The Playlist's Scores
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For 4,829 reviews, this publication has graded:
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56% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
| Highest review score: | Days of Being Wild (re-release) | |
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| Lowest review score: | Oh, Ramona! |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,013 out of 4829
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Mixed: 1,308 out of 4829
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Negative: 508 out of 4829
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Jessica Kiang
Comparisons to Adam McKay‘s “The Big Short” and “Vice” are unavoidable. But though The Laundromat is similarly breezy, unsubtle, and disposable—it is not, we’d wager, one of the Soderbergh films that will best stand the test of time—it is still a better movie.- The Playlist
- Posted Sep 1, 2019
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With exquisite costume design, cinematography and a talented supporting cast, there’s plenty to admire in Seberg. However, the film’s sprawling and unwieldy narrative is ultimately what hinders it, leaving a drama that focuses in on a single person somehow feeling shallow and impersonal.- The Playlist
- Posted Sep 1, 2019
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Tomris Laffly
Zellweger’s poise and presence make the entire affair more than worthwhile.- The Playlist
- Posted Sep 1, 2019
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Rodrigo Perez
Uncut Gems is an insane ride with no respite that will grind your senses down to their last nerve.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 31, 2019
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Jessica Kiang
In amongst Joker’s fire and blood and chaos and its blackest of blackhearted laughter, there is the sense of a grotesque, green-haired genie being let out of a bottle, and whether it wreaks havoc or not, we’re not going to be able to put it back in.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 31, 2019
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Gregory Ellwood
When Shults soars under this structure, he composes some brilliant moments. When he falters, it seems like the movie doesn’t know where to go or when to end (if it even wants to).- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 31, 2019
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Christina Newland
It’s a middling historical drama, finely crafted and ever so slightly stodgy in spite of a compelling last act.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 30, 2019
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Andrew Bundy
It tells a lot of great stories and illuminates a city-wide tragedy, but given all the heartbreaking and enraging stories within, one wishes Decade Of Fire could emotionally sear and rage just as well as it educates.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 30, 2019
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Andrew Bundy
Kim’s film is a compassionate piece on interpersonal connection that’ll touch your heart when it’s at its most vulnerable- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 30, 2019
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Gregory Ellwood
Ford v Ferrari is the sort of cinematic entertainment that sucks you in and won’t let you go until you cross the finish line.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 30, 2019
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Lena Wilson
Before You Know It packs a lot of character development into 98 minutes. By the film’s end, tears are shed (perhaps including yours, the audience member’s), jealousies uncorked, and secrets aired – but while each player has their disparate arc, they defy contrivance.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 29, 2019
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Rodrigo Perez
Melding the anxiety of the unknown and the fear of who we truly are in our core, all that we try and compartmentalize emotionally as human beings, Gray crafts a movie that is deeply personal, thought-provoking, and thrilling.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 29, 2019
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Jessica Kiang
Baumbach pulls no punches, and exhumes a personal calamity, most people wouldn’t have the stomach to sift through again. It’s wrenching stuff to be sure, but it’s also excruciatingly funny, loaded with empathy, compassion, and understanding too, featuring outstanding performances from its leads, Driver and Scarlett Johansson.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 29, 2019
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Jessica Kiang
There’s the potential for melodrama, but despite the misleadingly grandiose title, The Truth is not in the business of the grand, tormented revelation. Instead, it’s an accretion of little moments, often very funny, sometimes a little sad, but always embedded in the reality of these sharply drawn, idiosyncratic characters.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 28, 2019
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Andrew Bundy
The work is emotionally instructive but thematically unfocused. Despite having a fascinating story to tell and some illuminating subjects, American Factory comes off as slightly over-zealous, educationally speaking, and is without a manageable sense of moral edification as an observational documentary.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 21, 2019
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Christian Gallichio
Aquarela is truly a theatrical experience that benefits from the dark, distraction-free nature of the theater, in which the cycles of water, from frozen lakes to hurricanes, becomes an all-consuming force.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 19, 2019
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At its heart, the film tells an incredibly touching – and altogether unexpected – human story. Entertaining and educational in equal parts, Simó’s animated film is one you don’t want to skip.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 15, 2019
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Chris Barsanti
Try as the filmmakers do to conjure a restorative kind of magic in its searching, yearning storyline of renewal, they are not able to come up with much more than a limping comedy about a woman with all-too-easily-explained mental issues.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 14, 2019
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Asher Luberto
Angry Birds Movie 2 fills the screen with flashy characters, appealing set pieces and a voice cast filled with lively voices.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 13, 2019
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Jonathan Christian
Similar to the cringeworthy performance art that wraps itself around the core of the film, This Is Not Berlin is emotionally hollow, more than a bit confused, and regrettably forgettable.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 9, 2019
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Kimber Myers
Because we’re living in the worst timeline, these actors and concept are wasted in a movie that lacks spark, flavor, spice, and generally anything that generates or even resembles substantive heat.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 7, 2019
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Andrew Bundy
Overall, despite a few profound explosions of emotion, the remake is more tonally overbearing than it is dramatically rewarding.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 7, 2019
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Andrew Bundy
Shadyac’s movie may ask difficult questions about the ills that society grapples with today, but it tackles them in a shallow, facile, sometimes uncomfortably out of touch manner.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 6, 2019
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Christian Gallichio
Love, Antosha isn’t revelatory in its treatment of Yelchin’s life and career but it profoundly serves as a reminder of just how talented he was, and further reinforces the fact that he was just beginning to burgeon as a creative force.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 1, 2019
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Asher Luberto
Tel Aviv on Fire is a summer gem unlike any other you will see this year–an invitation to laugh at a world in decline.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 1, 2019
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Possibly led by nobler intentions, the Israeli writer-director ends up cashing in on the mettle of those involved in a bold rescue mission, tweaking a terrifying reality until it resembles little more than a banal thriller.- The Playlist
- Posted Aug 1, 2019
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Making the plunge into full-on Saturday Morning cartoon territory with its ludicrous over-the-top-ness, Hobbs & Shaw is a quippy, explosively kick-ass, utterly preposterous buddy romp that injects some much-needed nitrous oxide into an otherwise stale summer movie season.- The Playlist
- Posted Jul 31, 2019
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Kimber Myers
Similar to RGB, Raise Hell preaches to the small choir that adored Ivins, but this documentary sings a beautiful new psalm that will reach new disciples and renew the follower faith like a tent revival.- The Playlist
- Posted Jul 30, 2019
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Bradley Warren
With the bar for breakout genre flicks being set so high in recent years, one can’t help but feel that Radio Silence is capable of something more substantial and memorable in its craft. Like most of Grace and Alex’s wedding gifts, Ready or Not is certainly diverting but hardly essential.- The Playlist
- Posted Jul 29, 2019
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Kimber Myers
This is often an insightful film, but it’s full of delights for journalism, history, and political junkies alike. It doesn’t fully answer the challenging problem of where the line between the two needs to be, but at least it’s asking the right question.- The Playlist
- Posted Jul 26, 2019
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