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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. The Woman Chaser
    If its jolts were as strong as its chuckles, The Woman Chaser might really have turned into the cheap-thrill classic it pretends to be.
  2. Humanité
    A harsh, spellbinding tale.
  3. Butterfly Tongues
    May be a bit sentimental for some, but I found its patient examination of how the forces of optimism can be overwhelmed by a wave of cruelty to be both moving and wise.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 29 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Boys and Girls
    Starts with such promising quirkiness that it's easy to forget for the moment that you are watching a teen comedy.
    • Chicago Tribune
  5. Groove
    If you require fine writing, sharp plotting and consistently good acting, you will be in for a long 86 minutes.
    • Chicago Tribune
  6. Pop & Me
    The ultimate shallowness of this film is reflected in the fact that their key bonding moment occurs when they bungee-jump off a bridge together.
  7. Sunshine
    An incredibly ambitious film and one of the most highly accomplished of the year.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Love's Labour's Lost
    Filling his movie with bright colors and giddy energy, Branagh has made a labor of love in which the labor is all too apparent.
  9. American Pimp
    Eighty-six minutes proves to be more than enough time to spend with these characters, but the Hughes Brothers make the case that this is a subculture as compelling as it is repellent.
    • Chicago Tribune
  10. Gone in Sixty Seconds
    One of the best of its streamlined, over-produced, double-clutch kind: a high-speed, slicker-than-slick car-chase movie with unexpected deposits of character and comedy.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 22 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Running Free
    It's probably best to leave talking animal stories in the care of comedic filmmakers.
  12. Thirteen
    The acting is amateurish at times, but always convincing.
  13. Grass
    A well-researched and well-illustrated, if often facetious, record of the U.S. government's longtime war on cannabis. And while it's a little too single-minded, it's both fun to watch and quite informative.
    • Chicago Tribune
  14. Big Momma's House
    A bad, bad movie...It's loud and dumb and it wastes a good cast on a ludicrous script.
  15. Shanghai Noon
    The first hit movie western of the new century - wins us with a wink. It leaves you in a bright, happily cross-cultural mood. Adios, amigos. And vaya con Jackie Chan.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Passion of Mind
    It's pretty muddle-headed and confusing.
  17. 8 ½ Women
    Seethes with cruel lust and brainy fancy.
    • Chicago Tribune
  18. Mission: Impossible II
    Blanks, in a sense, are what M:I-2 is firing. You see the flash, you hear the bang, but the impact never comes.
  19. Dinosaur
    Of course, you expect talking animals in a Disney cartoon; you just may not initially realize that Dinosaur is the three-dimensional equivalent of one.
    • Chicago Tribune
  20. Luminous Motion
    Never regains its raw power once the sultry Unger retreats from the front seat of her Chevy to the privacy of her suburban bedroom.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Small Time Crooks
    It's a sweet little snack of a movie that leaves the heavier courses for some other outing.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Road Trip
    Degenerates into a slow-moving game of connect-the-gross-outs.
  23. Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
    Commits the cardinal sin of all bad IMAX films: It favors visuals over narrative, glitter over substance.
    • Chicago Tribune
  24. Held Up
    All the principals in this cinematic mess have had moments of glory on stage and screen, and one can only hope they got paid well for participating in this comedic embarrassment.
    • Chicago Tribune
  25. Kadosh
    A powerful indictment of a religious mind set and is sure to spark plenty of post-screening discussion.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Center Stage
    Although the film's ending is a little too neat and happy to be realistic, it does leave you with the feeling of young girls taking charge of their lives.
    • Chicago Tribune
  27. Screwed
    It's just a matter of holding your nose until the whole thing is over.
  28. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
    Scientology or not, the movie is a battlefield bummer that makes you want to revolt.
    • Chicago Tribune
  29. Hamlet
    As Almereyda unrolled his modern Gotham version, the story became gripping, the characters fascinating, the events mesmerizing, the resolution shocking and piteous.
    • Chicago Tribune
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Human Traffic
    You may not want to join in their activities but you're happy to have tagged along.
    • Chicago Tribune
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