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For 6,610 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: 2,503 out of 6610
  2. Mixed: 3,787 out of 6610
  3. Negative: 320 out of 6610
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  1. The Critic
    The film has an odd teatime glow of cosy-crime sentimentality which deadens the effect, and this period drama can’t quite bring itself to show that, in the 1930s, murder was punishable by death. But McKellen overrides these concerns; his glorious star quality and dash make him the only possible casting.
  2. Bolan's Shoes
    Spall keeps the performance tight, projecting not just Jimmy’s damaged psyche but also his wit.
  3. The Nettle Dress
    The film too has a meditative effect, with its soothing, gentle rhythms, watching the seasons changing, and sense of time passing.
  4. Journey to Bethlehem
    If you feel the need to watch a faith film, you could do far, far worse than this one, a decently staged musical treatment of the nativity that feels like a Christian version of a live action Disney movie.
  5. Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
    This portrait of title subject Lhakpa Sherpa, the only woman to have summited Mount Everest 10 times, is so densely packed with uplifting moments that at times it feels like emotional mountaineering – but the climb has terrific views.
  6. Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
    It’s a pleasant enough watch, listening in as these various acts grapple with whichever Bolan masterwork they’ve opted to try – though there’s not much in the way of on-screen fireworks on show, and in any case the film doesn’t get to linger on any single performance; you’ve barely got to grips with one song before it’s off to another.
  7. His Three Daughters
    Given His Three Daughters’ fidelity to the cold facts of dying, the final minutes makes a bold and uneasy logic leap that pulls on the heartstrings but feels too neat for a drama this lived in, for sibling bonds this spiky.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gasoline Rainbow
    The result is a movie in the tradition of “vibes” film-making, less interested in a propulsive plot than exploring the revealing and delightful moments that arise from spontaneous human interactions.
  9. Widow Clicquot
    It’s not quite the full grand cru period drama from the Merchant Ivory vintage, but rather a semi-sparkling biopic.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
    Luckily, there are enough idiosyncrasies to set it apart not only from US superhero cinema but from earlier adaptations of the same story (including a kitsch, cartoonish 2016 take, League of Gods, which starred Jet Li).
  11. Sing Sing
    It’s an intriguing filmic tribute to the rehabilitation programme: effective altruism in action.
  12. Together 99
    The original delivered some big laughs, scenes that were an absolute joy. This is less good-natured; it is a film with streak of misanthropy, more likely to leave a sour taste in the mouth than a smile on your face.
  13. Last Straw
    It’s encouraging to see low-budget early-career film-making with ambition.
  14. The Seeding
    Haze is excellent: pacing, weeping, baring his teeth and adding ample unruly emotion to his prison.
  15. My Sailor, My Love
    My Sailor, My Love is worth watching for Walker’s excellent portrayal of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown and the damage accruing from being the perpetual caretaker of the family.
  16. Carlos
    Indeed, it is not clear how interested director Rudy Valdez is in Santana, or whether he is just doing this gig as a means to an end.
  17. Mean Girls
    There are plenty of laughs and fun along the way.
  18. Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
    At one point, Michel Troisgros insists that cuisine is not cinema, but real life. But Wiseman continually spotlights the importance of close observation in ingredients, taste, preparation and presentation that enables the elevation of the material world into art; from creme brulee forensics, to the staff finicking with the tableware until the setting is just-so.
  19. American Symphony
    Batiste is a cheerful and inspiring presence but there’s a guardedness to him that keeps us at a respectful distance. His relentless optimism, so integral when he’s trying to keep everyone’s spirits up, can also function as a shield.
  20. Fackham Hall
    This enjoyable silver-spoon romp packs all of its 97 minutes with jokes and bits ranging from the puerile to the genuinely funny, proving that there may yet be more to wring from eat-the-rich satire.
  21. Ballywalter
    Thank goodness for Kerslake, who drives the action, literally and figuratively. Her portrayal of the damaged but resilient Eileen is prickly, unsentimental and true.
  22. The Convert
    Tamahori builds a largely credible aura, supported by uniformly strong performances and Gin Loane’s classy cinematography. But The Convert is one of those films with occasional moments that make you go “huh?”
  23. Silent Night
    His to-the-point revenge thriller Silent Night isn’t good enough for us to erupt into the applause Woo has so often deserved, but it’s also not bad enough for us to mourn the film-maker that he once was, a mostly competent exercise that serves less as a victory lap and more as a warm-up.
  24. Fantastic Machine
    Sometimes it feels like a cross between a film studies lecture and what happens when you leave YouTube to keep autoplaying while the all-powerful algorithm suggests more and more content.
  25. The Book of Clarence
    Stanfield is a performer whom you can’t help warming to, although here, as sometimes in the past, I found myself wanting him to bring something extra in the third act, some new level of energy or anger. But maybe it would be wrong here.
  26. The Road Dance
    It’s sentimental, though the way Kirsty is helped by women boiling with fury at the injustice does feel modern.
  27. The Magic Flute
    This is a genial and good-natured production with much spectacle and entertainment to offer, and, like all of Branagh's classical revivals on celluloid, it manages to be high-minded and yet accessible.
  28. The Kitchen
    A worthwhile, engaged film.
  29. The Queen of My Dreams
    It slips just a little too easily into the generic pigeonholing of first generation south Asian narratives, but rattles along with fun and energy.
  30. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
    It’s stylishly shot by first-timer Louis-Seize, a bit reminiscent of an early Jim Jarmusch movie with its deadpan sense of humour, never trying too hard, just a little bit too cool for school.
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