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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. Songcatcher
    Any film about the folk tradition is required to have a stellar soundtrack, and Songcatcher does not disappoint.
  2. Sexy Beast
    A noir masterpiece with Oscar-caliber performances, Sexy Beast slowly turns up the heat until we squirm.
  3. Swordfish
    So fast, sleek and riveting it almost makes you expect miracles -- which never materialize.
  4. Dead or Alive
    Ultimately a disappointment because it refuses to take any aspect of itself seriously.
  5. Evolution
    This is "Ghostbusters" meets "Men in Black" meets a whole lot of butt humor.
    • Chicago Tribune
  6. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
    A well-told, vividly imagined movie that doesn't pretend to be more than it is and doesn't lean on pop-culture references to win over its viewers.
  7. Bride of the Wind
    It's a movie of elegant surfaces, great background music (by both the Mahlers), gossipy underpinnings and pretensions to romantic grandeur.
    • Chicago Tribune
  8. Divided We Fall
    Has the literary richness, depth of character and tone that such a morally difficult, powerful narrative requires.
    • Chicago Tribune
  9. What's the Worst That Could Happen?
    Packed with gratuitous dumb moments -- which is too bad, given that the premise has promise.
    • Chicago Tribune
  10. Farewell, Home Sweet Home
    This is a big-hearted film with admirable ambitions, and the ending is appropriately bittersweet, with victory and comeuppance occupying the same time and frame.
  11. A Real Young Girl
    Breillat has long been fascinated with the idea that women are not allowed to go through puberty in private but instead seem to be on display for all to watch, a situation that has no parallel with boys. A Real Young Girl seems acutely aware of this paradox.
  12. Rape Me
    Fast-moving shocker, but it's a dull shocker, so morally dead that it deadens you to watch it. After a while you couldn't care less if anyone is slaughtered or raped -- including the heroines.
  13. Big Eden
    By creating a kind of politically correct version of Andy Griffith's "Mayberry," director Bezucha has drained the movie not only of bigotry but also of dramatic conflict.
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. Himalaya
    Most of the performers have limited acting experience, but they are perfect for their parts, exhibiting the courage, stamina and wariness essential to live in such a harsh environment.
  15. The Road Home
    A great love story and a deeply moving celebration of simple lives.
    • Chicago Tribune
  16. Pearl Harbor
    A movie meant to explode off the screen -- and it's at its best when those explosions are going full blast.
  17. The Man Who Cried
    Though the film falls short of its aspirations, there's something magical about it. It's a poetic look at transience, betrayal, loss and doom.
    • Chicago Tribune
  18. Our Song
    Has an assured air, rich with scenes of affection, anger and reconciliation, along with moments of unfeigned humor.
    • Chicago Tribune
  19. Fast Food Fast Women
    Kollek's fondness for whimsical plot turns adds still more random elements to a movie that at times seems edited by a blindfolded monkey.
    • Chicago Tribune
  20. Angel Eyes
    Shot in Chicago, this is a picture that looks better than it sounds and is made much better than it deserves to be.
    • Chicago Tribune
  21. Shrek
    Alternately sweet and mean, sophisticated and vulgar, witty and base, dazzling and ugly, charming and charmless.
  22. Moulin Rouge!
    A landmark musical movie -- controversial, mercurial, even cheeky. It's the kind of film that wildly divides audiences and critics -- people tend to either love or hate it. I loved it.
  23. Startup.com
    Combining the immediacy of the Internet and the wise perspective of history, Startup.com proves that investing in real-life drama can reap rich dividends.
  24. The Trumpet of the Swan
    A lame duck.
  25. Bread and Roses
    As is often the case in Loach's films, all the acting is exemplary. Padilla, who learned English only shortly before making the film, is a natural actress, a smoldering presence.
    • Chicago Tribune
  26. A Knight's Tale
    There's much to love about this "Rocky" on horseback, and those laughable blemishes just fold into jokes that Helgeland likely intends audiences to laugh at.
  27. Sordid Lives
    A train wreck you can't help but watch.
  28. The King Is Alive
    Stands as a successful cinematic experiment and a gripping -- though a little too long -- study of humanity's most primitive instincts.
    • Chicago Tribune
  29. Performance
    An amazing film, still a shocker after all these years. [07 Sep 2001, p.C1]
    • Chicago Tribune
  30. Eureka
    Never feels inflated -- and it builds to an ending of unusual power.
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