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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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    • 53 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Group
    Is it one of Oprah's book club meetings?
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Like Mike
    I don't want to sell Like Mike as something it's not. It's a cash-in, all right - just better written, more tightly edited, sharply performed, and a little more heartfelt than most.
  3. Men in Black II
    There's something wrong with this picture, and the problem is there on Smith's face -- Smith looks distressingly I-was-an-Oscar-nominee bored. That goes double for Jones.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Songs from the Second Floor
    The film is depressive, slow, darkly funny, unyielding in its formal rigor, and unsettlingly beautiful. It's obviously not for everyone, but only because not everyone can meet its stare.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    The Powerpuff Girls
    Forgoes that split-level wit to concentrate on mere rock 'em sock 'em mayhem.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Lovely & Amazing
    A chick flick of a particularly intelligent, ruthless, and loving sort.
  7. Notorious C.H.O.
    Her face is as much a part of her comedic form as her observations are. It's an amazing slapstick instrument, creating a scrapbook of living mug shots.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 38 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Hey Arnold! The Movie
    The ugly duckling of Nickelodeon's after-bath lineup. That's its strength.
  9. Mr. Deeds
    Armed with a dinner theater accent and hair that looks like an LP melted on his head, Turturro pockets the picture. As a demonstration of his newly accessed maturity and benevolence, Sandler helps him do it.
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  10. Juwanna Mann
    It is Kevin Pollak who steals what there is of a show as Jamal's passive-aggressive, pressure-cooked agent. His comedic timing, particularly given the thinness of the script, is the only genuinely impressive slam dunk this movie has to offer.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sunshine State
    There is almost no drama, nor any surprise, in this long effort.
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Lilo & Stitch
    A quirky, welcome addition to Disney's cavalcade of animated stars.
  13. Minority Report
    Cruise will never be a master thespian, but there's no one better at putting across the charisma of control, and the opening sequence of ''Report'' is an astonishingly fluid demonstration of his gifts.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Emperor's New Clothes
    Not without its charms. But it never rises to its clever what-if concept.
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Windtalkers
    The code talkers and their guardians - Beach and Cage, Willie and Slater - do the best they can with the oddly flat-footed script, but their dynamics don't really have a place in Woo's universe.
  16. Scooby-Doo
    This dog will inevitably let down purists looking for the elusive combination of smart and funny.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The Bourne Identity
    The best audiences can hope for is that they, too, get amnesia and forget they ever saw this movie.
  18. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    Like watching somebody else's flashback and wondering what you were doing then instead.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Cuba feliz
    Grittily beautiful film that looks, sounds, and feels more like an extended, open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 12 Critic Score
    Bad Company
    The major problem with this alleged comic thriller is it is neither funny nor thrilling. Neither the heavies nor the good guys are believable.
  21. Cherish
    The cast is up to the challenges of that arc, but the plot doesn't always keep them afloat.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    There's death, domestic violence, alcoholism, racism, attempted suicide, and a mental breakdown. Naturally, it's a comedy about the eccentricities of Southern women.
  23. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
    Magically transports the viewer across time and space. As it does so, it becomes a humbling reminder of the universality of the human experience.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Sum of All Fears
    And then there's Liev Schreiber as CIA operative John Clark. With less than 30 minutes of screen time, he's everything Affleck isn't - magnetic, clever, and delightful to watch. If only the filmmakers had possessed the courage to cast the splendid Schreiber instead of the feeble Affleck.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Undercover Brother
    Tries to wring laughs from just about every dusty stereotype about blacks and whites imaginable. But it's all cheap, lazy, and unoriginal.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Reviewed by
      Ty Burr
    Elling
    Touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes, not least the notion that the marginal members of society - the ones who get spit out on the sidewalk with no idea of how it happened - might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Sleepy Time Gal
    Stunning performances help make The Sleepy Time Gal a thoughtful, moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    CQ
    Triumphs over its own trendiness only by being vapid and superficial.
  29. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
    Resonates with intelligence and a poignancy made more sorrowful by what happened to all of us, but especially to New Yorkers, on that terrible day.
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    • 25 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Enough
    Shamelessly exploits the horror of domestic violence for melodramatic, cheap thrills.
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