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For 11,162 reviews, this publication has graded:
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  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Hooligan Sparrow
Lowest review score: 0 Followers
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,708 out of 11162
  2. Mixed: 4,553 out of 11162
  3. Negative: 1,901 out of 11162
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  1. Poseidon Rex
    That the movie maintains some momentum during exposition and what passes for character development is thanks to director Lester.
  2. A Haunted House 2
    It may be a low bar, but Michael Tiddes's A Haunted House 2 is actually an improvement over its predecessor.
  3. Fray
    The main strength of writer-director Geoff Ryan's film is its quietude; too many movies exploring the neither-nor status occupied by vets whose experiences "over there" have altered their ability to function back home turn shrill in order to get their point across.
  4. For No Good Reason
    It's a film that paints a potent portrait of an artist of righteous, controlled fury.
  5. Blue Ruin
    As an action film — which in small bursts it is — Blue Ruin is disquieting and raw, like Commando turned inside out.
  6. The Girl and Death
    It's time to return this old painting to the attic.
  7. The German Doctor
    Puenzo dramatizes her material with an overcooked sense of import that generates scant suspense.
  8. Last Passenger
    While certainly a formulaic genre film, it's nevertheless a formula executed with a great sensitivity to visual engagement.
  9. Transcendence
    Transcendence, written by Jack Paglen, is just more business as usual, one of those "control technology or it will control you" sermons that nonetheless enlists the usual heap of technically advanced special effects.
  10. Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache
    A must-see documentary.
  11. Visions of Mary Frank
    After seeing Visions, it's easy to walk away feeling like you know of Frank, but still don't know her with any intimacy.
  12. That Demon Within
    Rock-dumb Hong Kong thriller That Demon Within is exhausting, and only sometimes batshit enough to be engaging.
  13. Soft in the Head
    Surprising, challenging, and never less than thrilling.
  14. Tasting Menu
    A mushy concoction that's not only unfulfilling, it's gag-worthy.
  15. Proxy
    Though Proxy shows early signs of being worthy of that vaunted company, it's brought down by some truly wooden performances and an inability to turn its interesting spark of an idea into a workable story.
  16. A Promise
    No bodices were harmed in veteran French filmmaker Patrice Leconte's chaste and bloodless English-language debut.
  17. On the Other Side of the Tracks
    There are few clichés of the genre that Charhon doesn't indulge in, but he does a few of them well enough for the film to occasionally be funny, even if it's never close to inspired.
  18. Manakamana
    Among the many remarkable qualities boasted by Manakamana, perhaps the most surprising is its humor.
  19. Kid Cannabis
    Kid Cannabis presents its material not as cautionary tale but as celebratory fantasy — which, like Nate's mom turning a blind eye to her son's illegal operation, seems to be the by-product of either inanity or excessive THC.
  20. Heaven Is for Real
    Unlike many of the features targeted to what Hollywood is calling the "faith audience," the movie is well-acted and shot, often thoughtful and (intentionally) funny.
  21. Half The Road: The Passion, Pitfalls & Power of Women's Professional Cycling
    An enraging portrait of entrenched sexism in competitive sports that proves parity is worth fighting for.
  22. The Final Member
    the shock factor was to be expected from the get-go, and so it's not all that shocking. What is compelling, however, is the weird way this film demonstrates the supreme emotional effectiveness of a simple quest narrative.
  23. Fading Gigolo
    Fading Gigolo is a breeze, enjoyable both for its sweetness and its unapologetic silliness.
  24. Cesar's Last Fast
    Equally lionizing but richer in detail than the recent Michael Peña-led biopic César Chávez, this occasionally stirring doc portrait of the late Latino labor organizer and civil rights icon frames his legacy around a single act of protest.
  25. Authors Anonymous
    Little more than an exercise in sustained contempt, a petty little missive directed at anyone who dares to wield a pen.
  26. 13 Sins
    [Webber's] performance is crazy good, and so emotionally charged that viewers may be forgiving of a finale overloaded with silly twists.
  27. The Players
    An extended riff on marital infidelity, this is the rare omnibus film that isn't just a mixed bag -- it very nearly succeeds at being uniformly bad.
  28. The Jewish Cardinal
    The Jewish Cardinal uses the luscious pleasures of the everyday to underscore and endure the big questions of identity, humanity, and home.
  29. Bad Country
    Despite the shakiness of their collective accents, the cast goes through the paces of this tense, testosterone-driven shoot-'em-up with gusto.
  30. Rio 2
    Rio 2 wants to be a musical, but instead of timing songs to, say, the emotional peaks of the characters, director Carlos Saldanha opts for high-intensity intervals of singing every four minutes.
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