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For 392 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score:
The Adventures of Tintin
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
I'm Still Here
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 259 out of 392
  2. Mixed: 86 out of 392
  3. Negative: 47 out of 392
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  1. Lore
    The images captured by cinematographer Adam Arkapaw are more dreamy than nightmarish as if his camera — like the children — doesn't fully understand the dangers.
  2. Kick-Ass
    Kick-Ass is a rabid puppy of a movie, energetically bounding off the screen and into your lap, where it proceeds to chew off your face.
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  3. The Joneses
    Except for slipping on a third-act soapbox, The Joneses is a deft allegory of the greed and coveting that led to the recession. At times, you wonder if something like this scam could really happen, or does.
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  4. Babies
    It's the nicest Mother's Day gift available at the movies this weekend.
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  5. Mother and Child
    Mother and Child is depressively interesting, with characters constantly ruining their best chances at happiness.
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  6. Racing Dreams
    It can get a bit redundant but always remains interesting, as young lives take shape on an asphalt oval.
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  7. Get Him to the Greek
    The movie is like an old vinyl LP; the best cuts are on the first side, there's a bangup finish and a lot of filler material in between.
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  8. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
    In the movie's best moments, Rivers is defiantly obnoxious and forthcoming about the fact that she'll do anything for money. At other times, the filmmakers attempt to make the wildcat warmer and fuzzier.
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  9. Despicable Me
    Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud craft a fun stretch run, wrapping the story with warm, fuzzy funnies and nothing to suggest a sequel, which is probably wise.
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  10. The Kids Are All Right
    What makes Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right remarkable also makes it a tad humdrum, which may be the filmmaker's point.
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  11. The Girl Who Played with Fire
    It's a welcome chance to learn more about Lisbeth Salander, the kinky, punk hacker and pop culture phenom played by Noomi Rapace.
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  12. Eat Pray Love
    Eat Pray Love is like one of those rich dishes Liz consumes in Italy; robustly flavored and guiltily pleasurable.
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  13. Get Low
    Get Low is a pleasant yarn, well-acted and dutifully mounted with period designs. There isn't a false note among the actors.
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  14. Farewell
    Farewell is a solid telling of an obscure story and nothing more. The most effective scenes aren't cloak and dagger stuff but passages like Igor daydreaming of becoming a rock star like his idol Freddie Mercury of Queen.
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  15. The Town
    The reclamation project that Ben Affleck calls a career continues with The Town, his second directing effort that would impress more if the first try weren't so terrific and visually similar.
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  16. Easy A
    Screenwriter Bert V. Royal takes the oldest adolescence hook in the book - losing one's virginity- and turns it inside out.
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  17. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
    Whatever his motivations or deeds, Gordon Gekko is a classic screen character and Douglas is never better than when playing him.
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  18. Bran Nue Dae
    Bran Nue Dae is a strange change from the usual multiplex fare, and that's nearly enough to make it wonderful.
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  19. Tamara Drewe
    The cast is delightful top to bottom, although Arterton's role is chiefly defined by seductive smiles and the rise of her cut-off shorts. Allam and Cooper are standouts, creating hormonally despicable characters getting more of Tamara's attention than they deserve.
  20. Fair Game
    Liman handles the spy stuff with Bourne-again flair, especially the opener when Valerie proves her mettle during an assignment to secure a snitch.
  21. Cool It
    It will mightily preach to the choirs of concerned citizens, and be ignored by anyone else.
  22. Black Swan
    Black Swan is a stage door melodrama putting new spins on cliches as old as "All About Eve" (and maybe Adam). Setting them among ballerinas as opposed to showgirls or movie stars doesn't make them any less familiar.
  23. The Fighter
    A boxing movie swinging in too many directions at once, as if someone sneaked a third clubber into the ring. All the emotional punches land solidly, to occasionally devastating effect, but at the conclusion you're not sure which competing cliche wins.
  24. No Strings Attached
    Doesn't revolutionize the romantic comedy like "(500) Days of Summer," or even match the Farrellys or Judd Apatow for clever smut. But it is cheerful raunch delivered by a solid cast.
  25. Another Year
    I'm not sure there's anything else to take away from this film besides Manville's performance and gratitude that we aren't these people.
  26. Unknown
    Unknown is finely tuned pulp filmmaking, a dumb movie with a smart veneer, which is nothing to sneeze at.
  27. The Grace Card
    This is a solid, sincere affirmation of faith and forgiveness. Praise the Lord, and pass the popcorn.
  28. Source Code
    White-knuckle fun.
  29. Insidious
    A tidy terror flick, and refreshing with its intention to make viewers gasp rather than gag.
  30. Water for Elephants
    Reese Witherspoon can do a lot of things as an actor but playing a damaged-goods Depression era dame isn't one of them.
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