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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. Cinévardaphoto
    Varda renders the political personal and the personal universal.
  2. Ong Bak
    Strongly recalls Hong Kong kung-fu movies of the late '60s and '70s, with physical grit, over-the-top heroics and inventive fight choreography providing the entertainment.
  3. Bride & Prejudice
    Austen nuts may rend their frocks, and Bollywood buffs may split their cholis, but there's an immensely likable, almost goofily playful charm to Bride & Prejudice that finally wins the day.
  4. Hitch
    Considerably heavier on romance than comedy, Hitch stitches together relatively few laughs but generates enough goodwill and energy.
  5. Inside Deep Throat
    Has a gaudy pop-culture personality that perfectly suits its subject.
  6. My Mother's Smile
    In the central role, Castellitto's powerfully focused performance manages to keep the complex drama grounded.
  7. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    A charming look at the mildly eccentric man who gained modest feature-page celebrity for his familiarity with San Francisco's tropical parrot flock.
  8. Pooh's Heffalump Movie
    So insubstantial that it practically evaporates on screen, Pooh's Heffalump Movie likely will play best with toddlers and pre-schoolers easily amused by bright colors, merry songs and lovable, huggable toon animals.
  9. Unscrewed
    An often genuinely funny mockumentary.
  10. The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'
    An especially dramatic, if needlessly frantic, work of polemical reportage on racism in America.
  11. Nobody Knows
    Kore-eda sketches the inner, spiritual and emotional lives of the children with subtlety and sensitivity, delivering the goods after a seemingly directionless first half.
  12. Boogeyman
    Trendy influence of insidiously creepy Japanese horror pics is felt in almost every frame of Boogeyman. The effectively atmospheric and unusually involving thriller tells the story of a distraught young man's protracted duel of wits with the eponymous evildoer.
  13. The Wedding Date
    An intriguingly racy premise -- plays out to listless, unsatisfying effect.
  14. Emile
    A routine memory piece about long-buried family secrets that bubble back to the surface to wreak havoc.
  15. Harry + Max
    Munch's usual stylishness and casual storytelling tenor lend persuasion to this curious drama about two brothers, both teen music idols, who demonstrate an incestuous attraction.
  16. The Nomi Song
    An absorbing homage to obscure but fascinating late '70s-early '80s German stage artiste Klaus Nomi.
  17. Swimming Upstream
    Distinguished by some unusually fine performances, but the lack of a satisfactory third act diminishes overall result.
  18. Sunset Story
    Tender, sensitive Sunset Story sidesteps a maudlin tone for a wide-ranging account of two fragile but opinionated retirees.
  19. Assisted Living
    A noteworthy piece on a difficult subject.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Daybreak
    One of the most impressive films to come out of Sweden in the past year. Ace acting, powerful direction and engaging storylines.
  21. Freak Weather
    Fiction writer and debuting helmer Mary Kuryla is clearly after a Big Statement on abuse and strength of character, but falls short by creating a self-destructive monster in lieu of a sympathetic protagonist.
  22. Fear X
    A supremely elegant, meditative thriller.
  23. Travelers and Magicians
    Although writer-director Khientse Norbu breaks no ground in unfolding two parallel stories about young men seeking fresh horizons, he creates believable characters -- and has the great benefit of living in a country that provides seldom-seen locations at the top of the world.
  24. Alone in the Dark
    Fans of the source material probably won't be switching platforms to catch this bizarre Lions Gate pickup, and non-fans definitely won't.
  25. Hide and Seek
    A routine haunted child psychothriller gussied up with A-list casting.
  26. Aliens of the Deep
    Documentary's visual wonders and well-pitched enthusiasm happily outstrip its clunkily ingenuous ain't-science-fun narrative.
  27. Fascination
    Glacially paced, self-consciously acted and narratively risible.
  28. Lost Embrace
    A general lack of drama, a low-budget documentary feel and an ultraslim storyline are more than compensated for by a sterling script and performances.
  29. Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
    Pedantic, humorless and one-sided -- qualities that won't encourage exposure beyond the activist left.
  30. Army of One
    Riveting and timely.
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