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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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  1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    All the "Star Wars" movies will continue to entertain us for many years to come. They were grand fun, and this last one's a corker.
  2. Mindhunters
    Mark my words: Mindhunters will do for psycho-thrillers what "Showgirls" did for stripper movies.
  3. Monster-in-Law
    It would take the dark wit of a Billy Wilder or a Coen brother--or at least a Neil Simon--to put across this kind of material.
  4. Unleashed
    Unleashed is like an old dog: No new tricks.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    My Mother
    If you are at all squeamish about incest and/or prefer sex scenes without violent undertones, you should avoid this movie.
  6. Layer Cake
    Don't let the fast-and-loose vibe fool you: Right up to its operatic finale, this is one tight one last job.
  7. Tell Them Who You Are
    Chicago-bred Haskell is such an intense, contentious, prickly figure, he would tend to take over any film portrait, and he definitely dominates here.
  8. Kicking & Screaming
    It's Ferrell who is the vehicle, a mow-you-down comic engine, and everyone else is just along for the ride in this marginally effective, starkly unoriginal family comedy.
  9. Kingdom of Heaven
    A gargantuan epic, a historical adventure-drama of overwhelming visual grandeur.
  10. Mysterious Skin
    An absorbing story. Even though it takes you to places you may not want to go, the film never loses its human touch--that feel of skin on skin or of the past inescapably invading the present.
  11. House of Wax
    Gratuitous gore and young, nubile flesh bind together a cardboard plot.
  12. Brothers
    While the film's strength lies in an ensemble effort, it's really Sarah and Jannik who provide the film with its most compelling characters, its momentum and, ultimately, its heart.
  13. Crash
    Like Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," it is an all-star fresco, but the stars--none of whom carries the movie--get to play the kind of morally ambivalent, sometimes unlikable parts that big-name actors usually avoid.
  14. xXx: State of the Union
    What isn't scary--or exciting, amusing or fun--is XXX: State of the Union, a movie so preposterous, cliché-packed and over the top that it makes the original "XXX" seem as good as the original "State of the Union."
  15. Another Road Home
    Politics hovers over every moment of Another Road Home, Elon's layered, loving and deeply personal documentary about her quest to find the Palestinian caregiver who raised her.
  16. À Tout de Suite (Right Now)
    Its gorgeous black-and-white photography, dirty and matte, will almost convince you that anything this slow, small and bereft of dialogue must be important.
  17. The Holy Girl
    Takes a potentially explosive subject and does it subtly and perceptively.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wild Safari 3D
    One caution: If you get motion sickness, beware, as much of the ride is bumpy and there's some hill-climbing and -descending that some might find disturbing, even in the comfort of an IMAX theater seat.
  19. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Even if this new version of "Hitchhiker" doesn't quite capture it all, you'll still want to stick your thumb out and catch a ride.
  20. The Interpreter
    As beautifully designed, swift and sleek as a classic sports car, throbbing with emotion and intelligence, it's a neat suspense film that's also dramatically and sociologically potent, with two supremely talented stars, Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, delivering beyond the emotional call of duty.
  21. A Lot Like Love
    A poor man's "When Harry Met Sally."
  22. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Should hold you spellbound.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Madison
    The result is a feeling of quiet heroism--people doing things because it's right to do them, even if it's not easy.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Man Who Copied
    A sad, wasted movie.
  25. House of D
    The fatal flaw in David Duchovny's big-screen directorial debut, House of D, is not Robin Williams as a retarded janitor. It's David Duchovny, the man who chose to cast Robin Williams as a retarded janitor.
  26. The Year of the Yao
    Corny as it may sound though, it's all true-except, of course, for that mythical movie last-second championship bit.
  27. Palindromes
    As bizarre, provocative and almost deliberately off-putting an indie picture as anything that's popped up in theaters recently.
  28. Fever Pitch
    The gall of Peter and Bobby Farrelly. To think that a romantic comedy might work absent a sleazy wager or maddening miscommunication takes a lot of chutzpah.
  29. Eros
    A classy triple shot of film erotica from three brilliant writer-directors.
  30. Winter Solstice
    All three men turn in superb and understated performances.
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