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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. Goon
    Brutal, bloody and presided over by a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, the Canadian ice hockey in this movie is a cross between Rollerball and a prison riot: harking back to the robust certainties of Paul Newman's 1977 bonecruncher "Slap Shot."
  2. Act of Valor
    The gimmick behind this excruciating propagandist movie about the US special forces' war on terror is that it features not actors but actual Navy Seals.
  3. The Kid with a Bike
    The film is unafraid of emotion, unafraid of plunging into basic human ideas: the need for trust, and the search for love.
  4. The Deep Blue Sea
    Rachel Weisz performs with enormous intelligence and restraint.
  5. John Carter
    Dejah, with her seen-it-all-before smirk, is not a very sympathetic heroine, and Kitsch is stolid and dull. And as for the red planet, the answer to David Bowie's famous question is no. What a sadd'ning bore it is.
  6. The Decoy Bride
    It's indulgent, but Macdonald's performance is attractive and relaxed.
  7. Contraband
    It's a thriller in which the twists become so absurd that it becomes a kind of caper, but without the humour.
  8. We Bought a Zoo
    It's a bit sucrose, especially at the beginning, but this traditional, sweet-natured family film will tug on the heartstrings.
  9. In Darkness
    There is release at the end of this fine film, but no euphoria; just a sense of having come through a period of evil, the memory of whose darkness will never entirely lift.
  10. Bill Cunningham New York
    He lived until recently in bohemian chaos in one of the "artist apartments" in Carnegie Hall, and cares nothing for money or vanity. That's real class.
  11. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    With his two early features, "Distant" (2002) and "Climates" (2006), Ceylan has showed himself a superb film-maker. This is his greatest so far.
  12. The Raven
    It runs out of steam in the final 10 minutes, but there's some gruesome drama and Cusack is on decent form.
  13. 21 Jump Street
    In its outrageous way, 21 Jump Street has real laughs.
  14. The Hunger Games
    The Hunger Games is that rarest of beasts: a Hollywood action blockbuster that is smart, taut and knotty. Ably filleted from the Suzanne Collins bestseller, it's a compelling, lightly satirical tale.
  15. 2073
    2073 is certainly a relevant shout of rage against the authoritarian forces despoiling our democracy and our environment – and the bland and complaisant naivety that’s letting it happen.
  16. The Lost King
    It’s a fascinating story but the resulting film insists on a kooky relatability that isn’t really there. A misfire.
  17. A Sexplanation
    In fashioning a call for better sex education in the American school system, Liu is an enjoyably charismatic guide, as his doubts and questions about the birds and the bees mirror many of our own.
  18. The Desperate Hour
    Before things go south, there’s an effectively clammy escalation of panic as Watts leaps from call to call . . . But the script, from Chris Sparling . . . isn’t quite ingenious enough to find ways to involve her in the drama.
  19. The Worst Person in the World
    Trier has taken on one of the most difficult genres imaginable, the romantic drama, and combined it with another very tricky style – the coming-of-ager – to craft something gloriously sweet and beguiling.
  20. 7 Prisoners
    With a Brechtian approach that compels the viewer to question both their own ethical assumptions and tacit complicity in a worldwide consumerist culture that exploits people all over the planet, 7 Prisoners is deeply uncomfortable but utterly compelling viewing.
  21. Profile
    Profile is a pretty conventional thriller with pretty conventional stereotypes.
  22. The Keeper
    It’s a really watchable film, more substantial than most sports movies and many postwar dramas.
  23. Burden
    This movie is about as subtle as a sledgehammer, with no shortage of cringeworthy moments and an uninteresting lead performance.
  24. Ophelia
    This film looks absolutely gorgeous, but apart from its production design it is basically a disaster.
  25. Mary Magdalene
    The performances of Mara and Phoenix are careful and respectful, though with nothing like the lightning-flash of energy and scorn that they have given to secular roles in the past.
  26. American Renegades
    There is a spectacular scene in which someone drives a tank off a bridge, and JK Simmons gives the film some ballast as the guys’ scowling commanding officer, but the rest of the time this resembles a TV movie of egregious averageness.
  27. Infinite Football
    Infinite Football is an austere 70-minute experience, but the eccentric idealism of Laurențiu Ginghină lingers in the mind.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Shirkers
    This is so much more than a film about a film, it’s about young women breaking the rules set in a conservative country - the process of doing that was a lot more powerful than finishing the actual film.
  29. Wildlife
    It is a quiet, subtle story and, as is so often the case when an actor takes their first trip behind the camera, a showcase for terrific performances.
  30. The Kindergarten Teacher
    The Kindergarten Teacher is probably the only movie about poetry with an ending as tense as any thriller.
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