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For 20,323 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Short Cuts
Lowest review score: 0 Gummo
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,408 out of 20323
  2. Mixed: 8,448 out of 20323
  3. Negative: 2,467 out of 20323
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  1. Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil
    The movie comes alive only when the camera lingers over the actual paintings and allows their power to speak for itself.
  2. Nerve
    For all its hints at imminent catastrophe, Nerve feels surprisingly tame.
  3. For a Few Bullets
    Even with the tongue-in-cheek tone, it’s impossible to overlook the exhausting series of contrivances, coincidences and sloppy filmmaking.
  4. Quitters
    Quitters is repellent but believable, which makes it a little scary.
  5. Hooligan Sparrow
    Hooligan Sparrow, which Ms. Wang also shot and skillfully edited, has the pulse of a mainstream thriller but without the pacifying polish and tidiness.
  6. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
    According to a certain interpretation of the auteur theory, a film’s value derives from the extent to which it communicates the personality and character of its director. Judged by that standard alone, I suppose “Hillary’s America” is some kind of masterpiece.
  7. Fight Valley
    Disappointing plot twists ensue in a climactic brawl starved for snappier choreography and editing.
  8. Summertime
    This is a film about the struggle for sexual freedom and women’s rights, and also about the power of region, class and custom in the lives of its characters.
  9. The Seventh Fire
    The betrayal of Native Americans by larger forces looms over this powerful movie without ever being explicitly discussed.
  10. Train to Busan
    Often chaotic but never disorienting, the movie’s spirited set pieces — like a wriggling ribbon of undead clinging doggedly to the last compartment — owe much to Lee Hyung-deok’s wonderfully agile cinematography.
  11. The Childhood of a Leader
    It’s a persuasive portrait of a monster-to-be, one etched in thrown tantrums and rocks, and heavily supported by an excellent cast that includes Robert Pattinson and Yolande Moreau as well as a driving score that occasionally threatens to upstage the movie.
  12. Don't Think Twice
    Don’t Think Twice, which has a warm heart, could have been a much nastier movie. Yet its disappointed show-business hopefuls dreading their expiration dates make no bones about their insecurities.
  13. Lights Out
    Spackling over any copycat cracks with strong acting and fleet editing, Lights Out delivers minimalist frights in old-school ways.
  14. Don't Worry Baby
    Despite an implausible ending devoid of consequence, “Don’t Worry Baby” benefits from tidy editing, cinematography and, most of all, the presence of the seasoned Mr. McDonald and Ms. Balsam. Their nuanced authority — and the vibrant Manhattan backdrop — make the trip worthwhile.
  15. Ice Age: Collision Course
    The movie’s actual entertainment value rises considerably during the dialogue-free sequences.
  16. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
    Serviceably, at times awkwardly, directed by Mandie Fletcher, the movie skews softer than the series at its barbed best, partly because the celebrity culture that once provided such rich material has become just another ratings opportunity for the Kardashians.
  17. For the Plasma
    For the Plasma is a film with no shortage of ambition, taste (Maine looks great in 16-millimeter) or ideas. It’s a shame those ideas are so incoherent.
  18. Star Trek Beyond
    The nerd in me wants a bit more rigor, a bit more plausibility underneath the exuberant fakery. Maybe in the next episode.
  19. Free to Run
    Free to Run prefers nothing more than an easy jog down memory lane.
  20. Garnet's Gold
    Approaching the story for the traditional trappings — narrative, action, even logic — is to ensure disappointment. But look to it for beauty and lyricism, and you may find a deeper satisfaction.
  21. Equals
    It is so vague, cliché-ridden and devoid of surprise and suspense that once you grasp its premise, watching it is like leafing through a design magazine kept in a refrigerator.
  22. How He Fell in Love
    We bend over backward to find joy in this movie, but, like eager yogis striving to achieve an impossible asana, we just can’t do it.
  23. Outlaws and Angels
    The sensibility is more grindhouse gore than spaghetti western, perhaps hoping to mine the same vein as Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” but lacking Mr. Tarantino’s lively dialogue and wicked sense of humor.
  24. Lucha Mexico
    Lucha Mexico often plays less like a character study than like a simple promotional effort, with repetitive platitudes.
  25. Phantom Boy
    Instead of maintaining an effervescent fizzle, Phantom Boy too frequently sputters piffle.
  26. Café Society
    It is, overall, an amusing little picture, with some inspired moments and some sour notes, a handful of interesting performances and the hint, now and then, of an idea.
  27. Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
    By restricting himself to showing how well Mr. Robbins does his job, Mr. Berlinger mainly reveals how narrowly he has done his own.
  28. Don't Blink - Robert Frank
    You leave with a vivid sense of the man’s living presence and a reasonably thorough account of his life, work and associations. Given the sheer volume and variety of the work in question, this is an impressive achievement.
  29. The Infiltrator
    Robert is not a Shakespearean figure like Walter White, but the film at least grants him the moral stature of an incorruptible man risking his life in a dangerous job. The Infiltrator is still a good yarn that, when it catches its breath, allows Mr. Cranston to convey the same ambivalence and cunning he brought to “Breaking Bad” and “All the Way."
  30. Ghostbusters
    Sliding into theaters on a river of slime and an endless supply of good vibes, the new, cheerfully silly Ghostbusters is that rarest of big-studio offerings — a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun.
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