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For 17,777 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: 9,133 out of 17777
  2. Mixed: 7,008 out of 17777
  3. Negative: 1,636 out of 17777
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  1. Rebound
    Scores a few chuckles while following a familiar game plan.
  2. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    Stands reasonably well on its own as an urgent, updated genre meditation on nurture vs. nature.
  3. Undead
    Precociously inventive horror pic that combines brain-eating zombies with outer space aliens.
  4. The World
    While the film feels overlong at two hours 20 minutes, there's a seductive stillness to its enveloping mood.
  5. Twist of Faith
    A powerful and damning look at the long-term impact of sexual abuse.
  6. 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.
  7. War of the Worlds
    A gritty, intense and supremely accomplished sci-fier.
  8. Tropical Malady
    Takes the viewer on a mysterious and sporadically fascinating trip into the darkness of the human heart and Thai legend.
  9. This Revolution
    The street action is vivid, but the dramatics are distinctly not, lending the film an unintended sense of fakery.
  10. A Decent Factory
    Fascinating case study of the moral quagmire of globalism.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Rize
    Eye-popping lensing and an appreciation of social complexities combine for an entirely satisfying experience.
  14. Yes
    Ultimately has nothing of any real depth or profundity to say, but a thousand self-consciously complex ways of saying it.
  15. 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).
  16. Lila Says
    Easy on the eye but light on originality.
  17. The Last Mogul
    A refreshingly honest film about the life and times of Hollywood uber-power player Lew Wasserman.
  18. Memories of Murder
    A powerful, slow-burning portrait of human fallibility.
  19. March of the Penguins
    Sometimes harrowing, sometimes hokey, sometimes heartwarming nature documentary.
  20. Herbie Fully Loaded
    A pleasingly retro recycling of "The Love Bug."
  21. The Deal
    Never entirely convincing yet always watchable.
  22. 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.
  23. The Perfect Man
    For most part, The Perfect Man is too bland to merit anything more censorious than a stifled yawn.
  24. The Great Water
    Extraordinary perfs by a mostly young cast likely will be cancelled out by the grim subject.
  25. Heights
    An entertaining ensembler marbled with wit and heartache.
  26. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    Brings a fresh perspective to age-old human dilemmas.
  27. My Summer of Love
    Direction, performances and lensing blend into an immensely satisfying, if almost uncategorizable, whole in Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love.
  28. The Talent Given Us
    Brutally truthful, funny and touching in nearly equal measure.
  29. Ethan Mao
    Messy admixtures of drama and mockery crucially undermine pic's serious message.
  30. King of the Corner
    Lacks the stylistic attention to psychological distress that might have lent it maximum impact. Instead, the pic is amiable, kinda charming, visually routine, and incisive in individual sequences.
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