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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. Little Lili
    Miller's quiet artistry is at its peak, and though "Lili" is not as subtle, profound or moving a work as Chekhov's play, it's an intelligent, first-rate piece of cinema.
  2. After the Sunset
    Sizzles for a half-hour, then fizzles.
  3. Noel
    So dark and dirge-like are its first 85 minutes that a few uplifting minutes at the end can't dissipate the somber cloud Noel summons.
  4. The Polar Express
    This movie, which aspires to be a Christmas movie classic on the "It's a Wonderful Life" level, is overwhelming, enjoyable and impressive, without being really entrancing.
  5. Overnight
    Overnight's only narrative hole is an inability to pinpoint why Miramax stonewalled him.
  6. Alfie
    What a bright, entertaining, cleverly updated and utterly satisfying comedy the new Alfie turns out to be.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Cachorro
    The audience gets all of the love, with none of the guilt. It's enough to give you faith in family dramas again.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Callas Forever
    Sometimes it's best to let sleeping divas lie.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Brother to Brother
    Ambitious but clumsy, it's a movie to appreciate rather than to be engaged by.
  10. Fade to Black
    Whether a legend was born (or retired) that night at the Garden remains to be seen, but even on film, it was one killer show.
  11. The Incredibles
    Delivers the perfect union - a vivid, sublime parody and valentine to the superhero genre.
  12. Ray
    A fit tribute to an entertainer who, no matter what hate or hardship threw in his way or how many mistakes he made, we can't stop loving.
  13. Birth
    For awhile, the stately symphonic score, urbane setting and understated dress make Birth feel powerful--until it feels empty, lacking what Glazer so furiously exhibited in his equally stylized freshman endeavor: heart.
  14. Enduring Love
    A gripping, very intelligent British thriller. Slowly, inexorably, it ties you in knots.
  15. Saw
    Wan's tense, grisly cinematic morsel won't go down easy. But once it hits bottom, Saw is oddly satisfying, though the gag reflex never entirely goes away.
  16. Sideways
    A boisterous, brilliant, heart-warming comedy--strikes me as just about perfect.
  17. Surviving Christmas
    As light, fluffy, cockle-warming holiday entertainment, this thing is pretty sweet.
  18. Lightning in a Bottle
    A movie which, like all the best blues, makes good times out of bad times, makes smiles out of hurt, makes tears taste like honey.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Machinist
    A moody psychological thriller with a stunning performance by Christian Bale at its core.
  20. Undertow
    For anyone who likes classic, offbeat American moviemaking, in the rural-thriller genre from "Moonrise" to "Macon County Jail," Undertow is one to check. Seething with violence, bleeding with lyricism, it's a poem from the junk heap, a cry from the swamp.
  21. The Grudge
    A master of atmosphere, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu leads his audience along on a celluloid leash to his pitch-black attic of horror, inviting each hair on the back of your neck to stand up.
  22. Sex Is Comedy
    The "comedy" part of Sex is Comedy comes intentionally from cast-crew interaction.
  23. Shall We Dance
    The movie tries hard to duplicate the original's mood and story, but, like Gere or Lopez, is too much of a visual knockout to rope us in.
  24. Being Julia
    Bening shines, and the film shines too.
  25. P.S.
    Ultimately, p.s. confirms Kidd's talent without expanding it or achieving the comic/dramatic heights of "Roger Dodger."
  26. Moolaadé
    A beautiful picture with a great heart, a classic-to-be with a common touch.
  27. The Final Cut
    Fairly well done but deadly dull futuristic thriller.
  28. Team America: World Police
    Team America's strengths are in its musical numbers, especially Kim Jong Il's mournful "I'm So Ronery" (translation: "Lonely"), a heartfelt peek into the dictator's soul.
  29. Saints and Soldiers
    Shackles its characters with stale dialogue straight out of decades-old Sgt. Rock comic books.
  30. The Scandal
    Pictorially sumptuous and sexually provocative.
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