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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. An American Rhapsody
    The heartfelt truthfulness of Gardos' tale, and the performances of all leads, particularly Johansson, make the film a powerful account of the universal search for identity and the meaning of "home."
  2. Osmosis Jones
    Gets under your skin with laughs that are fast, slick and slippery and with visuals as vivid as anything this side of Demerol.
  3. Audition
    Creates an atmosphere of frenzy that is both powerful and unforgettable, providing neither solace nor comfort.
  4. Original Sin
    Jolie and Banderas are two hot actors, in many senses of the word, and their scenes together have a lewd excitement.
    • Chicago Tribune
  5. Under solen
    Swedish cinema has been famous for a number of things: beautiful actresses, fine sexy psychological dramas, natural settings, cinematic bawdiness and a touch of melancholy. Under the Sun fits that profile well.
  6. The Princess Diaries
    Manages to wring some originality out of its fairy-tale plot. This freshness compensates for the expected hackneyed qualities in this Cinderella tale.
  7. Rush Hour 2
    This sequel succeeds as a slightly convoluted, paint-by-the-numbers buddy/action comedy with fast, funny banter and well-choreographed fight scenes.
  8. Apocalypse Now Redux
    Magnificent to look at, thrilling, ingenious, spellbinding and superbly done on every level, this is not just one of the best films of the year or the decade, but of all time.
  9. Planet of the Apes
    This century's Planet of the Apes is a rouser, a screaming-banshee fun house.
  10. Fever Heat [re-release]
    A noir with a smile, and after all these years, its deft mixture of darkness and light still makes us smile.
  11. Cure
    What is most impressive about Kurosawa's direction is how he uses the entire frame, complete with expository background action, to fill in the story blanks. His eagerness to suggest, rather than declare, marks him as a director with confidence to spare.
  12. Jackpot
    The acting is primo and the cinematography, on high-definition video by the gifted M. David Mullen, is striking.
    • Chicago Tribune
  13. The Monkey's Mask
    It is awkward and dull, a capital crime for an aspiring noir.
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. Greenfingers
    Unambitious and transparent, but that doesn't mean it won't warm the hearts of audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
  15. Wet Hot American Summer
    This low-budget comedy will most likely try the patience of a paying audience with its uneven pacing, wavering tone and poor production quality.
  16. Reykjavík
    Fun to watch it may be, but it's shallow fun. Like the drugs and booze the characters keep using -- and even the sex -- it's a passing pleasure.
    • Chicago Tribune
  17. America's Sweethearts
    All these good actors and all Crystal's sass and witty candor can't bring back the heyday of Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges. Or even, most of the time, their off-days.
  18. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    (Mitchell's) Hansel may be small-boned and soft-featured in an androgynous way, but his Hedwig is a force of nature, burned out and jaded yet brimming with compassion and bursting with energy.
  19. Ghost World
    What I did like unreservedly was the acting. Enid, as enacted by the sometimes astonishing Birch, is one of the more convincing, no-nonsense teens in recent movies.
  20. Brother
    Disappointingly hollow.
    • Chicago Tribune
  21. Jurassic Park III
    Another of many recent Hollywood plotless wonders.
  22. The Score
    It's a summit meeting between three brilliant leading men from three generations with three striking on-screen personas.
  23. Made
    The good news is that Vaughn is back in needling, loosey-goosey mode in Made, which he produced with Favreau. The bad news is that by the end, not only do you find him quite resistible, but you also may wish one of the tough guys of this mob comedy would heave him out a window.
    • Chicago Tribune
  24. Legally Blonde
    Witherspoon goes further, pouring so much humor and pizzazz into Elle that she lifts up the whole movie.
  25. Bully
    Just withers compared with many older, better movies about teen alienation and nihilism, from "Rebel Without a Cause" to "River's Edge."
    • Chicago Tribune
  26. Adanggaman
    The film doesn't always take advantage of its dramatic potential (except for its strong soundtrack), as it relies too heavily on scenes of crazed warriors in makeup and costume, running and screaming and jumping up and down.
  27. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
    Isn't likely to satisfy the gamers' appetite for action. It also probably isn't heady enough for the science-fiction crowd, and it's too remote for those who simply wish to be immersed in a head-spinning fantasy world.
  28. The Vertical Ray of the Sun
    It's a simple story with complex reverberations and undercurrents, as secrets keep being revealed.
  29. Everybody's Famous!
    Likable comedy about ordinary people stumbling badly and then triumphing.
    • Chicago Tribune
  30. Lost and Delirious
    Boldly goes where Hollywood rarely treads: into the passionate, intense and complex world of girls at the point in their lives when self-discovery is tempered by enormous vulnerability.
    • Chicago Tribune
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