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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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    • 58 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The Triumph of Love
    Sorvino can't pass for a man, but that's beyond the point in this rarefied situation. She's beautiful and she can usually act, but here the only convincing thing she projects is fatigue from running around the garden all day.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Mule Skinner Blues
    Earnhart's fundamental compassion toward his subjects elevates a riveting work that feels like a hybrid of ''Crumb'' and ''Nashville,'' with maybe a side of ''King of the Hill'' tossed on the barbecue.
  3. The Cat's Meow
    Could have been -- and should have been -- richer and more resonant. It's Hollywood Babylon Lite, only TV movie-deep. But at least it's tangy.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Human Nature
    It's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness, and where ''Human Nature'' should be ingratiating, it's just grating.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Frailty
    Murder should either be unsparingly real or kitschy like the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre.'' This is neither.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Changing Lanes
    Banek is one of the more complex characters Affleck has attempted, but the performance comes off flat and uninvolving.
  7. New Best Friend
    Tawdry, trashy yawn-fest that makes the viewer long for the days when bad girls were dangerous dames with sultry style.
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  8. The Sweetest Thing
    This movie is to sweet as a dog is to a hydrant. But it's little things like that that keep someone like Diaz laughing all the way to the urinal.
  9. Lucky Break
    The movie moves predictably to its formulaic finale, which -- unwittingly perhaps -- reprises Plummer's own sugary classic, ''The Sound of Music.''
  10. Les Destinées
    Full of elegance but hampered by lack of depth.
  11. High Crimes
    Every minute of the film is trash, and director Carl Franklin seems to know it.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Big Trouble
    Juggles so many stories and characters, nothing ever develops into more than a rough sketch.
  13. Van Wilder
    Reynolds is the best thing about Van Wilder.
  14. Crush
    MacDowell offers an engaging portrait of a complex woman who has survived life's slings and arrows. It makes Crush an affecting take on modern women.
  15. Teddy Bears' Picnic
    Feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer's radio show and his ''Simpson'' voice-overs.
  16. The Rookie
    It's not afraid to play cornball when it isn't playing baseball, but The Rookie gets away with it.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Time Out
    Cantet's script and direction are flawless, and, matched step-for-step by Jocelyn Pook's mournful score, he builds the tension to near unbearable levels.
  18. Death to Smoochy
    The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy.
  19. Panic Room
    Might give you a few decorating ideas if you happen to have been wondering about a home bomb shelter, but it's a thriller that doesn't thrill.
  20. No Such Thing
    Hartley's loquacity and arguable pretentiousness are stemmed by his sense of play. Even when they run afoul, his movies still have the conviction of their fun. No Such Thing barely has any convictions at all.
  21. Clockstoppers
    The film doesn't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers, and it lacks the novel charm that made ''Spy Kids'' a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences.
  22. Sorority Boys
    Crude, lewd comedy that makes ''Animal House'' seem wholesome.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Son of the Bride
    Fully realizes its ambitions as a tale about confronting and navigating life's land mines with humor, tenacity, and hope.
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Blade II
    It was possible to hope that Blade II would turn out to be good. Well, forget it.
  25. 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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  26. Harrison's Flowers
    A powerful portrait of modern journalism and the nobility -- and futility -- of chronicling modern war.
  27. Showtime
    Would seem to be surefire casting. The catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Y Tu Mamá También
    Sensual, funny, and moving film.
  29. Promises
    Beautifully crafted and brutally honest.
  30. Resident Evil
    A video game cum movie that substitutes shrieking decibel levels for a coherent plot and any resemblance to originality.
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