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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. The Painted Veil
    The whole affair seems curiously bloodless and often more torpid than torrid.
  2. The Outside Story
    One reason The Outside Story works is that it doesn’t follow an established template. Nozkowski pre-empts speculation by divulging Young’s backstory at a steady pace. And while the script is laudable for its gentle laughs, it is Henry’s portrayal of Young that holds our attention.
  3. It
    From its haunting opening in Derry's gently flooded streets to its nightmarish finale in the forsaken sewers underneath, this new version of It stands as a solid execution of King's modus operandi.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Trading Places
    Trading Places, which is wildly funny at times, is Murphy's film. [10 Jun 1983]
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  5. Cold Souls
    Cold Souls begins to lose its comic focus, however, when Giamatti comes to realize that he needs his soul back.
  6. How to Build a Girl
    The nerd’s coming-of-age is a well-established genre, as is humiliation comedy, yet Coky Giedroyc’s How to Build a Girl is different enough to stand out.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Shock to the System
    A Shock to the System is a beautiful, subtle satire of corporate America, providing a fresh slant on the visceral nastiness hovering beneath the glossy surface. The tension in the film is superb, swelling and receding with just the right degrees of intensity and the plot has enough unanticipated twists to provide thrills right until the end. [13 Oct 1990]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  8. Tuesday
    So much of its script is frustratingly trite, its perspective on grief never rising above grade-school emotions, with thin characters forced to carry its surface-level themes.
  9. The Vigil
    In writer-director Keith Thomas’s bid to add a layer of thematic novelty to a familiar genre, he has come up with a mish-mash that will satisfy only those with extremely acquired tastes.
  10. Life During Wartime
    Todd Solondz isn't for everyone, maybe not even most people...he's a comic filmmaker whose idea of entertainment is shredding chum into a shark tank.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Unknown Known
    He’s a fox who’s used to being hounded by journalists, and as such he’s a very elusive subject for a documentary – even one by a filmmaker who’s renowned for getting his subjects to talk.
  12. I Am Greta
    The longer I Am Greta goes on, the more clear it becomes that Grossman is content to just tag along for the ride, adding little cinematic depth or insight to the environmentalist’s trajectory.
  13. Penguins
    Educating young audiences as it entertains just about anyone, Penguins features the droll narration of Ed Helms and some great Antarctic cinematography.
  14. Operation Avalanche
    For those looking for a brash new entry in the cinematic landscape, Operation Avalanche is an almost otherworldly gift. The best part of all: No one had to die. I think.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
    It's clear the director's proximity to the family stopped her from going into uncomfortable territory. We never learn much about Vreeland's husband or how his wife's high profile and dedication to work affected their relationship.
  16. Julia
    With a plethora of archival material and strong interviews, this documentary argues that the exuberant Julia Child was a protofeminist who invented the profession of TV chef as she introduced the notion that food should taste good to the land of the Jell-O salad.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Bill W.
    All you needed was to accept your imperfection and reach out to others who'd done the same. Surely the man who said that must be perfect.
  18. Blockers
    For all its loud signalling of raunch ahead, Blockers is funnier that you might expect: It’s a reliable laugh machine that features enough jabs at contemporary mores, alongside a discreet social conscience and some successfully female-centric comedy, that it rises above the inevitable chug-and-vomit jokes.
  19. Green Book
    Farrelly’s film is worth witnessing, especially given how it is now all but destined to dominate the awards conversation. But do yourself a favour: Each time your fellow moviegoers burst into applause, ask just who it is they’re clapping for.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Of an Age
    Call the film sensitive or tender all you want, but one thing it doesn’t have is nuance
  21. Alps
    Alps, in spite of its title, is a very flat film, from the shallow focus photography, to the actors' monotone delivery.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
    In the end, it’s the songs that provide the most eloquent and lasting testimony.
  23. Boy Erased
    Edgerton, who also plays the tightly wound chief of the conversion-therapy organization here, wrings devastating performances from his cast, including Lucas Hedges as Garrard, and Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman as his parents.
  24. Stakeout
    A film where the cast neatly dovetails with the script which perfectly meshes with the direction. In short, a film that works. [5 Aug 1987]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  25. The Avengers
    Expected too is the result: a kind of sterile opulence or, if you prefer, a magnificent emptiness.
  26. Barton Fink
    This hip morality tale is by no means perfect - it's not the masterpiece "Miller's Crossing" was - but it is stylish, intelligent, witty and more than slightly creepy.
  27. Beirut
    Beirut is as solid a film as Hamm is a performer. The movie is not a flashy affair, but it does hit in unexpected ways and uses its pretty faces (Hamm, but also Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike, another performer who should be ruling the world) to deliver something you will likely expect, but nonetheless appreciate.
  28. American Hardcore
    In a better work, the filmmaker would talk to hardcore punks about their parents, affairs, regrets, dreams and day jobs in an effort to explore the fledgling movement. Here, however, we get little more than a marathon MTV rap session, as Rachman drives about North America, yakking with aging punk heroes about the good ol' bad ol' days.
  29. The In-Laws
    In The In-Laws, there is nothing to keep Alan Arkin and Peter Falk from becoming one of the most enchanting comedy teams in movies - nothing except direction, script and cinematography. [20 Jun 1979]
    • The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  30. There's Something About Mary
    There are several scenes in There's Something About Mary that are so absurdly original and outrageous they will leave audiences talking about them for weeks.
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