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For 8,784 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: 4,778 out of 8784
  2. Mixed: 2,559 out of 8784
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8784
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  1. Time Changer
    Not one of these new-fangled Christian movies that camouflages its proselytizing with decent storytelling and filmmaking technique. Time Changer is clunky, repetitive, and ham-handed.
  2. Frida
    As directed by Taymor, it's a competent and nicely designed biopic that for all of the director's attempts to link surrealist film imagery with Hayek's depiction of Kahlo somehow manages to be generally lackluster.
  3. The Truth About Charlie
    As an experiment in mood, as a love song to Paris and to the French New Wave, as a fun, flirty little number, Charlie provides a giddy satisfaction.
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  4. Roger Dodger
    The movie's third act begins a baffling and not-very-believable character turnabout.
  5. Ghost Ship
    Meandering, sub-aquatic mess: It's so bad it's good, but only if you slide in on a freebie.
  6. Jackass: The Movie
    All told, either you get it or you don't. Film critics and senators with election prospects don't. Kids in the mood to laugh at stupid shit for 87 minutes do. I'll toss my hat in the latter ring with glee.
  7. Derrida
    For those unfamiliar with the notoriously camera-averse philosopher and his thoughts, Derrida will most probably prove to be an unenlightening bore.
  8. Real Women Have Curves
    Even though the storyline of Real Women Have Curves is a somewhat familiar tale, the film's originality lies in the way in which it's told.
  9. Abandon
    What hath "The Sixth Sense" wrought? These days, it seems as if every psychological thriller has a surprise finish.
  10. The Grey Zone
    The movie's storyline is not always perfectly clear, seemingly falling into the same murky “grey zone” as everything else.
  11. Auto Focus
    The set and art direction are superb, evoking Sixties and Seventies décor with a dazzling precision.
  12. The Ring
    The less said about The Ring, the better for you, the sooner-to-be-freaked-out.
  13. Formula 51
    A muddled mess of bad-lad clichés, and Jackson's obvious talents only serve to point out how godawful everyone else seems to be.
  14. Comedian
    More like watching a Polaroid picture develop without ever getting to see the finished picture.
  15. Brown Sugar
    With all its emphasis on beat, Brown Sugar can't maintain a steady one, yet when it finds it, the film surely soars.
  16. Pokémon 4: The Movie
    Why the Pokémon fad hasn't died off yet is one of the great mysteries of the universe, right up there with the Pyramids of Gaza and the white stuff in Twinkies.
  17. Knockaround Guys
    Despite flashes of originality, is a formulaic quagmire that traps bits and pieces from all these genres without really satisfying any of their true aims.
  18. The Rules of Attraction
    Ugh. The Rules of Attraction is the kind of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste.
  19. The Transporter
    A slick, sexy little package with fast cars, big explosions, dazzling locations in the south of France, a trip-hop score, and about as much plot to fill a thimble.
  20. Punch-Drunk Love
    Unconventional and idiosyncratic love story.
  21. Tuck Everlasting
    Depends on the magical for the inner workings of its story, and that might not suit viewers desirous of more concrete explanations. But, again, the movie seems just right for the viewers it aims to please.
  22. White Oleander
    The metaphoric title about the danger in beautiful things sounds like something from Byron or Keats, but this compressed film adaptation of an Oprah-endorsed bestseller plays like the Dickens.
  23. Bowling for Columbine
    Fun and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking.
  24. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
    Bottom line: Jonah is strictly for kids suffering from rescinded television privileges or adults seeking a nap in a cool, dark environment that reeks of stale popcorn.
  25. Bloody Sunday
    A triumph in anguish.
  26. Red Dragon
    It's chilling what Fiennes can do with so very little; he looks like a wounded puppy half the time and sounds like one to boot.
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  27. The Tuxedo
    Most indicative of The Tuxedo's mediocrity, however, is the absence of the always entertaining action outtakes that traditionally roll under the end credits of Chan films; here it's all dialogue flubs barely fit for Dick Clark.
  28. Shanghai Ghetto
    Should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story, but you might want to think twice before booking passage.
  29. The Man from Elysian Fields
    Is it just me or is Mick Jagger turning into John Hurt?
  30. Sweet Home Alabama
    What it needs is a little more dirtying down. What it needs, in short, is less New York, and more Alabama.
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