TV Guide Magazine's Scores

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For 7,979 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Badlands
Lowest review score: 0 Terror Firmer
Score distribution:
7979 movie reviews
    • 37 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Mean little film that pretends to say something about rape but panders to the cheap exploitation values of bad thriller films.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    This is one of Lewis' lesser efforts, with his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show drawing the only real laughs.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The film's only plus is some superb ski photography.
  1. Everyone involved seems to have been operating from the presumption that gross and blasphemous equals hilarious. Would that it did.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Figgis again aims for sensual moodiness, but so many clashing tones clamor for the viewer's attention that the result is a noisy mishmash.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Crammed into 130 minutes of screen time, Le Carre's story loses much of its motivation, and although there is plenty of action and suspense, often it seems that the action is happening in the wrong places to the wrong people.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Film Ventures International (FVI) specialized in turning out cheap imitations of big blockbusters. When The Exorcist came out, FVI followed it with Beyond the Door; while Jaws was a number one money-grosser, FVI came out with this film, replacing the shark with a 15-foot bear.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A shapeless mess that falls far short of the high expectations created by Lee's first feature, SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Not so much a sequel as a reworking of old nonsense, CLASS OF 1999 is a thuddingly dull B movie that borrows its few thrills from other, more satisfying films.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Another failed attempt to make Tom Selleck a movie star, this is a handsomely mounted but vapid western that lumbers across the screen for two hours, providing little entertainment.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Talented though he is, Arkin cannot fill Sellers' shoes, especially when hampered by a script which relies on cheap laughs and lots of accidental death, and Yorkin's pedestrian direction.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Unforgivably bad, painfully unfunny, and downright stupid, HEAD OFFICE tries to do to the corporate world what AIRPLANE did to the airlines. A needle in a haystack would be easier to find than a laugh in this film--which is surprising, considering that the cast includes such names as DeVito, Moranis, Novello, Doyle-Murray, and Shawn.
  2. An excruciating series of gags aimed at kids old enough to think it's funny when a grown-up acts like a small child.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Audiences flocked to see Kristel bare it all in an R-rated film, but "stunt" double Judy Heldon actually does the dirty work.
    • 30 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The film lacks any suspense or drama, and the special effects are not that special.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Fred Zinnemann waited 40 years to make this surprisingly lifeless film, a major disappointment from the acclaimed director of High Noon and From Here To Eternity.
  3. Witless farce.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    [A]confusing, silly story.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A ridiculous and totally insipid film.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The film features a great cast and is adapted from a funny and moving book by Joseph Wambaugh, but the result is an abysmal, disjointed mess.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Alien Trespass needs to be buried for another 50 years and then unearthed to be studied for how tributes can go oh so wrong.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Frequently brilliant director Boorman--always an interesting visual stylist--falls flat on his face with this pretentious piece of science-fiction claptrap that presents its dull ideas in such a confused and annoying fashion as to anger even the most devoted fan of the genre.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    This could have been--and is--a very funny film; unfortunately, most of the laughs are unintentional.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    All in all, it's a pretty offensive movie, especially to the Americans who fought in Vietnam.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Ultimately it's all too predictable.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A rip-off of ALIEN (1979), this Roger Corman production has plenty of gore and a mindless storyline. A group of astronauts are sent to rescue a stranded spaceship. One is raped by a giant worm, another blows up, and a third cuts off his own arm. The special effects are excellent.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A lifeless and sophomoric attempt at romantic comedy that draws on the fantasy films of old Hollywood but fails miserably.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Knowing is the path to eternal pain.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    If you liked camp, you may like this film. If you hated camp, you may also like this film. If you like good comedies, you probably won't like this film.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The childish narrative, doubtless inspired by a spate of similar duds such as Conan the Barbarian, is marred by poor story continuity and terrible transitions.

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