The Guardian's Scores

Select another publication »
For 6,585 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: 2,496 out of 6585
  2. Mixed: 3,770 out of 6585
  3. Negative: 319 out of 6585
6585 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Director Marielle Heller and screenwriters Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue have adroitly set up the tightrope that Tom Hanks has to walk across, stretching it between irony and belief, and the result is a really entertaining and touching film.
  2. Uncut Gems
    It’s a remarkable match-up between film-makers and actor and reaffirms the importance of that partnership, especially for a movie star stuck in a profitable rut. Sandler deserves more, and if he wants us to keep watching, then so do we.
  3. Aquarela
    Victor Kossakovsky’s Aquarela is an absorbing and disturbing spectacle, a sensory film about the climate crisis, and it begins with what might be the soundtrack to the end of the world – a persistent tinkling, crackling, trickling.
  4. Harriet
    The result falls somewhere between a slave-escape drama, an action thriller, a western and even an unexpected kind of superhero film. It’s a winning combination, although Lemmons does not immerse us in the agony and injustice of slavery as such; she puts together a well-crafted movie that is the showcase for an excellent performance from Erivo.
  5. Dolemite Is My Name
    It’s a heartfelt, funny, satisfying film.
  6. Marriage Story
    Baumbach seeks to mine his material for laughs, no matter how desperate the situation becomes.
  7. Ordinary Love
    There are, arguably, scenes in this film which are less than subtle – and there were times when I wanted something more indirect. But Manville and Neeson have a real empathy and intimacy on screen.
  8. True History of the Kelly Gang
    It is a very grueling spectacle, often brilliant, sometimes slightly redundant and perhaps not able to maintain the storytelling rush of its first act. But it is always weirdly plausible in its pure strangeness and in the oddly poignant moments
  9. Ema
    While I confess that I found Ema to be a notch down on his best work, it’s still hugely distinctive and daring and may well be a grower.
  10. How to Build a Girl
    What a thoroughly likeable and funny film.
  11. The Laundromat
    The film’s prize asset ... is Meryl Streep.
  12. The Painted Bird
    The Painted Bird is a brutal kind of ordeal, but eerie, unearthly and even beautiful sometimes: a bad dream that leaks into waking reality.
  13. La Flor
    You will no doubt bail out at some point – but that’s part of the deal. Llinás has done enough to make sure we come back.
  14. The Killer
    The Killer is quite a spectacle and, incidentally, much more pessimistic than Sirk.
  15. Gwen
    This is not social realism in the style of Ken Loach, but it is a film with a strong sense of outrage. Some might find it relentlessly bleak.
  16. The Perfect Candidate
    The Perfect Candidate is the sort of film I can imagine getting a remake in contemporary America or Britain, with not as many changes as we might assume.
  17. About Endlessness
    About Endlessness contains moments of devilish wit, but at heart it is a sad, sweet picture, threaded with themes of estrangement and separation. Andersson isn’t exactly asking us to laugh at or pity these people. Instead, we’re being encouraged to wonder at their predicament – and perhaps relate it to our own.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Devils
    There is much to irritate in the film, but it's bold, individual and a landmark in British cinema, with outstanding performances.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Casualties of War
    An impressively faithful and highly effective film, aside from the misjudged [spoiler omitted] ending.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »