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For 716 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 3.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score:
Zero Dark Thirty
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Beastly
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 398 out of 716
  2. Mixed: 287 out of 716
  3. Negative: 31 out of 716
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  1. Rabbit Hole
    The film is quiet, patient, allowing for lived-in performances that get at the enormous change in the characters' lives.
  2. Somewhere
    Coppola's audacity in not only portraying the unmoored nature of Marco's life but immersing the audience in it proves satisfying over time.
  3. The Company Men
    That's not a pretty story, of course. But it's a compelling one and, thanks to Wells and a cast that includes Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper, an entertaining one.
  4. Biutiful
    It's Bardem's portrayal of his search for those answers that drives Biutiful forward.
  5. Barney's Version
    Whatever it is, Giamatti finds it and sells it. And despite a few dead ends with the story, I'm buying.
    • Metascore: 36
    • Critic Score 80
    I Am Number Four
    Like a good episode of "Smallville": You may feel a bit silly watching it if you're past high-school age, but you just might have a good time.
  7. Cedar Rapids
    A really entertaining effort, aided by some terrific performances.
  8. Outside the Law
    An epic film about Algeria's fight for liberation from France, with three outstanding performances and a grand, sweeping feel.
  9. Rango
    It's refreshing to see an animated movie that doesn't look as though the idea for the Happy Meal came first.
  10. Limitless
    Some of its conceits may not hold up under intense scrutiny, but, generally speaking, it's a good time at the movies.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Critic Score 80
    Paul
    A celebration of sci-fi flicks, fanboys and good, old-fashioned bromance, Paul is a thoroughly enjoyable road trip.
  12. The Concert
    Manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible.
  13. Source Code
    What's really cool about the film - in addition to Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as Stevens - is how Jones makes sure that we don't know any more than Stevens does, right up till the end.
  14. Hanna
    An unorthodox delight.
  15. The Conspirator
    The cast is uniformly outstanding, a pleasure to watch. It's a more toned-down role for the often-fiery McAvoy, and it suits him.
    • Metascore: 63
    • Critic Score 80
    Rio
    A sequence set during Carnival is equally engaging, with giant floats and throngs of people watching the parade. Several scenes are shown from the birds' points of view, which make for a dizzying, dazzling experience.
  17. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
    There are lots of laughs - a commercial Spurlock makes for Mane 'n Tail shampoo is hilarious.
  18. Thor
    Humor is the most powerful weapon deployed by director Kenneth Branagh in Thor, his rollicking take on the comic.
  19. Bridesmaids
    There are laughs aplenty, some disgusting, some rather sweet, some both at the same time.
  20. Kung Fu Panda 2
    A precisely calibrated crowd-pleasing machine, balancing action, comedy and just the bare minimum of pathos.
  21. Midnight in Paris
    A delicious trifle for anyone who has ever dreamt of bantering about the cinema with Luis Buñuel or lounging at the piano to hear Cole Porter sing "Let's Do It."
  22. Meek's Cutoff
    Greenwood is fantastic; his Meek occasionally lets down his facade of omniscience - but only occasionally. And Williams gives Emily not dignity exactly, but a calm, steely insistence on survival.
  23. The Double Hour
    A tremendously entertaining take on film noir, with all the usual elements of the genre in play - crime, death, possibly murder and doomed romance.
  24. Super 8
    It is just a tremendous amount of fun.
  25. Submarine
    There are moments when this funny, self-consciously quirky film feels a bit like a Welsh "Napoleon Dynamite."
  26. The Tree of Life
    Beautiful, baffling, poetic, pretentious, it's one big ball of moviedom. Malick tackles the whole shooting match, pondering (and showing) the creation of the universe, life itself, death and the afterlife, and everything in between.
  27. Bill Cunningham New York
    As much as his admirers praise him, they also say they don't know much about him or his private life. Press opens a small window into that world.
  28. A Better Life
    For most of the film, Weitz, riding a fantastic performance by Demián Bichir as the landscaper in question, succeeds in showing the day-to-day struggles that exist beneath the political rhetoric and upper-case headlines.
  29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    With shifting loyalties, unlikely heroes, truths revealed and a little help from friends, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 winds the series up in a most-satisfying fashion.
  30. Winnie the Pooh
    Sweet, gentle and defiantly retro (the 2-D hand-drawn animation is superb), the movie is irresistibly charming.
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