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For 7,291 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: 4,349 out of 7291
  2. Mixed: 1,826 out of 7291
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7291
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  1. The Snowman
    An awkward, needlessly dark, atrocious mess whose visual tics courtesy of director Tomas Alfredson amount to, basically, snow. So. Much. Snow. Shockingly, a fetish for the white stuff in no way overcomes any clunky narrative obstacles here – and they are legion.
  2. Wild Things
    This picture breaks through the limits and goes way beyond the pale -- it seems to enjoy irking us for the sheer hell of it.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem
    It's unclear whether any of the actors here have promising political careers since their only purposes are to serve as prey, adversaries and involuntary incubators to their guests.
  4. Village of the Damned
    His take on metaphor is painfully literal, his approach to style is hilariously Hollywood. In lieu of black-and-white realism, we're given visual shtick. [02 May 1995]
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  5. 54
    There are easily 54 reasons to dis 54, but let's start and finish with the obvious: The script plays like a proud offering from the lead hand at the Cliché Factory.
  6. Furry Vengeance
    The paradox here is that the message of respect for animal life is outweighed by the lack of respect for human beings.
  7. Austenland
    Somewhere in literary afterlife, dear reader, Jane Austen has just rolled over and reached for her musket.
  8. The Virginity Hit
    The Virginity Hit is another slice of "American Pie," one more youth comedy that encourages its cast (and audience) to ridicule a fumbling, well-meaning teenager.
  9. Land of the Lost
    Land of the Lost is one of those films so caught up in its concept it has forgotten its audience.
    • 17 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Delta Farce
    Delta Farce is so relentlessly racist (and homophobic), without ever having the intelligence to pass that bigotry off as satire, that viewers will be left thinking "Borat" has a soft touch.
  11. Bitter Harvest
    This is a story of villainous oppression, unfortunately told with oppressive earnestness.
  12. The Dilemma
    Where the hell is the movie?
    • 54 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Michael Moore in TrumpLand
    From his limp, liberal feminist pulpit (from which he also spews sexist jokes), Moore makes a condescending case for why Clinton isn’t only the least-bad choice, but an actually good choice. His thesis? Basically: she’s the pantsuit Beyoncé!
  14. Madhouse
    The madness of Madhouse simply eludes me. [16 Feb 1990]
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  15. Popeye
    A shamelessly commercial and determinedly vulgar director, such as Flash Gordon's Mike Hodges, might have made the film work; it might have succeeded on one level instead of failing on many. [13 Dec 1980, p.E7]
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  16. The Honeymooners
    The filmmakers have also advertised that their new movie eliminates the "Pow! Right in the kisser!" threats of spousal abuse that permeated the original series. The question of audience abuse has yet to be addressed.
  17. The Haunting in Connecticut
    C'mon, in matters of haunted-house inhabitation, settling into an ex-mortuary is like renting above a dentist's office -- ashen faces and ghastly screams come with the territory.
  18. The Godfather: Part III
    More than merely another bad movie, it's the most depressing development yet in Coppola's career. It's a would-be cash cow bred cynically to excrete money, the arty answer to "Child's Play 2" or "Back to the Future III."
  19. Honeymoon in Vegas
    Just when you think it's going to rollick, this lazy movie rolls over and plays dead When Honeymoon's ends, it's not a moment too soon. [28 Aug 1992]
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  20. She Hate Me
    One of the most preposterous efforts by any major director in recent memory.
  21. The Guru
    Here is a truly unfunny comedy from Universal Studios, which seems determined to prove that Hollywood can be opportunistic and clueless at the same time.
  22. Vacancy
    This is a no-cable, no-wake-up-call, cash-only dump of a film, where you breathe through a hankie and bring your own Lysol.
  23. 10
    The biggest anti-bonus of all, however, is the subject itself: running amok in middle-age. The French have already gnawed that particular turkey meatless. Now it has been passed to North Americans, who are picking the bones. Those bones rattle. [6 Oct 1979]
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  24. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
    If you are expecting a pleasant evening of escapism, you will be cruelly fooled. The editor responsible for the trailer is clearly a genius.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Malibu's Most Wanted
    So far as I can remember, no such film has ever asked its audience to experience the level of excruciating discomfort an actual fish must feel when it is gored by a sharp hook, yanked into the air, and left to flail in desperation before succumbing to an agonizing death... Until now.
  26. Curse of the Pink Panther
    All that's missing are the laughs. In their place, we get wall-to-wall predictability. [13 Aug 1983]
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  27. xXx: State of the Union
    The most gratifying thing about xXx: State of the Union is that nobody wastes much time on character, motivation, plausibility, dialogue or sex -- all that slow stuff that drags down ordinary movies.
  28. American Underdog
    American Underdog is a film so disjointed, so boring and so deeply uninspiring that it is difficult to root for anyone, or even think of Warner as a genuine underdog.
  29. Shock and Awe
    This sadly derivative film has one too many screenings of "All the President’s Men" written all over it.
    • 15 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    College
    In the battle for the hearts, minds and fat wallets of North American teens, College fights dirtier and sinks lower than most gross-out screen comedies.
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