For 3,115 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 0.7 points lower than other critics.
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Average Movie review score: 64
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Gary M. Kramer
Destroyer may position itself as a kind of redemption tale, but Kusama’s film is decidedly not feel-good. The music by Theodore Shapiro is deliberately set to jangle one’s nerves — it is definitely trying too hard — but like most of the film’s elements, it is just effective enough to create an impression.- Salon
- Posted Jan 10, 2019
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Gary M. Kramer
Bale’s performance is absolutely letter perfect, and he disappears into the role.- Salon
- Posted Dec 25, 2018
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This film really is Moore’s tour de force — a forceful, moving, and compelling call to action. A number of Michael Moore’s films have made history. This time he’s asking his audience to be the ones to do it.- Salon
- Posted Sep 8, 2018
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- Posted Sep 23, 2017
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Max Cea
Cretton did fictionalize parts of the story, adding dramatic embellishments and narrative tissue. But his greatest feat may have been telling the story in such a way that viewer doesn’t leave the theater going, “Oh, some of these stories are so extreme, they might be slight fictionalization.” They’re too consumed by the ride.- Salon
- Posted Aug 10, 2017
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Melanie McFarland
The film itself is an admirable and empathetic work that does not romanticize anorexia or the young woman being ground into nothingness by the disease, as some have feared.- Salon
- Posted Jul 10, 2017
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Max Cea
There are a few strong bits in Snatched — the best of them centering around Joan Cusak as a silent ex-special ops agent — and the film is well-paced. But as Hawn’s Linda should have learned, this time around Amy Schumer isn’t worth leaving the house for.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
Despite the hit-and-miss nature of this highfalutin concept-art, Manifesto comes across as successfully, outrageously funny. As authentically enthusiastic as Rosefeldt seems to be about manifestos, he seems equally aware of the pretentious ridiculousness lurking within them.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
Though it’s not a film that will enter the canon of cinematic classics, it is nearly perfect, with ample heart, humor and tragedy-tinged humanity.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
With Landline, Robespierre once again proves herself to be one of the funnier filmmakers working. Just as important, she proves herself to be one of the more empathetic directors out there.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
Emily’s sickness is ultimately what elevates The Big Sick above the echelon of enjoyable-but-generic rom-coms.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
In Okja, Joon Ho takes animal cruelty and corporate capitalism to slaughter. And yet, he doesn’t preach or pander.- Salon
- Posted Jun 27, 2017
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Max Cea
The discomfort that Arteta elicits serves a purpose and is buoyed by a few very funny moments.- Salon
- Posted Jun 8, 2017
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Max Cea
No one — not McMahon (or McChrystal), the military, the State Department, President Obama or the press — comes out looking good. And yet, none of these characters or institutions comes away looking all that bad either.- Salon
- Posted May 25, 2017
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Max Cea
Like every Swanberg picture I’ve seen, Win It All is a small character drama that, through improvisation, renders relationships impeccably; it’s at once specific and universal.- Salon
- Posted Apr 7, 2017
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Andrew O'Hehir
It’s an enormously resonant work of cultural history that should do much to renew attention to the lonely, prophetic voice of James Baldwin.- Salon
- Posted Feb 9, 2017
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Max Cea
Jarmusch has a tendency (which is intentional) to turn away from what is obviously beautiful and popular, and to instead beautifully render what is rarely noticed and perhaps slightly ugly. He credits the cinematographer Robby Müller with teaching him, “Don’t look for the obvious, always keep your eyes open, keep thinking on your feet.”- Salon
- Posted Dec 29, 2016
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Melanie McFarland
Gandhi’s direction brings out superior performances in the film’s cast, particularly in Terrell, whose imitation of Obama’s singular ways of speaking and mannerisms is nearly flawless.- Salon
- Posted Dec 15, 2016
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Jackie transcends mimicry to achieve something greater — bringing the first lady’s grief and resolve in the face of unspeakable loss to vivid life.- Salon
- Posted Dec 4, 2016
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Elle, like all of Verhoeven’s films, refuses easy categorization. It combines elements of a rape revenge thriller, an extremely dark class comedy and Cronenbergian body horror to create something totally unique — a singular experience that transcends genre.- Salon
- Posted Nov 17, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
Assaf’s pop-culture transcendence was a coming-of-age moment for Palestinians, a sign that they could triumph in the most delicious, delightful and unlikely of contexts, despite a broken society built on institutional hopelessness. Abu-Assad’s films make the same point, in a darker register.- Salon
- Posted Oct 18, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
How close did a simple maintenance mishap come to rendering at least one American state uninhabitable and killing an unknown number of people? And what does that tell us about the security and safety of the deadliest weapons ever built in human history? We don’t know the answer to the first question, and the second one raises extremely troubling issues. I don’t want to spoil the gripping and improbable details of Kenner’s film, but how the Damascus accident started is no big secret.- Salon
- Posted Sep 16, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
In Order of Disappearance possesses both a striking soulfulness and a sense of beauty. (Much of the credit goes to cinematographer Philip Øgaard, whose images are memorable but never showy.)- Salon
- Posted Aug 26, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
I would simultaneously argue that Sheil and Greene go off the rails several times during Kate Plays Christine, most notably in their overly artful and self-conscious attempt to re-enact the shooting but also that they get viewers closer to the real Christine Chubbuck than I would have thought possible.- Salon
- Posted Aug 24, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
Not only is War Dogs a surprisingly well-told tale in the classic American rags-to-riches-to-rags mode. It’s also a mordant morality fable with a genuine heart of darkness. (Plus, it has one hell of a soundtrack, matching its moods to an array of classic rock and hip-hop tunes in the Martin Scorsese vein.)- Salon
- Posted Aug 17, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
I hated this movie; I wish I could unsee it and will it out of existence. But that’s not the same as thinking it’s worthless or corrupt or entirely inept. It’s more like a massively self-indulgent prank, inflicted on the world by some reasonably intelligent young men, which makes it the most bro-tastic project of all time. Mo’ bro than this, no es posible, amigos.- Salon
- Posted Aug 10, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
Decadence is supposed to be fun, surely, or at least more fun than the desperate, sludgy, frantic mess of Suicide Squad.- Salon
- Posted Aug 3, 2016
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The film may not go boldly, but it’s a welcome homecoming for the beloved series.- Salon
- Posted Jul 21, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
Feig’s Ghostbusters is a goofy, free-floating romp with an anarchic spirit of its own, a fresh set of scares and laffs and a moderate dose of girl power that is unlikely to seem confrontational to anyone beyond the most confirmed basement-dwelling Gamergate troll.- Salon
- Posted Jul 13, 2016
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Andrew O'Hehir
There’s a terrible wonder in this rare glimpse inside a country that has tried to empty itself of all thought, all commerce and all civil society — of pretty much everything except an especially lame version of hero worship and despotism.- Salon
- Posted Jul 6, 2016
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