf-holm syndrome' could love this film.
  12. Alice Through the Looking Glass
    As Alice, Wasikowska, who has lost the injured look that made her so effective the first time out, creates a character who is fundamentally sweet, likeable and loyal.
  13. The Man from Toronto
    A stupendously dull action-comedy that is devoid of both thrills and humour.
  14. Jingle All the Way
    For those who are looking for a Capracornish sentimental tale about the Christmas spirit lost and re-discovered in the harried modern world, this holiday film is far too acerbic and frantic to play the heart strings. [22 Nov 1996, p.D6]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  15. The Fourth Kind
    In truth, what follows is less disturbing than intriguing – to audiences hip to the mechanics of horror flicks, it's rare fun to be fooled, and this one is pretty damned clever.
  16. Imaginary
    Imaginary is as dour a slog as M3GAN was a bloody bit of self-aware camp.
  17. Baggage Claim
    Otherwise, Brody, Scott and Jenifer Lewis (as Montana’s imperious oft-married mom) give this formulaic material maximum comic spin.
  18. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
    Sure ain't a movie. Nope, it's a product, pure and very simple and carefully tested to sell to the widest possible market.
  19. Lake Placid
    A formulaic thriller, treated in a style that's just shy of outright parody.
  20. The Black Stallion Returns
    The Black Stallion Returns is not a magic monument - it's only a terrific film for kids. [26 Mar 1983]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  21. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    In a franchise rife with missteps, this sequel does not dishonour its source. Hats off (and heads off) to the film’s creators.
  22. Ninja Assassin
    A convincing, reasonably co-ordinated action movie. Nothing special, but lovers of the genre will enjoy the workouts, especially if they bring night-vision glasses.
  23. Basic
    Confused, and confusing.
  24. The Keep
    The Keep has opened just in time - if it had waited another couple of weeks, it would have been the worst horror movie of 1984 and there wouldn't have been anything to look forward to all year. [17 Dec 1983]
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  25. Excess Baggage
    No one is likely to mistake Excess Baggage for a great movie, but it is an intriguing piece of pop sociology.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Dead Silence
    The movie's uninteresting characters, boneheaded dialogue and flagrantly nonsensical narrative detract considerably from the virtues of the visual design.
  27. 10,000 BC
    If you thought "300" was silly, think of 10,000 BC as 33.333 times sillier.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Knife Fight
    Means and ends meet briefly, shrug and disappear under a torrent of self-flattering clichés.
  29. Zoolander 2
    Zoolander 2 feels like a hasty collection of last-minute comedy panic attacks.
  30. Valentine's Day
    In your typical subpar Hollywood romcom, there’s only one tedious love story to put up with. Well, Valentine’s Day (such a clever title) does a whole lot better than that: It offers 10 tedious love stories to put up with.
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