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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. Valkyrie
    A World War II thriller without enough thrills.
  2. Waltz with Bashir
    This is a powerful, poignant and provocative film, told in an unconventional and effective fashion.
  3. The Tale of Despereaux
    While the story does not quite come to magical life, the themes of courage, hope and decency are sweetly inspiring.
  4. Yes Man
    Yes, yes, it's Liar Liar 2.
  5. The Class
    The Class is a deeply moving film about the challenges of educating children in a complex and often turbulent world.
  6. Seven Pounds
    While it doesn't break any new ground or provide any revelations, Seven Pounds is unabashedly emotional and cautiously hopeful. It's the feel-good movie for these feel-bad times.
  7. The Wrestler
    The story has its clichéd and sentimental moments. It's no "Raging Bull," more like "Rocky" shot with a handheld camera. But Rourke's wounded tough guy is undeniably captivating.
  8. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    The story, an updated version of the 1951 classic about a portentous extraterrestrial visit, feels musty and derivative, and not only because it's a remake.
  9. Delgo
    The story is tedious, noisy and banal. It is also rather dark and convoluted for children, though it does have the familiar bombast of a video game.
  10. Doubt
    By eloquently probing the state of uncertainty and its accompanying discomfort and confusion, Doubt compels viewers to examine their own assumptions as they become caught up in this fascinating tale.
  11. Gran Torino
    Earnest and understated, Gran Torino is an unflinching examination of themes that have fascinated Eastwood in most of his recent films: family, war, loss, faith and unexpected human connection.
  12. Nothing Like the Holidays
    This year's warm and fuzzy Christmas movie. It's a generally winning diversion, thanks mostly to its likeable ensemble cast.
  13. What Doesn't Kill You
    Like "The Departed" and "Gone Baby Gone," What Doesn't Kill You is an engrossing, gritty, sharply written and well-acted drama set on the mean streets of South Boston.
  14. Che
    Che is a mass of contradictions, perhaps like the iconic revolutionary himself.
  15. The Reader
    Though the effort is uneven, it's a well-acted romance that becomes a less compelling courtroom drama.
  16. Wendy and Lucy
    An evocative film with a believable and subtly enthralling lead performance that gets deeply under your skin.
  17. Frost/Nixon
    It's hard to imagine how a film built around one-on-one interviews could be entertaining, but Frost/Nixon could not be more enthralling.
  18. Cadillac Records
    The film features too little about Berry (an engaging Mos Def), who crosses over to great fame.
  19. Punisher: War Zone
    The dialogue is beyond clichéd, and performances feel cobbled together from other movies.
  20. Transporter 3
    Somehow Statham comes out of this improbable thriller with his dignity intact.
  21. Four Christmases
    The film has its funny moments, but they are too few to make the holiday excursion worthwhile.
  22. Milk
    Penn's Oscar-caliber transformation is breathtaking, and the saga of one man's fight for human rights is engrossing.
  23. Bolt
    Bolt borrows amiably from a host of sources, including "The Incredible Journey," "Lilo and Stitch" and "Toy Story 2."
  24. Twilight
    Despite questionable casting, wooden acting, laughable dialogue and truly awful makeup, nothing is likely to stop young girls from swarming to this kitschy adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's popular novel.
  25. Australia
    Like the last two "Pirates" movies, Australia is ambitious more than awe-inspiring, grandiose rather than grand, full of spectacle but not spectacular.
  26. Quantum of Solace
    The stunts are as muscular and the film as handsome to look at as the hero who so ably pulls them off. But the story linking it all together is thin and weak.
  27. A Christmas Tale
    If feuds, drunken outbursts and thoughtless bed-hopping sound like fun, then A Christmas Tale is a hoot. Some wry humor runs through the course of the overly long saga. But there's not enough dark wit to mitigate the tedium and pretentiousness.
  28. Slumdog Millionaire
    Director Danny Boyle's riveting and kaleidoscopic tale, based on Vikas Swarup's debut novel "Q and A," is exquisitely adapted to the screen by Simon Beaufoy.
  29. Role Models
    Misfits and misanthropes are the heroes of Role Models, a surprisingly clever comedy.
  30. JCVD
    JCVD is a whimsical twist on the biopic, sending up heist movies and breaking cinematic rules to interesting effect. At a critical moment, Van Damme rises out of a tense hostage situation to look into the camera and speak movingly to the audience. He has never seemed more convincing.
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