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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. Man on Fire
    Man on Fire, which starts off as a good example of super-glitz moviemaking, gradually turns into a movie on fire -- another helter-skelter, big-studio spending spree. Too bad. It could use a lot more of Walken, Fanning and some more honest drama.
  2. The Twilight Samurai
    Twilight is a great samurai film in the way that "Unforgiven," "The Gunfighter" or "Will Penny"--all muted, somber films about aging gunfighters--are great westerns.
  3. The Agronomist
    This film--one of the best and most memorable documentaries of the year so far--brings that truth-teller to us once again.
  4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
    For those seeking the vibrant innovation of Tarantino's first movies or the sheer rush of "Kill Bill, Vol. 1," Vol. 2 feels like a dulled blade.
  5. Connie and Carla
    Vardalos and Collette have mighty pipes, but it's Collette who moves with the confidence and flair of a musical theater veteran. Watching this film, I found myself caring less and less about the fairly predictable and safe story and waiting impatiently for the next number.
  6. A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky
    By embracing a static plot, making Gerardo a depressed Robotron and Mexico City a ghost town, Hernandez only succeeds in alienating us, even while focusing on the most universal of themes: Breaking up is hard to do.
  7. Lana's Rain
    This genuinely ambitious and accomplished Chicago production does have strong points, not the least of which is Lana herself. When the fiery, emotionally transparent Orlenko lets her talent and presence pour down on Lana's Rain, the movie springs to life.
  8. Young Adam
    It's a movie drama with a surface so bleak and an interior so hot with eroticism that it twists your guts to watch it.
  9. The Punisher
    In a case study of how to screw up a simple, powerful revenge story, director Jonathan Hensleigh punishes audiences with an unbearably sluggish action movie that requires the word "action" to be placed in quotes.
  10. The Alamo
    A professionally made movie, just not an essential one. There's little fresh or provocative here, and if you can't be shaken by this story, why bother?
  11. The Girl Next Door
    In the end it's not the tricks that elevate this movie. It's the acting.
  12. The Whole Ten Yards
    A big, empty picture full of star turns, artificial energy and jokes that don't quite work, even if stars Willis and Perry do their best to slam them across.
  13. Ella Enchanted
    The movie's computer-generated castles, magic visuals and sloppy effects echo a low-budget fantasy movie on cable. It's glossy, shiny candy that tastes oddly familiar yet lacks sugary punch.
  14. I'm Not Scared
    A virtuoso piece of dark storytelling.
  15. Johnson Family Vacation
    Johnson Family Vacation is simply a bad trip.
  16. Hellboy
    Hellboy's adventures may take him to you-know-where and back, but the movie remains in limbo.
  17. Home on the Range
    Isn't good satire or good slapstick. It does have those lyrical, catchy Menken tunes, and the film perks up whenever Raitt or lang sing one of them. But much of this movie is deadly.
  18. The Prince and Me
    It's one of those movies where talented filmmakers waste time with stale, phony material.
  19. Walking Tall
    A fine shoot-'em-up remake. The story is mildly gripping, and the action is fresh and entertaining.
  20. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
    An exquisitely realized film; a little gem, it keeps its conflicting or varying themes of tranquility and violence, sacred and profane love, recklessness and wisdom, in almost perfect balance.
  21. The United States of Leland
    In his thoughtfully paced, well-acted film, Hoge doesn't set out to solve the "why" of Leland's ghastly crime. He's more interested in examining the reason why society needs to create and interpret a reason for horror.
  22. Jersey Girl
    Jersey Girl is an oddity, hard to dislike but impossible to buy.
  23. The Ladykillers
    Done with an enticing mixture of lacerating comedy, lush Roger Deakins cinematography, robust acting and juicy lines, the Coens' Ladykillers is often glorious fun to watch. It won't please everyone, of course.
  24. Dogville
    May be the most fascinating, richly accomplished screw-up you'll see all year. Von Trier, who has always had a talent for provocation, nails another heroine to the cross while playing his role to the hilt - a moviemaking rebel in his own dog days.
  25. Never Die Alone
    Purports to be literate film noir but comes off more like the overwritten project of a film school kid who just memorized his textbook on the style.
  26. Mayor of the Sunset Strip
    It's a funny-sad portrait of fame and its junkies, and of an era and its music.
  27. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    To call this movie a dog would also be an insult to canines, so let's just say Scooby-Doo 2 is a Scooby-Don't.
  28. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Always engaging, never boring. You constantly appreciate Kaufman's intelligence and Gondry's lively filmmaking.
  29. Dawn of the Dead
    Despite a big budget, lots of technical flair and a good cast headed by Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames, it's mostly a bloody mess.
  30. Intermission
    If Intermission isn't profound, it's got boisterous humor and energy, with U2's rollicking "Out of Control" leading the charge. Given the grimness of many Irish tales, Intermission represents less of a pause than a burst into a fresh direction.
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