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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. Dracula 2000
    By making concessions for a possible sequel, Dracula 2000 wilts when compared in the light with other Dracula films.
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. The Family Man
    I didn't believe it, and I don't think the people who made The Family Man did either.
    • Chicago Tribune
  3. Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda
    A flashy, splashy and violent chase thriller.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    State and Main
    Mamet's movie has its moments of wit and warmth, but here he's mostly behind, not ahead of, the curve.
    • Chicago Tribune
  5. Finding Forrester
    It's rare to see a movie that takes such joy in the power of words, not to create lofty works of art but to effect the simple, necessary translation of what's in one's heart and mind.
    • Chicago Tribune
  6. The Gift
    For all its craft and achievement, The Gift -- which has a script that may have needed more rewriting and deepening -- is a good, minor effort; it has some real conviction, even anguish. And it has Blanchett, whose gift as an actress is sometimes transcendent.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 47 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    What Women Want
    Delivers on the promise of its playful premise, thanks to some sly gender role reversals and Gibson's willingness to play along.
  8. The Visit
    The very strong performances in this low-budget film deserve a better narrative structure to strut their stuff.
    • Chicago Tribune
  9. Pollock
    Harris and Harden have real on-screen sympatico, in their nasty battles and good times alike.
  10. The Emperor's New Groove
    A bright and zippy, but alarmingly over-campy and lighter-than-fluff cartoon feature.
    • Chicago Tribune
  11. Chocolat
    It's tantalizing, delectable and randy, a movie of melting eroticism and toothsome humor.
    • Chicago Tribune
  12. Dude, Where's My Car?
    At the end of 83 unmerciful minutes, audiences will be exclaiming, "Dude, I can't believe I sat through that movie!?" Stick to the trailer.
    • Chicago Tribune
  13. Vertical Limit
    If you were forced to judge it simply on its action-movie visual and technical elements, you'd have to count it a roaring success... . But if you lay aside that action and watch the people instead, it's a morass of dimwitted family crises and hack action-movie cliches.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Proof of Life
    The movie delivers on its own terms. It may emerge a bit bruised and tattered around the edges, but its ever-beating heart provides the ultimate Proof of Life.
    • Chicago Tribune
  15. Dungeons & Dragons
    The sad truth is, I can say nothing to recommend this film.
    • Chicago Tribune
  16. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Splendid, soaringly ambitious Chinese period fantasy.
    • Chicago Tribune
  17. Spring Forward
    Not too many actors last year bettered or equaled Beatty and Schreiber here, separately or (better yet) together. It's a pleasure and a privilege to watch them work.
    • Chicago Tribune
  18. 102 Dalmatians
    How is it possible that actors as expert as Close and Depardieu can wind up together in a mostly brainless big-budget stinker?
    • Chicago Tribune
  19. Quills
    Kaufman's startling Quills gives us an anatomy of fear, images both silken swift and molten hot, scenes that disrupt and inflame the imagination.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Unbreakable
    The irony is that although Unbreakable is as compellingly watchable, stylish and intriguing as its predecessor, its ending has almost the opposite effect on the overall picture.
    • Chicago Tribune
  21. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Opulence almost interferes with the movie, weighing it down when it should seem lighter than air, surrounding the inarguably brilliant Carrey with too much frosting and frou-frou.
    • Chicago Tribune
  22. Bounce
    Doesn't really work when examined in the daylight outside the theater doors.
    • Chicago Tribune
  23. La bûche
    A fine French comedy-drama.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 49 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    The 6th Day
    Once Schwarzenegger got attached, the short-sighted, commercially minded forces took over; the man is desperate for a hit, so the movie dare not overestimate the audience's intelligence or tolerance for uneasily resolved dilemmas.
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II
    Isn't novel entertainment, but adults who accompany kids to it are not likely to feel that it is a form of abuse for either of them.
  26. One Day in September
    Sweeps us back into a terrifying and desperate string of events and makes us feel them - and, more crucially, understand them as well.
  27. Little Nicky
    A feast of bad taste, a demonic hog-wallow.
  28. You Can Count on Me
    Honest, poignant and very funny, full of memorable, moving moments.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Red Planet
    The slogan for Red Planet could be "In space no one can hear you yawn."
  30. Men of Honor
    Inspirational biographical movie that really works.
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