USA Today's Scores

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For 4,677 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 point 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:
4677 movie reviews
  1. Speaking of that middle-finger finale, there is one redeeming trait: At least it signals the end credits.
  2. As he did in "Stranger Than Fiction," Ferrell displays surprising range when he ratchets down the volume.
  3. As wedding stories go, it's an improvement over the dreadful "Something Borrowed," though it doesn't have anything terribly new to say.
  4. Bonds are tested and feelings hurt, but who really cares? The story takes predictable turns, embraces clichés and dodges all humor.
  5. Though he looks every inch a brawny Norse god, Hemsworth is not just a hunk. His charisma and charming grin go a long way toward making Thor engaging.
  6. Here's a by-the-playbook movie if ever there was one.
  7. Memorable for being one of the most obnoxious animated movies of recent years.
  8. Inventive action sequences, deft stunt work and breathtaking cinematography make for revved-up fun.
  9. Redford methodically presents the injustices piled on Surratt and suggests what might have prompted her stoicism. But James D. Solomon's script is often flat, perhaps in a misguided effort to be stately.
  10. This is Disneynature's third and best release, after 2009's "Earth" and 2010's "Oceans." With its compelling narrative of survival, it will probably be the one that most enthralls audiences.
  11. Spurlock comes off like a new and improved Everyman, familiar but smarter and funnier than the average Joe.
  12. Mildly entertaining, though the best performances come not from the stars, but the supporting players.
  13. Rio
    For its stunning iridescent look and infectious music, Rio is a refreshing adventure worth taking.
  14. 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.
  15. The inspiring story of surfer and shark attack victim Bethany Hamilton deserves a better dramatization.
  16. Despite his cockney-accented verbosity, Brand does not convey the effortless conviviality that Dudley Moore did in the part.
  17. One of the coldest action films in years and an odd showcase for Saoirse Ronan, a deft actress who is one of the few youngsters capable of pulling off action with acting.
  18. Misguided raunchfest.
  19. Hop
    The movie's appeal is largely the result of the perfectly cast James Marsden as Fred, a lovable slacker who accidentally injures a floppy-eared rabbit who calls himself E.B. (perfectly voiced by Russell Brand).
  20. It's far more annoying than frightening.
  21. A high-octane mind game best enjoyed by following a key character's advice: "The Source Code is a gift. Don't squander it by thinking."
  22. Leave it to a wimpy kid to show Hollywood how to make a family movie with live people in it.
  23. You've never seen a movie like Sucker Punch. And depending on your entertainment preferences, you may not want to.
  24. Bogged down by speechifying and a plodding pace, Miral is well-intentioned but doesn't achieve the searing emotional resonance suggested by the story.
  25. The story feels believable as a witty chronicle of human behavior, in contrast with the self-consciously satirical style of some indie films and the far-fetched heroics of big studio fare.
  26. An L.A.-based story with more turns and curves than a Hollywood canyon.
  27. Briskly paced, suspenseful thriller.
  28. Where Paul takes off is in its embrace and knowledge of sci-fi icons.
  29. The movie has more charm when it's earthbound. Cusack and Green's mother-son repartee has sharp comic timing. Once the story veers off to space, it goes downhill.
  30. The look of this version may be the finest of the 27 Jane Eyre film and television re-tellings.

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