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For 8,778 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: 4,774 out of 8778
  2. Mixed: 2,557 out of 8778
  3. Negative: 1,447 out of 8778
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  1. 8 Women
    Proves to be a pleasant romp. Girls just wanna have fun -- even onscreen.
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  2. Secretary
    Secretary is a testament to the importance of tonality in telling a story.
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  3. Spirited Away
    Fiercely original in every respect.
  4. The Experiment
    Doesn't tell you anything about human nature you probably haven't already suspected, but then again it's good to be reminded of these dark things from time to time. Especially these days.
  5. Igby Goes Down
    Smart, uncanny, resistant to the short cuts of pop psychology, and shocking in the best since of the word, Steers' debut is a stunner.
  6. Barbershop
    Towers head and hairpiece above much of what passes for urban comedy these days.
  7. Alias Betty
    Makes it pretty difficult to tell the difference between good mothers and bad.
  8. Stealing Harvard
    With all the wrong Stealing Harvard has done, it at least bestows one gift upon its audience: the gift of forgettableness.
  9. Ted Bundy
    Never really sure what to say about its subject.
  10. Swimfan
    Promises thrills galore but delivers only limp non-frights and predictable yawns.
  11. City by the Sea
    The biggest shame in this movie is how it wastes Frances McDormand.
  12. In Praise of Love
    In all honesty I'd advise you to go rent the stunning (and brand-new) DVD of the director's great "Le Mépris (Contempt)," which seems to me to be much more Godardian and much less hopeless.
  13. Mad Love
    Pretty to look at, tamely racy, and fairly fluffy, despite its two-hour running time.
  14. FeardotCom
    Would have made a hell of a short -- but falls flat on its hyperstylized face as a feature.
  15. Crop Circles: Quest for Truth
    It's a shame that the subjects of Gazecki's film come off as so many quasi-mystical loonies.
  16. Red Satin
    Anchored by a terrific performance by Abbass, Satin Rouge shows that the idea of women's self-actualization knows few continental divides.
  17. Undisputed
    Again, Hill gives us a world filled with morally complex characters, but that just may be this film's undoing.
  18. Serving Sara
    It's the kind of bad movie that gives bad movies a bad name.
  19. Amy's Orgasm
    There's a bright spot in the form of Amy's publicist (screen veteran Aaron), a salty, whiskey-voiced lesbian; it's a pity the movie isn't about her.
  20. S1m0ne
    Torpedoed by its own overarching idealism -- the film targets the new star system, the media, the studios, digital technology, and pretty much everything else you might care to think of -- and not enough script to back it all up.
  21. One Hour Photo
    Offers a very interesting snapshot of some decidedly modern pathologies.
  22. Possession
    The film is by no means a disaster. Possession is prettily performed, prettily put-together. Yet, for a story set so firmly in the center of a fire, LaBute and his players have suited themselves in some mighty flame-retardant threads.
  23. The Adventures of Pluto Nash
    In terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused.
  24. Mostly Martha
    There's more at work in this gorgeous and affecting picture than simple culinary sex appeal.
  25. Blue Crush
    The script also takes the occasional dip into hokeyness, but even that is buoyed by its ballsy leading ladies.
  26. The Château
    An admirable little film, a funny and familiar depiction of Americans traveling abroad, strangers to each other and themselves.
  27. Scarlet Diva
    Certainly it's not for everyone, but fans of Euro-sleaze will groove on Argento's obvious charms and the film's dystopian thrill ride, while the rest will probably doze off dreaming Fassbinder dreams.
  28. Secret Ballot
    A real winner -- smart, funny, subtle, and resonant -- and there's not a hanging chad in sight.
  29. xXx
    Honestly, at this point in time there's no legitimate reason to confuse “bad ass” filmmaking with just plain bad. Nice GTO, though.
  30. The City of Lost Souls
    Miike's graphically violent Japanese actioners are not everyone's cup of sake. But if you can handle the bloodshed, Miike's films will open your eyes to the number of ways it can spurt, splat, and drizzle out of a whole variety of natural human orifices and man-made bullet holes.
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