The Globe and Mail (Toronto)'s Scores

Select another publication »
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
7291 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. The Conspirator
    Redford hasn't moved too far here from an earlier political-thriller template: With its skulduggery, late-night meetings and the contemptuous political cabal out to thwart justice, The Conspirator can be thought of as "All the President's Men – The Lincoln Edition."
  2. Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
    It's outstandingly obnoxious.
  3. Prom
    More interestingly, it's also kind of sweet in a contrived and fumbling first-kiss sort of way.
  4. Fast Five
    The 131-minute, car-racing film is adolescent guy date histrionics – screaming tires, snappy putdowns and, because we're in Rio, an occasional influx of bodies beautiful in Band-Aid bikinis.
  5. Bill Cunningham New York
    Not surprisingly, it's a cinematic mash note, but apparently a deserved one.
  6. African Cats
    No doubt, life is tough in the wild but, this being a Disney flick, it's loving too and even comes with a kiddie-friendly narrative that's easy to summarize and hard to dispute.
  7. Water for Elephants
    When the tent folds and the dust settles, the question is not whether the movie is good – sorry, not a chance – but whether it's garish enough, sappy enough, Hollywood enough to rise to the level of being likeably bad. Is it, in short, a guilty pleasure?
  8. In a Better World
    Give director Susanne Bier full marks: Her encasing parable is brand new and immediately provocative.
  9. Kaboom
    A film with enough sexy one-liners to tempt Mae West from the grave.
  10. Rubber
    Though it's undoubtedly ingenious, for such a clever movie, it's a shame Rubber couldn't be more fun.
  11. Soul Surfer
    Soul Surfer is a true story that plays like bad fiction.
  12. Born to Be Wild
    While the visuals aren't nearly as eye-popping as those of the underwater movies, the film is more inspiring thanks to its human heroines.
  13. Your Highness
    By comparison to this effort, "Pineapple Express" seems like a model of thoughtful maturity.
  14. Hanna
    It's one of those imperfect pictures that manages to command and hold our attention straight from the opening frames.
  15. Arthur
    Apparently, somebody thought it was time for a remake. Clearly, somebody was dead wrong.
  16. Wrecked
    It's Adrien Brody's turn to find himself the lone and immobilized star of an emerging new genre: Call it the anti-action flick.
  17. Winter in Wartime
    View the Second World War through a child's eyes and the result isn't hard to predict: a loss-of-innocence tale. Winter in Wartime is the boilerplate version, with the already dramatic facts of the era ramped up to melodramatic levels. Little wonder it rings so false.
  18. Insidious
    Throughout, Wilson and Byrne play these parts straightforward and there's an undercurrent of real anguish in the struggle of parents coping with a child's long-term care.
  19. Hop
    In this Willy Wonka-like animated world where multihued candies move about on assembly lines, the constant introduction to Rube Goldberg-style devices and slapstick action grows increasingly tiresome.
  20. Source Code
    Michelle Monaghan's clowning response to her boyfriend's sudden histrionics lends the drama a giddy fizz.
  21. Outside the Law
    A great-looking, fast-paced film and, to his credit, Bouchareb doesn't bathe the F.L.N. in a completely flattering light. But narrowing the focus to one central conflicted character and tightening the time frame might have given the audience something more to ponder than the action of a historical revenge thriller.
  22. Certified Copy
    Ultimately, Certified Copy – with its unresolved loose ends – is a puzzle box without a key.
  23. White Irish Drinkers
    From that title on down, White Irish Drinkers is a compendium of clichés struggling to upgrade its status and become a respectable archetype.
  24. Win Win
    Win Win is a paragon of truth at a slow jog, but that upbeat sprint to the finish feels like a big cheat.
  25. Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules
    Once it becomes clear that the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an equal-opportunity offender, and that it is the politically correct modern family that is being picked on, rather than young Greg, the film becomes cheerfully mischievous fun for everyone.
  26. Limitless
    Add it all up, including the nifty twist at the end, and what we have here is a fun Hollywood flick with a good head on its shoulders.
  27. The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
    Yes, it's all quite mad, Max, with a shaggy-dog ending to boot. But this giddiness, its go-for-broke/what-the-hellness, also is the film's strength.
  28. Kill the Irishman
    A big, bloated, though frequently engaging gangster movie, Kill the Irishman should properly be viewed late night on TV, flipping back and forth between the film, David Letterman and a west-coast ball game.
  29. The Lincoln Lawyer
    What began as quick and engaging, Hollywood craft at its most proficient, ends as dull and predictable, Hollywood product back in formulaic mode.
  30. I Saw the Devil
    A typical mixture of the artful and the repellent.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »