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For 20,324 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 20324
  2. Mixed: 8,449 out of 20324
  3. Negative: 2,467 out of 20324
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  1. Honeymoon
    A lean, low-budget debut that taps into newlywed anxiety with subtle wit and no small amount of style.
  2. Swearnet: The Movie
    Listening to these three swear up a blue streak is amusing for five minutes or so, but that’s about it.
  3. Faith Connections
    Mr. Nalin applies an on-the-ground approach, mainly looking at holy men and lost boys at the gathering. But he lets the sprawl slacken his overlong film’s grasp and, strangely, underplays the nuances of the event’s spiritual aspects.
  4. At the Devil's Door
    At the Devil’s Door is reasonably absorbing but never scary or satirically sharp (despite references to mortgages and foreclosures). It mostly settles for inducing sensation.
  5. The Man on Her Mind
    It is Ms. McAllister who is the brightest light amid the talky, often sentimental exchanges. She lends charm and conviction to a character who might otherwise have proved insufferable.
  6. Archaeology of a Woman
    Burdened by a ludicrous script and messy direction, Ms. Kirkland — a headstrong veteran performer who is nothing if not game — has proved that she can play this kind of role in her sleep. If only the movie around it were worthy of her efforts.
  7. Altina
    In Peter Sanders’s sassy documentary Altina... there’s plenty of interesting ground to cover.
  8. The Green Prince
    If The Green Prince sustains the tension of a well-executed thriller, it is achieved at the cost of a dispassionate objectivity.
  9. I Am Eleven
    Ms. Bailey’s willingness to let the children talk and to let the viewer impose broader meaning elevates it.
  10. Bird People
    There are plot twists, and then there is what Ms. Ferran does here, which is to transform — impetuously, improbably and altogether marvelously — this somber, realistic tale into something else entirely.
  11. The Skeleton Twins
    The Skeleton Twins is a well-written and acted movie about contemporary life that doesn’t strain for melodrama and is largely devoid of weepy soap opera theatrics. A small, precise, character-driven vignette, it has no pretensions to make any kind of grand statement about The Way We Live Now.
  12. Stray Dogs
    Until it goes haywire with the cabbage scene, Stray Dogs sustains a hypnotic intensity anchored in exquisite cinematography that portrays the modern industrial cityscape as a chilly wasteland.
  13. Dolphin Tale 2
    For the right age group, though, the film hits its marks: It’s wholesome, engaging and rife with impressive aquatic photography.
  14. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    As a whole, it doesn’t quite work, but the parts — particular moments, observations and insights about the way people behave and perceive themselves — are frequently excellent.
  15. The Drop
    Mr. Roskam’s direction is gratifyingly loose. He lets the story, which is really the least interesting part of the movie, more or less take care of itself, allowing us to savor pungent morsels of dialogue and bits of low-key actorly showboating.
  16. Born to Fly
    A singularly focused and avant-garde talent, Ms. Streb bends the messy rush of risk to her indomitable will.
  17. My Old Lady
    As the truth tumbles out, the dialogue and the carefully timed revelations make My Old Lady seem increasingly stagy. But the performances go a long way toward camouflaging the screenplay’s clunky mechanics.
  18. Once Upon a Time Verônica
    Mr. Gomes remains laudably faithful to his character, and Ms. Guedes’s bodily sense of languor gets across more than any crystal-clear dramatic statement would.
  19. The Rule
    The Rule, by the married filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno, doesn’t show us enough detail about how they’re applied to distinguish St. Benedict’s from countless other parochial schools, private institutions and military academies.
  20. Kelly & Cal
    The performances of Ms. Lewis and Mr. Weston crackle with authenticity. Like a good punk-rock song, this bracingly honest, tough-minded vignette stays true to itself.
  21. Wetlands
    The tone is breezy, bright and brash, vividly illuminated by Ms. Juri’s extraordinarily unprotected and utterly fearless performance.
  22. Frontera
    Frontera settles into a shallow, unconvincing drama with two heroes.
  23. Memphis
    A soulful cinematic tone poem.
  24. God Help the Girl
    Belle and Sebastian fans will be fully sated; everyone else might feel as if they’d consumed a meal consisting entirely of meringue.
  25. No No: A Dockumentary
    As this smart and sympathetic profile shows, Dock Ellis didn’t need a no-hitter, stoned or otherwise, to define himself; he was his own best work.
  26. Thunder and the House of Magic
    The story is unremarkable, but its execution zings.
  27. Innocence
    Hilary Brougher’s Innocence (based on Jane Mendelsohn’s 2000 novel) moves to the formulaic beats of the second-rate TV movie, albeit one cloaked in an ultra-glossy sheen.
  28. Naked Opera
    Mr. Rollinger, a protagonist of a curiously circumscribed life, proves to have an opaque appeal.
  29. Falcon Rising
    Mr. Chapman administers some of his (amplified) thwacks and drop kicks with a likable, you-should-know-better air of amusement, recalling a Reagan-era TV cop show.
  30. The Identical
    This movie’s earnest infectiousness is tough to deny.
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