Mr. Showbiz's Scores
- Movies
For 721 reviews, this publication has graded:
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52% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 58
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 340 out of 721
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Mixed: 241 out of 721
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Negative: 140 out of 721
721
movie reviews
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Critic Score 100
Unapologetically sentimental, this movie is certain to melt all but the hardest of hearts. -
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F. X. Feeney 100
Not only one of the best films of the year, it's one of the best films of the decade. -
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F. X. Feeney 100
It is one of the most beautifully staged American movies in a very long time. -
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Critic Score 100
This brash, clever picture caught the attention of audiences after years of moribund product from the likes of Schwarzenegger and Stallone. -
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Critic Score 100
No Hollywood film within recent memory has achieved such richness and originality of texture, such a compelling amalgam of passionate human drama and awesome technique. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
A new version of the greatest psychological mystery of all: love. -
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Cody Clark 100
Moviegoers of any (or no) religious persuasion can share in the simple satisfaction of his tense, well-spun murder mystery. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Unfolds like quietly engrossing short fiction, reminding us that there are few things more pleasurable than being in the hands of a good storyteller. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
The film ends with a surprisingly upbeat coda. But Startup.com leaves us with a sense that our heroes' idealism will be forever lost. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
This historical epic about the "virgin queen" of England's early life moves with the crackling urgency of a contemporary political thriller. -
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Michael Atkinson 100
One of the year's best films, and certainly its most challenging so far: At more than three hours, watching it is less like consuming entertainment and more like living. -
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Michael Atkinson 100
No other movie released this year is as much of a filmgoing necessity as Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Together is unabashedly about people who need people. The film's satiric skewering of '70s liberalism works because it feels emotionally authentic. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
The film is never less than a satisfying mix of compelling entertainment and social critique. The performances are uniformly superb. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
Stomps the summer movie competition with heart and humor. -
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Michael Atkinson 100
Ozon -- has finally hit a home run, and Rampling is his most remarkable RBI. -
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Michael Atkinson 100
Amid the chaos of this marvelous, uncategorizable film squirms one of the year's best performances. -
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Cody Clark 100
What sells Shrek is ultimately the full-bodied personality of its characters. -
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Kevin Maynard 100
A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself, essayed by a pitch-perfect cast and boasting authentic urban flavors. -
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Critic Score 97
Though the film's subject matter is grisly, the electricity between Foster and Hopkins during their prison tête-à-têtes could power every maximum-security prison in this country. -
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Critic Score 96
So intensely funny that the viewer must hang on every word: comic gems spill forth almost continuously. -
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Critic Score 95
See L.A. Confidential. Be astonished at discovering anew how very, very satisfying movies can still be. And how fine that can feel. -
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F. X. Feeney 95
The Japanese title means chaos, and that is what is let loose when a powerful king foolishly tries to release the reins of power, in the hopes of enjoying a peaceful old age. -
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Critic Score 94
Rereading Greene's book, one is struck anew by the absolute perfection of the film's casting. -
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Michael Atkinson 94
The one movie so far this year that every filmgoer should see, if only to get a big dose of what we've been missing from Hollywood. -
