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For 20,313 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: 9,401 out of 20313
  2. Mixed: 8,446 out of 20313
  3. Negative: 2,466 out of 20313
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  1. Ms. 45
    Abel Ferrera...has a tin ear for dialogue and an evident penchant for ludicrous material. But beyond that, he is clearly a talented fellow. One can only hope he finds something else to make movies about very soon.
  2. Justin Bieber's Believe
    Another piece of propaganda for the Bieber proletariat.
  3. Gods of Egypt
    If Gods of Egypt were any worse, it might be a masterpiece.
  4. The Divergent Series: Insurgent
    Tighter, tougher and every bit as witless as its predecessor, The Divergent Series: Insurgent — the second segment in the cycle — arrives with a yawn and ends with a bang.
  5. Grand Piano
    This proudly old-fashioned movie will pull any trick in the book to hold your attention. And it needs those tricks: Damien Chazelle’s screenplay is sloppy, ludicrous and ultimately devoid of suspense.
  6. Ice Age: Collision Course
    The movie’s actual entertainment value rises considerably during the dialogue-free sequences.
  7. The Best Offer
    Mr. Rush can’t fly far on Mr. Tornatore’s dialogue and workmanlike plotting, and Sylvia Hoeks, as Claire, doesn’t bring a corresponding energy.
  8. The Gunman
    It’s not a hard and fast rule, but in general when the main character, sometime in the third act, says, “I did some bad things ... ” and stares off into the middle distance, the implied end of the sentence is “including this movie.”
  9. And So It Goes
    Relatable doesn’t have to mean routine, but Mr. Reiner doesn’t always bother to tell the difference.
  10. Before I Go to Sleep
    If it weren’t for the diligent performances of its stars, who inject some emotional depth into this bogus claptrap, Before I Go to Sleep would be an unwatchable, titter-inducing catastrophe.
  11. 24 Exposures
    24 Exposures plays like an exercise. With a thin plot — the usual parade of possible killers — it falls to the actors to provide zing.
  12. If You Build It
    The movie’s biggest weakness comes with its tendency to film people telling us what’s going on rather than having us observe.
  13. Divorce Corp
    The tone ranges from wounded to disgusted, but a movie positing this deep a rot in the system needs to be more measured and better made to take hold.
  14. Hamlet
    While Mr. Ramsay accomplishes some kind of a trick in streamlining the play, his trimming of corners feels more like a taking away of the center.
  15. Stalingrad
    The movie’s few spectacles — particularly the composite image of Russian soldiers aflame after a fuel depot explodes — seem to consume the creative energies of the filmmakers, with their palpable pride in staging patriotic deaths from the safe distance of history.
  16. True Story
    The real story of Christian Longo and Michael Finkel might be a fascinating and disturbing tale of crime, curiosity and journalistic ethics, but that’s not what this movie is.
  17. Almost Human
    In this blood-splattered wasteland, neither original ideas nor acting skills flourish.
  18. The Longest Ride
    Someone put together a listicle! That’s the kind of criticism this brand was made for.
  19. Song One
    Heartfelt but enervated, Song One noodles around the Brooklyn music scene without stirring up magic.
  20. Ping Pong Summer
    This gentle comedy, while entirely unmemorable, releases a genuine warmth that deflects harsh judgment. It doesn’t, however, excuse characters that are little more than props for embarrassing fashion or delivery systems for dated slang.
  21. I Origins
    “Another Earth” was a heartfelt entertainment that managed to infuse a tantalizing science fiction premise with thought and feeling. I Origins is too committed to explaining itself to repeat the trick and falls into the trap of taking its daffy intellectual conceits far too seriously.
  22. The Better Angels
    The sense of predestination hangs heavily over the movie, but not a sense of life.
  23. No God, No Master
    Dignified to a fault and crammed with historical worthies (like a pre-deportation Emma Goldman), this dry tour of union hall strife and kitchen table sentiment wears its sympathies proudly.
  24. Nostalghia
    Loveliness, I'm afraid, is really what this movie is all about.
  25. Love Is in the Air
    The two leads have enough genuine sex appeal to make the film endurable.
  26. Jobriath A.D.
    It’s cruel but must be said: Presented in hushed, reverent tones, Jobriath A.D. often comes across as mockumentary material; each ghastly career move is followed by another. Hampered by limited video of Jobriath, the film lacks a sense of him or his music.
  27. Earth to Echo
    Technology remains no substitute for well-written characters and genuine intrigue and atmosphere, so despite the cute special effects and camera jostling, this film feels like an extended episode of an after-school show by Disney.
  28. Planes: Fire & Rescue
    In 3-D, the firefighting scenes are visually striking — with plumes of smoke and chemical dust — though the backgrounds, like other aspects of the film, lack dimension.
  29. Hasee Toh Phasee
    While the film starts out as a seemingly fresh take on the romantic comedy, it is saddled with numerous contrivances and the clichéd trappings of the genre.
  30. Beijing Love Story
    There’s a little effort to give each story its own tempo and style; you notice bits and pieces plucked from other movies or TV shows.
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