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For 12,931 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 12931
  2. Mixed: 5,139 out of 12931
  3. Negative: 1,168 out of 12931
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Il Divo
    The frequently outrageous Il Divo follows the career of one of the best-known and most tenacious figures in Italian political history in a lively, sensory-overload, cartoonlike fashion reminiscent of "Amelie" and "Moulin Rouge." The fact that it's often over-the-top goes with saying, and is part of the fun.
  2. The Soloist
    Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx are on fire in the lead roles: They're both charismatic as hell without sacrificing any of the emotional honesty necessary for you to believe that these movie stars are a scruffy reporter and a mentally ill musician.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Throw Down Your Heart
    The saving grace of Throw Down Your Heart is Fleck himself, who transcends the contrived unconventionality of the project to emanate a genuine warmth and camaraderie. This extraordinary performer remains shy, soft-spoken, simpatico and as unpretentious as he is talented.
  4. Tyson
    It's a sympathetic portrait of a complex man driven by an anger that still bubbles beneath the surface.
  5. Earth
    Although Earth falls short of its potential, it still contains enough glorious photography to please its target audience.
  6. Treeless Mountain
    Without wallowing in sentimentality or judging any of her characters, Kim has drawn a mature portrait of an elementary school girl old before her time and a loss of childhood that rings true on every level.
  7. State of Play
    There is nothing we haven't seen here before in terms of chases, intrigue and betrayals, so for all its A-list cast and production values, the film comes off as routine.
  8. 17 Again
    Works better than you might imagine at times but stumbles awkwardly other times. The unevenness in the writing is matched by directorial overkill in certain comic sequences.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    American Violet
    Wears its righteous indignation and good intentions on its sleeve but its simplistic, heavy handed treatment of a complex issue gives it the weight of a contrived movie of the week melodrama.
  10. Crank: High Voltage
    Follows the same formula as the first, with one difference: They've managed to ramp up the action and vulgarity beyond the insane heights of the original.
  11. Every Little Step
    The result is an insightful, exuberant, probing, long-winded and even exhausting look at what it takes for a performer to have a life in the theater.
  12. Is Anybody There?
    While Caine and young Milner make for amusing adversaries, it's nice to see Crowley paying respect to his elders by populating the retirement home with a number of familiar faces, including those belonging to Rosemary Harris, Sylvia Syms and longtime "Coronation Street" resident Thelma Barlow.
  13. Lemon Tree
    The cast is uniformly fine, but Abbass and Lipaz-Michael shine as two women who bond in the fear that the best of their lives is over and neither of them is happy with what the future holds.
  14. Sleep Dealer
    The freshness and ingenuity of this techno-thriller should spark a cult following among sci-fi fans at the very least, but the film could make inroads among cineastes, adult adventure-seekers and the Latino community as well.
  15. Dragonball: Evolution
    Completely lacking in visual, narrative or stylistic coherence, the film also suffers from cheap-looking visual effects and poorly staged and edited action sequences that will not exactly please the fanboys.
  16. Hannah Montana: The Movie
    There are sufficient pratfalls and Miley/Hannah quick-changes to satisfy the fans, while Cyrus retains that natural, unforced likability that made her a star in the first place.
  17. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
    In the film's most flamboyant role, Peter Sarsgaard's devil-ish charisma and cold bluster is frightening.
  18. Observe and Report
    Barring a Terry Zwigoff return to "Bad Santa" territory, it's hard to imagine a filmmaker embracing this dubious hero to the extent writer-director Jody Hill does.
  19. Lymelife
    A period suburban rites-of-passage story with a pitch-perfect cast.
  20. Adventureland
    With a keen affection for his own formative years, filmmaker Greg Mottola has crafted a funny and spunky amusement
  21. Alien Trespass
    Although it's refreshing that Alien Trespass doesn't indulge in the sort of mindless, gross-out humor that afflicts so many current cinematic spoofs, it errs too much on the other side, offering mere pastiche instead of witty satire.
  22. Bart Got a Room
    Hecker makes good use of the south Florida locations, and the song selection -- including many Big Band favorites -- is winning.
  23. The Escapist
    All of this mayhem keeps us watching, but it would be hard to describe the experience as pleasurable.
  24. Fast & Furious
    Fast & Furious is the first film since the original to be smart about how far to stretch logic without sacrificing the desired macho swagger and revved-up emotions.
  25. Gigantic
    We can be grateful to a stellar cast and some discipline on the part of Matt Aselton, a commercials director making his feature debut, that Gigantic doesn't go completely overboard. Nevertheless, the film will appeal mostly to festivals and adventurous audiences.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Paris 36
    The movie is almost rescued by the wonderful 1930's style songs (written by Reinhardt Wanger and Frank Thomas) that populate its final act.
  27. The Song of Sparrows
    Low-key, realistic performances from a mostly nonpro cast keep the story running smoothly. His face visibly stressed-out and hardened from loneliness as he detaches himself from family and friends, Naji gives the film a strong center.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Forbidden Lie$
    Riveting, near flawless documentary.
  29. Tulpan
    Polished, funny and utterly charming.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Goodbye Solo
    It is both funny and sad, placid and provocative and, above all, hopeful and despairing.
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