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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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  1. White Wedding
    International audiences will be confronted by a rather predictable and highly implausible road movie that strains to achieve too many agendas.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Max Manus
    The film is always engaging, from the boyish horseplay of the young innocents to the bravado shown in multiple encounters to the involvement of the revered king in exile to the final toll taken by the increasingly ruthless Nazis.
  3. The American
    Nothing really adds up, and the ending is downright absurd. You would like even the most austere, doctrinaire existential movie to earn its downbeat ending. This one fails utterly to do so.
  4. Takers
    The stunt work is amazing, and the pace is breathless enough to keep one watching right up to the somewhat ambiguous conclusion.
  5. Mesrine: Killer Instinct
    Part One, at least, is a French "Bonnie and Clyde."
  6. The Last Exorcism
    A backwoods psychological thriller delivered faux-documentary-style, with mixed results.
  7. Centurion
    Centurion delivers some large-scale action but plays almost like a Roman-era Western in its depiction of a few soldiers trying to get home alive after the slaughter of their comrades.
  8. Change of Plans (Le code a changé)
    The next time you're invited to a French dinner party, you might want to give it a pass, if the tedious proceedings in Change of Plans are any indication.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Milk of Sorrow
    The film is gorgeously shot and contains a plethora of haunting images.
  10. Louis
    A faux black-and-white silent film that will gain immeasurably from its road show presentations, Louis is more of a novelty than a satisfying cinematic experience.
  11. Piranha 3-D
    A pitch-perfect, guilty-pleasure serving of late-summer schlock that handily nails the tongue-in-cheek spirit of the Roger Corman original.
  12. Lottery Ticket
    No one on the creative side has his eyes on the characters, so they flounder in a sea of misguided energy.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mao's Last Dancer
    Like most films in this underdog genre, the emotional manipulation of the audience is constant and obvious.
  14. Nanny McPhee Returns
    James Newton Howard's music picks up its comic cues perhaps a bit too swiftly and loudly, but little of this detracts from the movie's many pleasures.
  15. The Switch
    Despite a virtually unplayable premise, The Switch overcomes this handicap to turn itself into a friendly, offbeat romantic comedy.
  16. The Tillman Story
    Capably narrated by Josh Brolin, Amir Bar-Lev's penetrating and vital documentary goes beyond tracking the Tillman family's investigation into Pat's death to question the motives of commanding officers and higher-ups.
  17. Hiding Divya
    Although well-meaning in its attempt to dramatize the stigma the subject evokes in the South Asian American community, Hiding Divya ultimately falters in its execution.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Army of Crime
    Though it drags here and there and is a bit flat in places, the film is solidly made and for the most part quite involving.
  19. Soul Kitchen
    In a fine ensemble with many well-drawn smaller characters, Bleibtreu ("Run Lola Run", "The Baader-Meinhof Complex") as the hapless brother, Unel ("Head On") as the fussy chef and Bederke, as a waitress, all stand out.
  20. A Film Unfinished
    Hersonski enriches this evidence by bringing in survivors of the ghetto, who tell stories of life there while watching the film themselves.
  21. Vampires Suck
    The main performers do a reasonably good job of parodying the "Twilight" leads, with Proske particularly effective in subtly lampooning Kristen Stewart's moody mannerisms.
  22. Eat Pray Love
    The film never ventures, even once, into a situation that does not reek of comfy familiarity.
  23. The Expendables
    An effective mix of lean and over-the-top, The Expendables is often preposterous, but it achieves the immediacy of a graphic novel without the overdone mythology.
  24. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    This is a discouragingly limp movie in which nothing is at stake.
  25. Animal Kingdom
    A naturalistic drama rich in psychology and attention to details. There's no glamour here, but one false move by anyone can result in death, so tension fills nearly every scene.
  26. Peepli Live
    A satisfying comic gem.
  27. Tales from Earthsea
    An artistically arresting yet narratively lame and strangely unfocused cartoon aimed at older children and young adults.
  28. Salt of This Sea
    Depressingly one-note, a story that never springs to life.
  29. La Soga (The Butcher's Son)
    Although at times the film gets bogged down in psychological murkiness, the relentless pace and brooding charisma of its star overcomes its narrative deficiencies.
  30. The People I've Slept With
    Largely devoid of the sex-farce style comic wit to which it aspires, the film is palatable largely because of the charm of lead actress Cheung.
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