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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. 17 Again
    This mix of titillation and sentimentality can pass as family entertainment because 17 Again is so weightless, a succession of one-liners, sincere monologues and logical absurdities.
  2. Every Little Step
    An uncommonly tender and observant documentary on the phenomenon that is "A Chorus Line."
  3. Lemon Tree
    Often refuses to adhere to the formula, sometimes offering a tantalizing ambiguity, other times aspiring to a more complex drama it cannot entirely deliver.
  4. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
    Surprisingly touching and funny.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hannah Montana: The Movie
    Music, naturally, is a big part of this movie -- Disney has a soundtrack to sell -- with both Cyruses, Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts performing.
  6. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
    Remember the final page of Gatsby, a real American tragedy, when the green light beckons us into an ever-receding future? Now that was a mystery. This is, well, Pittsburgh.
  7. Observe and Report
    One of those comedies that is more peculiar than actually funny.
  8. Lymelife
    There's a whole lot of "American Beauty" and "The Ice Storm" packed into Lymelife.
  9. Fast & Furious
    Brian and Dom could drive from L.A. to Mexico City and back blindfolded, but would require a GPS to find the zipper of a dress. The only time they smile here is when they are alone in a garage, tinkering with their dream cars.
  10. Adventureland
    Yes, the delight of this movie lies in these devilish details, and it's clear that writer-director Greg Mottola knows them well.
  11. Bart Got a Room
    Here's something you don't see every day: a high-school comedy for old poops.
  12. Sugar
    Mainly, though, the film's strength is reportorial, sensitively exploring a theme that has grown ever more prominent with the globalization of sport.
  13. Tulpan
    Funny, fascinating, utterly unclassifiable film.
  14. Monsters vs Aliens
    Despite the 3-D gadgetry, there's a musty odour to the script.
  15. Goodbye Solo
    At heart, though, every moviegoer can recognize a love story, no matter how unusual the context.
  16. 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.
  17. Shall We Kiss?
    Perhaps the film's biggest weakness is that all the characters are so naive and petty you can't really work up much fervour about who sleeps with whom. That would never be a question in a movie like "Casablanca."
  18. The Education of Charlie Banks
    What doesn't work so persuasively is Elkoff's script, particularly the overuse of voice-over.
  19. I Love You, Man
    Both Rudd and Segel have splendid comic timing and their improvised scenes leap out from the script.
  20. Duplicity
    So this is a light/bright movie that actually illuminates our dull grey lives, reminding us that intrigue can be, well, intriguing. And damn sexy too.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Knowing
    A catalogue of made-in-America delusions, hallucinations and cosmic catastrophes that draws on environmental fear-mongering in one reel and evangelical lore the next.
  22. Sin Nombre
    Thrilling and beautifully crafted.
  23. Valentino: The Last Emperor
    Superficial but giddily entertaining backstage documentary.
  24. The Last House on the Left
    Horror fans anticipating grisly laughs are in for a jolt. Because the new Last House, though terrifying, is never, ever fun.
  25. Race to Witch Mountain
    Young male earthlings should like everything about Race to Witch Mountain. Just make sure you race your caffeinated charges to the washrooms right after the movie to defuel so there won't be any accidents on the space shuttle home.
  26. Sunshine Cleaning
    It's like an elevated form of sitcom acting, which may be inevitable because this movie, and all its quirky/heartfelt kin, are an elevated version of the sitcom itself.
  27. Tokyo Sonata
    Turns out to be one of the most compelling, finely orchestrated and oddly enchanting films of the year so far.
  28. Watchmen
    Like the writings of William Burroughs or Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," Watchmen falls into the category of what might be called meta-pulp, a multilayered fiction that serves as a parody and commentary on our collective bottom-feeding fantasies.
  29. Tokyo!
    Perhaps it is inevitable as three foreign directors train their lenses on that unique island culture of the East that all three are propelled by fantasy or science fiction, and suggest more alienation from Tokyo than affection for the great city.
  30. 12
    Yes, Mikhalkov has set himself quite the agenda, but in the end the film is too much of a piece with its topic, intensely fascinating yet seriously flawed. The verdict? Guilty, with extenuating circumstances.
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