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Critical Mass Chart of the top 10 movies this week
Movie Titles EW ReadersThe Denver PostToronto Globe and MailThe Philadelphia InquirerUSA TodayVarietyBoston Globe  EW  Critics' Average
2012 - D C+ - C C- C+ B C
Amelia - C C- B B- D+ C+ C+ C
Disney's A Christmas Carol - B B+ C C- C- B A B-
Fantastic Mr. Fox - A A- - B B - A B+
Gentlemen Broncos - - - - C- - D+ D- D
The Men Who Stare at Goats - B- C+ B B- C C+ F C
The Messenger - B - - B+ - - B+ B
Pirate Radio - B+ C - B - B- B- B-
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - A A- B B B- B+ A B+
Michael Jackson's This Is It - B+ B A- B B - B B

Guide to the critics:

Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post; Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe and Mail; Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Claudia Puig (July 16, 2006 - ), USA Today; Todd McCarthy, Variety; Ty Burr (June 01, 2002 - ), Boston Globe