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For 3,672 reviews, this publication has graded:
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  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Always Be My Maybe
Lowest review score: 0 Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,240 out of 3672
  2. Mixed: 993 out of 3672
  3. Negative: 439 out of 3672
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  1. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    I was tempted to remark that Benson doesn't know how to write women, until I noticed that he doesn't know how to write men, either.
  2. Neither Wolf Nor Dog
    It would have behooved Simpson to consult others — not just regarding direction, editing and writing, but perhaps just to speak to someone else before taking on this particular narrative and creating yet another Native American story told through a white man’s lens that benefits absolutely no one.
  3. Life Partners
    A waxen falseness suffuses the stilted, stubbornly generic picture, from the casting to the humor to the lesbian-friendly milieu. Like the fast-food mozzarella sticks one of the characters devours in moments of existential woe, it feels like a calculated imitation rather than the real thing.
  4. Roommates
    Questioning the moral fortitude of these comedies used to be something only critics did [...] Now Roommates is getting in on the act and I respect the film’s sense of introspection. I just wish it had funnier jokes.
  5. The Wedding Guest
    A thriller without thrills is merely a drama, and The Wedding Guest is a dull drama at that.
  6. Antlers
    Committed performances by Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and extraordinary young actor Jeremy T. Thomas vividly communicate the deeper emotional stakes of Antlers, if somewhat unfortunately without adding an ounce of fun or excitement to its mythmaking.
  7. Road House
    Road House is a mixed bag of blockbuster punches and quirky set pieces that give way to hyper-masculinity in the modern world.
  8. Adult Beginners
    There’s nothing here that actually digs deep enough into any of the films’ surface-level concerns — maturity, responsibility, parenting, siblinghood — to snap the movie out of its own slumber.
  9. Run This Town
    Tollman’s promise as a writer and director is evident, but not unlike his ambitious and untested protagonist, an editor might be what he needs most, whether or not he knows it.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Kodachrome
    This is the Sudeikis-Harris show, and it really works.
  11. Encounter
    For a film that tries to be a bravura piece of genre-hopping cinema, “Encounter” too often feels confused rather than assured.
  12. Pedro Páramo
    The images are vivid, but the storytelling remains elusive and elliptical, exploring the title character from different perspectives without ever pinning him down.
  13. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
    The acting is universally excellent, particularly Fey, who’s shrewdly fulfilling our expectations while playing off them.
  14. The Broken Hearts Gallery
    The film has some awkward edits and some jumps that suggest things are missing, but as a female-centric romance, it is breezy enough to go down easily.
  15. Army of the Dead
    There’s enough gore, mayhem, and decay in Army of the Dead to make for a satisfying zombie-movie experience, and while it’s the best film Snyder has made since his last “of the Dead,” it’s also one that continually hints at the more satisfying work it might have been.
  16. Uncle Drew
    This journey to cobble together the old squad should be more fun that it is. Although you could say that about most of Uncle Drew. The onus is less on the performances; each former player holds his/her own.
  17. Bernard and Huey
    Bernard and Huey isn’t particularly funny, although the script does tend to pump out a zinger once in a while. It isn’t particularly tragic, because the plight of these characters is well-earned.
  18. Teen Spirit
    Minghella, to his credit, makes it an entertaining ride even when we see where it’s going, and Fanning turns out to be a terrific singer well suited to the alternative-rock playlist she’s given.
  19. Southpaw
    Southpaw is so simultaneously entertaining and unsurprising that it could go straight to ESPN Classic, but if these are the extremes it takes for certain people to notice that, hey, that guy from “Bubble Boy” has turned into a heck of an actor, then so be it.
  20. Instant Family
    Instant Family is a decent, involving, endearing story, with funny performances and heartfelt, entirely earned dramatic crescendoes.
  21. Extraction 2
    The filmmakers know that one drops into fare like Extraction 2 not for feelings and tears but for the fast-on-its-feet action, one they deliver in heaps.
  22. Happy Death Day 2U
    Although it’s almost too much story, too much humor, and too many ideas for one movie to contain, the breathlessness of Happy Death Day 2U is irresistible. This is one frightfully clever sequel that audiences will want to revisit again… and again… and again… and again… and again…
  23. Shirley
    While “Shirley” is no “Rustin,” cinematically, Chisholm, like Bayard Rustin, more than deserves her flowers.
  24. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    This adventure should have been spooky and witty and exciting, but instead it’s just dreary and dull. Peculiarity has rarely been this tedious.
  25. Thor: Love and Thunder
    If this latest one was aiming to mix it up by giving equal weight to the masks of comedy and tragedy, it’s an effort that falls short.
  26. The Burnt Orange Heresy
    What really sets The Burnt Orange Heresy ablaze is the chemistry between Bang, Debicki and Sutherland. Each of their characters functions as a sort of walking puzzle, their motives slowly revealing themselves only as the story develops.
  27. The Maze Runner
    For its first half or so, The Maze Runner tells a captivating tale of survival and weaves a potentially interesting mystery. Once its path become clear, however, you realize this is a puzzle you've worked out before.
  28. Lowriders
    Mexican-American culture isn’t merely draped over the story as an added element but woven throughout with a casual practicality that respects both the primary characters and their shot-on-location East L.A. setting.
  29. Strange Weather
    In the end, human decency and resilience are this narrative’s common threads. And you needn’t have lost a loved one to recognize it.
  30. France
    The film isn’t a total wash. Seydoux finds ways to move and emote through her Noh mask, and Dumont finds interesting avenues to explore, tracking the uneasy dance between compassion and commodification when dealing with hot-button stories. Only it’s all too much, too long, too repetitive, too one-note, too contemptuous of the very idea of cinematic pleasure to really land.
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