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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. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
    A highly entertaining documentary revealing a serious talent behind the one-note present-day reputation.
  2. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
    There are so many guilty pleasures here that it's amazing the film is as good as it is. The passions feel real, the roles are fully inhabited and the art speaks for itself.
  3. Winter's Bone
    Grim backwoods tale takes its time building momentum.
  4. The Lottery
    With fierce arguments, often drawn on partisan lines, raging across the country, The Lottery will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the topic, especially the parents of young children.
  5. Ondine
    This redemptive tale set against southwest Ireland's moody seascape holds its tangible charms.
  6. Splice
    Writer/director Vincenzo Natali takes his tale in some truly icky directions, not quite making it into Cronenbergland but going far enough to elicit solid 'ewww' laughs from the crowd.
  7. Get Him to the Greek
    Never achieves the propulsive traction and outrageous/endearing balance that made "The Hangover" such a smash this time last year.
  8. Killers
    An action comedy that nearly renders the term an oxymoron, Killers is devoid of suspense and laughs.
  9. Marmaduke
    One thing Marmaduke does have in common with the earlier Disney titles is a blessed scarcity of crass bodily-function gags that often pass as family comedy.
  10. Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
    These are people at the frontline of idealism in action, working to alleviate suffering, one patient at a time, in some of the most devastated places on Earth.
  11. Finding Bliss
    As the film veers between cartoonish and earnest, it doesn't so much find bliss as try very hard to manufacture it.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Raajneeti
    Its adult and hard-hitting subject matter probably won't bring in masala-loving family crowds, but it offers a lesson with long-lasting emotional and moral impact for thinking audiences.
  13. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
    A horror spoof that has little reason for being, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead pretty much uses up its quotient of wit with the title.
  14. Visionaries
    The film, which received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, no doubt will become a mainstay of university film courses.
  15. Double Take
    Despite its many ominous implications, Grimonprez also infuses Double Take with sly wit, inserting scenes from the TV program showcasing Hitchcock's wry sense of humor and the exaggerated domesticity of commercials sponsored by Folgers Coffee.
  16. Mademoiselle Chambon
    The simplest of stories can be elevated by first-rate acting and directing. Consider Stephane Brize's Mademoiselle Chambon, a French film that achieves a subtle but devastating impact.
  17. Micmacs
    Another beguiling if draining fantasia from Jean-Pierre Jeuet that harkens back to silent movies.
  18. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    A handsome, fast-paced and innocuous adventure that's easy to take but lacks epic scale.
  19. Survival of the Dead
    A polished, fast-moving, entertaining picture whose mainstream success will depend on audiences' tolerance of its tendency to become an abattoir of extreme carnage.
  20. Father of My Children
    In the end, an audience has far too much knowledge about Gregoire's movie projects and finances and far too little about what makes anyone here tick.
  21. Agora
    It is a pleasure to see Weisz's scenes of scientific inquiry, which capture the passion of research and discovery without artifice or pretension. That the scientist is a woman makes it all the more engaging.
  22. The Juche Idea
    The film's satirical commentary about the intersection of politics and art is rarified, to be sure, but there is enough pointed humor in its execution to make The Juche Idea a provocative if intellectually challenging experience.
  23. Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
    Features a profusion of provocative ideas and a wealth of vintage film clips but is unable to avoid having the inevitable feel of a college thesis.
  24. Sex and the City 2
    So even if Sex and the City 2 consisted of nothing but a two-hour fashion show, it would draw crowds. But it also has the returning cast members in fine comic form, and it has more cutting-edge humor than the first movie.
  25. Shrek Forever After
    Reveals a definite been-there, done-that feeling.
  26. MacGruber
    Utterly disposable but diverting, MacGruber manages to spin feature-length product out of an idea that few would try expanding beyond a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
  27. Holy Rollers
    Holy Rollers squanders a fascinating premise with predictable execution.
  28. John Rabe
    The 134-minute film jams in much information, incidents and characters without losing any entertainment value. And, fortunately, its heroism isn't pumped up or glorified.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kites
    What makes the movie pop is a standout performance by Roshan, one of Indian cinema's treasures.
  30. Perrier's Bounty
    If there's one defining characteristic among English criminals, it's that they apparently are a quirky lot. That, at least, is the conclusion one draws from the endless series of comically tinged British crime thrillers that have come down the pike during recent years, of which the mediocre Perrier's Bounty is the latest example.
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