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For 7,599 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 1.5 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: 5,104 out of 7599
  2. Mixed: 1,473 out of 7599
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7599
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Waist Deep
    The performances are pretty good--with the exception of the nauseatingly sweet H. Hunter Hall (the son of the director) as Junior and a one-note scowl from rapper The Game, who plays Meat--and the screenplay, by Hall and Darin Scott, has some genuinely funny moments.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Two Drifters
    With a weak script, utterly unsympathetic characters and a nonsensical plot, it can barely keep plodding along.
  3. The Road to Guantanamo
    It's a fervent, topical political drama of extraordinary impact and ferocity.
  4. The Great New Wonderful
    The story lines don't intersect in that schematic, "Crash"-y way, which is refreshing. Less refreshing is the neat-and-tidiness of the individual exchanges in Sam Catlin's script.
  5. The Forsaken Land
    A stark, lyrical and affecting portrait of war's aftermath.
  6. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
    I'm Your Man has at its spiritual center a troubadour with a distinctive, cagey mellowness about him.
  7. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
    For all its crashes and flash, this is a movie that drifts away as we watch it. Muscle cars and all, it's often a waste of gas.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
    When the humans have the sense to keep quiet, and the animals are doing their shtick, there's great fun to be had.
  9. The Lake House
    This is a project whose elements, from concept to script to casting, refuse to follow the usual formulas, which is good, yet they never quite cohere.
  10. Nacho Libre
    The film is easy to take and easy to forget, even with Black running around Oaxaca in turquoise wrestling tights.
  11. The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
    The film's tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Only Human
    The film's snappy action and frank sexuality are reminiscent of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," while the mordant humor and conflicting identities are vintage Allen.
  13. Wordplay
    There's genuine suspense and a lot of humor.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Cars
    Whatever you do, don't leave before watching the snippets that run during the closing credits--the self-referential, tongue in cheek "outtakes" are quite possibly the funniest part of this movie--a visual stunner that seems to have misplaced its heart.
  15. A Prairie Home Companion
    Like his recent, elegant dance film "The Company," A Prairie Home Companion will appeal especially to those who are not story-dependent. Altman's sidewinding tribute to a surprisingly hardy 32-year-old public radio phenomenon is like a 105-minute putter in the garden, with a few songs and some jokes.
  16. Agnes and His Brothers
    It's a slick, ambitious movie that doesn't always nail all the many moods and themes it's after.
  17. Autumn
    With its quick fades and creamy lighting, Autumn is all about looking good. McGee may well have strong films in him, but this one feels pretentious and gassy.
  18. The Heart of the Game
    If you or any kid over the age of 10 has even a half-interest in the definition of the word "teamwork," as well as the words "real-life suspense," this is the movie.
  19. Psychopathia Sexualis
    An independent American art film that seems to be masquerading as Victorian-era pornography--and it's not quite as interesting or provocative as that description might make it sound.
  20. The Omen
    Schreiber and Stiles are good actors, and they're actually acting, if not to any actual avail. In the silliest recasting, a comically exaggerated Mia Farrow takes over for steely Billie Whitelaw in the evil nanny role.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The Break-Up
    It's Aniston's return to the emotional authenticity that surfaced too briefly in "Friends With Money" and made "The Good Girl" such a revelation.
  22. District B13
    A ridiculous but exciting action movie.
  23. Peaceful Warrior
    The cast is quite good. But Peaceful Warrior, which is basically "The Karate Kid" with a bigger kid and a bigger mentor, represents a journey of predictability, rather than a destination worth the trouble.
  24. The War Tapes
    Gripping documentary.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The Puffy Chair
    An enjoyable road movie that feels both comfortable and completely fresh.
  26. Typhoon
    As silly movies go, this one is at least pretty exciting. But in the end, Typhoon leaves you feeling as exiled from the two Koreas as Sin is.
  27. Coastlines
    It's only a mild disappointment. The talent is still there, the film better than most. It just needs less crime, more love.
  28. X-Men: The Last Stand
    Disappointingly, X-Men: The Last Stand slides back between the first two episodes. It's not stuporous, and it's not super.
  29. An Inconvenient Truth
    The film's context and talking points are more interesting than the film itself, which settles for an earnest (though rarely dull) nudge in its chosen direction: PowerPoint cinema.
  30. La Moustache
    With his thin-lipped grimace and big, soulful eyes, Lindon's an ideal actor for this sort of puzzle.
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