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For 4,492 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 'Round Midnight
Lowest review score: 0 Couples Retreat
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,780 out of 4492
  2. Mixed: 1,361 out of 4492
  3. Negative: 351 out of 4492
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  1. License to Wed
    A sham.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 33 Critic Score
    When Time Ran Out...
    What a silly movie this is. [11 Apr 1980, p.19]
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  3. The Big Bang
    Isn't overwhelmingly good, but it's just nutty enough to keep you watching.
  4. Ninja III: The Domination
    Sam Firstenberg directed the mindless mayhem. [15 Nov 1984, p.47]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  5. Spy Hard
    Most of the laughs come near the beginning, before Rick Friedberg's klutzy directing becomes annoyingly monotonous.
  6. The Next Best Thing
    The movie has a well-meaning message about love and loyalty being the bedrock of real family values, but its good intentions sag as the story trades its air of mischievous comedy for trite sentimentality, arbitrary plot twists, and enough maudlin melodramatics to sustain a tabloid TV series.
  7. A Cinderella Story
    Even the delightful Duff disappoints.
  8. Dragonfly
    Costner is convincing as the hero, ably supported by Joe Morton as a short-tempered supervisor and Kathy Bates as a feisty neighbor. Dragonfly has little chance of "Ghost"-like popularity, though.
  9. Showgirls
    In its depiction of the Las Vegas nightclub scene and in its own cinematic strategies, the film is quite instructive about the intersection of sex, money, and entertainment in some areas of popular American culture. [29 Sept 1995]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  10. Wannabes
    The plot is predictable, the characters are cliches, and all the actors look and sound like refugees from a movie Martin Scorsese would have made vastly better three decades ago.
  11. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
    As the hero, Christopher Reeve oozes with sincerity in the world-peace scenes - he helped write the story of the film, and this may be why he overdoes it. But he's also funny when he gets back to being klutzy Clark Kent, so the movie doesn't completely drown in its own good intentions.
  12. The Whole Ten Yards
    Strenuously unfunny sequel.
  13. The Brave
    The story is nonsensical, the filmmaking is monotonous, and the acting - aside from Marlon Brando's brilliant cameo as the cultist - is weak. [14 May 1997, p.14]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  14. Congo
    One thing is certain: It's a bomb trying to be a hit, and at that it'll never succeed.
  15. Bride Wars
    By comparison, Bride Wars makes "Sex and the City" seem like Jane Austen.
  16. Jawbreaker
    Unoriginal.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Dirty Work
    Crass, juvenile, ribald. [19 Jun 1998, p.B2]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  18. Tales of Erotica
    Three brief comedies filmed in English for a German television series. The most thoughtful is Seidelman's contribution, The Dutch Master."
  19. Solarbabies
    The movie's most original features are the awfulness of the dialogue and the hamminess of Richard Jordan's performance as a Nazilike policeman. He seems to have given up on the project long before director Alan Johnson ran out of film. [28 Nov 1986, p.39]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  20. Kazaam
    The plot is hamstrung by trite formulas, and there's too much violence and family tension for very young viewers. Shaquille O'Neal is likable as the title character, though.
  21. Speed 2: Cruise Control
    It's all idiotic but energetic, directed by Jan De Bont in his usual techno-action style.
  22. Hollow Man
    This is fatuous twaddle with a nasty, misogynistic edge.
  23. Godsend
    How could such a high-octane cast produce such low-octane horror?
  24. The Love Guru
    What links all these characters is Myers's gift for antic, elfin burlesque. He's like a second-best Peter Sellers.
    • 23 Metascore
    • 38 Critic Score
    Another 48 Hrs.
    The story is mostly a rehash of the original "48 Hrs.," with the same hard-boiled mixture of violence and wisecracks. Directed by Walter Hill, who specializes in this kind of thing and gives it a certain conviction, if little else. [13 Jul 1990, p.10]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  26. Jack and Jill
    Adam Sandler plays a dual role in Jack and Jill, and he's a lot better as Jill than as Jack.
  27. Couples Retreat
    It's the audience for this film that will require therapy.
  28. Bats
    Violent and vapid, but the visual jolts may please horror buffs.
    • 22 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    The Bounty Hunter
    At points, the film sinks below the level of competent.
  30. Revolution
    Rarely has a film poured so much energy into generating fiery emotions, yet remained so icy cold in its effect...Revolution has been dazzlingly shot by cinematographer Bernard Lutic in a process called System 35, but so much visual grandeur seems more embarrassing than engaging when the dramatic element is such a mess.
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