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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. Berlin
    Satisfying for devoted fans and might even win a convert or two.
  2. Transsiberian
    A vigorous, fast-paced tale that entwines plot with character and psychology set against an incredibly exotic backdrop.
  3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    With writer-director del Toro given free license to go where his singular vision takes him, Hellboy II plays like Guillermo's Greatest Hits with even hotter visual effects.
  4. Journey to the Center of the Earth
    This first feature by veteran visual effects supervisor Eric Brevig has its transporting, if benign, charms.
  5. Meet Dave
    Eddie Murphy's amusingly out of this world in this otherwise tired vehicle.
  6. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
    Engrossing and well-researched documentary.
  7. August
    Another among this year's crop of features that demonstrates that having a cast with indie cred can sometimes do little to buoy a film's miscalculated execution.
  8. Death Defying Acts
    What it lacks is a villain, and magic without danger is simply a parlor trick, which is what the film becomes.
  9. Giorni e nuvole
    At times "Days" seems more of a social commentary on the shrinking middle class than the will-they-or-won't-they-make-it story at the heart of the film.
  10. Full Battle Rattle
    It's all a bit bizarre. One soldier tellingly calls it "one big reality TV show," and the movie never makes clear whether such training does any good.
  11. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
    A biographical documentary doesn't get any better than this.
  12. Kabluey
    The film is an ambitious mix of slapstick, black comedy and stinging social commentary.
  13. Diminished Capacity
    Alda actually is kind of interesting as the mentally unstable uncle, but Broderick appears to be sleepwalking. Madsen has little to do, and everyone else plays things far too broadly.
  14. The Wackness
    A tightly packed entertainment. It explodes through familiar teen-transition territory with dark ironies, but, all the while, touches are sentiments.
  15. Tell No One
    Spicing up the entire package is a screenplay by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre that bristles with wit and energy.
  16. Hancock
    The visual effects are stellar, but the true star is Smith, who again demonstrates acting chops as well as effortless charisma in a vehicle that's only occasionally worthy of his superhuman skills.
  17. Finding Amanda
    Even the easygoing Broderick can't inject any lift or charm into the story.
  18. WALL-E
    The visual design of Wall-E is arguably Pixar's best. Stanton, who wrote the script with Jim Reardon from a story he concocted with Peter Docter, creates two fantastically imaginative, breathtakingly lit worlds.
  19. Wanted
    This over-the-top, ultraviolent, hyperkinetic action thriller pretty much has it all.
  20. Trumbo
    An invigorating, funny, and moving portrait of a Hollywood hero.
  21. Full Grown Men
    Obviously, Munro is reaching for something about how people allow themselves to get mired in the past. But his characters and situations are so exaggerated and dreary that his point gets quickly lost.
  22. Get Smart
    This is a slap-dash effort whose producers threw money and stunts onscreen instead of the satirical gags and one-liners that made the old spy spoof so memorable.
  23. The Love Guru
    Not only does the film stumble badly from one skit to another, the skits themselves have too much dead air.
  24. Brick Lane
    Beautifully acted and written so its themes are touched upon glancingly rather than with full force.
  25. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
    Offers solid, kid-friendly storytelling.
  26. Medicine for Melancholy
    The film does not lack for ambition both in terms of its themes and artistic design. Consequently, his (Jenkins) feature debut, while not flashy, shows promise. Clearly, here is a young filmmaker who wants to tell stories rather than deliver shocks and sensation.
  27. Expired
    Expired is a remarkable romance of no easy answers; to wit, like real life.
  28. The Happening
    The movie seems more like a '50s science fiction film of extreme paranoia or an episode of "The Twilight Zone" that even at a swiftly paced 90 minutes feels padded.
  29. The Incredible Hulk
    "Iron Man" has more wit and style, but Hulk is a neat thrill ride with an intelligent script by Zak Penn and smart, well-paced direction by the French director of "The Transporter" series, Louis Leterrier.
  30. Chris & Don. A Love Story
    Even a klutz could hardly make a bad movie about these compelling figures. Thankfully though, Guido Santi and Tina Mascara are superb filmmakers, fully alive in their terrific film Chris & Don: A Love Story to all the undercurrents of art, social class, sexual orientation, challenging relationships and, most especially, the touching love story at the heart of their film.
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