Total Film's Scores

  • Movies
For 2,045 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:
2045 movie reviews
  1. Justin Lin gets the series back on track with Fast and Furious 9 by delving into the past while racing into the future. See it on the biggest, loudest screen possible.
  2. Something of a companion piece to the superior Finding Nemo, this is one of Pixar’s weaker efforts but still worth catching.
  3. The sticking point for some will be the bone-crunching violence, of which there’s A LOT. But if you can stomach that, then this ticks that dumb-fun summer-movie box nicely.
  4. It’s hands-down Disney’s best and punchiest prequel yet, one whose playful perils make for a deliciously rowdy ride.
  5. Better than The Conjuring 2 and most of the Annabelles, this latest entry gives some zip to a stumbling franchise.
  6. Between Simmonds’ superb lead, the suspense, the slivers of hope, A Quiet Place Part II is worth making a noise for. Just pipe down in the cinema.
  7. As much as Oygen pulls you along in the moment, it doesn’t leave you with anything that’ll particularly linger.
  8. Classy work from director and cast, but an anti-climactic second half doesn’t quite knit together the incident and intrigue.
  9. That a formula as well-trodden as Saw’s can still surprise, delight, and make you feel like you need a quick shower after is impressive.
  10. It's overlong and laboured in places, but worth a bite for the money-shot set-pieces. Plus... zombie tiger!
  11. While some viewers may want more explosions and twists, there's no denying Michael B. Jordan makes for a riveting action hero in Without Remorse
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Mortal Kombat movie excels when it lets the fighting do the talking. The rest of the time, it simply falls flat.
  12. The Mitchells Vs. The Machines is as irreverently funny as 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie. And, like Spider-Verse, it has a unique visual style that rewards close inspection.
  13. A small film that hits big, Sound Of Metal is a gem you’ll want to bang the drum for.
  14. Carey Mulligan is electric in a blackly comic #MeToo revenge thriller fuelled by righteous fury.
  15. With a super-spoof that’s occasionally funny but always forgettable, the Melissa McCarthy-verse falls flat at Phase One.
  16. Watching these famous monsters share the screen for the first time since 1963’s King Kong Vs. Godzilla, in a series of expertly choreographed battles, packs real wallop, even if you can’t help wishing that screen was 30ft high at your local cinema.
  17. Though suffering from its own shortcomings, Zack Snyder’s gargantuan Justice League is a commendable improvement on the widely derided original. Stock up on snacks.
  18. It might not venture into the unknown, but Raya takes spirited wing.
  19. 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.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thankfully, the Russos imbue the often grim proceedings with the right amounts of light and levity to keep you gripped. Meanwhile, the subversive humor peppered throughout lends an anarchic energy that entertains as well as it moves.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tom Hanks gives a fine leading performance as Captain Kidd, yet the plot falls into problematic stereotypes at times.
  20. An exquisitely rendered period tale, The World To Come is a slow-burning but ultimately rewarding drama of the heart.
  21. Well executed if not entirely original – with werewolves, what is? – Eight For Silver is an assured, engaging chiller.
  22. Crucially, while there’s plenty here that fans of the famously enigmatic pair may be learning for the first time thanks to Wright’s exhaustive access, it’s a documentary that doubles as an accessible, breezy introduction to a band you may never have heard of, and a springboard to further explore their celebrated back catalogue.
  23. Between its genre know-how and furious anger, King’s biopic makes damn sure you feel the weight of Hampton’s loss – and the need for his legacy to be honoured.
  24. Ben Wheatley goes back to basics for a pandemic chiller where Covid is the last thing to be afraid of.
  25. An extraordinarily grim and tender comedy from Jerrod Carmichael, On The Count of Three is buoyed by an exhilarating Christopher Abbott performance.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A visually stunning directorial debut that’s too intimidated by the original source material to be effective.
  26. An end-game disclosure that seems too neat a plot turn can be forgiven for the elegant way Wright and Birchir play it and the buoyant note of catharsis and hope that Land ends on.

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