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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. Caddyshack II
    It`s shoddy, lazy and numbingly stupid.
  2. Charlie's Angels
    It's hard to believe how bad this movie is.
    • Chicago Tribune
  3. The Beverly Hillbillies
    A shockingly bad film that is utterly lacking in laughs and turns out to be little more than a big-screen adaptation of the TV sitcom's pilot. [15 Oct 1993, p.C2]
    • Chicago Tribune
  4. The Dogwalker
    Gordon, she of the Selma Diamond voice and mournful glare, is by far the most interesting aspect in a picture that might be termed unreleasably dull, if it weren't in fact in release at the moment en route to DVD.
  5. Mannequin
    There's some solid talent here, but Gottlieb's overemphatic direction reduces them all to broad caricature--the kind of crazed mugging that isn't often seen outside the boundaries of Saturday morning kiddie shows. [13 Feb 1987, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  6. Sister Act
    Director Ardolino and his unnamed colleagues should be given a couple of swift raps across the palm with a ruler.
  7. Death Wish 3
    Death Wish 3 may be the first movie where the director and both costars have publicly denounced elements of the film. Director Winner has said he doesn't approve of the film's philosophy of taking the law into one's own hands. Bronson has been quoted as saying the film is too violent for his taste.
  8. Shanghai Surprise
    A shockingly bad film because of its total misuse of two talented performers, Sean Penn and Madonna. [5 Sept 1986, p.A]
    • Chicago Tribune
  9. Good Luck Chuck
    Good Luck Chuck is this year’s low-ender to beat.
  10. Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood
    What is it about vampires that brings out the worst in filmmakers these days? [16 Aug 1996, p.2]
    • Chicago Tribune
  11. Space Chimps
    Sucks a whole lot of talented people into a wormhole of lousy. The film either needed to be a lot wittier to make up for the way it looks, or a lot better-looking to compensate for the funny it isn't.
  12. Killers
    Haven't we seen the oh-my-gosh-my-spouse-is-secretly-an-assassin-but-you-know-a-nice-one routine once too often?
  13. A Walk to Remember
    Good performances in bad movies are nothing new, but it's sad that Moore's first major cinematic outing scrapes the bottom of the melodramatic barrel.
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. My Blue Heaven
    Someone should have told Steve Martin that, prodigiously talented though he is, his over-the-top caricature of a displaced mobster could not sustain an entire movie, particularly one as scattershot as My Blue Heaven. [20 Aug 1990, p.2]
    • Chicago Tribune
  15. The Power of One
    With last week's elections in South Africa finally pointing the way toward a dismantlement of apartheid, it can't be said that the timing of "The Power of One" is particularly astute. But this is a film with no particular relationship to the real world in any case. [27 March 1992, p.M]
    • Chicago Tribune
  16. The Devil Inside
    The Devil Inside joins a long, woozy-camera parade of found-footage scare pictures, among them "The Blair Witch Project," the "Paranormal Activity" films and certain wedding videos that won't go away.
  17. Scream 7
    Scream 7 is an unfortunate tarnish on this otherwise sturdy franchise’s legacy.
  18. Blue Chips
    O'Neal and Hardaway are likable enough in limited roles; Cousy seems a little ill at ease. But forget all that. Blue Chips is only a triumph of marketing. Its casting suggests an official basketball picture, but its script belongs on the bench. [18 Feb 1994, p.C2]
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 18 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Mr. Magoo
    Another problem is that this "Magoo" can't seem to figure out if it's for kids or adults. The plot's too simple for adults, with hardly an inside joke or double entendre thrown in for good measure, yet it may be too confusing for younger kids. [25 Dec 1997, p.D2]
    • Chicago Tribune
  20. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    Mind-numbing sequel to "Pokemon the First Movie."
    • 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.
  22. Angels in the Outfield
    A dreary, old-fashioned kids' baseball fantasy.
  23. Made in America
    Its optimism has a certain naive charm, though it also seems one step removed from a clinical condition. [28 May 1993, p.C]
    • Chicago Tribune
  24. A Kid in King Arthur's Court
    It is difficult to decide what is more annoying. The complete lack of execution in this film, (despite the presence of some very talented actors), or the realization that these lame screenwriters were so devoid of original ideas, they resorted to picking at the carcass of a tale that has been done and redone to death. [11 Aug 1995, p.28]
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
    A dirge of unfunny scatological material, techno-anxiety and child endangerment masquerading as familial bonding. Settle in for the "Long Haul," because this is one bumpy, miserable ride.
  26. Running Scared
    I have a sneaking suspicion that Running Scared could become a cult classic.
  27. The Hot Chick
    The first half hour of Hot Chick, before the switch, plays like soft-core porno from the '60s. The rest plays like a bad "Saturday Night Live" sketch stretched to the breaking point.
  28. *batteries not included
    Depending on the speed of your gag reflex, "+batteries not included" is either a 21st Century "Lassie" or the worst piece of smarm to come along since "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."
  29. Islam: What the West Needs to Know
    Has one point to make: Islam is a bad, baaaaaaaaad religion, and it's a miracle you're even alive and reading this, so intent most Muslims are on your destruction.
  30. Old Dogs
    None of it is funny. It’s all pain and no funny.
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