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For 4,841 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Days of Being Wild (re-release)
Lowest review score: 0 Oh, Ramona!
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,021 out of 4841
  2. Mixed: 1,310 out of 4841
  3. Negative: 510 out of 4841
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  1. Dear White People
    It’s an American film that talks about race with strong feeling, common sense and good humor; it’s an indie screenwriting-directing debut as polished as it is provocative; it’s a satire that also lets its characters be people; it’s a showcase of clever craft and direction as well as whip-smart comedic writing brought to life by a dedicated, charismatic cast that also conveys real ideas and emotion.
  2. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
    Jeunet occasionally reminds you why he was once considered one of the most exciting names in world cinema. But for the most part, it’s another visually interesting, somewhat hollow misfire.
  3. Coherence
    It feels like this is a short film idea stretched to feature length, and the padding doesn't work.
  4. Exhibition
    There is beauty here, and exquisite craft in both the pictures and the minutely designed soundscape, and there are some truly chewy ideas thrown up about the porosity of the boundary between public and private that would have lent terrific, atmospheric texture to a film... But there is little connection to the characters.
  5. I Am I
    The decisions made by the characters of I Am I feel so rushed that everyone’s emotional compass is either utterly broken, ignored, useless, or frustratingly disorienting.
  6. The Human Race
    This is a laughably bad movie, but an amazing drinking game waiting to happen.
  7. A Coffee In Berlin
    A Coffee in Berlin is watchable and far from dumb, but the film embodies Niko's lack of clarity to the point where it hurts the picture.
  8. Ivory Tower
    Ivory Tower is compelling viewing, particularly if you feel close to the crisis.
  9. Burning Bush
    Political thriller, procedural, emotional drama and rousing cry for basic human rights and values.
  10. Witching and Bitching
    It's ludicrous genre fun even if you didn't take into account the properly-bewitching Ms. Bang.
  11. Policeman
    Avoiding easy answers and engaging on various levels, Policeman is exactly the kind of film that makes one excited about the art again.
  12. Lullaby
    While the performances are the key to the success of Lullaby, it is Levitas’ heartfelt and personal story (his inspiration for writing it came from his own family experience) that provides the necessary tools for these actors to work with.
  13. Ping Pong Summer
    What Ping Pong Summer lacks in conviction or ingenuity, it makes up for in heart. The nostalgia that the entire film is built upon doesn’t seem misplaced.
  14. All Cheerleaders Die
    An end-film tease for a laughably unnecessary part two feels emblematic of the entire film: McKee and Sivertson aren't interested in laying any groundwork regarding cogent themes or diverse characterization, because there are skulls to be split and blood to be drank.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Willow Creek
    It's a canny horror film and a derivative one.
  16. Trust Me
    Being played by Gregg himself makes the transition more organic than it was for Rockwell in "Choke," but it still rings false.
  17. Citizen Koch
    For those who didn't know how flawed and manipulated the act of casting a ballot has become, Citizen Koch is a decent enough primer, but for everyone else long past the tipping point, this is just more evidence for a problem that currently has no solution.
  18. The Fault in Our Stars
    The Fault in Our Stars wins points for being more complex and stylish than most similar films feel they need to be. Most movies with this target audience are maudlin and manipulative, but Boone's film never feels like it's trying too hard to win our tears—or our laughter.
  19. Anna
    Mark Strong and an underused Brian Cox are fine, and Taissa Farmiga demonstrates why she is acknowledged as one of America’s most promising young talents. But she deserves a better role, everyone involved deserves a stronger script.
  20. Dormant Beauty
    The film’s well-written, beautifully performed (not least from Huppert, who’s typically stunning as her icy, grief-stricken matriarch, and the moving Servillo, of “Il Divo” and “Gomorrah” fame), and nicely made, if a good 15 minutes overlong.
  21. The Grand Seduction
    The Grand Seduction reeks of a pleasantness that makes for a very soothing watch. The lack of character depth and the contrived plot won’t be placing it near any top ten lists, but there are far worse ways to spend two hours in a theatre these days.
  22. 22 Jump Street
    22 Jump Street might not be quite as good as "21 Jump Street," but it's remarkably close, to the point where subsequent viewings could see it elevated above its predecessor.
  23. We Are the Best!
    The film is a breath of fresh air — there is a lovely awkwardness to the coming-of-age tale that makes it feel almost like an enthusiastic early effort from a talented neophyte as opposed to the eighth feature from an established, albeit arthouse, director.
  24. Code Black
    Code Black manages to encapsulate so much of what is wrong with our health care system, but also to point out what’s right, and to posit an attitude shift not just about health care but about how we as a society treat those around us who are in pain or suffering. A heartbreaking but hopeful message within this important film.
  25. Jimi: All Is by My Side
    The film is not only one dimensional when it comes to its subject, but also of the time and place where Hendrix arrived.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Signal
    [A] lovingly crafted but insubstantial flash, though the mystery at heart sustains a first viewing.
  27. Force Majeure
    Force Majeure is a brutally smart and original film.
  28. The Blue Room
    It’s a meticulous and tightly coiled cautionary tale, but it’s hard to imagine any of its characters having life outside the narrow confines of its stagy plot, or the edges of its carefully composed frames.
  29. Elena
    This is avant-garde autobiographical filmmaking at its finest, and the results are stunningly beautiful, and achingly emotional within a lyrical and dreamlike aesthetic.
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