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For 717 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score:
The Social Network
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
The Babymakers
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 398 out of 717
  2. Mixed: 288 out of 717
  3. Negative: 31 out of 717
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  1. The King's Speech
    A host of British acting royalty, meanwhile, roams around the film: Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill and so on.
  2. Blue Valentine
    Once it's done, you feel terrible for these people, for their lives, for their daughter, especially. Is that entertainment? To each his own, but it is compelling and, yes, rewarding.
  3. Another Year
    The acting is uniformly terrific, just a marvel to watch.
  4. The Illusionist
    Chomet's defiantly two-dimensional artwork is warm, inviting, beautiful, establishing immediately a comfort level, at least for audiences of, ahem, a certain age.
  5. Win Win
    Shaffer's inexperience pays off. He's completely natural as a mixed-up kid (and great on the mat).
  6. Incendies
    Villeneuve's telling of her story - and of her children's - is painful, searing and something close to brilliant.
  7. Everything Must Go
    Everything Must Go leaves the resolution open, not telegraphing Nick's future. It is as unsettled as life, and the film is all the better for it.
  8. Poetry
    Yun's performance is genuinely beautiful, a haunting expression of life, of its disappointments and its possibilities, rendered in a way that befits the title.
  9. Beginners
    A delightful film - gentle, playful, creative and ultimately happy - though it's a tricky journey.
  10. Project Nim
    At times hilarious but ultimately heartbreaking, Project Nim is a great chronicle of the 1970s and all the nutty ideas that implies; academia in particular comes in for a hard reckoning.
  11. Tabloid
    For much of the movie Morris simply lets the loquacious McKinney talk, and she never, ever stops. And she never disappoints.
  12. The Guard
    A fantastically entertaining movie.
  13. Bellflower
    Bursts at the seams with wild creativity.
  14. Take Shelter
    Not just a fascinating character study but a kind of horror movie as well.
  15. Margin Call
    A terrific piece of entertainment. The financial lingo will please money wonks. But the film as a whole focuses more on the people and personalities who went into such a catastrophic failure.
  16. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Olsen makes us understand, as best we can, Martha's plight. She has a tenuous grip on reality, and, thanks to Olsen's performance and Durkin's sure hand, by the film's end, so do we.
  17. The Muppets
    Clever and current without being cynical, smart without being condescending, funny without being exclusionary to grown-ups or to kids.
  18. Hugo
    What Scorsese has really made is a beautifully crafted love letter to movies, the passion of his life. What sounded like an odd pairing winds up being a perfect fit.
  19. Melancholia
    Melancholia is an intense, exhausting experience. That may not sound appealing, and for some, it won't be. But nor should it be off-putting. Proceed with caution, perhaps. But proceed nevertheless.
  20. Jeff Who Lives at Home
    This isn't a movie for everyone, but for fans of quirky charm leavened occasionally by uncomfortable, realistic exchanges, it's a small delight.
  21. Footnote
    Some of the behavior of Uriel and Eliezer will make you squirm. But Ashkenazi and Bar-Aba are so compelling in their performances of difficult men that you'll gladly suffer.
  22. The Cabin in the Woods
    The Cabin in the Woods is a fantastic poke in the eye of our horror-movie expectations.
  23. This Is Not a Film
    As its title suggests, This Is Not a Film may not be what we're used to in a movie, but in many ways it's much, much more.
  24. Marley
    It is gripping from the start, not just because of the quality of the music, but because of Marley's magnetic, challenging personality, as well.
  25. Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    Jiro Ono is a magician.
  26. The Avengers
    The real hero here is Joss Whedon, who directs the film with a fanboy's enthusiasm and a thorough knowledge of the genre.
  27. Monsieur Lazhar
    The catharsis found here is far quieter, and much more effective, whether it be the pain expressed in a student's essay or the honesty found in a simple gesture, one that ends the film in beautifully moving fashion.
  28. Moonrise Kingdom
    There isn't a false note among the performances. It's the first movie for Hayward and Gilman; whatever awkwardness they display is appropriate. Willis may never have been better. Norton is fantastic. Murray and McDormand are also ... well, you get the idea.
  29. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    A mixture of magical realism, Southern gothic, coming-of-age movie, star turn for first-timers, disaster story and out-and-out strangeness. It's unlike any film you've seen.
  30. Oslo, August 31st
    Although it can be harrowing and disturbing, Joachim Trier's film -- and Lie's performance -- are so masterful that the movie seems more like a searing portrait of self-discovery and realization, with the understanding that not everything you learn about yourself will be pleasant.
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