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For 6,608 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 London Road
Lowest review score: 0 Melania
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,502 out of 6608
  2. Mixed: 3,786 out of 6608
  3. Negative: 320 out of 6608
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  1. Brimstone
    Brimstone is hampered somewhat by its ponderous, doom-laden pace, and resultant bloated running time, but remains an intriguing slant on the spaghetti western.
  2. Salt and Fire
    For all his faults as a narrative film-maker, Herzog can at least be counted on to keep his non-documentary excursions unpredictable.
  3. Una
    Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn bring a controlled intensity and force – and even a twisted kind of chemistry – to this disturbing if structurally flawed movie.
  4. Strange Weather
    Katherine Diekmann’s Strange Weather is a fairly simple melodrama, and one that could use a few reminders that it is better to show not tell. But as a showcase it’s a role that would fuel actors’ dreams.
  5. Klown Forever
    Klown Forever has even less of a plot than the first film, which is a bit of a problem.
  6. Antibirth
    Perez’ style is like a less-serious David Lynch, which is a nice comparison for a first-timer. Not all of his scenes nail that eerie surrealism, but he’s got a knack for a well-placed prop and the right timing for a dopey gag to come in and pop the balloon of suspense.
  7. Dancer
    This is a sympathetic, serviceable but respectfully unintrusive documentary about the Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin.
  8. Swallows and Amazons
    This Swallows and Amazons is decent enough: but probably best savoured on the small screen after tea on a rainy Sunday.
  9. Bobby Sands: 66 Days
    Sands is still an opaque figure by the end of this film. We have his sombre writings and journals but, interestingly, there are hardly any clear photographs, and we learn little about him as a human being.
  10. The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
    As a collection, The Seasons in Quincy certainly hangs together; it’s also an absolutely inspired way of approaching its subject. If the outcome is a little uneven; well, that’s the price that sometimes has to be paid.
  11. Tharlo
    As a bit of anthropology offering a glimpse into Tibetan life today, it’s perfectly serviceable.
  12. Miss Hokusai
    It is an interesting work, delicately and discreetly animated, with a quiet visual coup in its final moments.
  13. Miss Sloane
    Chastain single handedly prevents it all from veering off the rails by dominating Miss Sloane with her forceful presence. She grounds her heroine to ensure you’re with her.
  14. Maudie
    If anyone other than Hawkins were in this film, it would be very hard to recommend. With her in virtually every scene, it is a lovely, tiny character study.
  15. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
    Gere’s commitment to the role almost makes up for the film’s flaws.
  16. Nocturama
    By keeping its characters at such a far remove, the film doesn’t condemn them nor cheer them on. At least, not on paper. In actuality, with all the crafty editing moves, slick music cues and stylish production design, Nocturama does the one thing it shouldn’t: it makes domestic terrorism look cool.
  17. Catfight
    This odd, nasty yet rather funny little film tears apart ideas of sisterhood and female friendship and replaces them with burning hate and gratuitous violence.
  18. The Promise
    There’s something rather dusty about The Promise as George pushes his characters through a string of soapy machinations that feel incredibly familiar.
  19. The Untamed
    In all honesty The Untamed doesn’t seem to go anywhere special. But connoisseurs of oddness may cherish it.
  20. Tommy's Honour
    In the end, it’s Lowden’s fresh-faced enthusiasm and Mullan’s gravitas – operating at about a quarter of the level we know he’s capable of – keeping things afloat.
  21. Mulan
    An entertaining if straightforwardly glossy action-adventure from the Disney workshop.
  22. Courted
    There’s a soothing Altmanesque drift about this French drama.
  23. The Comedian
    The storyline does get frayed towards the end...but that’s not really the point; as long as you’re here for the dick jokes.
  24. Blinky Bill: The Movie
    Blinky’s cranked-to-11 embrace of Australianisms feels a little tacky, like looking inside one of those city shops that flog kangaroo keyrings and green and gold bucket hats. But it’s nevertheless refreshing to see an Australian movie so heart-on-sleeve about expressing national character.
  25. I Am Bolt
    Raised up on the big screen, the victories look even easier and more jaw-droppingly elemental: flashes of lightning, allowing us to share in the pleasure of watching a fellow human doing something simple preternaturally well.
  26. Michael Moore in TrumpLand
    Moore doesn’t want to tear Trump down so much as he wants to build Clinton up, and however much of a dingus he may be (some of his jokes really don’t work), he is sincere in his optimism and empathy. That’s something that you just can’t fake.
  27. Uncle Howard
    Here is a sensitive, intelligent portrait of film director Howard Brookner.
  28. Your Name.
    This thoroughly emo body-swap fantasia, a sizable hit on home turf, demonstrates that [Makoto Shinkai] inherited much of his [Hayao Miyazaki's] artistry and charm, but not yet his narrative mastery – nor, crucially, that magic that distinguishes lasting artworks from well-drawn ’toons for teens.
  29. All We Had
    It’s Holmes brazen performance that remains the chief drawing point in seeking out All We Had. She burrows deep under the skin of Rita, a woman firmly aware of her many flaws and tragically unable to address them.
  30. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Over two-and-a-half hours, you get a lot of deafening bangs for your buck, and the tourist location stunts are impressive - but there isn’t as much humour in the dialogue as before.
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