Movieline's Scores

  • Movies
For 692 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 70% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 5
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 41 out of 692
692 movie reviews
    • Metascore: 45
    • Critic Score 30
    Taken 2 grabs everything that was surprisingly enjoyable about the original film and batters it into the ground.
  1. Hits a new low of idiocy and crassness.
  2. Rubber could have been a modest horror novelty, a wicked, malevolent version of "The Red Balloon."
  3. "Piranha 3D" was ridiculous, gory and fun, everything Piranha 3DD is not.
  4. Paranormal Activity 2 sinks much lower than it needs to in order to get a rush out of us - and in the end, the rush isn't even that great. The movie puts us through the paces with minimal payoff.
  5. Skyline is a piece of junk, even in a movie climate littered with expensive - though sometimes fun - junkiness.
    • Metascore: 24
    • Critic Score 20
    The original "Saw" was smart enough to tease its audience, to literally restrain its characters and gradually dial up the dread, setting the table for a truly shocking twist. The latest just wants bigger and bigger bangs.
  6. It really is just sensory bombardment, and in two dimensions you have even less of a grasp of what's happening and of what you're looking at than the poor bastards on-screen.
  7. The talking animals, though less tough to look at than those in "Marmaduke," are murder on the ears: Maya Rudolph as a neurotic giraffe and Sandler voicing a monkey could take the paint off of a Buick.
  8. Take Me Home Tonight isn't nearly as much fun as the '80s actually were. Even worse, it's less fun than most '80s comedies were - and that's bad.
    • Metascore: 23
    • Critic Score 5
    The Roommate has notched an unbelievable achievement; it makes the second rate "One Tree Hill" seems like it was about something.