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For 7,603 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 1.4 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: 5,107 out of 7603
  2. Mixed: 1,474 out of 7603
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7603
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  1. The Cockettes
    It puts The Cockettes into social, political and popular cultural context and gives the documentary a moving resonance.
  2. Hey Arnold! The Movie
    It's a refreshing theme for a kids' movie, one that incorporates history and urban flavor, not to mention a preservationists' perspective, into the usual mix.
  3. Notorious C.H.O.
    Establishes the comedian as just that: notorious -- in all the best ways outlaw comedy can make you a star.
  4. Sunshine State
    Visually, even compared to Sayles' own best work, it's somewhat prosaic - and dramatically, it suffers from the fact that its two main characters are kept so far apart. But the screenwriting and the cast redeem this film.
  5. Dahmer
    A tasteful, intelligent, well-acted film about one of the most ghoulish serial killers in American crime history - and I'm afraid that's a good part of what's wrong with it.
  6. Minority Report
    May show both director and star working at their professional peaks, but I don't think it's as good as that underappreciated masterwork "A.I." It's not as resonant and daring, not as full of magic and marvel. Spielberg stretches himself technically here but not emotionally.
  7. Lilo & Stitch
    Despite its charms, and the refreshingly non-traditional characters, Lilo & Stitch seems diluted and too derivative to be as effective as one wants it to be.
  8. Juwanna Mann
    It's tempting to call traveling on Juwanna Mann, except it never goes anywhere. This film fouls out.
  9. War Photographer
    Finally, the film answers a question that obviously haunts Nachtwey: Is it immoral, callous or irresponsible to win fame and recognition from images of the terror, death and suffering of others?
  10. Freeze Me
    The whole movie plays like an improbable blend of "Repulsion," "High Noon" and the archetypal low-budget rape/revenge shocker "I Spit on Your Grave." Queasy audiences beware, but midnight-movie bookers take note.
  11. Windtalkers
    It's the best new battle film since "Black Hawk Down," a movie it surpasses in sheer feeling and bravura style, if not in nightmarish panic and suspense.
  12. The Bourne Identity
    Liman packs enough firepower into The Bourne Identity to please the summer action fan, including a reshot climax that contains one of the niftier stunts I've seen recently. The centerpiece action sequence is a bravura car chase through Paris, yet the moments that bookend it are equally impressive.
  13. The Emperor's New Clothes
    One of the most clever, most enjoyable historical fantasies to hit screens in a long time, The Emperor's New Clothes is a sumptuous showcase for Ian Holm, who delivers not one but two great performances.
  14. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    The director's lack of restraint and overabundance of ambition makes "Altar Boys" not boring, but troubled.
  15. Scooby-Doo
    Knows when to take itself seriously and when to laugh at itself -- even if its audience isn't laughing along at every gag.
  16. Cuba feliz
    It's hard to focus on the travails when the music is so lively and good.
  17. Bad Company
    Though they're a good pair (Hopkins and Rock), this isn't a very good movie. It's slick but hollow.
  18. Ivansxtc
    This cynical film paints a hugely unflattering portrait of life in Hollywood's fast lane. I have no way of knowing exactly how much is exaggeration, but I've got a creepy feeling that the film is closer to the mark than I want to believe.
  19. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    Gives us a lot to enjoy and something most studio movies don't even try for: an attempt at the richness, density and sheer contrariness of life.
  20. Secret Society
    Falls prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter.
  21. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
    A landmark movie that becomes a priceless entryway into a distant land and its people, few of whom will ever seem as foreign and far away again.
  22. Cherish
    An uneven mix of genres that, even when it misses the mark, gets points for originality and a good beat.
  23. The Sum of All Fears
    The sum of all snores until the moviemakers start blowing up Baltimore halfway through. Then the special-effects people take over for about 20 breathless minutes.
  24. Undercover Brother
    Has such a cheerfully zingy energy that you keep rooting for it even when its jokes turn flatter than a jump shot at a YMCA pickup game.
  25. Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
    Sadly, this noble effort is loving but lame.
  26. The Sleepy Time Gal
    Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity -- a tough, lonely woman dying of cancer as she examines her past -- Bisset is both convincing and radiant.
  27. Enough
    One of those movies that starts like a house afire, catches you firmly in its narrative grip and then suddenly blows itself out, not really going out with a whimper but with a big, bad, ludicrous bang.
  28. Insomnia
    Smart and well-crafted, and it boasts complex characters, effective star turns and evocative photography of a small Alaskan town in summertime, when the sun never sets. It's a solid Hollywood thriller.
  29. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    A welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first-class animation.
  30. The Importance of Being Earnest
    Resonates and inspires rapid-fire bouts of laughter, perhaps even a few giggles from the author himself, whom posterity has rewarded the last laugh.
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