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For 4,672 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 Amos & Andrew
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,964 out of 4672
  2. Mixed: 1,022 out of 4672
  3. Negative: 686 out of 4672
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  1. 300
    The action epic 300 is so overblown, overheated and over the top that on some level, it's fun to get caught up in the operatic dizziness of it.
  2. Race to Witch Mountain
    Mediocre family fare that's simply not that much fun.
  3. Any Given Sunday
    Though there are helmets deeper than this movie, you do have to admire the level of screen showmanship .
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  4. Valentin
    The wrap-up feels tacked-on and too good to be true, with emotions the story really hasn't earned.
  5. Scream 4
    It's hard to sustain that cheeky meta humor, and the film seems to just give in and join its slasher brethren, devolving into a string of gruesome, but unoriginal, slayings.
  6. Water for Elephants
    Mildly entertaining, though the best performances come not from the stars, but the supporting players.
  7. X-Men: Apocalypse
    Director Bryan Singer made more hay with Marvel’s mighty mutant menagerie in the early 2000s, but the new film comes undone with too many characters and not enough nuance or freshness.
  8. The Monuments Men
    Genial and well-intentioned, but tepid.
  9. The International
    Though not as action-packed as some thrillers, The International is noteworthy for its unusually scenic and architecturally dazzling locations.
  10. Betsy's Wedding
    Yet another Alan Alda unoriginal original. [22 Jun 1990, p.2D]
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  11. The Producers
    Enough is enough. Somebody should just stop remaking The Producers.
  12. Nacho Libre
    What is missing in plot and character development is made up for in silly fun.
  13. Epic
    The film's clever use of emerald-colored hummingbirds as transportation is a highlight.
  14. Romeo Must Die
    A plodding, play-it-safe rendition of "The Family Feud."
  15. Blow
    Consistently compelling without being truly memorable.
  16. Rat Race
    Hits its silly stride early and never shifts into a higher gear.
  17. Under the Tuscan Sun
    A fun movie to sit through even when you don't always buy it.
  18. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
    Unexpectedly charming. It's a classic date movie, but it also will appeal to pre-dating tweens and middle-aged romantics.
  19. Snake Eyes
    Snake Eyes sports some of the most breathtaking filmmaking of De Palma's career -- and Nicolas Cage is the one actor who cannot be upstaged by it. [18 September 1998, p. 11E]
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  20. The Frighteners
    It's a mess with sporadic flashes of creativity. Someone should have gone back to the drawing board. [19 July 1996, p.13D]
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  21. Safe House
    Safe House has two powerful performances at its core, a hectic plot, a huge body count and a mild sense of déjà vu amid the pulse-quickening tension.
  22. Peeples
    Grier plays the part of the pompous patrician with superb finesse and dry wit, easily the movie's highlight.
  23. Labor Day
    Labor Day feels like a belabored, sappy slog.
  24. The Interview
    Considering the controversy and chaos Sony Pictures Studios is undergoing because of it, The Interview fails to live up to the hype, floundering as a rowdy comedy as it grows duller by the minute.
  25. RoboCop
    Moviegoers are stuck with this sci-fi thriller's bland story, murky cinematography and frenetic special effects.
  26. Beautiful Creatures
    Lead actor Ehrenreich conveys a spirited charm, while Englert, the object of his affections, is more blandly self-contained.
  27. Haiku Tunnel
    Already too long. It makes you want to start moving globs of dirt to tunnel out of the theater as the movie ends with the famous theme to "The Great Escape."
  28. We're No Angels
    Clunkily stagebound but gorgeous to look at in VistaVision and Technicolor. [07 Oct 2005]
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  29. The Intern
    For someone of De Niro’s reputation, this Intern gig is a thankless job.
  30. The Getaway
    The first moral of the faithfully amoral remake of Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway is that Steve McQueen is irreplaceable. Second: Slavish faithfulness can be risky if the original is only middling Peckinpah to start. Third: Married co-stars sometimes reserve their sexual heat for off-camera Malibu mattresses. [11 Feb 1994, p.4D]
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