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For 7,609 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Autumn Tale
Lowest review score: 0 Car 54, Where Are You?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,113 out of 7609
  2. Mixed: 1,474 out of 7609
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7609
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  1. Boxing Helena
    Not as worthless as you may have heard. [10 Sept 1993]
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. Buffalo Soldiers
    A well-told story. It pits a compelling central character against a formidable adversary in an intriguing setting while keeping you riveted to the cat-and-mouse strategizing, surprise turns and a few moments of actual warmth.
  3. Waitress
    The ending of Waitress is so beguiling and whimsical that it makes you, like its diner's patrons, hungry for more--and it makes you miss that red-headed movie auteur/pastry chef/heart stealer Shelly even more.
  4. Les amitiés maléfiques
    It's intellectual without being dry, dramatic without bombast, smart without posturing. Its characters and milieu are very well drawn, and Andre is one of the more intriguing and convincing fictional creations in recent film.
  5. Black Widow
    Although Rafelson backs off a bit from the implications of his drama with a climax that substitutes surprise for suspense (and makes the film's serious plot problems rise abruptly to the surface), Black Widow remains a haunting artifact, a film that springs, rich and strange, from a personal night world. [6 Feb 1987, p.AC]
    • Chicago Tribune
  6. Good Hair
    Rock takes his Good Hair job as a documentarian seriously enough to be interesting, but not so seriously that the film groans with earnestness.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Jacket
    A gripping drama that will leave thoughtful cinemagoers wrestling with basic Big Questions.
  8. Keane
    The first 10 minutes of Lodge Kerrigan's Keane have a raw, hurtling reality that's as painfully engrossing as anything you'll see in a recent non-fiction movie, a searing portrait of one man's hell, from inside and outside.
  9. Little Voice
    A slightly more light-hearted version of the "Shine" story. [4 December 1998, Friday, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  10. White Nights
    The movie does command our attention because Hines and Baryshnikov, through their dancing, manage to create very real and living and hurting characters. [22 Nov 1985]
    • Chicago Tribune
  11. Split
    While McAvoy is known for his dramatic roles, and as the young Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" franchise, he's delightful when let off the leash and allowed to show off his loud, campy, unhinged side.
  12. Shirley Valentine
    They trusted their property and, while it may not win them awards for special effects, or a cult following, their trust has paid off in a comedy of cozy appeal.
  13. The Last Tycoon
    A curiously cool, but very intelligent movie. [02 Jan 2000, p.19C]
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. Paris
    The actors, remarkable and seasoned, take care of their end of things, stylishly and (when and where it can be arranged) truthfully.
  15. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
    This stoner buddy movie is filled with raunchy, gross-out humor. It's immature, clunky and probably the best bit of groundbreaking social commentary we've seen in years.
  16. The Accidental Tourist
    The film's frequent longeurs, compulsive over-explicitness and unshakably morose hero seem like so many insistently ''literary'' qualities, ostentatiously laid over a cute, cartoonish vision that suggests not so much Anne Tyler as the affectionate quirkiness of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'' [6 Jan 1989, Friday, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  17. The Trials of Henry Kissinger
    While the filmmaking is standard documentary fare and the approach overtly biased, the narration, with tales of intelligence intrigue and ruthless foreign policy, is compelling and convincing.
  18. I Am Ali
    The film itself, fond and intriguing, is by no means a hard-charging confrontation. Rather, Lewins' film is an affectionate series of memories, as recalled by Ali's family and associates.
  19. Safe
    Though Haynes' methods are austere and his style dry, the terror of his narrative becomes more palpable as the film unwinds. The picture's eerie delicacy, meticulous technique and rapt formality may distance us, but they also steadily strip bare the panic at its core.
  20. The Founder
    Certain things get fudged in The Founder, among them Kroc's middle marriage, and director Hancock can't completely resolve the warring strains in what he sees as Kroc's personality. But that's what gives the movie its tension, and it works.
  21. Dial M for Murder
    It remains the best movie ever photographed in 3-D, although the film, adapted from Frederick Knott's stage play, seems less than ideal for the 3-D process, given its tight interiors and extended dialogue scenes. [19 May 2000]
    • Chicago Tribune
  22. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    At its best, Wright's film is raucous, impudent entertainment.
  23. Big Miracle
    Big Miracle tells its sort-of-true version of events in a democratic and humane fashion, by way of a rangy, lively group of competing interests who actually do on occasion act like real people.
  24. 10 Cloverfield Lane
    It's best to approach this crafty, intriguing offshoot as its own thing. And this time you actually notice the people.
  25. Bernie
    As composite sketches go, it's a good one.
  26. Big Animal
    An actor-turned-director, Stuhr appeared in many of Kieslowski's films and their partnership and friendship produced some stunning work. The Big Animal memorializes a complex man and his deceptively simple work, by a friend and colleague in a fitting tribute.
  27. The Triumph of Love
    The artifice may be ancient, but the thought and emotions -- and especially Sorvino -- are beautifully, refreshingly modern.
  28. The Thing Called Love
    The best things about The Thing Called Love are its cast, style and mood. It has a snap, pace and rhythm we don't ordinarily see in today's movies. The dialogue scenes have a headlong pace and crackling self-confidence reminiscent of Howard Hawks, and the three- and four-way love combats recall Ernst Lubitsch.
  29. Eureka
    Never feels inflated -- and it builds to an ending of unusual power.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    10 Items or Less
    Moves at an agreeable, meandering pace but never loses its verve or its sharp humor.
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