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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. Sound and Fury
    By the time the film is over, you may not feel differently about the key issues than you first did, but you will have many more facts (sound) and opinions (fury) to consider.
    • Chicago Tribune
  2. Bedazzled
    As for Ramis, he's no Stanley Donen. He can make us laugh, but he can't make a movie dance.
    • Chicago Tribune
  3. Calle 54
    Scene after scene in Calle 54 just knocks you out.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Legend of Drunken Master
    Enjoy this rare chance to catch Chan on the big screen at his near-peak mastery.
  5. The Yards
    Shines whenever we see the performances of Phoenix and Caan.
  6. MVP: Most Valuable Primate
    A dull, amateurish mixture of the sentimental and the obvious.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Pay It Forward
    Too high-minded to stoop as low as it does, particularly in its unforgivably manipulative ending.
    • Chicago Tribune
  8. Dr T and the Women
    It's a joy. Altman does Dallas the way he did "Nashville" in Nashville or Hollywood in "The Player."
    • Chicago Tribune
  9. The Ladies Man
    Not without its humorous moments, but they are too few and far between.
  10. Billy Elliot
    A triumph that deserves a broad audience.
    • Chicago Tribune
  11. Just Looking
    A teen comedy wise beyond its years.
  12. Lost Souls
    So filled with illogical twists and ridiculous turns, that eventually it evokes unintentional laughs.
  13. Ratcatcher
    One of the most remarkable English-language feature debuts of recent years.
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. The Contender
    It's an intelligent and informed look at the preposterous ways our leaders are often picked and sabotaged.
    • Chicago Tribune
  15. Two Family House
    Brimming over with affection and humanity, this memory drama about the destruction of one family and the birth of another is nostalgic in a good sense: funny, bittersweet, poignant.
  16. CyberWorld
    Effectively a demo. It doesn't give you the whole picture, but it lets you know what's possible. It's hard not to wish the ride could have lasted longer.
    • Chicago Tribune
  17. Yi Yi
    Great, bittersweet family drama.
  18. Bamboozled
    Starts out hilarious and then turns very, very grim.
    • Chicago Tribune
  19. Meet the Parents
    These two actors have a kind of genius for dark comedy: Stiller for suffering through crises and De Niro for creating them.
  20. Requiem for a Dream
    Often, Requiem for a Dream is as technically inventive and daring as the Scottish heroin film "Trainspotting," but it has more resonance and feeling. And when Burstyn is on screen, it often becomes heartbreaking.
  21. Bootmen
    What it gains in fun, the film loses in credibility, as the production number itself more closely resembles a high-priced Las Vegas extravaganza than a quickly organized charity event.
    • Chicago Tribune
  22. Girlfight
    Girlfight, for its skill and theme, will please many. It's a shame it's no knockout.
    • Chicago Tribune
  23. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
    Shallow though it may be, is a breakthrough.
  24. Barenaked in America
    A welcome respite from the high-volume ugliness of rock extravaganza.
  25. Remember the Titans
    Works better and cuts deeper than the mostly fictionalized "Hoosiers."
    • 23 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Beautiful
    Spends its first three-quarters confronting us with one of the most dislikable characters in recent memory.
    • Chicago Tribune
  27. Best in Show
    For sheer laughs, Willard and Piddock take the trophy.
    • Chicago Tribune
  28. Urban Legends: Final Cut
    It's hard not to feel angry that you've spent almost two hours watching this moronic exercise.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Woman on Top
    A dish that's pretty easy to swallow, but if it could have borrowed some of Isabella's more potent spices, it might have boasted a more lasting flavor.
  30. Dancer in the Dark
    (The film is) one of the most anguished, intense and weirdly brilliant of the year.
    • Chicago Tribune
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