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For 2,046 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Predator: Killer of Killers
Lowest review score: 20 Sir Billi
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,054 out of 2046
  2. Mixed: 954 out of 2046
  3. Negative: 38 out of 2046
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kaleidoscope
    Face crumpled, eyes darting, Jones captures the wounded humanity at the core of this psychological thriller. He feels the walls of his flat closing in; we feel the influence of Polanski and Hitchcock.
  2. 13 Assassins
    All politics and posturing, the first two-thirds of the film are stiff and uninvolving, and although the climatic 45-minute free-for-all is genuinely spectacular, it’s clear where the director’s heart lies.
  3. Northern Soul
    Sporadically engrossing, its highlight is a brilliant recreation of an all-night dance-a-thon at that northern soul mecca, the legendary Wigan Casino.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    She's the One
    She's The One is carefully observed, well-made, enjoyable, thought-provoking and even funny. And: cracking crumpet, Gromit.
  5. A Walk Among the Tombstones
    Exciting, in places, though a stranger to subtlety, it ticks all the genre boxes, but there’s something about its knowing noirisms that feels superficial rather than soaked-in.
  6. Marjorie Prime
    Musing on memory and machine-emotion, it echoes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Her. But despite its fine portraits of loss, it never escapes its stage-play origins.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Giant Mechanical Man
    Kirk, who wed Fischer in 2010, perfectly captures her all-thumbs charm, and ubiquitous character actor Messina steps into the lead with ease, showing off some impressive mime skills to boot.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What Just Happened
    Barry Levinson’s comedy is stronger on the incidental detail: Keener ruthlessly expelling an underling from her office, or Variety’s acid reporting of an agent’s suicide (‘10 per center puts himself in turnaround’). But the big finale at Cannes feels inauthentic – a bit of a letdown from the director who so brilliantly pilloried Robert Evans in Wag The Dog.
  9. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
    A solid outing for a re-Bourne hero that could, with a few key tweaks, generate another round of vehicles for the Clancy cash cow.
  10. The Seventh Fire
    Uplifting it isn’t, but there’s poetry to be found in these desperate lives, and Riccobono never judges or sensationalises his subjects. Sensitive, if slightly unfocused.
  11. Bohemian Rhapsody
    Definitely not Killer Queen, but thanks to a blinding turn from Malek, fans of the band will get their kicks.
  12. Only the Brave
    Backdraft clichés notwithstanding, this is a stirring fact-based tribute to public servants putting it on the line.
  13. Final Cut
    One of the smartest zom-coms in recent memory gets a faithful French remake, but it's too well made to convince as the ultra-low budget schlock its aping.
  14. Big Eyes
    Adams is as watchable as ever as Margaret, backed by fine support, but the problem lies with Waltz. He’s more caricature than character, and Burton proves unable to harness his energy as well as Tarantino did.
  15. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
    Harper’s well-appointed sequel has strong performances even if the Woman becomes a supporting character in her own tale.
  16. Lisa Frankenstein
    A neat mash-up of high-school comedy and horror tropes. Pity it flounders in the final third, though.
  17. Trainwreck
    Amy Schumer is a force to be reckoned with – but despite some belly laughs Trainwreck doesn’t quite transcend the romcom formula like the best of the genre.
  18. The Color Purple
    The film treads a fine line between saccharine and crowd-pleasing, though there’s no doubt a few moments will elicit tears.
  19. Absolutely Anything
    Pegg works wonders, but you’ll wish the concept had been pushed further, that there was more to the Pythons’ ‘reunion’ – and that Robin Williams had found a funnier swansong.
  20. Venom
    Fleischer made a better comedy-horror with Zombieland, but Venom’s a decent buddy actioner. You might even laugh your head off.
  21. Frozen II
    A solid sequel that hits the right notes and entertains without ever being quite as satisfying or essential as the original.
  22. Girls Lost
    Interesting, but others have explored similar themes far more effectively.
  23. The Lost City
    Star power swings to the rescue of a breezy romantic adventure that sticks to charted territory. Tatum fans will go weak at the Nees’ use of their hero.
  24. MI-5
    It doesn’t exactly soar and the lack of levity grates, yet the Spooks movie still delivers some appealingly old-school mayhem.
  25. Lay the Favorite
    A classy cast and Frears' light touch can't help this innocent abroad dramedy into the winner's enclosure. More jeopardy, less laboured larking, and it could've romped home.
  26. Anton Corbijn Inside Out
    It’s not groundbreaking, but the impressionistic approach at least strives for more than your standard-issue bio.
  27. CHIPS
    All hot wheels and dick jokes, it’s fun but forgettable.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dark Skies
    As a shocker, Scott Stewart’s (Priest) film is solid, but it’s the thoroughly depressing backdrop that you’ll take away.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Last Days on Mars
    A taut, tense yet hugely indebted debut, Ruairí Robinson’s survival horror manages to break free from its low-budget limitations but is hamstrung by its own love of the genre.
  30. Coming 2 America
    Coming 2 America has arrived at just the right time: its eminent watchability and pleasing lack of drama (things never get too dangerous or dicey) mean it should go down well as a cheering antidote to stressful times. But it's hard to imagine anyone opting to watch it over the original in years to come. Ultimately, it’s more fawning subject than rightful heir.
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