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This Is Not What I Expected was released in 2017 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving This Is Not What I Expected (2017) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 58%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed This Is Not What I Expected a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 73%, This Is Not What I Expected is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like The Post, Thelma and Detroit.
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