For 7,317 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 1.8 points lower than other critics.
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Average Movie review score: 60
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Positive: 3,455 out of 7317
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Negative: 729 out of 7317
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Robert Koehler 100
A rock-ribbed sense of committed, personal cinema and a core belief in people being able to pull themselves out of misery supports Ballast, an extraordinary debut by editor-writer-director Lance Hammer. -
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Todd McCarthy 100
Emotionally powerful and stylistically sure-handed, this true story-inspired drama begins small with the disappearance of a young boy, only to gradually fan out to become a comprehensive critique of the entire power structure of Los Angeles, circa 1928. -
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Todd McCarthy 100
Rourke creates a galvanizing, humorous, deeply moving portrait that instantly takes its place among the great, iconic screen performances. An elemental story simply and brilliantly told, Darren Aronofsky's fourth feature is a winner from every possible angle. -
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Justin Chang 100
Talky in the best sense, the film exhilarates with its lively, authentic classroom banter while its emotional undercurrents build steadily but almost imperceptibly over a swift 129 minutes. One of the most substantive and purely entertaining movies in competition at Cannes this year. -
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Todd McCarthy 100
A captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along. -
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Critic Score 100
An intensely political film so wildly inventive and witty that it will become a touchstone for years to come, Il Divo is a masterpiece for maverick helmer-scribe Paolo Sorrentino. -
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Justin Chang 100
Eco-activist documentaries don't get much more compelling than The Cove, an impassioned piece of advocacy filmmaking that follows "Flipper" trainer-turned-marine crusader Richard O'Barry in his efforts to end dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. -
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A profound, elemental and hauntingly beautiful period drama that makes an intimate story of endurance into a metaphor for an entire culture. -
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Porumboiu is one of the few helmers working today who so completely understands both the power of language and the power of visuals. -
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Justin Chang 100
This educational eye-popper should prove an excellent draw for science lovers of all ages. -
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It's a thrilling, at times brilliant piece of staging that never forgets the emotional pull of either the tragic personal tale or the ramifications of history. -
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Todd McCarthy 100
Blasting onto the screen at warp speed and remaining there for two hours, the new and improved Star Trek will transport fans to sci-fi nirvana. -
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Justin Chang 100
If Inception is a metaphysical puzzle, it's also a metaphorical one: It's hard not to draw connections between Cobb's dream-weaving and Nolan's filmmaking -- an activity devoted to constructing a simulacrum of reality, intended to seduce us, mess with our heads and leave a lasting impression. Mission accomplished. -
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Exhilarating, heartbreaking and righteous, Waiting for Superman is also a kind of high-minded thriller: Can the American education system be cured? -
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Justin Chang 100
Continues Fincher's fascinating transition from genre filmmaker extraordinaire to indelible chronicler of our times. -
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"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves hasn't ruined the elegant Swedish vampire story by remaking it. If anything, he's made some improvements, including the addition of a tense action-horror sequence in the middle of the film. -
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Rob Nelson 100
Charles Ferguson's sophomore film Inside Job is the definitive screen investigation of the global economic crisis, providing hard evidence of flagrant amorality -- and of a new nonfiction master at work. -
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Justin Chang 100
Bravura narrative filmmaking on a hugely ambitious scale, Carlos is a spectacular achievement. -
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Todd McCarthy 100
This is one vintage film that fully lives up to its classic status and should play with outstanding success to contemporary audiences of all ages.- Posted Feb 16, 2011
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Critic Score 100
Utterly unpretentious and deeply touching.- Posted Mar 22, 2011
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Ronnie Scheib 100
Dramatically spellbinding and intellectually stimulating, picture abstractly manipulates multiple layers of representation to shattering effect.- Posted Apr 25, 2011
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Justin Chang 100
Result is pure-grade art cinema destined primarily for the delectation of Malick partisans and adventurous arthouse-goers.- Posted May 17, 2011
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Critic Score 100
Rarely do you find such self-plunging material beyond the realm of documentary or far-fringe museum fare, and despite his background in that arena, Mills sheds all preciosity in service of genuinely revealing introspection.- Posted May 29, 2011
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Rob Nelson 100
A handsomely mounted adaptation of the like-titled Portuguese novel, Ruiz's 4 1/2-hour epic establishes the essential ambiguity of its chameleonic characters from the get-go and proceeds thereby, with riveting results and revelations that continue right to the end.- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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Critic Score 100
While a hopelessly awkward-looking Hill provides fish-out-of-water laughs, Pitt gives a genuinely soul-searching performance.- Posted Sep 9, 2011
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For all the tyrannical disdain he's shown other filmmakers over the years, von Trier once again demonstrates a mastery of classical technique, extracting incredibly strong performances from his cast while serving up a sturdy blend of fly-on-the-wall naturalism and jaw-dropping visual effects.- Posted Oct 24, 2011
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Justin Chang 100
A mesmerizing companion piece to his 2008 debut, "Hunger," this more approachable but equally uncompromising drama likewise fixes its gaze on the uses and abuses of the human body, as Michael Fassbender again strips himself down, in every way an actor can, for McQueen's rigorous but humane interrogation.- Posted Nov 8, 2011
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