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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. Grass
    Until something better comes along, we're just gonna have to keep the fires burning on this Ron Mann Joint.
  2. Better Living Through Circuitry
    Suffers from a surplus of interviews and information that imbue it with a vague sense of overkill.
  3. Passion of Mind
    Moore succeeds, even though the film as a whole does not fare as well.
  4. 8 ½ Women
    (Greenaway) is often described as a director whose movies "are not for everyone." The obvious retort is that neither are the Three Stooges, but at least everyone understands them.
  5. Shanghai Noon
    It's Wilson's film all the way. He's brings an unexpected frisson of surfer-esque chutzpah to the role of Roy, a bad guy with good intentions, a cowboy who, dammit, just wants to be loved.
  6. Kikujirô no natsu
    Not only is Kikujiro sweet and funny, it is, no doubt, Kitano's experimental "art film."
  7. Mission: Impossible II
    As pure a summer popcorn overdose as you're likely to find, M:i-2 is breezy, breathless, brainless fun, falling just short of Woo's own "Face/Off" but head and shoulders above anything else out there just now.
  8. Luminous Motion
    The one thing about Luminous Motion that can be said with certainty is that Bette Gordon should be making more movies.
  9. Small Time Crooks
    A pleasant frolic, but fairly inconsequential in terms of the overall Allen output.
  10. Road Trip
    All I know is that guys are strongly advised to avoid this on a first date.
  11. Dinosaur
    It's a visually stunning film. For every kid everywhere, and for every adult still a kid at heart, the dinosaurs are the thing, and here, finally, Disney does justice to our dreams.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 11 Critic Score
    Held Up
    The talented people in front of the camera fail to bring anything original, interesting, or even funny to this tedious would-be comedy.
  13. Kadosh
    Raises fascinating question within a compelling narrative framework, and is also intriguing for the glimpse it provides into the inner workings of Orthodox Judaism.
  14. Center Stage
    Unlikely to receive many curtain calls.
  15. Hamlet
    Bill Murray's Polonius is so delightfully coy and self-satisfied that this performance is reason alone to see the picture.
  16. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
    Simply put, Battlefield Earth is the worst film I've seen in over 10 years, and believe me, that's saying a lot.
  17. Gladiator
    It's a loud, obnoxious, and pleasant-enough entertainment, but hardly the soaring tale of one man's struggle that it was so clearly envisioned to be.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Luminarias
    With wonderful music, interesting characters, and lots of laughter, this picture feels much bigger than it really is.
  19. I Dreamed of Africa
    I Dreamed Of Africa...and all I got was this lousy movie.
  20. Up at the Villa
    A charmingly mounted, period romantic drama that benefits from the performances of a fine ensemble cast and the lovely location settings of Florence and Tuscany.
  21. Adorenarin doraibu
    Feels for all the world like a Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal heist comedy transposed to the Far East.
  22. Human Traffic
    It's a 24-hour-party-people travelogue, entertaining enough to grab your eyes... but less memorable than it may at first appear.
  23. Frequency
    Due largely to the tremendous innate warmth and conviction of leads Quaid and Caviezel ("The Thin Red Line"), you may find yourself cutting a surprising amount of slack for this patently ridiculous tale.
  24. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    Even the youngest members of the audience appeared to be more interested in their dwindling soda supply than anything up on the screen. Yabba dabba doom.
  25. Bossa Nova
    It's a feast of inconsequentiality, though, a love affair-lite that looks great but is ultimately less filling than a sunny summer Sunday's creampuff dream.
  26. Where the Heart Is
    Home may be where the heart is, but I kept wishing this poor silly girl would up and move.
  27. Timecode
    Both a headache and a marvel, often eliciting simultaneous groans of despair and sheer wonder at the director's nervy chutzpah.
  28. Committed
    Graham maintains a casual charm throughout it all, but she lacks the kind of emotional depth that might have pulled this hodge-podge together.
  29. The Big Kahuna
    Feels more like Barry Levinson's "Tin Men" on Prozac.
  30. The Last September
    Not even the rich and nuanced performances of stage veterans Smith, Gambon, and Birkin can save this British period drama from languishing amid the story's unfocused longings and unrealistic musings.
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