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For 2,175 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Odd Man Out
Lowest review score: 0 Double Team
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,245 out of 2175
  2. Mixed: 548 out of 2175
  3. Negative: 382 out of 2175
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  1. Planet of the Apes
    If only the director, or his deus, could have delivered us from the inevitable shock ending, which blends Darwin and Einstein with purest P.T. Barnum.
    • Baltimore Sun
  2. Bread and Tulips
    Soldini's consistently understated touch, and a poignant turn by Licia Maglietta as the confused and bemused main character, turns Bread and Tulips into a character study worth studying.
    • Baltimore Sun
  3. Greenfingers
    The latest in a line of quirky, feel-good British comedies, Greenfingers fits right into the breezily entertaining mold but doesn't expand it.
    • Baltimore Sun
  4. America's Sweethearts
    Turns the kleig lights around to produce a wry and dead-on commentary on the film industry and the journalists who cover it.
    • Baltimore Sun
  5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    This is Mitchell's show, and his performance lives up to his triple billing as writer, director and star.
    • Baltimore Sun
  6. Ghost World
    In his first fiction feature, Zwigoff doesn't forget to bring the funny. But he doesn't bring enough poetry.
  7. Jurassic Park III
    Despite all its talk of genetic engineering and its deliberately stupid characters, the unintended message of Jurassic Park III is that when it comes to art and entertainment, you can't beat human DNA.
  8. The Score
    What's fatal to the film is that De Niro's character, though compelling, is so temperate and wise he gives no indication of why he was drawn to a life of crime.
  9. Made
    Made is an amateur-hour buddy movie.
    • Baltimore Sun
  10. Legally Blonde
    A smart comedy about a smart blonde -- that would be a sensation. But a dumb comedy about a smart blonde turns out to be not bad.
  11. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
    It's a blast!
    • Baltimore Sun
  12. Kiss of the Dragon
    Jet Li and Bridget Fonda form a terrific bond in this action film. And the choreography adds a nice kick, too.
  13. Cats & Dogs
    There are the gadgets and the effects. But Cats and Dogs definitely could have been more fetching.
    • Baltimore Sun
  14. Scary Movie 2
    The material has a definite "haven't-we-been over-this-before?" feel.
    • Baltimore Sun
  15. The Closet
    The movie's steady good humor and respect for character is pleasing - even energizing.
  16. Pootie Tang
    By the end, Pootie Tang feels as long as Kevin Costner's "Wyatt Earp."
  17. Crazy/Beautiful
    The story seems fresh and alive. They also had the good sense to cast Dunst, at 19 already one of Hollywood's finest and most consistent actresses.
  18. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    Ends up neither fish nor fowl. It's a misanthrope's "E.T."
    • Baltimore Sun
  19. Come Undone
    Come Undone would have benefited immensely from less constricted performances from Elkaim and Rideau, both of whom go through the film determined not to crack a smile.
    • Baltimore Sun
  20. Lumumba
    Lumumba revives the tradition of Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers" and Costa-Gavras' "Z" and "State of Siege." In substance and excitement, it joins their ranks.
    • Baltimore Sun
  21. Baby Boy
    A mistaken message is a price a filmmaker pays when he tries to load weighty themes like the cycle of violence on an overgrown boy who scoots around on a bicycle.
  22. The Princess and the Warrior
    Tykwer made Potente a star in Run Lola Run, and here she repays him 10 times over. Without her force of gravity, this film would waft into the ether.
  23. The Fast and the Furious
    If it worked, The Fast and the Furious would put viewers in the same position as the policeman protagonist, attracted to speed but appalled by crime. Instead it sentences you to an hour and a half in a high-decibel limbo.
  24. Dr. Dolittle 2
    What makes the "Dolittle" movies stand out from this menagerie is the superb casting and matching of the animals and their human voices.
  25. Songcatcher
    Whenever the movie threatens to become just another visit to hillbilly-land, the music starts up and the film's gentle, irresistible wonder takes hold. Songcatcher is a film very much worth catching.
    • Baltimore Sun
  26. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
    There's no clear plot, no memorable villains, no real logic. But there sure is action.
    • Baltimore Sun
  27. Sexy Beast
    Kingsley gives the movie a jolt and blows the rest of it to pieces.
    • Baltimore Sun
  28. Divided We Fall
    Divided We Fall has a lot going for it, but its Places in the Heart ending, sentimental and incongruous, helps ensure that it will not find a place in a demanding audience's heart or mind.
  29. Swordfish
    A souped-up roadster of a film, a relentless action flick that looks great and moves with more grace and speed than seems possible.
    • Baltimore Sun
    • 40 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Evolution
    Tries to rock our world, but it regresses to a single-celled B-movie.
    • Baltimore Sun
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