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For 8,783 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 8783
  2. Mixed: 2,558 out of 8783
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8783
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  1. Here on Earth
    Somewhere along the road to becoming teens idols, these actors got confused between being the bomb -- and getting it.
  2. Whatever It Takes
    Drivel of the purest ray serene.
  3. Waking the Dead
    The film is one of the more adult offerings out there in a spring movie season peppered with martial arts and superheroes. It may be just what you're looking for.
  4. Romeo Must Die
    The fight scenes are splendidly choreographed...but they're shot in that grating, thoroughly American flashcut style that leaves you wondering just who the hell is hitting who.
  5. Erin Brockovich
    The most memorable David vs. Goliath courtroom showdown in recent memory.
  6. Final Destination
    Flawed but often entertaining teen horror flick.
  7. Beyond the Mat
    A center ring extravaganza of smackdown movie entertainment
  8. Deterrence
    Well-intentioned but hardly well-executed.
  9. Mission to Mars
    De Palma's film is a mess from its anxious start all the way through to its new-agey end, relying heavily on cribs from Kubrick and Cameron and even the recent "Apollo 13."
  10. The Ninth Gate
    Most of the actors seem to have been issued one facial expression at the beginning of the film, along with pain-of-death instructions not to change it under any circumstance.
  11. The Next Best Thing
    If only someone had taken away that disastrous third act we'd have one of the better mainstream films dealing with the impossible societal demands put upon gay parenting yet made. No such luck, though.
  12. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    It's the kind of movie you wish you had more time to absorb and could see more than once before reviewing.
  13. Drowning Mona
    Each of the characters is dull and boorish instead of witty and urbane.
  14. What Planet Are You From?
    Quite possibly, this could have been a hit back in 1975 or so, and almost certainly for Blake Edwards, but here and now it's just a puzzling aberration.
  15. 3 Strikes
    Reeks as badly as it sounds.
  16. Judy Berlin
    A gorgeously crafted love poem.
  17. Mifune's Last Song
    Curious and effective.
  18. The Waiting Game
    You could do worse.
  19. Theeviravaathi: The Terrorist
    Breathtakingly gorgeous but ultimately thematically unsatisfying.
  20. Reindeer Games
    By the time the closing credits roll, you're wondering if anyone else noticed that nothing made much sense.
  21. Wonder Boys
    Plenty of fun while it lasts, but its aftereffects are mighty fleeting.
  22. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
    Kempner's documentary is a streamlined, gorgeous piece of work, full of revelations of time, place, and person.
  23. Beautiful People
    It's an audacious, affecting, and unexpectedly hilarious debut, and most definitely the most original film I've seen all year.
  24. Boiler Room
    Remarkable debut feature by New Yorker Ben Younger.
  25. Hanging Up
    It's hard to imagine anyone ---coming away from Hanging Up with any sense of revelation, soul-enlargement, or even the simple pleasure of a compelling tale well told.
  26. The Whole Nine Yards
    No matter your standard of measurement, this production falls short.
  27. Not One Less
    In many ways, Not One Less resembles the socialist-realist dramas of the early Communist regimes.
  28. Pitch Black
    Say what you will about the story, but Pitch Black at least looks and sounds stunning.
  29. Cotton Mary
    Nothing but tarted-up melodrama.
  30. Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
    Reeks of a filmmaker who latched on to sure-fire subject matter, but then became lost once his character morphed into a person.
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