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The Thaw has generally received mixed reviews.
Review of The Thaw (2009)
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The Thaw was released in 2009 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 158 reviews, giving The Thaw (2009) an average rating of 43%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 53%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 40%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Thaw than critics were.
With a score of 43%, The Thaw is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like Whiteout and Chandni Chowk to China.
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