Philadelphia Inquirer's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 3,131 reviews, this publication has graded:
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70% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,358 out of 3131
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Mixed: 513 out of 3131
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Negative: 260 out of 3131
3,131
movie reviews
- By critic score
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Carrie Rickey 100
One of the rare rock films that produces the effect of a live concert: After each number, the audience erupts into applause. -
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Carrie Rickey 100
As irresistible as Chan is irrepressible. In a movie season in which, it seems, all the blockbusters boast wheels, it's a treat to see a movie that has legs. -
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Carrie Rickey 100
Washington blows you away. To say he gives the performance of his career is an understatement. -
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Carrie Rickey 100
The film's climax involves a father and son reunion that is tense, tragic and, finally, as transcendent as Mohammad himself. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
A profound and deeply moving exploration of facing death with dignity. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
The movie may be the meditation of an old man, but rarely has a supreme artist's twilight been so richly illuminating. Faithless makes other films on the same subject seem clueless. -
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Steven Rea 100
Girl on the Bridge, with its doomed art-house romanticism and echoes of Fellini, may not be the deepest piece of filmmaking out there now, but it is easily the most intoxicating. Take the leap. -
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Steven Rea 100
One of the finest pieces of screen acting in the career of Juliette Binoche -- the actress playing the actress in this extraordinary film. -
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Steven Rea 100
We feel it, in our hearts. And therein lies the great power of this small, wise film. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
Manages the rare feat of being both bleak and deeply rewarding. -
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Steven Rea 100
This is a sweet, gentle film - slow and sunny like a summer day, with a message that growing up can be hard, but can also serve as the wellspring of memories that will sustain you for a lifetime. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
An overpowering and original piece of bravura filmmaking that constitutes one of the most breathtaking and impressive directing debuts in years. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
The triumphant masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa's fertile twilight. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
It's an occasion for welcoming a restoration that transforms a flawed movie, one that was touched by greatness, into a masterpiece. -
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Carrie Rickey 100
If we approach with sympathy and curiosity, we will be rewarded with same. And our souls, not to mention our bicycles, will soar to the heavens. -
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Steven Rea 100
It's aimed at adults as much as children, with jokes that work on multiple levels, and contraptions. -
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Desmond Ryan 100
The new print does justice to Philippe Agostini's splendidly atmospheric cinematography. -