Chicago Sun-Times' Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Select another publication »
For 8,156 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 73% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 25% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Falling from Grace
Lowest review score: 0 Jupiter Ascending
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6,085 out of 8156
  2. Mixed: 1,243 out of 8156
  3. Negative: 828 out of 8156
8156 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. Drive Me Crazy
    Slight and sweet, not a great high school movie but kinda nice, with appealing performances by Hart and Grenier.
  2. Three Kings
    Some kind of weird masterpiece...one of the best movies of the year.
  3. Double Jeopardy
    Not a successful thriller, but with some nice dramatic scenes along with the dumb mystery and contrived conclusion.
  4. On the Ropes
    A sports documentary as gripping, in a different way, as "Hoop Dreams."
  5. Mumford
    A feeling movie, a mood movie, an evocation of the kind of interaction we sometimes hunger for.
    • Chicago Sun-Times
  6. Jakob the Liar
    I prefer "Life Is Beautiful," which is clearly a fantasy, to Jakob the Liar, which is just as contrived and manipulative but pretends it is not.
  7. Guinevere
    The movie's heart is in the right place.
  8. Sugar Town
    Cuts between a rich assortment of characters; it's like a low-rent, on-the-fly version of Robert Altman's "The Player" or "Short Cuts."
  9. Romance
    I did not really enjoy this movie, and yet I recommend it. Why? Because I think it's on to something interesting. Here is a movie about a woman who never stops thinking. That may not be as good for you as it is for her.
  10. For Love of the Game
    It's the most lugubrious and soppy love story in many a moon, a step backward for director Sam Raimi after "A Simple Plan."
  11. Blue Streak
    A Martin Lawrence performance that deserves comparison with Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, with a touch of Mel Gibson's zaniness in the midst of action.
  12. Get Bruce
    Exactly the kind of documentary we all want to have made about ourselves, in which it is revealed that we are funny, smart, beloved, the trusted confidant of famous people.
  13. Lucie Aubrac
    Has too much docudrama and not enough soul.
  14. American Beauty
    Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.
  15. The Minus Man
    Low-key, understated style. The suspense beats away underneath.
  16. Earth
    Told as a melodrama and romance, not docudrama, and that makes it all the more effective.
  17. Best Laid Plans
    So concerned with being a film that it forgets to be a movie.
  18. Stigmata
    Possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism. It confuses the phenomenon of stigmata with satanic possession.
  19. All the Little Animals
    Falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers.
  20. Outside Providence
    So unsuccessful in so many different ways that maybe the whole project was doomed.
  21. Chill Factor
    There are a lot of logical gaps in this movie.
  22. The 13th Warrior
    Lumbering from one expensive set piece to the next without taking the time to tell us a story that might make us care.
  23. The Muse
    Good but not great Brooks... but smart, funny -- and edgy.
  24. Dudley Do-Right
    I enjoyed the film more than I expected to. It's harmless, simple-minded.
  25. Teaching Mrs. Tingle
    There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.
  26. Mickey Blue Eyes
    After the bite and freshness of "Analyze This," Mickey Blue Eyes plays like an afterthought.
  27. Brokedown Palace
    The heart of the film is in the performances of Danes and Beckinsale after they're sent to prison.
  28. Bowfinger
    One of those comedies where everything works.
  29. The Thomas Crown Affair
    The remake has a superior caper but less chemistry.
  30. Mystery Men
    It's a long, shapeless, undisciplined mess, and every once in awhile it generates a big laugh.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »