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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. Waking Life
    Intriguing, arresting, delightfully refusing to be pigeonholed.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana
    Juxtaposes slice-of-life tales with hints of worldly conflict to delightfully comic effect.
  3. My First Mister
    Risks seeming too earnestly therapeutic for its own good. But what makes My First Mister a successful feature directing debut for Lahti is the emotional veracity it summons.
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  4. Iron Monkey
    They're as special as special effects get.
    • Boston Globe
  5. Corky Romano
    The most dumbed-down mob comedy in years. It's the kind of movie you tie around the ankles of a stiff you're tossing into deep water and never want to see again.
    • Boston Globe
  6. Bandits
    Isn't awful, but neither is it the tangy entertainment it could have been.
    • Boston Globe
  7. Mulholland Dr.
    It's flawed, but it's also rich. And how many films make you feel that you and the filmmaker are following the course of a dream?
    • Boston Globe
  8. Fat Girl
    Uncompromising and unforgiving, but ultimately more self-destructive than any of its characters.
  9. Grateful Dawg
    The pure joy of music-making is what this gem of a film is all about.
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  10. Joy Ride
    It's a snazzy, smartly made, and even hip little scarefest. As a jump-start to Halloween, it's all you could hope for.
    • Boston Globe
  11. Serendipity
    Serendipity returns us, if only for a couple of hours, to the Manhattan of our dreams.
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  12. Training Day
    Even when it falls back excessively on coincidence and contrived set pieces, even when it gushes irretrievably over the top in its final act, Washington makes Training Day sizzle.
  13. 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.
  14. Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    Souffle-light and airily playful.
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  15. Hearts in Atlantis
    A powerful and surehandedly crafted depth charge of a movie.
    • Boston Globe
  16. Zoolander
    Isn't always on the money, but when it is, it really is.
    • Boston Globe
  17. Don't Say a Word
    Don't Say a Word can be thought of as a case of Dial B for Boring.
    • Boston Globe
  18. Diamond Men
    Riding a mood that's tilted to the jazzy blues that Eddie prefers to Bobby's blasting rock on the car radio, Diamond Men is a sparkly film that's easy to love.
    • Boston Globe
  19. Liam
    Frears makes every note count for a lot in this beautifully gauged microcosm of big emotions expressed in small gestures.
    • Boston Globe
  20. Vampire Hunter D
    Confusing storytelling and bad dialogue.
  21. The Endurance
    Butler's approach is subtle: His documentary allows the story to unfold elegantly, without embellishment, and it is more powerful for that restraint.
  22. Glitter
    It touches on universal themes of love, friendship, and family. Suffice to say it falls dreadfully short.
  23. Haiku Tunnel
    They're a far cry from the Coen brothers, or even the Polish brothers, but Josh and Jacob Kornbluth emerge intact from their first filmmaking venture and score more hits than misses in this comedy.
    • Boston Globe
  24. Hard Ball
    Ultimately, the kids carry this manipulative tear-jerker. They're warm, lively charmers.
    • Boston Globe
    • 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.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A Matter of Taste
    A Matter of Taste, French director Bernard Rapp's polished second film, swims in lies, ones that sate at first, but soon intoxicate, seduce, and drown.
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  27. The Musketeer
    The images are pretty, and Gene Quintano's screenplay gets everybody from point A to point B, though with no discernible knack for wit or subtlety.
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  28. L.I.E.
    Superior and original filmmaking. You won't be able to take your eyes off it.
    • Boston Globe
  29. Our Lady of the Assassins
    Plays like a dislocated version of ''Death in Venice,'' but in a dryer, higher climate that features exponentially more firepower.
    • Boston Globe
  30. Rock Star
    As generic as its title, but two things enable it to land: the basic likability of Mark Wahlberg as the wannabe protagonist, and the contagious energies in the rock concert sequences.
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