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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. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    With its intelligence at the level of the simple-minded, however, the film is not likely to attract moviegoers who seek something more than a screen filled with kaleidoscopes of colored metal. Fan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it's loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.
  2. Whatever Works
    Features enough genuine laughs to give it decent commercial traction.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Proposal
    The situations might be formulaic, but the teamwork of the two leads brings them to sparkling life.
  4. Year One
    A lot of comedic talent founders in this new Harold Ramis comedy that doesn't exactly recall his glory days of "Caddyshack" and "Groundhog Day."
  5. $9.99
    There is something undeniable hypnotic and bewitching about Tatia Rosenthal's $9.99, which if nothing else is a candidate for the most unusual film of 2008.
  6. Dead Snow
    This blood-soaked melodrama -- a far cry from most foreign films -- has been a festival favorite and might well develop a cult following, though it's far too gory to reach beyond the core audience.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Under Our Skin
    Both informative and persuasive, Under Our Skin targets both the heart and brain to advocate for the Lyme disease community.
  8. Moon
    Under Duncan Jones' kinetic direction, Moon also shines on the production front: Cinematographer Gary Shaw's shaded shots intensify the drama, and Clint Mansell's music heightens the psycho-scape.
  9. Food, Inc.
    No question, watching this film is a tough go. Horror films cause less seat-squirming.
  10. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
    Curiously, despite the ever-energetic Tony Scott at the throttle, the sleek new edition isn't as transporting as it should have been.
  11. Imagine That
    The result is a much more playable film than recent efforts, though Murphy will have to share the applause with young Yara Shahidi.
  12. Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
    Part concert film, part narrative, it isn't fully successful on either level, coming across more like an overlong DVD extra than a fully stand-alone work.
  13. Tetro
    It has style to burn, eye-catching acting by an international cast and a story that harkens back to many literary classic with its themes of a family torn apart, brothers in conflict and a son's rivalry with a towering father figure.
  14. The Hangover
    A piercingly funny, twisted "whatever-happens-in-Vegas" caper.
  15. Séraphine
    Moving historical drama brings a fascinating chapter of art history to life.
  16. Away We Go
    Though it's nice to see Mendes take a looser, not quite so studied approach to his filmmaking, some stops along the way -- like a detour to visit Burt's suddenly single brother (Paul Schneider) -- feel dramatically off-course.
  17. Land of the Lost
    Lame sketch comedy, an uninspired performance from Will Ferrell and an overall failure of the imagination turn Brad Silberling's Land of the Lost into a lethargic meander through a wilderness of misfiring gags.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    My Life in Ruins
    Ruins is sometimes as sunny as its locations but as familiar and predictable as a Greek diner.
  19. Downloading Nancy
    The Swedish video and commercial director seeks artistic adventure but winds up with pointless self-indulgence.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    24 City
    The only thing might have added variety and richness to the film would be the inclusion of more dialogues or interactions with more than one person.
  21. Up
    Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.
  22. Drag Me to Hell
    Raimi's still very much up to his old tricks, retaining that deliriously over-the-top brand of Grand Guignol horror that he had abandoned by the mid-'90s in pursuit of other genres.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Departures
    Yojiro Takita, who directed enduring commercial hits like "The Ying Yang Master" and "The Yen Family," has made a popular gem -- thematically respectable, technically hard to fault, artfully scripted to entertain and touch.
  24. Pontypool
    Efficient enough to attract a cult audience.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    What Goes Up
    A turgid mess of a film that has a lot of ideas on its mind, none of which prove very interesting or in fact coherent.
  26. Munyurangabo
    Earnest and slow, the film takes time to reveal its intentions and the result is worthy but not engaging.
  27. Pressure Cooker
    The culinary setting gives this familiar formula an appetizing twist.
  28. The Girlfriend Experience
    The effect is impressionistic and provocative, with the emphasis falling differently on scenes because of our knowledge or lack thereof.
  29. O'Horten
    Enlivened with droll wit and framed with robust sensitivity, O'Horten is an amusing and entrancing personal portrait. Succinct in its visualizations and crisp in its pacing, its deferential storytelling is in sync with its Odd subject.
  30. Easy Virtue
    Jessica Biel has great fun with the American adventuress, while Kristin Scott Thomas is truly scary as her nemesis and mother-in-law.
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