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For 4,670 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:
  1. Positive: 2,963 out of 4670
  2. Mixed: 1,021 out of 4670
  3. Negative: 686 out of 4670
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  1. Secretariat
    The true story of the recordbreaking Secretariat is pretty stupendous as is. It didn't need schmaltzing up.
  2. Nowhere Boy
    It paints a complex picture of strained familial relations and a poignant look at the wounds inflicted on a sensitive soul by an unreliable parent.
  3. The Social Network
    The film owes much of its success to the inspired pairing of Fincher and Sorkin.
  4. Let Me In
    Let Me In is going to lure and please fans of the original; like the first, the remake is graphically violent but as tense as good horror gets.
  5. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    There are plenty of strong performances, and LaBeouf does a nice job of becoming the tough-skinned pragmatist. Mulligan is as earnest as ever, and Susan Sarandon and, particularly, Frank Langella make strong cameos.
  6. Waiting for 'Superman'
    It's an apt title. As divisive as the issue has become, it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children, waiting on a superhero who isn't going to come.
  7. Buried
    Those drawn to unusual, unflinching feats of filmmaking and rare acting turns as well as sustained suspense will be captivated by Buried.
  8. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
    The film is surprisingly deft and entertains at both the adult and juvenile levels. If something in Guardians catches your eye, trust your gizzard.
  9. You Again
    As the girl fights and rivalry play out, flashes of wit are obscured by the plot's contrivances.
  10. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
    Slight and only sporadically amusing.
  11. Easy A
    Easy A not only makes the grade, but it comes in close to 100%.
  12. Catfish
    To avoid revealing too much and spoiling a fresh and intriguing experience, let's just say this: Catch Catfish.
  13. Alpha and Omega
    Alpha and Omega is one of those rarities in the modern era of Hollywood animation: bad.
  14. The Town
    Though the narrative is a conventional one, the well-acted, suspenseful story deals in fascinatingly murky morality and mines intriguing material from a historic and complex city.
  15. Jack Goes Boating
    Jack Goes Boating won't knock you over, but it lulls you with its slow-warming heart.
  16. Never Let Me Go
    Just as its characters need a reason to live, Go needs a reason for audiences to watch. Neither find much satisfaction.
  17. I'm Still Here
    It's really not much fun - in fact it's painful - to watch an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown. It almost doesn't matter if the psyche in question is imploding artificially - as in staged - or organically.
  18. Legendary
    For a movie with a star wrestler at the center of it, Legendary doesn't pack much of a punch.
  19. The Romantics
    The Romantics is a misnomer. "The Spoiled Melodramatics" would be more accurate. Or better yet, "The Pretentious Ones."
  20. Machete
    Danny Trejo plays the long-haired, craggy-faced titular Machete with a combination of swift ferocity and baleful kindliness. And the ladies love it.
  21. Going the Distance
    As it is, this uneven movie is more a compilation of contemporary images and concerns peppered with derivative raucous scenarios, à la Judd Apatow movies, than an involving romantic comedy.
  22. The American
    Clooney has excelled in serious roles - notably in "Michael Clayton" and "Syriana." But his Jack, a brooding assassin seeking redemption, is a bigger departure, and he pulls it off well.
  23. Takers
    The dialogue is clichéd and laughable. It's a film far more concerned with style - architectural, vehicular and wardrobe-related - than substance.
  24. The Last Exorcism
    This supernatural yarn is thoroughly engrossing until it loses its way about three-quarters in. It's as if the filmmakers didn't know how to resolve the mayhem, opting for silly over diabolical.
  25. The Switch
    This is a romantic comedy, not a sci-fi adventure tale. But the actions, choices and general behavior of the characters are oddly removed from what goes in the real world.
  26. The Tillman Story
    The Tillman Story is a probing examination of truth, decency and the American way. It also explores deception and military propaganda and lays bare the ravages of grief.
  27. Nanny McPhee Returns
    The end result, while entertaining, is the kind of unruly mess you can't imagine the indomitable Nanny McPhee tolerating.
  28. Lottery Ticket
    Lottery Ticket is no prize.
  29. Eat Pray Love
    The whole journey feels like a rich girl gone slumming. And for those of us along for the ride, it's a bit of a slog.
  30. The Expendables
    Sadistic mess of a movie.
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