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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. The Cannonball Run
    A truly stupid film based on what should have been a surefire hit - a cross-country car race. Too many stars spoil the action, including Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. [19 June 1981, p.2-8]
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. Winchester
    As a period ghost story, it’s pretty pallid.
  3. The Big Wedding
    The movie's own brand of charm has its subset of smarm.
  4. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    Mind-numbing sequel to "Pokemon the First Movie."
  5. Drop Dead Gorgeous
    There may be better ways to waste your time than seeing this movie.
  6. Happily N'Ever After
    Happily was begun as an old-fashioned 2-D "flat" cartoon and then switched by producer John Williams (of "Shrek") and director Paul J. Bolger to 3-D during production. The style finally is an uncomfortable amalgam of both.
  7. Man Down
    LaBeouf's quivering instability creates the impression that his performance is constantly buffering on us. He's never dull — he is, in fact, a compelling actor in any circumstance — but the material ends up cheapening the experiences of so many real-life veterans, which surely was not the filmmakers' intention.
  8. House on Haunted Hill
    Contains too little of the original's campy spirit and too many whistles, bells, explosions and screams.
  9. Atlas Shrugged: Part I
    This movie is crushingly ordinary in every way, which with Rand I wouldn't have thought possible.
  10. The Ugly Truth
    Feels about 150 years out of date.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Deck the Halls
    Nobody expects every holiday film to ascend to classic status; in fact, we're happy to let most fade from memory as soon as the decorations are taken off the trees. We can, however, demand they live up to a certain level of fun, thereby allowing parents to watch along with their kids without plotting the most direct route to the exit.
  12. Pixels
    Pixels is a blast of energetic fun.
  13. Pokémon Heroes
    An insubstantial addition to the cycle. It looks cheap and feels slapped together.
  14. 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
  15. Zen Noir
    Rosenbush strives for a difficult blend of spoof and sincerity with Zen Noir. In the spirit of rebirth, let's assume that the next time he makes it, it'll turn out fine.
  16. The Perfect Man
    I've had the unique pleasure of reviewing almost all of Duff's movies, and if there's one thing to say about the girl, she's consistent: nice, sweet, blond, inoffensive and uninspiring.
  17. Sweet November
    Nice to look at but too calculated and clichéd to resonate beyond its surface slickness.
    • Chicago Tribune
  18. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    Accomplishes something I would have thought impossible. It made me appreciate its 1994 predecessor, "The Flintstones."
    • Chicago Tribune
  19. Garfield
    The cinematic Garfield: The Movie feels like an 82-minute commercial for Garfield, The Brand rather than cinematic dumb fun.
  20. The Bonfire of the Vanities
    With its general spirit of tabloid scandalmongering and frequent cutaways to an oddly enhanced Melanie Griffith in scanty panties, the point of reference seems less Victorian fiction than Victoria's Secret.
  21. The Happytime Murders
    The Happytime Murders is a one-joke movie, minus one joke. The year may cough up a worse film, but probably not a more joyless, witless one, raunchy or otherwise.
  22. Vampire in Brooklyn
    For years I've criticized Murphy for not working with the best directors or powerful female co-stars. But he does that here, and his movie is still a clunker. Relatives are listed in the credits; maybe he needs to stop trying to completely control the films he makes. Either that or it's time for another stand-up concert film. [27 Oct 1995, p.B]
    • Chicago Tribune
  23. Are We There Yet?
    Won't make your day, but it won't kill it either.
  24. Sex and the City 2
    I enjoyed these characters more when they were rich, rather than obscenely rich, when their self-involvement and life crises had one foot on planet Earth -- and when they weren't all gussied up like Mae West in "Sextette."
  25. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
    It's not just the sound of crickets you hear watching this movie. It's the sound of dead crickets.
  26. A Guy Thing
    Sometimes funny, often strained comedy.
  27. The Majestic
    A real sentimental journey -- and luckily they've got both the right director (Darabont) and the right actor to squeeze our heartstrings.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 27 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
    Therese's story would work better as a marionette show than on the big screen. The camera is best at picking up subtleties, and there are simply none here.
  29. Crossroads
    Spears delivers a performance with the same sincerity she invests into a Pepsi commercial, only this film contains twice the sugary calories.
  30. Catwoman
    The "Showgirls" of superhero movies. This is not a compliment. A vacuous lingerie show posing as feminism, it's the biggest movie hairball this side of "Garfield."
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