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For 20,336 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: 9,413 out of 20336
  2. Mixed: 8,455 out of 20336
  3. Negative: 2,468 out of 20336
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  1. Lads & Jockeys
    Lads & Jockeys conveys first-race terrors and last-place humiliation with indulgent thoroughness.
  2. London River
    Rachid Bouchareb's tidy little two-character film, London River, demonstrates how great acting can infuse a banal, politically correct drama with dollops of emotional truth.
  3. Fanny, Annie & Danny
    Characters this nicely etched deserve a more complete conclusion.
  4. Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
    The happy surprise of Ek Main aur Ekk Tu a Bollywood romcom that bears a vague resemblance to "What Happens in Vegas," is that it's not crude, sniggering or vindictive. Instead it's rather sweet and sometimes even a little unexpected.
  5. Evil Dead
    Doesn’t have the original’s wooden performances, puffy clothes and hairdos or its amusingly crude special effects, but it does share its blood lust.
  6. Sleepless Nights Stories
    Mr. Mekas makes little attempt to smooth out his transitions between takes or scenes, which only reinforces the intensely personal, even handmade nature of the work.
  7. Detachment
    The shriller its didacticism, the more unhinged it becomes. But even at its most ludicrous - when it is shouting into your ear - its sheer audacity grabs your attention.
  8. Paranormal Activity 4
    Paranormal Activity 4 will please the fans, and that should sustain this low-budget, highly profitable franchise.
  9. 4:44 Last Day on Earth
    Your last day - or, as it happens, the whole planet's last day - will be just like every other one. Mr. Ferrara makes this point with ingenuity and characteristic thrift by using found news footage to provide images of apocalypse.
  10. Robinson in Ruins
    An exaltation of life counters the intimations of extinction, trumping the polemical despair.
  11. Toll Booth
    Though speckled here and there with uneasy comedy, Toll Booth is a psychological pressure cooker that could blow its lid at any moment.
  12. ATM
    Mr. Brooks capitalizes on antiseptic, fluorescent interiors, while the score, by David Buckley, nicely accents stress points.
  13. The Front Line
    A movie that reserves its final sickening wallop for a grueling half-hour that leaves you as emotionally battered as the soldiers are forced to return to hell for one last senseless round.
  14. All's Well Ends Well
    No one is winning points for creativity here, but nice reflections on class and culture are in the mix, and the strong, playful acting knows this genre, even when flirting with broadness.
  15. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    Despite foodie-baiting close-ups of nigiri sushi brushed with soy sauce, and montages of skillful food prep, the film falls short as a satisfying exploration of craft. Like many other such portraits, it wastes valuable time declaring its subject's excellence that could be spent fleshing out demonstrations, explanations, context.
  16. Kinyarwanda
    Dry but thoughtful drama.
  17. Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
    The most expensive home movie ever made, is one man's genial account of his trip into outer space.
  18. Escape Plan
    The script never gives them the kind of memorable exchange that makes fans howl with delight. But all in all, Escape Plan does what it sets out to do.
  19. Bullhead
    Part character study, part crime thriller, Bullhead is the impressive but deeply flawed first feature written and directed by Michael R. Roskam.
  20. Your Sister's Sister
    The film's late swerves into melodrama and the neighboring region of farce feel panicky and pandering. The subtlety of the performances - Ms. DeWitt's in particular - is sacrificed for easy laughs, shallow tears and a coy trick ending. Just when it was starting to get interesting.
  21. Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
    While the bodies of the performers do amazing things, the hectic editing and frequent use of slow motion distract from their physical artistry rather than enhance it. The 3-D, on the other hand, gives some sense of the scale of a Cirque du Soleil performance, and even if the film is no substitute for the real thing, it is at least an effective advertisement.
  22. Identity Thief
    As is the case with other unsatisfactory diversions, it is entirely possible to ignore the worst parts of this movie, to drift along during the lulls, slide over the half-baked jokes and just wait for Ms. McCarthy and Mr. Bateman to do their things.
  23. Post Mortem
    The sweep and energy of historical drama are notably missing from this grim, intense, mordantly comic little film.
  24. The Intouchables
    It is possible to summarize the experience of watching The Intouchables in nine words: You will laugh; you will cry; you will cringe.
  25. Rowdy Rathore
    Ridiculous and undeniable, it's a punchy cartoon, rightly confident of its power to entertain. Why resist?
  26. Downtown Express
    Little more than a showcase for Mr. Quint - whose acting is almost as toneless as his playing is sublime - this trite, sunny drama pins lengthy musical interludes onto the flimsiest of narratives and hopes for the best.
  27. Kid-Thing
    The film is, if nothing else, an interesting meditation on how a child who grows up without guidance might react to a situation that requires judgment.
  28. RoboCop
    A nicely cast, respectable remake.
  29. The Words
    A clever, entertaining yarn that doesn't bear close scrutiny.
  30. Come on Eileen
    Ms. Howe is frequently riveting: a scene in which she repeatedly, and with waxing abuse, drunk-calls her former husband (an excellent Keith Allen) may make more than a few viewers squirm in recognition.
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