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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. Next Friday
    The action is mostly witless and predictable. One measure of its desperation and lack of respect for its audience is the frequency with which it labors to wring humor from flatulence and excrement gags.
  2. Fantasia 2000
    A solid two-bagger, not a home run.
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  3. The Hurricane
    (Washington's is) an astonishing performance, partly because it's so devoid of histrionics, and it has Oscar nomination written all over it.
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  4. The Third Miracle
    Takes on provocative and stimulating subject matter, but can't bring it into satisfying dramatic focus, stranding three strong actors who are superior to their material.
  5. Play It to the Bone
    Isn't going to be a contender
  6. Titus
    A brilliant production of a mediocre play.
  7. Galaxy Quest
    A clever, affectionate, and entertaining holiday snack for sci-fi fans. Falling somewhere between slick and cheesy.
  8. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    A slick, twisty, top-of-the-line crime thriller with gorgeously sensual textures and a screenful of wickedly faceted performances.
  9. Snow Falling on Cedars
    The kind of richly layered film that Hollywood seldom attempts, much less brings off. But it's more than brought off here in grand, solid style and beautifully crafted detail.
  10. Angela's Ashes
    While the film dutifully reproduces many incidents from the book, it lacks the spirit and vitality of its source. And - no small problem - it lacks McCourt's voice knitting the vignettes together.
  11. Any Given Sunday
    Far too long, but its rambunctiousness is engaging, propelled by Stone's virtuosic quick-cutting.
  12. Man on the Moon
    Remains a frustratingly opaque study. There's something missing, namely Kaufman.
  13. Girl, Interrupted
    There's too much control in it and not enough danger.
  14. Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
    As savage and as epic as film gets.
  15. Onegin
    A confident and promising directorial debut, one that has the feel of an experienced director to it, from the hypnotic unfolding of scenes to the finely observed character details.
  16. Bicentennial Man
    Few actors apart from Williams could bring it off.
  17. Stuart Little
    The new Stuart Little is OK, but it's never so charming that you forget you're watching a manufactured object.
  18. Topsy-Turvy
    In the end, it's the snatches of music, mangled as it is, and the mechanics of staging it, in the absence of Leigh's usual raw, urgent psychic collisions, that keep Topsy-Turvy from seeming merely a gorgeous wax museum.
  19. Anna and the King
    A big, handsome throwback to star-powered historical costume movies.
  20. Magnolia
    Magnolia is "Short Cuts" with hope. It's my kind of mess.
  21. The Cider House Rules
    It's filled with vivid characters and action. Beneath its modesty of gesture, it's one of the year's richest, most humane films.
  22. Cradle Will Rock
    Brings the '30s vividly to the screen.
  23. Miss Julie
    Figgis's film doesn't match its reach.
  24. The War Zone
    In all respects, from choice of material to fullness of execution on every level, The War Zone is an extraordinary piece of work.
  25. Diamonds
    Sadly unworthy of Douglas.
  26. Stir of Echoes
    Needs less down-to-earth flavor and more unearthly force.
  27. The Green Mile
    There's almost too much there, but the three-hour-plus film permits the kind of detailing that not only brings the storytelling to life, but sometimes persuades us we're breathing to its rhythms.
  28. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
    Schneider's mild-mannered fish-lover is genuinely likable, and a good-natured foil to the crude jokes.
  29. Agnes Browne
    There's nothing really wrong with Agnes Browne, except a tendency to take a few easy, convenient outs.
  30. Holy Smoke
    In the end, Holy Smoke crashes and burns.
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