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For 12,932 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lowest review score: 0 Dirty Love
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6,624 out of 12932
  2. Mixed: 5,140 out of 12932
  3. Negative: 1,168 out of 12932
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  1. Protektor
    Young director Marek Najbrt, commendably, is not interested in wringing easy tears from the European experience of World War II. In the handsome drama Protektor, he brings a cool, noirish slant to a story of Czech artists and intellectuals as they accommodate and to a lesser extent resist the German occupiers.
  2. Epic
    While it might not amount to epic animated filmmaking in terms of scope and invention, Epic, a 3D, CG adventure-fantasy from Blue Sky Studios, nevertheless makes for pleasantly engaging viewing.
  3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    The plot gets itself tangled up in multiple villain strands, but in the main this installment is emotionally weightier and more satisfying than its predecessor.
  4. Parker
    The picture is far from great, but it's a serviceable B-movie with some A-list talent on a slumming expedition.
  5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    This is a safe, serviceable, carefully crafted action drama in which the subversive seeds planted in the first story take welcome root.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
    For admirers of the artist and the open-minded, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow actually presents the ideal way of appreciating Kiefer's extraordinary work.
  7. The Grey
    The Grey, a man's-man of a genre picture that will satisfy the action audience while reminding more discerning viewers what they saw in director Joe Carnahan's decade-old breakthrough, "Narc."
  8. Pearl Jam Twenty
    Cameron Crowe's feature documentary is among his most effective and deeply felt work.
  9. Revenge of the Electric Car
    Director-writer Chris Paine's upbeat follow-up to his controversial 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" features a number of colorful industry leaders in addition to cameos by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jon Favreau.
  10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
    Oroves nimbler and truer to its origins than last year's "Rodrick Rules."
  11. Hysteria
    Hysteria, is a pleasurable diversion, even if it could have used a touch more spark in the writing.
  12. Puncture
    The film is chock-a-block with extraordinary performances and no one will fault the filmmaking either. This is a well-made movie, make no mistake. It just suffers from a dysfunctional hero.
  13. Blackthorn
    The actor (Shepard) delivers a beautifully understated, world-weary turn that largely makes up for the slow-paced film's longueurs, and which in a better film could be described as iconic.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tales from the Golden Age
    Will undoubtedly mean a great deal to Romanians who struggled during this dark period, but not much to anyone else.
  15. Chasing Madoff
    In a sense, this is not a financial thriller so much as a financial mystery. Which gets a bit lost in the movie's stylized presentation.
  16. Bullet to the Head
    Like the amped up comeback tour of two rockers who had their heyday sometime in the mid-'80s, Sylvester Stallone and director Walter Hill (48 HRS., The Warriors) join forces for a hard-hitting exercise in beefy, brainless fun with the New Orleans-set actioner Bullet to the Head.
  17. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
    Although it lacks the historical aura of classic Chinese wuxia backdrops, James Chiu's post-"Avatar" production design is memorably imaginative.
  18. Pariah
    First-timer Dee Rees offers a fresh take on the overfamiliar coming-out genre.
  19. Jane's Journey
    Overall, film hits the right tone, and its brief but fascinating glimpses into Goodall's private life distinguishes it from the many TV docs on the lady.
  20. Silent Souls
    Disquieting and unforgettable, like a good ghost story, this is a special film for special tastes whose admirers inhabit festivals and smaller niche markets.
  21. Happy, Happy
    If it weren't so good-natured overall, Anne Sewitsky's feature debut Happy, Happy might seem entirely implausible, even for a comedy.
  22. Hope Springs
    More comedic drama than midlife romantic comedy, rather literally titled Hope Springs holds few surprises but delivers plenty of warmth.
  23. Norman
    The film built around Norman's brazen bit of acting out is uneven -- a strong, fresh first half is followed by a dismayingly earnest second. But there's enough that is winning and sharp to hold you until the end, even as you're disappointed by the direction the film takes.
  24. Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
    Captures a reunion between them that speaks volumes about the intense connections, complicated and big-hearted, that have fueled an extraordinary musical collaboration.
  25. The Sons of Tennessee Williams
    Genial documentary combines extravagance of Mardi Gras drag with an underexposed story of early gay-rights achievements.
  26. RA. One
    You don't have to be an enthusiast of Bollywood to embrace RA.ONE, but it sure would help.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Taken 2
    Moviegoers who liked Taken and want more of the same will get precisely that.
  28. Chasing Mavericks
    Chasing Mavericks manages to sufficiently overcome the obstacles with admittedly affecting results.
  29. Cargo
    Although the screenplay by Vizinberg and Lee Peterkin holds little in the way of surprises, it does offer a taut storyline and complex characterizations.
  30. The Great Gatsby
    No matter how frenzied and elaborate and sometimes distracting his technique may be, Luhrmann's personal connection and commitment to the material remains palpable, which makes for a film that, most of the time, feels vibrantly alive while remaining quite faithful to the spirit, if not the letter or the tone, of its source.
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