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For 7,613 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: 5,116 out of 7613
  2. Mixed: 1,475 out of 7613
  3. Negative: 1,022 out of 7613
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  1. The Pink Panther
    This Pink Panther really doesn't have to achieve the heights of the original; it just has to be funny on its own terms. But it pales there too. Kline, a master of comic hypocrisy, deserves more screen time, Emily Mortimer is wasted as Clouseau's adoring assistant Nicole and Knowles is over indulged as Xania.
  2. London
    Newbie director Richards shoots all the women like slabs of meat, and his self-seriousness throughout London--some of it tries to be funny, a lot of it is funny by accident--borders on the delusional.
  3. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
    Pretty-near pure gold.
  4. The Fallen Idol (re-release)
    Of all the movies that try to take us into the mind and viewpoint of a child, Carol Reed's 1948 The Fallen Idol, adapted by Graham Greene from his short story, is one of the most ingenious.
  5. A Good Woman
    A tedious picture, redeemed in part by Tom Wilkinson's performance as Tuppy--he's the sole cast member who doesn't give birth to every epigram--and by the hats.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Something New
    Thanks to Hamri's light touch and the considerable chemistry between Lathan and Baker, it's easy to forgive these missteps--leaving the film plenty of goodwill to spare.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 12 Critic Score
    Tamara
    There are few words to describe the awfulness of this movie, but let's give it the old college try: dismal, depressing, embarrassing and utterly lacking in any artistic or social worth.
  8. Who Gets to Call It Art?
    Shot with a Peter Greenaway-like austere impudence and edited brilliantly (by Jed Parker), this is an entertaining movie, and a moving one--even if, like me, you're not especially fond of these paintings or that scene.
  9. Bubble
    An odd little movie and a good one, worthy for what it is and potentially groundbreaking for how it's being made available.
  10. Annapolis
    The Navy will no doubt like what it sees, yet a project such as this should impart some sense of the times we live in.
  11. Nanny McPhee
    Nanny McPhee maintains a satisfying, all-ages balance between broad comedy and human warmth.
  12. Imagine Me & You
    I guess there's something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones.
  13. Little Jerusalem
    The film, both light-hearted and serious, suggests that freedom comes more easily within restrictions--and that's true of Albou's approach as well.
  14. Manderlay
    The acting has the bravura stage eloquence of Broadway Shakespeare and the movie is narrated, beautifully, by John Hurt.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Roving Mars
    The sad thing is, even for NASA/space fans, a snooze isn't out of the question despite the film's scant 40-minute running time.
  16. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
    It's a little bit "Tom Jones," a little bit "Adaptation," a smidge of Monty Python and a dash of Fellini's "861/2," right down to Winterbottom's use of music by the brilliant Fellini composer, Nino Rota.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Go for Zucker
    It remains a diverting, mildly entertaining movie, far short of provoking the controversy (or hysterical laughter) it apparently prompted during its release in Germany.
  18. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
    The results are distressingly flat, frequently patronizing and, for a topical comedy, strangely out of it.
  19. Why We Fight
    A pretty entertaining case against our current war and question the integrity of our president, but more than that, these docs manipulate imagery, music and sound bites to work their audiences into a frenzy.
  20. End of the Spear
    A childish and visually repetitive movie, ham-fisted, proselytizing and overtly simplified.
  21. The Real Dirt on Farmer John
    In many ways, it's a painful story, but it's also full of curious triumphs and outlandish redemptions.
  22. Glory Road
    The movie's great end-title sequence redeems everything. Under the credits, we see and hear the real-life game veterans as they are now--including, movingly, ex-Lakers coach Riley.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Last Holiday
    We may know exactly where we're going, but the journey is so much fun, all but the most peevish audience members will find it impossible to complain.
  24. Tristan and Isolde
    Mindless, predictable and mildly entertaining.
  25. Fateless
    It's a work that sears the heart and conscience. The events are annihilating, the way they're told both beautiful and terrifying.
  26. The Promise
    I'm not sure the director should return to this particular genre, whatever you'd call it. But he is, in fact, a real director.
  27. Match Point
    Match Point is fantastic to look at, sharply dramatic and Allen is--who knew?--a master of suspense.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Wolf Creek
    As horror movies go, this is a pretty good one.
  29. Casanova
    Hallstrom gives us a genial interpretation and a supremely good-humored film.
  30. Rumor Has It...
    Easygoing but surprisingly likable comedy.
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