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For 12,922 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: 6,619 out of 12922
  2. Mixed: 5,136 out of 12922
  3. Negative: 1,167 out of 12922
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  1. There Be Dragons
    British writer-director Roland Joffé dips a toe into explosive material - the Spanish Civil War, betrayal, sainthood, Opus Dei - but all these big themes and characters slip from his grasp.
  2. Passion Play
    If the degree of laughter at the wrong moments and the number of walkouts at the Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the film will appeal only to the most fondly indulgent.
  3. Last Night
    Last Night is a sex tease, but that makes it sound more exciting than it ever becomes.
  4. Jumping the Broom
    A wedding comedy that grows increasingly unfunny with each passing minute.
  5. The Beaver
    A risky bet that pays off solidly, Jodie Foster's much-delayed The Beaver survives its life/art parallels -- thanks to its star, Mel Gibson -- to deliver a hopeful portrait of mental illness that is quirky, serious and sensitive.
  6. Hobo with a Shotgun
    A generic blast, Hobo with a Shotgun unspools like a spaghetti western but amped with enough testosterone to fill a video-game warehouse.
  7. Something Borrowed
    Doesn't so much borrow from other movies as settle into a comfort zone of raising provocative questions regarding love, commitment and marriage only to dismiss them with a brush of a hand as so much dandruff.
  8. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
    Film noir is combined with horror to zero effect in Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.
  9. Earthwork
    Oscar-nominee John Hawkes' convincing portrayal of real-life "crop artist" Stan Herd is the exceedingly quiet center of an exceedingly nonabrasive film that has all the dramatic energy of plants growing.
  10. Prom
    The movie has a cheerful good nature and a solid cast of youngsters - including Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonell - but any resemblance between this and real high school is, of course, purely coincidental.
  11. Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
    One of the most obnoxious and least necessary animated films of the century thus far.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lebanon, Pa.
    Lebanon, Pa. is a few strong moments of storytelling lost in a sea of indie cliche.
  13. Thor
    Chris Hemsworth gives a breakout performance as fallen Norse god.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Robber
    Ultimately, most audiences will be left scratching their heads, wanting to know more about why this man, Hans Rettenberg, does what he does.
  15. Road to Nowhere
    Audiences can either fight it, trying to make sense of the shaky plot, or flow along with the film's languid, doomed romance accompanied by the southern poetics of singer-songwriter Tom Russell.
  16. That's What I Am
    This well-intentioned tween-friendly message movie is earnest to a fault.
  17. Sympathy for Delicious
    Ruffalo gives voice to the film's unironic point of view.
  18. Exporting Raymond
    The real key to the documentary's appeal is its writer-director Phil Rosenthal, creator of the long-running CBS sitcom.
  19. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
    To call this movie fascinating is akin to calling the Grand Canyon large.
  20. Fast Five
    Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone, not to mention the addition of The Rock as a fire-and-brimstone federal agent – there's plenty to pull in the (mostly) young male audience.
  21. Madea's Big Happy Family
    The film is best appreciated as a showcase for the hugely popular titular character, with Perry tearing into the role with hugely entertaining comic gusto.
  22. Scream 4
    The generational mix of actors works well enough, although Campbell too often seems stranded with little to do until the climax.
  23. Water for Elephants
    Will please fans of Sara Gruen's best seller, but it lacks the vital spark that would have made the drama truly compelling on the screen.
  24. The Bang Bang Club
    When all is said and done, their Pulitzer-winning photographs prove more potent than this well-intended but frustratingly generic picture.
  25. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
    So don't tell Spurlock he can't have his cake and eat it too. In Greatest Movie, he gleefully accepts his sponsorships on camera just to show you how wrong this all is.
  26. Incendies
    Although the film runs more than two hours, the story is so compelling and the production so beautifully controlled that we are gripped by the characters' quest right up to the shocking end of the story.
  27. Zokkomon
    Zokkomon gives Indian youngsters not only their first super hero but, even more tantalizing, he is a young boy "terrorizing" susceptible adults in a small village to the increasingly delight of the town's children.
  28. Stake Land
    A gritty, low-key hybrid of horror film and road movie that aptly demonstrates the stylistic flexibility of this undying genre.
  29. Fly Away
    Fly Away is an affecting portrait of a single mother and her severely autistic daughter.
  30. African Cats
    The cinematography and editing are as superb as the film's feline stars are photogenic and heroic.
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