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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. Hostage
    Good action movies live on style and excitement. But they also need credibility, and in Hostage, ALMOST a good genre piece, plausibility keeps getting slaughtered.
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  2. The Upside of Anger
    It's a bizarre but engaging fling.
  3. Millions
    One of the more delightful and satisfying family movies.
  4. In My Country
    A stirring, large-souled movie.
  5. The Boys & Girl from County Clare
    An irresistible Irish comedy, lovingly told, beautifully acted and graced with the perfect balance of chuckles and bittersweet heartache.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Dot the I
    Despite some moments of genuine tension, Dot the i walks (and occasionally hops right over) a very fine line between thriller/drama and parody.
  7. Off the Map
    One of those sweet, intelligent, nicely made films.
  8. Robots
    Wildly inventive, sweetly subversive.
  9. Be Cool
    Even if you enjoyed the mean, funny 1995 John Travolta-Elmore Leonard crime comedy "Get Shorty"-and many of us did-this forced sequel isn't likely to help you repeat the experience.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Jacket
    A gripping drama that will leave thoughtful cinemagoers wrestling with basic Big Questions.
  11. The Pacifier
    Cheerful but mind-numbing.
  12. Gunner Palace
    Tucker has done a bang-up job, distancing and hypnotizing us with his frenzied, fragmented, sexy images. But war isn't a video game.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Walk on Water
    Despite the film's pat plot turns and instructional tone, there are moments of charm, thanks to the fetching, committed cast.
  14. Dear Frankie
    Doesn't revert to hairpin plot twists or other dramatic trickery to hook us in; Auerbach simply lets us live with her characters-which, it turns out, is reward enough.
  15. The Best of Youth
    A major cinema event of the year, a masterpiece of Italian film traditions in social/political realism and historical family epic.
  16. Cursed
    More an uninspired letdown than a flabbergasting turkey... One reason for this lack of bite lies in the werewolves themselves. They're a bit too teddy-bearish, even oddly cuddly, and the fright scenes work better when you don't see much of them.
  17. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
    The film may be bad-and mad-but it's not predictable.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Other Side of the Street
    It's a rare combination of romance and sly social commentary, delivered with a raw emotional punch.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Up and Down
    All of these folks are damaged souls, trying their best to find purpose and forgiveness.
  20. Man of the House
    A sweetly benign comedy that allows the actor (Jones) to lampoon his tough guy image honed in "The Fugitive" and "U.S. Marshals."
  21. Constantine
    Though the story is potentially fascinating and the visuals sometimes spellbinding, the movie itself is stranded in the purgatory of the second-rate.
  22. Son of the Mask
    Even with a new leading man and a more family-friendly rating, some things never change: The Mask still stars Industrial Light & Magic.
  23. Downfall
    Downfall, whatever its shortcomings, bears strong witness to great evil. That is its triumph as a film.
  24. Schultze Gets the Blues
    The scenery is pretty and the locals endearing, but Schorr never gets past charming.
  25. Turtles Can Fly
    A beautiful, intensely moving film.
  26. Because of Winn-Dixie
    Tries hard to be sweet but plays like "Pollyanna" with fleas.
  27. Her Majesty
    Against "Whale Rider's" well-acted, intimate story, Gordon's film feels like an endless spiral of sub-par soap-opera acting, mired in trite, predictable dialogue.
  28. The Animation Show 2005
    When applied properly, short-form animation can bring dreams and nightmares to life like no other medium.
  29. Bride & Prejudice
    It's "knowingly" off-the-rails--and if you're in a tolerant or adventurous mood, very entertaining.
  30. Hitch
    The movie, like Hitch, tries to be cool, funny and sweet but falls on its face without generating any real sympathy, smarts or humor.
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