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For 12,913 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: 6,616 out of 12913
  2. Mixed: 5,131 out of 12913
  3. Negative: 1,166 out of 12913
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  1. Séraphine
    Moving historical drama brings a fascinating chapter of art history to life.
  2. Away We Go
    Though it's nice to see Mendes take a looser, not quite so studied approach to his filmmaking, some stops along the way -- like a detour to visit Burt's suddenly single brother (Paul Schneider) -- feel dramatically off-course.
  3. Land of the Lost
    Lame sketch comedy, an uninspired performance from Will Ferrell and an overall failure of the imagination turn Brad Silberling's Land of the Lost into a lethargic meander through a wilderness of misfiring gags.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    My Life in Ruins
    Ruins is sometimes as sunny as its locations but as familiar and predictable as a Greek diner.
  5. Downloading Nancy
    The Swedish video and commercial director seeks artistic adventure but winds up with pointless self-indulgence.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    24 City
    The only thing might have added variety and richness to the film would be the inclusion of more dialogues or interactions with more than one person.
  7. Up
    Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.
  8. Drag Me to Hell
    Raimi's still very much up to his old tricks, retaining that deliriously over-the-top brand of Grand Guignol horror that he had abandoned by the mid-'90s in pursuit of other genres.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Departures
    Yojiro Takita, who directed enduring commercial hits like "The Ying Yang Master" and "The Yen Family," has made a popular gem -- thematically respectable, technically hard to fault, artfully scripted to entertain and touch.
  10. Pontypool
    Efficient enough to attract a cult audience.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    What Goes Up
    A turgid mess of a film that has a lot of ideas on its mind, none of which prove very interesting or in fact coherent.
  12. Munyurangabo
    Earnest and slow, the film takes time to reveal its intentions and the result is worthy but not engaging.
  13. Pressure Cooker
    The culinary setting gives this familiar formula an appetizing twist.
  14. The Girlfriend Experience
    The effect is impressionistic and provocative, with the emphasis falling differently on scenes because of our knowledge or lack thereof.
  15. O'Horten
    Enlivened with droll wit and framed with robust sensitivity, O'Horten is an amusing and entrancing personal portrait. Succinct in its visualizations and crisp in its pacing, its deferential storytelling is in sync with its Odd subject.
  16. Easy Virtue
    Jessica Biel has great fun with the American adventuress, while Kristin Scott Thomas is truly scary as her nemesis and mother-in-law.
  17. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Some of that frenetic running around has been replaced by inspired effects sequences and amusing riffs by the talented cast, especially new arrivals Hank Azaria and Amy Adams.
  18. Dance Flick
    The Wayans brothers manage to squeeze it all in to consistently amusing effect and in a way that just barely manages to stay within those PG-13 parameters.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
    This entertaining, inside-show-business documentary is greatly enhanced by the presence of the two engaging "boys" of the title -- brothers who found harmony through music and dissonance with each other.
  20. Terminator Salvation
    In Arnold's absence, an important ingredient of the "Terminator" iconography -- namely, the fun factor -- is in short supply.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
    In preparing Burma VJ, Ostergaard decided to reconstruct some scenes with scripted dialogue -- in part to explain events, but also to protect the participants. This material, shot in darkened offices and apartments, feels both accurate and necessary.
  22. Summer Hours
    Assayas makes the point that objects of fascination and affection to one generation may be far less so to the next. And he observes the role that people-friendly museums can play in keeping a nation's treasures safe with pleasing subtlety.
  23. The Brothers Bloom
    A couple of rather Dickensian supporting roles by Robbie Coltrane and Maximilian Schell fall embarrassingly flat as they are more creations of costumes and makeup than actual flesh-and-blood. But then the same can be said for the entire movie.
  24. Angels & Demons
    Plucking the same violent, occult strings as "Da Vinci" while avoiding its leadenness, Angels keeps the action coming for the best part of 139 minutes.
  25. Jerichow
    It's a well-constructed and thoughtfully paced drama and almost a thriller, but in the end credibility and tension get lost in the mail.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Management
    Ultimately delivers the goods, even if the goods aren't very fresh.
  27. Adoration
    Shot on beautifully utilized film but employing images vividly from the Internet and mobile phones, it's an examination of the power that false ideas may have on people's imagination and beliefs when they are repeated over and over.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Julia
    As Julia, Swinton belongs to that league of great cinematic alcoholics such as Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine and Roses" and Ray Milland in "The Lost Weekend." As an action character, she naturally evokes Gena Rowlands without ever trying to resemble her.
  29. Little Ashes
    Ashes makes no claims to be an entirely accurate biopic; it's a speculative, impressionistic portrait without a lot of dramatic force or psychological depth. But it's an elegantly designed film that fascinates as often as it frustrates.
  30. Love N' Dancing
    Has its moments, especially when lithe, beautiful bodies twirl themselves around the dance floor with appealing athleticism. But as a movie trying to deliver comedy, drama and romance, you might want to sit this one out. It's not terrible, mind you, but it just isn't very good.
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