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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. Unfaithful
    All the accolades Lyne got for "Fatal Attraction" -- and didn't really merit -- he deserves here.
  2. The New Guy
    You have to have faith that kids will recognize a bad movie when it's foisted on them -- and they don't get much worse than The New Guy.
  3. The Lady and the Duke
    A vivifying film, though it's done in such a strange style that it takes a while to get used to it.
  4. Ultimate X: The Movie
    After clawing their way into the Olympics, so-called extreme sports deserve respect, but this is no way to get it.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
    Features colorful song-and-dance numbers that look and sound best in surround sound and on a huge screen.
  6. Home Movie
    In true Chris Smith fashion, he seems far less interested in the homes themselves than in the touching relationship between homeowner and abode.
  7. ABC Africa
    Lovely, heart-stirring film.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Mystic Masseur
    A warm-hearted gem of a film based on the V.S. Naipaul novel of the same name.
  9. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
    A movie about love, friendship and finding oneself, and it takes all its subjects very seriously while seeming to treat them with the lightest and most piquant of touches. Like its bizarre heroine, it irrigates our souls.
  10. Hollywood Ending
    Not perfect, and neither are life or the movies. But you'd have to be blind yourself not to relish its qualities or laugh at its barbs.
  11. Spider-Man
    The Spider-Man saga is a classic for a reason, and the filmmakers don't squander the material's strengths.
  12. Grin Without a Cat
    This is a movie about the world at war with itself, and the result is riveting, sublime and unforgettable.
  13. Spiral
    Like many horror films, it loses steam as it gets more graphic.
  14. Rain
    What lingers are the unsettling feelings, inexplicably potent images and realization that some of life's key crossroads are visible only in the rearview mirror.
  15. Life or Something Like It
    It's dispiriting to see Jolie wasting herself (and a good supporting cast) on a story that requires little more than an average pretty actress who can wear clothes well and laugh and cry on cue.
  16. Dogtown and Z-Boys
    Few sports films catch their time, place and sport so well. For skateboard fans, this is a must. But it's also a great ride if you know nothing about the sport or what it meant. At the end of this movie, you will.
  17. Some Body
    Bennett also co-wrote the script, based loosely on her own experiences, and is the best thing about the film. A physical cross between Holly Hunter and Christine Lahti, she's quite convincing as she tries to figure out what has gone wrong in her personal life - and how she can fix it before it is too late.
  18. Circuit
    It makes the viewer wonder whether Circuit would have been stronger as a documentary instead of the well-intentioned, overlong, intermittently entertaining but flawed feature that it is.
  19. Sade
    A fine, handsome-looking costume drama that works best as a historical account of a brutal era. But as a portrait of the Marquis de Sade, it is not titillating in the over-the-top manner of "Quills."
  20. Sex with Strangers
    It makes you sweat, laugh, squirm and self explore like few films -- fictional or documentary -- can.
  21. Jason X
    Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes.
  22. The Salton Sea
    Sacrificing content for style, Caruso gives us a lot to look at but little to ponder.
  23. Enigma
    The film manages to crack all its codes, and even when it sags a bit, it's never lacking grace and some wit. Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style.
  24. Chelsea Walls
    Aims for a sadness and desperation that is crudely announced rather than subtly demonstrated.
  25. The Scorpion King
    A dumb movie, but it's also a knowing one: a cheap castle of lewd trivia and corny excitement built on The Rock.
  26. Murder by Numbers
    The outline of Murder by Numbers may be familiar, but the filmmakers and Bullock do an expert job of filling in the colors.
  27. Nine Queens
    Two suggestions as you watch it: Never take anything for granted, and keep your hand on your wallet as you leave the theater.
  28. Murderous Maids
    Lucidity, austerity and quiet compassion are peculiar virtues to ascribe to a movie about a horrific real-life murder case, but those are among the best qualities of Jean-Pierre Denis' Murderous Maids.
  29. Space Station 3D
    The film's greatest moments take place in space. There, words are unnecessary, the images transfixing.
  30. Girls Can't Swim
    Despite its shortcomings, Girls Can't Swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the French coming-of-age genre.
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