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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. Planet 51
    Bursting with potential that never gets realized.
  2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
    Actress Kristen Stewart – coolly intense, androgynous, and intelligent – remains the series' strongest asset, as Bela, the emotional centre of the story.
  3. The Blind Side
    A football story that deserves a penalty flag every other play for piling on the sentiment.
  4. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
    Surprisingly funny yarn about a drug-addled cop in the Big Easy.
  5. Broken Embraces
    At 128 minutes – Almodovar's longest film to date – Broken Embraces is an easy film to bid farewell to.
  6. Red Cliff
    As expected, it has gaping holes where back stories used to be. Still, it's a historical war movie with impressive sweep, strong characterizations and the kind of idiosyncratic flourishes that made Woo such an irresistible storyteller.
  7. 2012
    As always in Emmerich's rollicking Armageddons, the cannon speaks with an expensive bang, while the fodder gets afforded nary a whimper. Of course, that's just part of disaster's simple recipe: Blow us up, then blow us off.
  8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    The tale may be Dahl's, but there's a whole new wag to it – this is decidedly, weirdly and, at best, wonderfully a Wes Anderson movie.
  9. The Messenger
    "The Hurt Locker" may be getting all the attention and awards but The Messenger is at least as good and perhaps, given its delicate handling of a sensitive subject, even better.
  10. Pirate Radio
    Richard Curtis, the writer of "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill" and "Love, Actually," goes off-shore and out of his depth with Pirate Radio .
  11. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
    Precious is a bit like having a piano dropped on your head: messy but memorable.
  12. 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.
  13. A Christmas Carol
    This time, though, Zemeckis has another technical trick up his sleeve – 3-D – and for once the gimmick succeeds.
  14. The Men Who Stare at Goats
    These Stooges-like antics are more about showing what good sports his stars are than honing any real satiric edge.
  15. Collapse
    Even in a season of apocalyptic films, these facts are really, really scary.
  16. Gentlemen Broncos
    There's a lesson behind Gentlemen Broncos , the new film from director Jared Hess: Don't try to mock above your talent level.
  17. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
    The Boondock Saints II does, from time to time, display a vulgar charm. Or maybe it just wears you out.
  18. This Is It
    Without either the effect of a full concert spectacle, or up close and personal backstage intimacy, This Is It is neither one thing nor the other.
  19. Astro Boy
    Astro Boy definitely sets himself up for a sequel, and the overall scenario is ripe to explore many current issues. But let's hope the creators trade in the well-used parts for some fresh material.
  20. Amelia
    Amelia is the Mack truck of flight. Heavy and lumbering, it delivers the goods, but there's not an ounce of magic in the thing.
  21. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    More than anything, the film lacks a rapport with its audience.
  22. Antichrist
    The trouble is that Antichrist feels progressively symptomatic of a director losing heart.
  23. Where the Wild Things Are
    Less an adaptation of its source material than a therapeutic response to it.
  24. 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.
  25. The Maid
    A little gem of social realism that makes up in polish what it lacks in consistency.
  26. New York, I Love You
    All of the participating directors – save Balsmeyer and actor Natalie Portman – are known for features. So part of the interest is seeing how the short form puts their strengths, weaknesses, thematic interests or styles into sharp focus.
  27. Couples Retreat
    Here's the title: Couples Retreat. And here's the review: Couples, Retreat. Yep, just find the verb, treat it as a command, and vamoose, unless you harbour an abiding curiosity about how eternally long 100 minutes can feel.
  28. An Education
    Hornby is a fine craftsman and his dialogue sparkles, though occasionally the scenes are too calculated.
  29. 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.
  30. The Damned United
    Like a skill player who just can't score, The Damned United is all dazzle and no finish and, ultimately, damned frustrating.
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