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For 7,601 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: 5,106 out of 7601
  2. Mixed: 1,473 out of 7601
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7601
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  1. Enemy at the Gates
    A physically gorgeous production with a strong, clear conflict at its center. It's grueling but also exhilarating. Perhaps its ambitiousness is the film's biggest problem. Trying for dramatic sensitivity, historical scope, touching romance and shocking violence and suspense, it gets stretched too thin.
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. Memento
    A puzzle movie in which the puzzle is actually worth the time and effort to solve.
  3. The Dish
    The kind of movie some audiences are starved for, a comedy with a human face, warmth and spirit.
    • Chicago Tribune
  4. Kissing Jessica Stein
    Delivers that rare combination of winning traits. It's a low-key comedy with a risque hook -- a seemingly straight woman dabbles in lesbianism -- yet it maintains an old-fashioned faith in literate dialogue, believable behavior and themes that reach beyond the plot points.
  5. When Brendan Met Trudy
    This is only a movie. But a good one. May Roddy Doyle give us many more.
  6. Simon Magus
    An engaging character study, steeped in religion, demonology and community politics.
  7. 15 Minutes
    The surprise here isn't that 15 Minutes isn't a masterpiece; it's that the movie works at all.
    • Chicago Tribune
  8. The Gleaners & I
    Of all the movies I've seen in the past several years, this is one of the ones I love the most.
  9. Blow Dry
    A cute, well-acted film that tries to mix tones sharply.
    • Chicago Tribune
  10. The Caveman's Valentine
    The movie loses its magic by the time the solution is revealed.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Series 7: The Contenders
    Series 7 does exactly what independent cinema should -- challenge audiences while it entertains.
    • Chicago Tribune
  12. Me You Them
    Manages to find the magic through its documentary style, and manages to find the erotic in the commonplace. Not since the glory days of Italian neo-realism has lust among the peasants looked so good.
  13. See Spot Run
    Give David Arquette credit. He shares nearly all his screen time in See Spot Run with a clever canine and a cute kid and still manages to pull off his usual nutty-slapstick routine with gusto.
  14. The Mexican
    Plays like a drawn-out outline of a better movie; no one got around to fleshing out the details or providing some soul.
  15. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    A mind-numbing, bloody, ridiculous experience.
    • Chicago Tribune
  16. Monkeybone
    Isn't much more creative than your average gross-out comedy.
    • Chicago Tribune
  17. Last Resort
    A film that celebrates simple human kindness. If the ending feels somewhat unsatisfying, it is perhaps because one hates to see this too-brief film end at all.
  18. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    Has the resonance, eloquence and formal rigor of a piece of great literature.
  19. The Price of Milk
    This rich, gorgeous music and the wistful pastoral scenes create a rhapsodic mood that the rest of the film doesn't really sustain.
    • Chicago Tribune
  20. Company Man
    The political movie satire from hell.
    • Chicago Tribune
  21. Recess: School's Out
    An amusing and entertaining animated feature, and it's harmless enough for the elementary-school set.
  22. Sweet November
    Nice to look at but too calculated and clichéd to resonate beyond its surface slickness.
    • Chicago Tribune
  23. Journey to the Sun
    Though the final journey drags at times, the early expository scenes in the shadows of Saint Sophia and assorted mosques are impressive and quite moving.
  24. Saving Silverman
    The movie drags down everyone involved, regardless of their apparent talent.
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Hannibal
    Hannibal, riding the malicious wit of Hopkins' sophisticated fiend, is a gorgeous, wild, sometimes sick thriller, a feast for enraptured eyes and strong stomachs.
    • Chicago Tribune
  26. The Taste of Others
    The storytelling is episodic, and the film takes a little while to get going, but it hits its stride.
  27. In the Mood for Love
    Shimmers and glows. But it also stings a little -- like the lovely flame that dies and the smoke that, in yet another Cole song, gets in your eyes.
    • Chicago Tribune
  28. The Invisible Circus
    When a movie is structured around the unveiling of secrets, you ought to care what the answers are. But writer-director Adam Brooks (Almost You), never offers any compelling reason to do so.
    • Chicago Tribune
  29. Nico and Dani
    While Nico and Dani presents itself as a no-frills coming-of-age tale, its soundtrack seems lifted from a teen comedy like "American Pie."
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  30. Head Over Heels
    This otherwise predictable romantic comedy does have several genuinely funny scenes, thanks to Monica Potter's comic delivery and charm.
    • Chicago Tribune
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