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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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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Trouble the Water
    Weaker in its second half than its mesmerizing first, as the story moves away from the intensity of the storm to follow the Robertses in their efforts to resettle.
  2. Mister Foe
    Thanks mainly to Bell's abundant charisma, Hallam makes for a strangely likable antihero.
  3. Save Me
    Save Me is a particularly flattering showcase for Gant, best known for his work on the TV show "Queer as Folk" and ready for a big-screen breakout.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Towelhead
    It's clever and original with an excellent cast. Ball's script catches a lot of the novel's pop, often word for word. I laughed a lot.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Appaloosa
    Harris and Mortensen may not have the combined star power to push Appaloosa to the level of popularity of last year's "3:10," but the film is every bit as enjoyable, and, for traditionalists, more measured.
  6. The Secret Life of Bees
    Keys isn't given much to do except look as though she's posing for an album cover, but Okonedo's face is a marvel. Every thought, every emotion flickers across it like clouds obscuring the sun.
  7. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Okay, the concept for the movie is admittedly lame, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with watching a passel of adorable pooches wrinkle their brows and bark while human voices come out of their mouths.
  8. Flash of Genius
    That movie is not half bad, either. The trial, by comparison, will feel familiar to anyone who has ever watched any David take on any corporate Goliath before a court of law ("Erin Brockovich," "A Civil Action," etc., etc.).
  9. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Like the mix tapes that obsess its main characters, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist builds into something of infectious joy.
  10. Body of Lies
    With its urgent post-9/11 context and often brutal violence, it seems off-key to describe Body of Lies as a nifty political thriller, but that's what it is.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    City of Ember
    It's not an entirely convincing trip, but it is the sort of satisfying movie you wished they would make more often.
  12. The Express
    The Express finesses a cinematic hat trick: It's entertaining, deeply moving and genuinely important.
  13. Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
    Combines the derring-do of classic adventure tales with far more serious issues of moral agency. And it serves as a haunting reminder to seek joy and beauty, even in the depths of despair.
  14. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    Exudes genuine appeal, thanks to director Kenny Ortega's brilliant choreography and a gifted cast.
  15. JCVD
    Inventive, insightful and utterly surprising movie. It takes you places you're not prepared to go: namely, into the soul of a performer best known for flying back kicks. Who, by the way, can act.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pray the Devil Back to Hell
    "Peace is a process, not an event," one unnamed activist says toward the end. Amen, sister.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Transporter 3
    Overall, the production has the polish and pace that producer/co-writer Luc Besson's work is known for. Any complaints about the lack of substance are pointless.
  18. Doubt
    Just when you begin to think you know who the cat and mouse really are, in steps Viola Davis to steal not just her scene but the entire movie from Streep.
  19. The Reader
    Bernhard Schlink's highly regarded novel "The Reader" receives a graceful, absorbing screen adaptation by director Stephen Daldry.
  20. Moscow, Belgium
    What's universally hilarious is the way the inhabitants of "Moscow" come so close to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
  21. Last Chance Harvey
    Winds up being a touching portrait of that rarity in the movies: a recognizably human couple with recognizably human problems and quirks.
  22. Valkyrie
    A brutally efficient bit of storytelling, and it makes no unforced errors. It is admirably free of any Spielbergian effort to squeeze sentimentality or inspirational lessons out of what is a complicated and morally complex story.
  23. Defiance
    It's impossible to watch Defiance without experiencing a vicarious thrill of resistance and revenge.
  24. Cherry Blossoms
    Thanks to an accomplished cast, anchored by Elsner and Wepper, and observant filmmakers, very little in Cherry Blossoms is lost in translation.
  25. Inkheart
    For the young people in its demographic wheelhouse, Inkheart packs a welcome amount of entertainment value, creating a genuinely original world of enchantment.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Push
    As fantastical as all that sounds, the pleasure of Push comes from its glamorized grit, its no-nonsense pacing and the committed performances of the actors roughhousing in the gray area between heroism and villainy. It's pure popcorn, popped fresh, doused in butter and sprinkled with soy sauce.
  27. The International
    The compulsively watchable Owen makes for an ideal leading man of both action and angst. The film's eye-popping set piece, a shootout at the Guggenheim Museum, is an extravagantly choreographed valentine to philistines everywhere.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Ugly Truth
    Pleasingly glossy, refreshingly snarky and startlingly sexy.
  29. Everlasting Moments
    There's another satisfying benefit to Everlasting Moments. It's gloriously absent of the hyper-speed anxiety that passes for storytelling on our multiplex screens.
  30. Fados
    The movie, set entirely on a beautifully lit soundstage filled with musicians, dancers, mirrors and projection screens, presents some of the country's most acclaimed fadoistas, singing tributes to the art form and some of its greatest legends.
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