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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. That Obscure Object of Desire
    Cinema's greatest surrealist is at the peak of his powers in the last movie of his unparalleled career.
  2. The Winslow Boy
    This is the kind of movie that literate viewers pine for, laced with gracefulness and wit.
  3. Million Dollar Baby
    It's an ideal match, and Eastwood deserves accolades as both director and star of this powerfully made picture.
  4. Sorry, Baby
    The extraordinary tact and compassion with which Victor dramatizes Agnes’s assault and its aftermath allows us to see this story for what it truly is – a diary of personal reclamation.
  5. This Ain't No Heartland
    What emerges most strongly, though, is a staggering degree of ignorance among everyday Americans about the basic meanings of democracy, liberty, and national security. [20 Aug 2004, p.15]
    • Christian Science Monitor
  6. A Letter to True
    It's all deliberately homemade and raggedy, and that's where its charm comes from, along with the delightful old-music score.
  7. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    The director of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" scores his most funny-sad movie to date.
  8. Far From Heaven
    Easily the best American film so far this year, Far From Heaven is close to perfect.
  9. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    Technical virtuosity and entertainment ingenuity.
    • Christian Science Monitor
  10. Fateless
    This is a Holocaust movie that is so relentlessly observed and so aware of woe that it never feels like it belongs to a genre.
  11. 3 Women
    Written and directed by a brilliant screen artist at the peak of his powers, it's an utterly original comedy-drama.
  12. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Spellbinding.
  13. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    And yet the great conundrum of the Holocaust is that it was perpetrated by human beings, not monsters. Few movies have rendered this puzzle so powerfully.
  14. The Ninth Day
    This is moviemaking on the highest dramatic, psychological, and moral plane.
  15. My Kid Could Paint That
    Amir Bar-Lev's documentary is fascinating on all kinds of levels: as a movie about the nature of art, the lure and pitfalls of celebrity, and the complicated conundrums of parenting.
  16. Fahrenheit 9/11
    Moore makes no pretense of being "fair and balanced." He makes a passionate case for his own perspective, and invites us to agree with him or not. "I fulminate, you decide" could be his motto.
  17. Afterimage
    The irony of Afterimage is that it champions an avant-garde artist, warts and all, and yet Wajda’s stylistics here are conventional and understated.
  18. The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    Required viewing for anyone interested in the struggle for American racial equality.
  19. A Decade Under the Influence
    It's illuminating and nostalgic and for anyone who lined up for American movies in that bygone golden age.
  20. The Cup
    The first feature-length movie from Bhutan tells its lighthearted story through smart performances, appealing images, and unfailing good humor.
  21. Distant
    Mood, atmosphere, and character are more important than story twists in this unassuming, acutely observant drama.
  22. Chunhyangdyun
    This astoundingly beautiful Korean production is poignant, original, and engrossing.
  23. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
    A must-see account that casts a harshly illuminating light on a key period of recent American history.
  24. Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
    Hollywood censors made Wilder reshoot one scene, but the original version has been rediscovered; while it's tame by today's standards, it makes the movie's caustic social commentary more potent than ever.
  25. The Holy Girl
    Superbly cast, evocatively directed.
  26. Since Otar Left
    Everything about this subtly directed drama enhances its pathos and humor, especially an astonishing performance by Gorintin, a 90-something woman only a few years into her acting career.
  27. Return to the Land of Wonders
    The filmmaker keeps things lively by roaming far and wide with her camera, returning to the statesmanship side of the documentary often enough to let us follow relevant events as they unfold.
  28. Child's Pose
    A lousy title for a marvelous movie.
  29. Grin Without a Cat
    It reconfirms Marker as one of the most serious-minded and artistically gifted filmmakers in France, or anywhere else.
  30. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
    The filmmaking is meticulous and the ideas are endlessly thought-provoking.
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