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For 11,478 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 0 Dolittle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6,014 out of 11478
  2. Mixed: 3,069 out of 11478
  3. Negative: 2,395 out of 11478
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  1. We Are Marshall
    "Lost" star Matthew Fox pitches in with a strong performance as a coach who, by the laws of whimsy, didn't take the final flight home and had to struggle with survivor's guilt.
  2. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
    The movie has more cleverness than violence, and its breakdown of cliches is vivid and witty. Baesel is an extraordinary presence, holding the film together with his mesmerizing performance, charm and openness, and Goethals measures up to him.
  3. Alpha Dog
    The movie suffers from an uncertain structure, but it boasts an extraordinary naturalism, not particularly flattering. Sharon Stone has a brilliant, harsh turn as Zack's mom, and both Bruce Willis and Harry Dean Stanton have good turns as the elder generations of Trueloves. But the movie belongs to its youngsters, and it's a real eye-opener.
  4. Tears of the Black Tiger
    The movie alternates between cornball and ridiculous, and the frequent violence is extremely bloody if stylized. Love it or hate it, and I'm not sure which applies to me, you've never seen and never will see anything quite like Tears of the Black Tiger.
  5. Smokin' Aces
    It's kind of like a hit man's Olympics. Isn't this grown-up? In a word, no, and that's what's so much fun about it.
  6. Music and Lyrics
    I don't think the ending is up to the rest of the movie, but Grant and Barrymore are great together, and the movie has both zing and song.
  7. Bamako
    No one can deny the powerful reality that weaves its way through Bamako.
  8. Avenue Montaigne
    Avenue Montaigne transforms an overwhelming metropolis into a user-friendly village with quirkily appealing characters.
  9. The Astronaut Farmer
    Sure, it's the corniest of conceits, but "Astronaut" taps delightfully into one of our deepest cultural values: the one about the pursuit of happiness. And the movie's unpretentious lightheartedness, which echoes the old-fashioned, corn-fed lore of Frank Capra, or even "The Andy Griffith Show," makes it blissfully easy to sign on for this good-natured voyage.
  10. Starter for 10
    McAvoy, so memorable as Idi Amin's doctor turned adviser in last year's "The Last King of Scotland," may be the most likable British newcomer since Ewan McGregor; his glistening eyes can seduce audiences with their ability to show conflicting emotions.
  11. Beyond the Gates
    The film may employ the well-worn tradition of filtering African stories through the experiences of Europeans, but they use the conceit for some penetrating revelations.
  12. The Ultimate Gift
    There's nothing wrong with the moral of The Ultimate Gift's story; in fact there's everything right about it. But director Michael O. Sajbel too often succumbs to movie-of-the-week sentimentality and starchy pacing. Still, Breslin's captivating performance reminds you why she was recently nominated for an Oscar.
  13. I Think I Love My Wife
    The movie is hilarious...there's Rock's encounter with Viagra, which I can't describe but has to be one of the funniest scenes of the decade.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shooter
    It's a story that can be transplanted from genre to genre, because we never grow tired of it, which is to say that it fits snugly into the paranoid drift of American movies, and the value we place on one honest man with a gun.
  15. Pride
    Inspired by the true story of Ellis, has Hollywood formula practically stitched to its Speedo. But the characters and the actors who play them are so captivating, we're too entertained and charmed to notice.
  16. Reign Over Me
    Binder has set a difficult bar -- to make a funny, sad, original movie about the healing power of not necessarily healing -- and he just manages to clear it.
  17. The Page Turner
    What The Page Turner lacks in scale and ambition, it makes up for in precision. It's a small French delicacy, tart, acerbic and cynical, that focuses on three or four characters and yet manages to bring them and their dilemmas to vivid life.
  18. The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
    It is a film rich in detail, the kind that simply never emerges in the nightly news accounts of the war.
  19. Meet the Robinsons
    An animated feature (showing in 3-D in select theaters), has a couple of clever tricks that make it worth wearing those dumb, uncomfortable glasses. But this would be as delightful and attractive a production without the gimcrackery.
  20. Red Road
    Its story -- and eerie allure -- comes from our evolving perception of Jackie (Kate Dickie), a surveillance operator in Glasgow, Scotland, who spends long days and nights monitoring the screens.
  21. The TV Set
    Often possesses the gimlet-eyed wit of "The Player" or the mock docs of Christopher Guest.
  22. Year of the Dog
    White delivers another weirdly dark-but-funny story.
  23. Hot Fuzz
    Hot Fuzz deploys the same mix of genre conventions, slapstick and old-school British humor that made "Shaun of the Dead" such a dumb-but-good romp.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Waitress
    Among the joys here are the supporting players, each with well-defined stories and quirky personalities. Cheryl Hines (HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and Shelly play fellow waitresses searching for their own happiness, and good ol' Andy Griffith is memorable as the curmudgeonly diner-owner who takes a shine to Jenna.
  25. Paris, je t'aime
    Paris, je t'aime builds into something quite wonderful.
  26. Bug
    We find ourselves in the fascinating no man's land between horror and comedy -- right where this movie wants us to be.
  27. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    Funner, biggerer, brighterer, bolderer, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is not only okay, it may even be close to good. A lavish spectacle illuminated by Johnny Depp's swishing pirate captain, the movie has its dull moments, but not many.
  28. Paprika
    It's best appreciated by assuming something of a dream state ourselves and enjoying the giddy flow.
  29. Surf's Up
    It's cool but not too cool, and cute but not too cute. A neat trick considering its overexposed avian cast.
  30. La Vie en Rose
    Cotillard leaves you loving her Piaf, wishing you could reach through the screen and steer her life a bit differently.
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