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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. Sex with Strangers
    It makes you sweat, laugh, squirm and self explore like few films -- fictional or documentary -- can.
  2. Jason X
    Jason X conjures up more giggles than scares, assuming you make it through the first 15 minutes.
  3. The Salton Sea
    Sacrificing content for style, Caruso gives us a lot to look at but little to ponder.
  4. 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.
  5. Chelsea Walls
    Aims for a sadness and desperation that is crudely announced rather than subtly demonstrated.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Space Station 3D
    The film's greatest moments take place in space. There, words are unnecessary, the images transfixing.
  11. 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.
  12. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    Predictable and dull.
  13. The Triumph of Love
    The artifice may be ancient, but the thought and emotions -- and especially Sorvino -- are beautifully, refreshingly modern.
  14. Human Nature
    Tries for both civilized wit and primitive joy -- and mostly misses both.
  15. Mule Skinner Blues
    There's nothing more uplifting than a documentary that celebrates a man's capacity to dream, and nothing more depressing than one that mocks those dreams. Stephen Earnhart's Mule Skinner Blues walks the razor's edge between these approaches.
  16. Changing Lanes
    A thrilling ride but also a thoughtful one, it's a movie that does manage to do more good than bad by the end of the day.
  17. Frailty
    Most of Frailty is so good -- done in a low-key, realistic mood of genuine creepiness and dread -- that it doesn't need formula shocks.
  18. The Cat's Meow
    The movie leaves us with the image of rich folks frantically dancing the Charleston because if they stop, they'll have nothing. The point is as untrue as it is simplistic.
  19. The Sweetest Thing
    Lacks the meanness of so many recent gross-out comedies. With the sparkling Diaz leading the way, the lame humor is much more palatable.
  20. The Other Side of Heaven
    Captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Run Ronnie Run
    What began as a sketch movie ended up like a slightly better than average "SNL" flick, though Odenkirk, Cross and a number of famous and semi-famous friends do get some chuckles out of their story of Ronnie Dobbs, compulsive troublemaker. [16 Sep 2003, p.C3]
    • Chicago Tribune
  22. High Crimes
    It's still a disappointment: a well-mounted and well-acted suspense movie that, thanks to its illogical script, falls off a cliff midway through.
  23. American Chai
    There are no surprises in this movie -- not even in the Bollywood parodies, when the hero and heroine finally, subversively kiss. There is talent, though.
  24. Van Wilder
    An unabashedly bad movie full of cliches, claptrap, fairly good rock 'n' roll and stomach-turning gross-out gags.
  25. Lucky Break
    The movie moves predictably to its feel-good finale.
  26. The Komediant
    Able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history, spanning from Russia to the New York Catskills.
  27. Big Trouble
    Sonnenfeld mishandles the broad part of the comedic formula, preferring repetition to thematic development.
  28. Crush
    A surprising and delightful romantic take on modern women.
  29. The Rookie
    The Rookie may be pushing buttons, but at least they're the right buttons.
  30. The Piano Teacher
    You will not forget The Piano Teacher. Nor will you forget Isabelle Huppert, a brave, brilliant actress who here plays her masterpiece.
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