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For 17,786 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 IMAX: Hubble 3D
Lowest review score: 0 Divorce: The Musical
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,137 out of 17786
  2. Mixed: 7,013 out of 17786
  3. Negative: 1,636 out of 17786
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  1. Murderball
    A blast and a half -- as entertaining as mainstream American docus get.
  2. Dark Water
    Well-crafted but thoroughly unsuspenseful.
  3. Fantastic Four
    A wildly uneven, sporadically slapdash action-adventure that amuses in fits and starts.
  4. The Beautiful Country
    Standout performance is by Nolte who, in the final 20 minutes, draws on a deep reservoir of playing broken romantic heroes to portray Binh's father. The subtle, resonant scenes between the two men are worth the price of admission.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Saraband
    A bitter but finally moving story about lost love, hatred between generations and a curious kind of liberation, Saraband officially closes one of the most prestigious and influential careers in the history of cinema.
  6. Chronicles
    Starts out bracingly but gradually loses focus. Ecuadorian writer-director Sebastian Cordero's screenplay trades in underdeveloped conflicts and blank characters, hinting far too early at the killer's probable identity.
  7. Steve + Sky
    Promising frosh helmer Felix van Groeningen exhibits a fresh eye, though his script is full of too many self-consciously Tarantino-ish verbal digressions that serve to distract from the story, and self-conscious quirks he mistakes for character development.
  8. A Sidewalk Astronomer
    Entertaining, painlessly educational documentary.
  9. Rebound
    Scores a few chuckles while following a familiar game plan.
  10. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    Stands reasonably well on its own as an urgent, updated genre meditation on nurture vs. nature.
  11. Undead
    Precociously inventive horror pic that combines brain-eating zombies with outer space aliens.
  12. The World
    While the film feels overlong at two hours 20 minutes, there's a seductive stillness to its enveloping mood.
  13. Twist of Faith
    A powerful and damning look at the long-term impact of sexual abuse.
  14. Almost Brothers
    Unfortunately, Murat's decision to jump back and forth in time makes the film hard to follow for even the most committed viewer.
  15. War of the Worlds
    A gritty, intense and supremely accomplished sci-fier.
  16. Tropical Malady
    Takes the viewer on a mysterious and sporadically fascinating trip into the darkness of the human heart and Thai legend.
  17. This Revolution
    The street action is vivid, but the dramatics are distinctly not, lending the film an unintended sense of fakery.
  18. A Decent Factory
    Fascinating case study of the moral quagmire of globalism.
  19. Bewitched
    Nora Ephron's attempt to reconceive the standard TV-to-bigscreen adaptation goes bizarrely haywire here, spinning out of control like a runaway broomstick.
  20. Land of the Dead
    George A. Romero shows 'em how it's done in Land of the Dead, resurrecting his legendary franchise with top-flight visuals, terrific genre smarts and tantalizing layers of implication.
  21. Rize
    Eye-popping lensing and an appreciation of social complexities combine for an entirely satisfying experience.
  22. Yes
    Ultimately has nothing of any real depth or profundity to say, but a thousand self-consciously complex ways of saying it.
  23. Dallas 362
    Has a relaxed poeticism to it; it's a sweetly naive, adolescent Hemingway fantasy with a star-making performance by Shawn Hatosy and good ones from everyone else (including Caan).
  24. Lila Says
    Easy on the eye but light on originality.
  25. The Last Mogul
    A refreshingly honest film about the life and times of Hollywood uber-power player Lew Wasserman.
  26. Memories of Murder
    A powerful, slow-burning portrait of human fallibility.
  27. March of the Penguins
    Sometimes harrowing, sometimes hokey, sometimes heartwarming nature documentary.
  28. Herbie Fully Loaded
    A pleasingly retro recycling of "The Love Bug."
  29. The Deal
    Never entirely convincing yet always watchable.
  30. Pure
    The film belongs to Eden, who creates a winning personality out of a combination of vulnerability, resourcefulness, toughness and fragility. It's an outstanding juvenile performance.
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