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For 7,946 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Autumn Tale
Lowest review score: 0 Argylle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,228 out of 7946
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7946
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7946
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Merchant of Venice
    The reason to see The Merchant of Venice is Al Pacino.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    In Good Company
    Cheerful and easy to watch but surprisingly inept in the telling.
  3. Fat Albert
    In the end, it's hard to see a real reason for the movie's existence. We already have Muppets.
  4. Donkey Skin (re-release)
    It's practically a primer on how to rework a literary classic into an impressively restrained movie with something fresh and intelligent to say.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Woodsman
    An honest, honorable indie chamber drama that, if anything, errs on the side of caution. It benefits from a scrupulously observed performance by Kevin Bacon.
  6. The Phantom of the Opera
    It has a little something to irritate everybody. People looking for romance will find only cardboard lovers. People looking for a resounding musical will find it odd that the camera runs away from the lip-synching cast. And people looking for opera -- well, shame on you.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Meet the Fockers
    What a waste.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Hotel Rwanda
    I wish Hotel Rwanda felt like something more than a very, very good TV movie.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Imaginary Heroes
    Weaver's randy, impatient, very funny performance is the main reason to see Imaginary Heroes.
  10. Beyond the Sea
    Had Spacey made Beyond the Sea 10 or 15 years ago, it might have been close to transporting.
  11. Flight of the Phoenix
    Silly to the last drop of rationed water.
  12. The Sea Inside
    You want the movie to stir your soul, push your intellect, or at the very least, break your heart. But it's such a repetitive and thinly constructed piece of filmmaking that the scope and complexity of Sampedro's case are turned to porridge.
  13. Spanglish
    What he's (Brooks) come up with is one of the most humane works ever made about the lives of working mothers.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Aviator
    As luscious as the filmmaking craft here is, it lacks the rude vitality, the unpredictability, the pure American craziness of the films that should have won him (Scorsese) the Oscar: "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "GoodFellas."
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
    The film's no masterpiece, but at least you're in the hands of people who know what they're doing.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Million Dollar Baby
    More than "Unforgiven," more than "Mystic River," it is Clint Eastwood's autumnal masterpiece.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Dolls
    Dolls is an art film, and a languid, inexplicably haunting one at that.
  18. Ocean's Twelve
    The film Soderbergh's made is about promiscuous stargazing. And you don't need a brain for that, just two eyes and a mammoth appetite for heavenly bodies.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A Tale of Two Sisters
    A Tale of Two Sisters reminds that few things are as terrifying as our own imaginations.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    The film's meta-fey title alone is an example of why some people adore Anderson and why he drives others absolutely crazy.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    This is the kind of film that reminds you of what movies, at their best, are capable of.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Blade: Trinity
    One of the prime laws of the multiplex states that any action or horror movie series will devolve into ritualized violence, self-mocking camp, and egregious silliness by part three. Blade: Trinity is right on schedule.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    House of Flying Daggers
    It's a perfect example of how far production design and editing WON'T take you when the story's not there.
  24. After Midnight
    Can be quite amusing and enjoyable to watch.
  25. Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
    No one in the film offers a shred of real proof that IBM cheated.
  26. Jesus, You Know
    Whatever blend of fact and fiction is really at work in this latest offering from ''Dog Days" director Ulrich Seidl -- known, by the way, for playing fast and loose with the documentary format -- the irony-laced ''Jesus, You Know" does persuade viewers to sit up and take notice of its inspired conceit.
  27. WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
    Engrossing and provocative.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Green Butchers
    Neither rare nor particularly well done. If you're looking for Danish meatballs served on dark wry, though, you could do worse.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The Aryan Couple
    Despite its handsome photography and a few memorable performances, The Aryan Couple is mainly notable for its inappropriate, blithe sentimentality.
  30. Closer
    From Marber's fiercely polished writing, Nichols wrings every drop of acid, yet it's a show of the director's goodness that a movie fundamentally preoccupied with interpersonal ugliness is allowed to end on a convincing note of beauty.
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