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For 7,947 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 1 point 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: 5,229 out of 7947
  2. Mixed: 1,553 out of 7947
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 7947
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  1. The Cup
    A small film and, ultimately, a satisfying one.
  2. The Luzhin Defence
    Watson's character grows in importance until she eclipses the recessive Luzhin.
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  3. A Love Divided
    Solid, balanced period piece that focuses on a specific place and time yet resonates with universal themes.
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  4. Tortilla Soup
    Its attributes and achievements are modest, but its arias, duets, and ensembles are engaging all the same.
  5. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    Movingly recounts a hitherto untold story in the voices of the people who lived it.
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    • 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.
  7. La Ciénaga
    The triumph of La Cienaga lies in Martel's way of fashioning the kind of ensemble performance that draws us in by convincing us we're watching behavior, not acting.
  8. Sidewalks of New York
    The film's flaws seem unimportant, and it passes the big test, making you want to find out what happens to these characters, even when what does happen is predictable.
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  9. The Best Man
    Breathes fresh life into old formulas.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    In July
    Sweet little crowd-pleaser.
  11. Return to Never Land
    Reliable, standard Disney animated fare, with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages.
    • Boston Globe
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Scratch
    An illuminating and entertaining study of an underground culture that has become part of the American mainstream.
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  13. Pauline and Paulette
    Sentimental and has its heart on its sleeve, but never heavy-handedly so, and its delicacy and tenderness will get to you if you give it half a chance.
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Lovely & Amazing
    A chick flick of a particularly intelligent, ruthless, and loving sort.
  15. Shanghai Ghetto
    May not be as dramatic as Roman Polanski's ''The Pianist,'' but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high.
  16. Le bossu
    The story is a mess. But On Guard was directed by the reliable Philippe de Broca, who imbues the whole affair with high-calorie silliness.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Piglet's Big Movie
    If you've got some very small fry on your hands and 75 minutes to kill, this is as bright, colorful, and fuzzy as you're going to get.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Wash
    This real-life alliance is part of what makes the slice-of-life comedy The Wash work as well as it does, despite a somewhat skimpy though often crassly amusing script written by the film's director, D.J. Pooh.
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  19. Evelyn
    Isn't just a feel-good movie; it's a feel-good-and-righteous movie. And audiences will forgive its flaws.
  20. The Little Vampire
    Sweetly macabre charmer.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Red Satin
    More than a predictable self-discovery yarn about the caterpillar that turns into a beautiful butterfly.
  22. Dark Days
    Engrossing and eye-opening in several respects and even, when you least expect it, humorous.
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  23. Love's Labour's Lost
    Branagh and Love's Labour's Lost all but will themselves into liftoff. They achieve it, and in doing so, they somehow make it right to our pleasure centers with their generous embrace of stardust and pizazz.
  24. Isn't She Great
    A surprisingly warm and engaging entertainment - brassy, schmaltzy, funny.
  25. Earth
    Hurls its Holocaust at us in a series of justifiably horrific images.
  26. Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
    A long, warm, satisfying farewell encounter.
  27. The Opportunists
    Goes soft in the end, but not ruinously so. Meanwhile, its loose cannons bounce off one another deliciously.
  28. Rat
    Rat may be lightweight, but it's never cheesy.
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  29. Southpaw
    There's an engagingly homegrown quality to much of the footage.
  30. An American Rhapsody
    Although there's a certain connect-the-dots quality to the storytelling, there's no denying the care and craftsmanship that Gardos has brought to her debut film.
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