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For 7,964 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: 5,240 out of 7964
  2. Mixed: 1,556 out of 7964
  3. Negative: 1,168 out of 7964
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  1. Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    Souffle-light and airily playful.
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  2. Hearts in Atlantis
    A powerful and surehandedly crafted depth charge of a movie.
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  3. Zoolander
    Isn't always on the money, but when it is, it really is.
    • Boston Globe
  4. Don't Say a Word
    Don't Say a Word can be thought of as a case of Dial B for Boring.
    • Boston Globe
  5. Diamond Men
    Riding a mood that's tilted to the jazzy blues that Eddie prefers to Bobby's blasting rock on the car radio, Diamond Men is a sparkly film that's easy to love.
    • Boston Globe
  6. Liam
    Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures.
    • Boston Globe
  7. Vampire Hunter D
    Confusing storytelling and bad dialogue.
  8. The Endurance
    Butler's approach is subtle: His documentary allows the story to unfold elegantly, without embellishment, and it is more powerful for that restraint.
  9. Glitter
    It touches on universal themes of love, friendship, and family. Suffice to say it falls dreadfully short.
  10. Haiku Tunnel
    They're a far cry from the Coen brothers, or even the Polish brothers, but Josh and Jacob Kornbluth emerge intact from their first filmmaking venture and score more hits than misses in this comedy.
    • Boston Globe
  11. Hard Ball
    Ultimately, the kids carry this manipulative tear-jerker. They're warm, lively charmers.
    • Boston Globe
    • 35 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Two Can Play That Game
    In addition to the film's two extremely likable stars, the strong supporting cast features a who's who of rising African-American actors.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A Matter of Taste
    A Matter of Taste, French director Bernard Rapp's polished second film, swims in lies, ones that sate at first, but soon intoxicate, seduce, and drown.
    • Boston Globe
  14. The Musketeer
    The images are pretty, and Gene Quintano's screenplay gets everybody from point A to point B, though with no discernible knack for wit or subtlety.
    • Boston Globe
  15. L.I.E.
    Superior and original filmmaking. You won't be able to take your eyes off it.
    • Boston Globe
  16. Our Lady of the Assassins
    Plays like a dislocated version of ''Death in Venice,'' but in a dryer, higher climate that features exponentially more firepower.
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  17. Rock Star
    As generic as its title, but two things enable it to land: the basic likability of Mark Wahlberg as the wannabe protagonist, and the contagious energies in the rock concert sequences.
    • Boston Globe
  18. The Iron Ladies
    The same underdog formulas and sunny disposition that turned it into an unexpected Thai box-office hit should win it friends here, too.
    • Boston Globe
  19. Vengo
    Presents a darkly realistic yet seductive world, with music as the tie that binds.
    • Boston Globe
    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The American Astronaut
    Doesn't really have a climax that works, making you wonder whether all the nutso plot machinations were worth following. Maybe, maybe not. But there were a number of skewed bits that popped out and put a chuckle into this journey.
  21. O
    The film collapses under the weight of the effort to shoehorn Shakespeare's story into a context that ultimately doesn't accommodate it.
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  22. Jeepers Creepers
    The limp script actually has the characters spout ''Let's get outta here!'' more than once. Or maybe that's just a wise member of the audience talking.
  23. Tortilla Soup
    Its attributes and achievements are modest, but its arias, duets, and ensembles are engaging all the same.
  24. Summer Catch
    The screenplay, with its relentlessly schematic characters saying relentlessly schematic things, is so moronic that it makes you long for a documentary on the real Cape League.
  25. Together
    The best thing about Together, apart from the way some of its characters grow on you even as others put you off, is the way it snatches idealism back from the brink of life-smothering orthodoxy.
  26. Ghosts of Mars
    Slides instantly into the realm of the forgettable.
  27. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
    There's nothing major here, certainly nothing on the order of my favorite among Allen's retro workouts of the past decade, ''Bullets Over Broadway.'' But it's entertaining all the same.
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  28. Happy Accidents
    D'Onofrio's affably wide-eyed weirdness generates not only pleasure, but a genuinely authentic conundrum, bouncing forward and backward toward the truth.
    • Boston Globe
  29. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    Sequels and fun don't often coincide, but this time they do.
    • Boston Globe
  30. Bubble Boy
    There's always been room for rudeness in humor. In fact, it can be invigorating. But Bubble Boy goes through the motions of being outrageous when all it's really got is a rage to conform to formula.
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