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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. Choke
    Maybe this stuff works on the page, in Chuck Palahniuk's darkly comic novel, but Choke is awfully tough to digest on the screen.
  2. The Lucky Ones
    If this is meant to look fresh while still being sensitive, it doesn't and it isn't.
  3. Ghost Town
    An innovative romantic comedy that is a mixture of British spice and American sugar.
  4. Igor
    One of those non-stop jabbering cartoons in which most of the lines sound like the spontaneous riffs from a couple of comics sitting around a diner.
  5. My Best Friend's Girl
    An ugly, strictly-for-meatheads comedy that can only be recommended to couples who wear matching Tie Domi Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys out on a date.
  6. Lakeview Terrace
    Here's a vote of gratitude for Samuel L. Jackson, who has become a specialist in making mediocre movies far more entertaining than they should be.
  7. Appaloosa
    Appaloosa wobbles and wanders, promising to take a fresh look at those old myths, only to lapse back into weary convention.
  8. Battle in Seattle
    Near the end of the movie, Django jokes that, after the protests, people may still not know what the WTO is, but "they know it's bad." That's a fair summation of how much insight Battle in Seattle provides for its viewers.
  9. The Duchess
    As for true-love Charles, he would ascend to the Prime Minister's office, and then rise again to even greater heights: They named the tea after him. Indeed, that may be the smartest way to see this flick, curled up on your sofa with a cup of Earl Grey -- just make sure it's as decaffeinated as what you're watching.
  10. Burn After Reading
    It's clear that Burn After Reading is a wannabe cult favourite -- some viewers may embrace it; many more will just want to burn after watching.
  11. The Women
    For all its current political incorrectness, the original film at least attacked hypocrisy; this one practises it.
  12. Righteous Kill
    In pairing the two icons, Righteous Kill is definitely an event. What it isn't is much of a movie. Such a waste.
  13. Bangkok Dangerous
    Doesn't work because it isn't much of a ride. The action scenes are strictly by rote. The incidental characters are all incidental.
  14. The Pool
    A miraculous, American-made Hindi film that is every bit as tranquil as the blue-green reservoir that serves as its abiding metaphor.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Goal II: Living the Dream
    David Beckham may star in Goal II: Living the Dream but calling him an actor is like calling his wife a singer.
    • 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.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Babylon A.D.
    The storyline is a sinkhole that swallows up any sense and suspense.
  18. I Served the King of England
    Should be a brilliant picture, one last testament to the intertwined sensibilities of two brave artists. Should be, but isn't.
  19. Sukiyaki Western Django
    In the world of pulp movies, where horror, westerns and Asian exploitation borrow and blend with each other, there's a point where the cross-genre mishmash begins to feel like gobbledegook. That's definitely the case with Sukiyaki Western Django.
  20. Traitor
    Traitor becomes too busy, ultimately frustrating, and never delivers on its tantalizing promise of offering a little insight into terrorists' motives – and it's even got an inside man.
  21. Death Race
    Death Race is our unshaven Brit hero's inevitable comeuppance: The Prison Job.
  22. The House Bunny
    Yes, from "Blonde" to "Bunny," it's abundantly evident that the two scribes have mastered, truly mastered, the serious art of self-plagiarism.
  23. The Longshots
    A pleasant flick, more suitable for families than football fans.
  24. Hamlet 2
    Let's just say that, when the parody looks indistinguishable from the parodied, something's gone awry.
  25. Trouble the Water
    Spike Lee's voluminous "When the Levees Broke" proved a thorough indictment, a compilation of tragic and appalling facts encyclopedically catalogued. By contrast, Trouble the Water (on Oscar's short-list in the best doc category) has a more personal focus and, although just as damning, manages to strike a more hopeful chord.
  26. I.O.U.S.A.
    George W. Bush is hammered for doubling the debt load with his high-spending, low-taxing ways.
  27. The Rocker
    Silly, and unashamedly second-hand, the movie is essentially a Jack Black movie without Jack Black, which is, arguably, an improvement.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    While the movie and the accompanying series are being pitched to a younger audience than most new Star Wars ventures, parents may be perturbed by the film's relentless violence.
  29. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Gotham gives way to Gaudi and the Met to Miro, but the sensibility is the same, the city as a precious treasure, and so is the message: Life may be hard and short, love may be flawed or doomed, but, my, aren't we blessed with lovely distractions.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Henry Poole Is Here
    While his sincerity is admirable, Pellington is reluctant to offer any ideas that are more theologically complex than 'Faith is valuable' and 'Life is for living.'
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