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For 3,086 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score:
Toy Story 2
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Idle Hands
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,892 out of 3086
  2. Mixed: 749 out of 3086
  3. Negative: 445 out of 3086
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  1. Black Swan
    To induce a state of dread and mesmerize with beauty is a rare, paradoxical achievement.
  2. The King's Speech
    Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King's Speech as the stammering King George VI.
  3. 127 Hours
    Only a truly visionary filmmaker could take a story largely set in a cramped canyon and give it a sense of openness and hope.
  4. Blue Valentine
    Gosling and Williams have the most palpable chemistry of any screen couple this year, never striking a false note in this achingly tender tale of a love that implodes before our eyes.
  5. The Tree of Life
    A shape-shifting film, it resembles a poem. At other moments, it is closer to a symphony. Most often, it approximates a fervent prayer.
  6. Beginners
    What results is a disarmingly honest tale of affection, both romantic and filial.
  7. 50/50
    Every performance in the film is flawless.
  8. Like Crazy
    Doremus' elegant filmmaking is key to the appeal of the film, but it would never work as superbly without the wonderfully natural, believable performances and powerful chemistry of the lead actors.
  9. The Descendants
    It's a precarious balance, but Payne blends wit and poignancy so artfully it feels like an exquisitely choreographed dance.
  10. The Artist
    Drama, comedy, action and romance are intertwined in this gorgeously photographed and brilliantly directed film. Lead performances are thoroughly engaging despite - or perhaps because of - being wordless.
  11. A Separation
    Sophisticated and universal yet deeply intimate, A Separation is an exquisitely conceived family drama that has the coiled power of a top-notch thriller.
  12. Safety Not Guaranteed
    It's equally endearing as a sweetly funny romance between two likable oddballs and as a low-tech time-travel thriller, and has something profound to say about making the most of the present.
  13. Your Sister's Sister
    So many movies try to capture human relationships and fail miserably. A few come close. Your Sister's Sister nails it with grace, humor and winning charm.
  14. Searching for Sugar Man
    A musical detective story, this enthralling documentary focuses on a little-known American musician whose haunting voice and poetic lyrics were essentially unknown in his own country, but had a massive impact across the globe.
  15. Argo
    A superbly crafted and darkly funny real-life political thriller, with pitch-perfect performances.
  16. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley's memoir is a poignant, funny and engrossing film, challenging our notions of memory and family mythology.
  17. What Maisie Knew
    Who would have thought that one of the most provocative and affecting films made about the fallout from 21st century divorce would have emanated from a 19th century novel?
  18. The Last of the Mohicans
    Michael Mann , directs with his standard prejudice toward the sheer physical. The result, almost musical, has only a couple recent movie precedents. [25 Sep 1992, p.1D]
    Posted Jun 3, 2013
  19. Reservoir Dogs
    Too lingeringly creepy to ignore. [23 Oct 1992]
    • Metascore: 75
    • Critic Score 88
    Croupier
    A tiny treasure: grown-up, tight, sexy, suspenseful and with a mildly ambiguous wrap-up that stimulates the mind rather than confusing it.
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  21. Erin Brockovich
    A first-rate office comedy of prickly exchanges.
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  22. Notting Hill
    Its deadpan wit, ingenious fairy-tale premise and superbly accomplished cast will leave you feeling positively oxygenated.
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  23. Iris
    Despite the sad denouement, it's still the love story of the year.
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  24. Fantasia/2000
    Still a one-of-a-kind mind-blower.
  25. The Hurricane
    Epic in nearly every way, The Hurricane has the power to blow you away.
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  26. Quills
    Uniformly robust acting puts still more feathers in the caps of Rush, Winslet and Caine.
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  27. Billy Elliot
    You'd be hard-pressed to find a purer expression of rapture in a film this year than the one that opens Billy Elliot.
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  28. Calle 54
    The result is almost enough to make an audience levitate.
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  29. Cotton Mary
    Increasingly piquant tale of culture clash in 1954 post-independence India.
  30. Trolösa
    The sometimes fatiguing slow flow in hour one is worth the labor because the power in this 2-hour triumph reveals itself gradually.
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