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For 8,786 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 6.8 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: 4,780 out of 8786
  2. Mixed: 2,559 out of 8786
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8786
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  1. Millions
    It's childhood done just right: part cotton candy angels, part gurning adult frighteners, and all wide-eyed kidhood bravado.
  2. In My Country
    There is great material here and ample food for thought, but the presentation is lacking.
  3. Mail Order Wife
    The best surprise is Yuan, the daughter of Hong Kong actress Cheng Pei-Pei. She has great screen presence and invests Lichi with a mix of kitty-cat cuteness and hellcat ferocity.
  4. Don't Move
    Cloyingly melodramatic film.
  5. Dot the I
    The actors are all good, although not much rapport is conveyed, despite one hot sex scene.
  6. Off the Map
    Ultimately the film manages a warm, offbeat appeal despite its flaws, and it has real heart.
  7. Be Cool
    It's a messy, overlong film, but it's impossible to take seriously and therefore more than a little entertaining.
  8. The Jacket
    Visually, The Jacket has a lot of flash, but it hardly compensates for the fuzzy story.
  9. The Pacifier
    Is it funny? Not for a minute.
  10. Dear Frankie
    I’m all for ambiguity, but Dear Frankie’s multiple dangling threads indicate incoherent storytelling, not profundity.
  11. Gunner Palace
    With so many soldiers interviewed, some only fleetingly, it's impossible to keep track of them all.
  12. Walk on Water
    Walk on Water makes you wonder what the Mossad is teaching its field agents these days.
  13. Cursed
    Genre fans and newcomers alike should skip this monstrosity and go rent "Ginger Snaps" instead.
  14. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
    Cruelty, church redemption, miraculous healings of limbs and junkie relatives – all have their moments onscreen.
  15. Man of the House
    Silly and implausible.
  16. Up and Down
    Has the look and feel of Euro-Altman (vastly superior to Euro-Disney, mind you).
  17. Because of Winn-Dixie
    Veterans Eva Marie Saint and Cicely Tyson make welcome appearances.
  18. Constantine
    Constantine will likely hold far more interest for devoted fans of the series, but it's not necessary to have read the books to appreciate the film's sumptuous visuals and art direction.
  19. Son of the Mask
    But for anyone who assumed Kennedy's experiment couldn't sink any lower than "Malibu's Most Wanted," there are, it appears, ever deeper depths in the realm of comedic misfires.
  20. Nabbeun namja
    A well-told tale that uses minimal dialogue, striking imagery, and vivid violence to weave a depressing portrait of obsessive love and a no-win battle of wills.
  21. Bigger Than the Sky
    Awash in the obvious and sports a patently predictable outcome. Somewhere, Stanislavsky is shrieking as well.
  22. Downfall
    Much has been made about the film's "humanizing" of Hitler, but he's only human here in the most prosaic of terms.
  23. Schultze Gets the Blues
    A sweet German movie by a first-time filmmaker, who, I would bet, is more than a little familiar with the early work of Jim Jarmusch or just about any Aki KaurismŠki film.
  24. Turtles Can Fly
    An emotional triumph.
  25. The Animation Show 2005
    This second incarnation of the Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything, even better than the first.
  26. Ong Bak
    But the best way to enjoy Ong Bak is on its own gritty, low-budget level, skins, brains, and guts galore, a viscerally entertaining slice of Thai filmmaking that will leave you grinning ear to ear.
  27. Bride & Prejudice
    It's got practically everything you could stuff in front of a camera, with the possible exception of Rip Taylor throwing confetti. Dancing transvestites? Check. Elephants? Check.
  28. Hitch
    In the end, while both of these performers look great together, they really don't seem to belong together. And that's the biggest hitch in Hitch.
  29. Inside Deep Throat
    Not even the film's director Gerard Damiano will argue for Deep Throat being a great movie. But, hey, at least there's no gag order anymore.
  30. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    Well-considered, beautifully made, and often gripping in its narrative, the film epitomizes the best the documentary format can offer.
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