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For 6,554 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: 2,481 out of 6554
  2. Mixed: 3,754 out of 6554
  3. Negative: 319 out of 6554
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  1. The Equalizer
    Denzel is so cool, so made of pure nails he can make even the most preposterous action scene feel thrilling. But Denzel's strength is also his weakness.
  2. Think Like a Man Too
    Put bluntly, Tim Story's film wears you down until you relent and say, yes, I like these people and it's fun to watch them all have such a good time.
  3. And So It Goes
    Embarrassing for everyone involved not because of any squeamish subject matter – quite the contrary, seeing retirement-age characters are refreshing – but because the story structure is so fake and so plodding.
  4. Finding Fela!
    Finding Fela does an exemplary job of explaining, in musical terms, what made Fela standout, a simple enough step that most music documentaries ignore.
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Young kids will find the second, more action-heavy half of the film entertaining, but everyone else will want to crawl into their shell.
  6. Life After Beth
    Life After Beth, a frustrating affair due to its waste of resources, feels rushed and under-rehearsed. It is a style of film-making that hopes it can glide its way into your good graces on ad-hoc performance flourishes, a wall-to-wall audio mix and editing patches. One soon recognizes this all a cover for one key issue: a lack of original ideas.
  7. The Giver
    By the end of the movie few won’t be rolling their eyes or checking their watch, but there’s enough that’s fundamentally good in the meat of film not to wholly reject what The Giver is giving us.
  8. The November Man
    There’s no way around this: The November Man is asinine. It is not without its pleasures – if you like seeing people get hit in the face with shovels, that is – but it might be the most irresponsibly dumb spy thriller I’ve seen in some time.
  9. St. Vincent
    There is a contrivance to both story and script that grates, rubs up against Murray’s appeal as a loose cannon.
  10. The Judge
    The Judge is a timeless film, in that it could have been made at almost any point over the past 80 years: rote plot, functional support, well-signalled twists. It’s a two-seater star vehicle offering little legroom for other passengers.
  11. The Identical
    The corn in The Identical is as tall as an elephant’s eye – but there’s nothing that says the story of a man torn between his religious upbringing and his desire to be a musician can’t make for a good movie. In fact, considering a little movie called "The Jazz Singer," there’s ample proof that it can be groundbreaking.
  12. Thunder and the House of Magic
    It is soulless, like something that has been generated by a computer programme.
  13. She's Funny That Way
    Bogdanovich is a formidable figure, but with this movie he’s just coasting. He surely needs to find a screenplay more attuned to his brilliance, rather than a derivative, low-octane comedy.
  14. 99 Homes
    This is a tough, muscular, idealistic drama that packs a mighty punch, and Shannon and Garfield are excellent.
  15. Manglehorn
    Pacino's Manglehorn is a subtle master class in neutral shading, with none of the garish flashes that sometimes bedevil his work.
  16. As Above, So Below
    There are some interestingly contrived moments of claustrophobia and surreal lunacy, but this cliched and slightly hand-me-down script neither scares nor amuses very satisfyingly.
  17. The Look of Silence
    The Look of Silence — like The Act of Killing — is arresting and important film-making.
  18. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    There’s no doubt it makes for a jubilant ride, a galvanic first blast. But it remains a film which feels deeply thought rather than deeply felt; a brilliant technical exercise as opposed to a flesh-and-blood story.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Patema Inverted
    The animation is intricate and beautiful but the narrative is clunky and heavy-handed in places.
  20. The Two Faces of January
    There are many attractive parts to this thriller – handsome leads, a meaty Patricia Highsmith plot, Mediterranean sunlight on cream linen suits – but it's no greater than the sum of them.
  21. The Inbetweeners 2
    Yes, the franchise's appeal lies in watching very ordinary boys making prats of themselves – but couldn't the vehicles transporting them to the wider world display slightly more ambition?
  22. Lilting
    This debut feature from the Cambodian-born, London-based film-maker Hong Khaou is heartfelt, intelligent film-making on a shoestring budget.
  23. Metro Manila
    It's a resourceful, distinctive film that builds to a satisfying crescendo.
  24. Jealousy
    It's certainly atmospheric and cool in a new-New Wave way, but really, what's the point?
  25. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    While Benson treats his characters with care and respect, his depiction of grief can feel studied and not felt.
  26. Step Up: All In
    This really doesn't have the fun or the zip of that earlier Miami adventure. The dialogue is even more tired and, crucially, the dance sequences themselves are looking less fresh this time around.
  27. The Expendables 3
    [A] blundering jackhammer of a film.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    War Story
    Jackson is wise to keep Keener's pushy, desperate Lee in centre focus.
  29. The Killer Inside Me
    The Killer Inside Me is a particular distillation of male hate, as practised by repulsive and inadequate individuals who have been encouraged to see themselves as essentially decent by virtue of the trappings of authority in which they have wrapped themselves. And Winterbottom is tearing off the mask.
  30. Guardians of the Galaxy
    The movie practically satirises itself as it goes along, glossing over its own absurdity in the process.
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