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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. A Fine Mess
    Ted Danson ("Cheers") is made for the small screen; blown up he looks empty. And his co-conspirator, played by comedian Howie Mandel in his film debut, isn't much better in a role that obviously was designed to let him do his sound-effects-filled comedy act whether the story warrants it or not. The film's many chases will wear you out in short order, save for one funny speeded-up sight gag. [15 Aug 1986, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. Red Lights
    The storytelling proceeds in such a halting manner, with De Niro's speeches going on and on and on, that before long you'd kill for an easy scare.
  3. Set It Off
    If Set It Off had concentrated on easy thrills like that well-filmed drive-through-the-walls robbery climax, it might have qualified as pulpy entertainment. Instead, it's that deadliest of beasts: an exploitation movie with pretensions to social significance. [06 Nov 1996, p.1]
    • Chicago Tribune
  4. The Campaign
    Because The Campaign tries to say something about truth vs. hogwash in election season, it's doubly sad the efforts of screenwriters Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell come to so little.
  5. The Prince and Me
    It's one of those movies where talented filmmakers waste time with stale, phony material.
  6. The Snowman
    A jumbled nonsensical mess.
  7. Filth and Wisdom
    It's rather sweet to think of Filth and Wisdom as Madonna's reconnection to her own boho Manhattan striver self a generation ago, and I did enjoy the last five minutes or so, when the movie essentially stopped and Hutz's band, Gogol Bordello, took over.
  8. In Search of a Midnight Kiss
    It wanders and putters and follows its main characters around.
  9. For Colored Girls
    Aiming for a piece with the raw impact of "Precious," on which he served as executive producer, he (Perry) ends up with 134 minutes of misjudged intensity.
  10. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    If actors this good cannot overcome their material, then we can only say: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock … Max von Sydow, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, John Goodman… thanks for your honest efforts in the service of a fundamentally dishonest weepie.
  11. Tag
    I kind of hate the movie’s mixture of bro comedy, sadistic practical jokes (don’t call it slapstick) and last-ditch pull for the heartstrings.
  12. Isn't She Great
    A flabbergasting waste of time and talent.
  13. Joker
    In a year of mass culture that gave us HBO’s excellent “Chernobyl,” Joker can claim the grimmest depiction of a meltdown.
  14. Provoked: A True Story
    Most of the ingredients for a strong, tough film are there, and they have been sadly botched by a few key collaborators.
  15. The Cat in the Hat
    Although a literal movie adaptation of Seuss' 1957 classic "The Cat in the Hat" might have run 20 minutes, is it too much to ask that the filmed material preserve the author's sensibility?
  16. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
    It's passable.
  17. The Trumpet of the Swan
    A lame duck.
  18. 17 Again
    The movie's heart, of course, is with poor addled Mike and his kids, but 17 Again works only fitfully to make the Efron/Perry character worth a story.
  19. A Cinderella Story
    Of all the teen performers out there, Duff has to be the blandest (especially since the Olsens hit the skids).
  20. The Legend of Zorro
    Well, it's pretty bad, a long way from the dash and satisfactions of the earlier picture.
  21. 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.
  22. Night at the Museum
    Stranded in this charmless fantasy, Stiller is reduced to his old halting, squirming tricks.
  23. Love Ranch
    What could have been a juicy, pulpy noir, based loosely on the real-life 1976 Mustang Ranch love triangle involving Joe and Sally Conforte and Sally's boxer paramour, instead has the dramatic consistency of rice milk.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    The Bachelor
    Too bad the movie concentrates on the male point of view because it kicks to life when Zellweger is on screen.
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Christmas in the Clouds
    I won't pretend there aren't moments of sweetness here--there are, aplenty. But the promise of true emotion goes bust with bad acting, cheap writing and false sentiment.
  26. Because I Said So
    Formulaic romantic junk.
  27. 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.
  28. The Glimmer Man
    It's strictly rental material. [06 Oct 1996, p.11]
    • Chicago Tribune
  29. What a Girl Wants
    Were it not for young star Amanda Bynes' energetic good nature in the face of drab dialogue and wooden stereotypes, What a Girl Wants might have been a career-ending movie violation rather than just an embarrassing fender-bender.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Second-Hand Hearts
    He's a washout at the car wash, she's a waitress with a dream. Together they motor off to Tinseltown in search of fame, glory and, maybe, Bert Convy. It's a country-western love story that'll tug at those heartstrings, folks, and, no, I'm not making any of this up. [21 June 1985, p.6C]
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