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For 12,919 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: 6,618 out of 12919
  2. Mixed: 5,135 out of 12919
  3. Negative: 1,166 out of 12919
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  1. Ladies First
    The film moves swiftly enough, with the gags coming at such a consistent pace, that inevitably some of them land. And the performers certainly know how to sell the material, with Cohen amusingly leaning into his character’s humiliations, Pike appealingly reveling in her character’s dominance, and the top-notch supporting cast going through their paces like the pros they are.
  2. The Incomer
    This is designed to be a heartwarming comedy and debuting feature director Paxton is more assured with the outcome than he is about getting there.
  3. Balls Up
    Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who have written much funnier scripts for the Zombieland and Deadpool films, are here working in uninspired mode. Balls Up loses comic steam the more it goes on, and although Wahlberg and Hauser have demonstrated solid comedic chops in the past, their laid-back underplaying fails to provide much juice.
  4. Passenger
    This is the sort of generic “things that go bump in the night” chiller that seems more suited for late-night cable than theatrical release, especially in an era when superior efforts have lifted the horror genre to a higher level.
  5. Parallel Tales
    The problem is that all the various strands — the parallel tales — dilute our access to the characters, limiting their dimensions.
  6. The Electric Kiss
    The actors are all likeable enough, especially the gamine Demoustier, but they are stuck with limp material that’s more twee than captivating.
  7. Victorian Psycho
    At times, the movie veers almost into spoof territory, but it never commits to the bit enough to be anything more than a mismatched genre hybrid, despite its atmospheric visuals and strong design elements.
  8. When in Rome
    The latest demonstration of the impossibility of making a good movie from a bad script is provided by When in Rome, a romantic comedy approved by the previous regime at Disney.
  9. Happy Tears
    Simply weird. The funny has gone missing.
  10. Old Dogs
    Insipid, predictable, broad comedy mixed with Disney Family Values makes for one exasperating sit.
  11. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
    Although the Tarantino influence still is tangible, this time around Duffy reveals himself to also be a big Francis Ford Coppola fan, but the cartoonish end result plays like "Godfather III" meets the Three Stooges.
  12. Pandorum
    Claustrophobic, tedious sci-fi thriller.
  13. Saint John of Las Vegas
    The movie is a letdown, stringing together pointless episodes to little effect. It's the kind of thinly conceived, quirk-for-quirk's-sake indie that gives indies a bad name.
  14. All About Steve
    A viewer is challenged to guess what the filmmakers thought they were doing. A 1930s screwball comedy with a modern sensibility? A misguided valentine to those who march to the beat of a different drummer?
  15. Knowing
    Director Alex Proyas resolutely thinks in B-movie terms. Even with an A-list budget, he oversells every plot point and gooses the thrills with hokey lighting, bombastic music and serious overacting.
  16. Bronson
    Despite the artistic flourishes, this is still an utterly repellent look at a psychopath who does not deserve the attention of the filmmakers or the audience.
  17. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
    After nearly two hours of nonstop mayhem, the film ends on a surprisingly muted note, though pains have been taken to make sure that the hoped-for sequel has been carefully set up.
  18. Elektra
    Along comes Elektra to effectively lower the bar for Marvel Comics page-to-screen transitions.
  19. Are We There Yet?
    Runs 96 minutes but feels like so much more. There is only one gag.
  20. Fascination
    The sort of soft-core, erotic thriller that would benefit from a lot more trash and a lot more sex.
  21. The Honeymooners
    A lackluster affair, devoid of laughs and just about anything else one might construe as entertainment.
  22. 9 Songs
    An examination of a sexual relationship that's about as viscerally explicit as hardcore can get...But as satisfying viewing experiences go, the film comes up mighty short in terms of story, interesting characters and technical prowess.
  23. The Cave
    A bottomless pit of lame characters, horror-film cliches and improbable monsters.
  24. Undiscovered
    An entirely dispensable, soapy caricature of a love story that comes complete with a jukebox full of music industry cliches plus Ashlee Simpson's big feature film debut.
  25. Dirty Deeds
    Dirty Deeds is as feeble as a teen comedy can get.
  26. Underclassman
    Nick Cannon, playing an L.A. cop who goes undercover as a prep school student, provides the few sparks this wan action-comedy can muster.
  27. Venom
    This misbegotten horror film deserved to go direct to video. Or cable. Or oblivion.
  28. I Love Your Work
    Has little to say to moviegoers. Goldberg's direction is all flash and no substance, and his story and characters offer little reason for viewers to empathize with such self-pitying characters.
  29. Just Friends
    Just lousy.
  30. Æon Flux
    Smultaneously silly, ostentatious and terribly boring.
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