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For 12,900 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: 6,607 out of 12900
  2. Mixed: 5,128 out of 12900
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 12900
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  1. Made of Honor
    Has something a bit edgier in mind than the usual, soft-focused wedding bell high jinks. For the most part, that's exactly what it delivers -- an amusing, smartly cast romantic comedy told from a guy's perspective.
  2. Redbelt
    As the heart and soul of the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor once again impresses.
  3. Son of Rambow
    A hodgepodge of popular kids' elements crammed into a mishmash of a movie.
  4. XXY
    The story of a young hermaphrodite who's not sure if she's emotionally a boy or a girl manages to be both raw-edged and moving.
  5. A Plumm Summer
    This family film is willing to tackle important issues such as burgeoning sexuality, alcoholism and a troubled home life but does so in a bland and unconvincing story.
  6. Baby Mama
    Baby Boom serves up plenty of smart, knowing laughs early on, but by the time it hits the third act (or would that be trimester?), it barely crawls to the finish line.
  7. Deception
    Why Hugh Jackman was so excited by Mark Bomback's script to star and produce the film is as big a mystery as why such talents-on-a-roll as Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams joined the cast.
  8. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
    Lacks the fresh charm that made their first such an unexpected (if guilty) pleasure.
  9. Roman de gare
    The result is infectiously enjoyable.
  10. Standard Operating Procedure
    Too narrowly focused.
  11. Then She Found Me
    With subtle laughs but solid emotional thrust, it will play very well with older audiences.
  12. Deal
    The dull production obviously sees itself as an updated "Cincinnati Kid" for the World Poker Tour set, but the end result and its characters have all the originality and dramatic depth of a TV telecast.
  13. 88 Minutes
    This ridiculous thriller would be hard-pressed to last much longer than its title in theaters before doing time on DVD, as is already the case in many overseas territories.
  14. The Forbidden Kingdom
    Will please its core audience but won't enthrall anyone over the age of 16. (Even that might be stretching the point.)
  15. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
    Solid rom com finds another Judd Apatow acolyte moving into the spotlight.
  16. The Life Before Her Eyes
    Boasting two terrific performances by Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood as the adult and teenage versions of the same character.
  17. Pathology
    A particularly nasty slice of medical-themed horror, Marc Scholermann's film is the sort of thriller in which the tenderest scene depicts an autopsy.
  18. Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
    Although he makes an amusing comic foil, Spurlock is ill-equipped to either evaluate or report on Middle East foreign policy. His methodology is disturbingly casual and conclusions woefully simplistic.
  19. Zombie Strippers!
    Jay Lee's grotesque little horror film makes up for in audacity what it might lack in finesse.
  20. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
    Managing to make the films of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock look like dry, scholarly treatises by comparison, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed more than lives up to its subtitle.
  21. Anamorph
    There are undeniably arresting moments along the way, thanks to Dafoe's subtly intense performance and the well-crafted visuals.
  22. Prom Night
    Without the gore, this old school slasher rehash is one anemic bore.
  23. Street Kings
    "Kings" covers familiar territory but does so with ruthless efficiency, intense performances and a densely packed plot designed to highlight the moral issues that most concern Ayer and Ellroy.
  24. The Visitor
    A compelling and illuminating story of four people who form an unlikely and momentary friendship of considerable depth.
  25. Chaos Theory
    The picture continuously shuffles moods like tunes on an iPod without ever making any lasting commitments.
  26. The Take
    The plot holds no surprises, but the eventual climactic foot chase and showdown suffice (if barely) to satisfy genre expectations.
  27. Bra Boys
    It's a piece of unabashed myth-making from first-time writer-director Sunny Abberton, himself a member of the infamous surf tribe from the working-class beachside suburb of Maroubra, in Sydney.
  28. Smart People
    Poirier is a master at dialogue. His script crackles with sharp lines and he gives all his scenes a splendid comic undertow.
  29. Body of War
    This movie wants to help make things better. But it also -- fervently, and for a purpose -- holds a grudge.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Meduzot
    Several stories, or scraps of stories, are woven together in the making of Jellyfish ("Meduzot"), linked by common themes and a shared sense of humor, poetry and loss.
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