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For 7,945 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: 5,227 out of 7945
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7945
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7945
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  1. Blow Dry
    The characters, in short, are never given enough dimension, enough chance to develop the individual tics and eccentricities on which this kind of comedy thrives.
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  2. The Gleaners & I
    Varda's charmingly eccentric amble, wise in its seeming waywardness.
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  3. Hit and Runway
    A mildly diverting gay-straight odd couple comedy that has just enough bright one-liners to carry it past its plot structuring.
    • Boston Globe
  4. The Caveman's Valentine
    Dramatically speaking, The Caveman's Valentine is a dead end.
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  5. See Spot Run
    See Spot Run isn't solely responsible for the dumbing down of movies, but it's part of the dismal phenomenon.
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  6. The Mexican
    Isolated offbeat moments aside, The Mexican mostly fires blanks.
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  7. Series 7: The Contenders
    A gritty, immediate, down-and-dirty satire with a down-and-dirty look.
    • Boston Globe
  8. Monkeybone
    For all its antic grasping it lies flatter on the screen than its graphic novel source lies on the page.
    • Boston Globe
  9. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    An exercise in excess, but it's the best of the month's crop of mindless films, if only because it jumps off the screen with acertain pop and playfulness.
    • Boston Globe
  10. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    A grand, dark, grave, severe piece of first-rate cinema.
    • Boston Globe
  11. Company Man
    It's not that the film is devoid of honestly earned laughs here and there. The problem is that there are too few of them and that the film can't connect them.
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  12. Down to Earth
    A little too shipshape, too eager to please, not quite as anarchic as the best comedies.
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  13. Sweet November
    It's a small film, and a far from perfect one, but it allows her (Theron) to extend her range as no previous role has done.
    • Boston Globe
    • 70 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Bad Company
    As a tale of adolescent sexuality warped by passion, though, Bad Company is less compelling and more exploitative than its makers think.
  15. Hannibal
    ''The Silence of the Lambs'' was a classic; Hannibal is only a good movie of its type.
    • Boston Globe
  16. Signs & Wonders
    Has extraordinary depth and insight about the limitations and follies of human beings.
  17. Saving Silverman
    The kind of comedy that takes the fun out of stupidity.
    • Boston Globe
  18. The Taste of Others
    A civilized delight.
    • Boston Globe
  19. The Invisible Circus
    A fatally insubstantial film.
    • Boston Globe
  20. Valentine
    A flagrantly retro example of a tired genre that would vanish in a puff of smoke if anger management classes were to enter the picture, or if it would ever occur to any one of its endless stream of victims to reach for a light switch before proceeding into a spooky place.
    • Boston Globe
  21. Head Over Heels
    A lame romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor comedic.
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  22. Nico and Dani
    The film is rightfully carried by Nico and Dani and under Gay's artful helmsmanship it's carried with remarkable sympathy and believability.
    • Boston Globe
  23. Trolösa
    Ullmann's film is an achievement of heart and consequence, as full of integrity as Bergman, yet demonstrating more mercy.
    • Boston Globe
  24. Sugar & Spice
    Isn't as dark as ''Heathers'' or as witty as ''Clueless,'' but it's at least pointed in that direction.
    • Boston Globe
  25. The Wedding Planner
    The unevenness of what surrounds the star couple is indicative of the script's inability to muster anything more than intermittent sophistication.
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  26. The Pledge
    In its dark, relentless, devastatingly ironic way, The Pledge is an exhilarating movie, partly because it isn't afraid to be genuinely challenging.
  27. Snatch.
    One could argue that ''Lock, Stock'' and Snatch are essentially the same movie - crime comedies marked by an outlandish visual style. Which raises the question of whether Ritchie has the range to do anything else.
    • Boston Globe
  28. Zheng hun qi shi
    A subtly comic, ultimately moving film about modern adult relationships.
    • Boston Globe
  29. Antitrust
    An example of a film that begins with a provocative idea and then runs itself into the ground with clumsy structuring.
    • Boston Globe
  30. Double Take
    Gallo has delivered a clever suspense comedy that, thanks to a taut script, creative direction, and first-rate performances from its leads, gives Double Take more weight than one would expect from a genre crowd-pleaser.
    • Boston Globe
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