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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
Amelia - C C- B B- D+ C+ C+ C
Black Dynamite - - - - C+ - - A B
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - - C - C+ - C D+ C-
An Education - A- A - A- A- B+ A- A-
Gentlemen Broncos - - - - C- - D+ D- D
Law Abiding Citizen - - C - C - - C- C-
New York, I Love You - - - B- B- - B- B B-
Paranormal Activity - B B+ - B+ - - A- B+
Michael Jackson's This Is It - B+ B A- B B - B B
Where The Wild Things Are - A- B- B B+ B- A- A 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