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For 8,793 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 57% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 58
Highest review score: 100 The Searchers
Lowest review score: 0 Gummo
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,786 out of 8793
  2. Mixed: 2,560 out of 8793
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8793
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  1. Adorenarin doraibu
    Feels for all the world like a Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal heist comedy transposed to the Far East.
  2. The Ref
    Leary rehashes his Bill Hicks persona for the umpteenth time, but if you can get past the blatant rip-off of his shtick, you'll find an inspired, virulent, often hilarious film that apparently was just too much for old Saint Nick.
  3. The Matador
    The Matador is anything but predictable, and therein lies its sublime and fascinating charm.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Trophy
    Trophy instead holds its subject right up to the light, like a diamond, so that all facets can be seen. It may not rouse the public to action, but it will give us something to ponder.
  5. Adam & Steve
    It's the most honest, refreshing comedy about love – gay, straight, or both – I've seen in many moons, and at the end everyone's problems are solved by a country-western dance battle with drag doyenne Jackie Beat on the mic.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Metallica: Through the Never
    The Song Remains the Same. There, said it – as will every other rock & roll fanatic considering Metallica: Through the Never.
  7. Ghosts of the Abyss
    It’s best to situate yourself in the middle of the row; a seat at the end will most likely leave you feeling cross-eyed for an hour.
  8. Body of Lies
    Ftrangely emotionless. There's little offered in the form of rooting interests or compassionate characterizations, making the film ultimately as ephemeral as its title.
  9. Barbershop: The Next Cut
    When it rolls, Barbershop: The Final Cut lets its hair down like few others do.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Baby-Sitters Club
    Bright and cluttered and engaging, The Baby-Sitters Club has a youthful buoyancy and whimsical rhythm that catches even the most jaundiced (i.e., 16-year-old) viewers up in its play of light and energy.
  11. Turbo
    By the time Turbo reaches the finish line, this new iteration of the fable about pursuing one’s dreams no matter how unlikely they seem joins the winner’s circle without quite nabbing the trophy.
  12. Licorice Pizza
    The strange and challengingly charming awkwardness of Alana and Gary, as well as the more entertaining anecdotes, will get you past the somewhat lumpen structure.
  13. Smallfoot
    Smallfoot also features some excellent physical comedy, some of which calls to mind the sight gags prevalent in the old Looney Tunes cartoons once produced by this studio (Warner Bros.).
  14. Circumstance
    Its sappy, melodramatic overtones – Bonnie Tyler not included – can be overlooked, as this is as much a political statement as it is a love story.
  15. A Man Called Ove
    The last ten minutes or so are heartwarming to the point of schmaltz. Even the adept Lassgård, as the old fogey version of Ove, can’t make this increasingly feel-good schtick stick.
  16. Last Night
    In contemplating whether the world will end with a bang or a whimper, it reveals a little something of the human condition as we enter a new age.
  17. Christine
    Fascinating, troubling, and dutiful, Christine, if nothing else, houses a great performance.
  18. The Hedgehog
    A light but emotionally heady confection from France.
  19. Rush
    Rush, a film about two real-life titans of Formula One racing in the Seventies, splits its narrative between these oil-and-water personalities, which feels about right: It's only half of a good movie.
  20. Blade
    "Interview With the Vampire" it's not, but marginally thrilling nonetheless, and besides, any film that features a house party in which the ceiling-mounted fire extinguishers expel freshets of crimson goo in place of H2O gets my vote.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Into the Wild
    The character never really comes alive, and I walked away from Into the Wild feeling that Penn was too in love with the idea of Christopher McCandless the free-spirited hero to excavate the soul of Christopher McCandless the lost man.
  22. Bad Words
    Although Bad Words never quite achieves Bad Santa’s level of misanthropy, the movie is chock-full of racist, sexist, and generally antisocial barbs – not to mention a slew of bad words.
  23. Godzilla
    It’s a creature feature for the Subatomic Age.
  24. The Producers
    In the world of Mel Brooks, everything is fair game and anything is good for a laugh. God bless Mel Brooks.
  25. The Secret Lives of Dentists
    It all adds up to a portrait in decency, which isn’t nearly as sexy as the title would suggest.
  26. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
    It’s far and away the most original symphony of terror since F.W. Murnau raised hackles and Schrecks with his 1922 Nosferatu.
  27. Crime After Crime
    I suspect it's that spirit as much as the injustice of her incarceration that drew so many people to her cause and inspired this labor-of-love documentary about her journey to hell and back.
  28. This Is Where I Leave You
    Subtle it ain’t, but there’s an undercurrent of palpable rage that pokes through the (very funny) banter-banter gloss of the thing, and the actors rip into it with relish.
  29. The Darjeeling Limited
    It’s a hard film to shake, and there’s an awful lot to be said for that.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
    So kudos to Spurlock for going into enemy territory and coming back with the message that there really is no enemy territory. It almost – almost – makes up for the fact that Where in the World is marred by one of the worst endings in movie history.
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