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For 1,962 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Gladiator
Lowest review score: 0 It's Pat: The Movie
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,411 out of 1962
  2. Mixed: 294 out of 1962
  3. Negative: 257 out of 1962
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  1. Blink Twice
    The film goes on longer than it needs to, and as with so many in its genre, its director loses control by the third act. But “Blink Twice” is a promising debut that’s haunting for its performances (Ackie gives a vivid, vulnerable star turn; Tatum finds, behind his good-guy smile, an eeriness he’s never shown on-screen; Geena Davis pops up to steal a few scenes, as is her right) and for its feminist sensibility.
  2. Jackpot!
    Awkwafina and Cena, who gamely tolerate everything this movie throws at them, deserve better. Would somebody please make them a smart rom-com, soon?
  3. Alien: Romulus
    The movie’s unrelenting sensory onslaught is exhausting. It’s torture to sit through.
  4. It Ends with Us
    A film is a different experience from a book, and the movie “It Ends With Us” doesn’t really bring us inside Lily’s head; it simply leaves us puzzled and horrified.
  5. Sing Sing
    Winner of the best film award at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, Greg Kwedar’s “Sing Sing” is a gentle reminder of the power of art to transform lives.
  6. Deadpool & Wolverine
    Deadpool & Wolverine is the ultimate love letter to Marvel fans: The cameos and references are aplenty and brilliant (the audience at the press screening gasped more than once), the source material is treated with respect and, best of all, it’s pure, unadulterated fun. It finally looks like Marvel is back in fighting shape. (P.S. Yes, the equally sweet and crude credits are worth sticking around for.)
  7. Twisters
    As a summer disaster movie, Twisters works well enough, though other than Powell it lacks the enjoyable goofiness of its predecessor.
  8. Fly Me to the Moon
    Someday, someone will pair up Johansson and Tatum in a better movie. In the meantime, watch this one with low expectations, and dream.
  9. Longlegs
    This is a film where the trappings of the procedural plot matter infinitely less than the moments that come when you glimpse the visually beautiful yet bleak pit into which Harker is going to fall.
  10. Despicable Me 4
    None of this is especially promising or, frankly, funny. In fact, for much of its length, “Despicable Me” is painfully unfunny.
  11. Kinds of Kindness
    There seem to be entire worlds behind every sentence in this film, floating somewhere just past our line of vision, calling to us as they slip away.
  12. A Quiet Place: Day One
    Nyong’o’s prodigious talents are sadly wasted in this noisy, pointless movie, which never approaches the cleverness — or the genuine scariness — of the first two in the franchise.
  13. Fancy Dance
    In a movie that reminds us that parenting comes in many forms, it’s touching to learn that the Cayuga word for “aunt” is “small mother.” We almost didn’t need the definition; it’s visible, in Gladstone and Delroy-Olson’s eyes.
  14. Thelma
    Filled with sweetly funny moments, “Thelma” is a perfect showcase for the delightfully wry Squibb, whose character constantly reminds us that you’re never too old to try something new, whether it’s takeout sushi or low-speed chasing after criminals.
  15. Babes
    Life, as a character in Babes points out, isn’t always like a Nora Ephron movie, but it’s a pleasure to watch these two stumble toward their own happy ending.
  16. Hit Man
    Richard Linklater’s Hit Man is one of those movies that just picks you up immediately and sweeps you away; it’s made with an irresistibly breezy confidence.
  17. Inside Out 2
    Sure, much of it follows ground already trodden in the first film, but it finds that same sweet balance of tears and laughter.
  18. Young Woman and the Sea
    This may not be quite the movie that Ederle deserves, but it’s the one that we’ve got, and it’s definitely a story worth telling.
  19. Challengers
    It’s not a perfect movie, but Zendaya makes it a great pleasure.
  20. Boy Kills World
    Benjamin provides just the right balance of sincerity and snark to hold this dark action-comedy together. When combined with bloody good action choreography, the film mostly knocks any flaws aside.
  21. The Idea of You
    We fall in love with this couple, just a bit, and want them to be together. And Hathaway and Galitzine make a charmer of a pair.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Back to Black
    This isn’t a bright tale of Winehouse’s rise to stardom. It’s a tragic story of a once-in-a-generation talent gone too soon.
  23. Evil Does Not Exist
    Beginning with its enigmatic title and concluding with a haunting, strange ending, “Evil Does Not Exist” is filmmaking more interested in creating a mood than telling a taut story — but what a mood it is.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    Take-no-prisoners storytelling, the work of a master storyteller.
  25. I Saw the TV Glow
    While Schoenbrun’s film embraces its many influences, it is a distinct work that lingers in the very soul. It’s not just one of the most original American films of recent memory, but the best of the year.
  26. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
    Ball takes his time presenting Noa’s world in detail. Too much time, frankly. There is no real sense of urgency here. Everything is carefully worked out. The visuals are handsome but unremarkable. Consequently, the picture feels dutiful and oddly bloodless.
  27. The Fall Guy
    The Fall Guy isn’t a perfect movie; it’s longer and a bit more self-aware than it needs to be, and not every joke lands. But it has that rare quality in a big-studio film: a sense of fun.
  28. Abigail
    Most important: The volume of bloodletting is undeniably impressive and frequently explosive, and the filmmakers effectively employ a lot of creepy remixes of the “Swan Lake” theme.
  29. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
    It’s an undeniably fun picture but rather too self-impressed. It’s Ritchie at his limited best.
  30. Civil War
    If Civil War wasn’t so utterly horrifying, it could be a superhero movie, with journalists wearing the capes.
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