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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. Songs from the Second Floor
    In place of a conventional plot, this utterly unique Swedish movie offers a series of related episodes -- Some are funny, some are tragic, all are dreamlike and unpredictable, suggesting that the 21st century will be a lot weirder and wackier than we expect.
  2. Black Rain
    Weir had a truly magical touch in early films like this 1977 masterpiece, which offers a transfixing excursion into the "dream time" of Australian myth.
  3. In Satmar Custody
    Stranger than fiction, indeed.
  4. George Washington
    Green tells the tale through leisurely, eye-catching shots that allow the young cast members to imbue their characters with striking credibility and intensity.
  5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    Kubrick's great 1964 tragicomedy about superpowers on the nuclear brink continues to fascinate new generations of moviegoers, as its frequent reissues attest. A genuine classic.
  6. Last Life in the Universe
    Moody, atmospheric, and bewitching, like other first-rate examples of modern Thai cinema.
  7. Felicia's Journey
    Egoyan's cinematic brilliance shows up intermittently in this atmospheric thriller, which gains most of its punch from Hoskins's surprisingly subtle performance.
  8. This Is Spinal Tap
    The rock scene hasn't been the same since this hilarious 1984 comedy.
  9. In the Loop
    Hands down the funniest movie I've seen all year and also the smartest.
  10. Masculine Feminine
    Masterly by any measure.
  11. Glengarry Glen Ross
    On screen as on the stage, Glengarry Glen Ross is a powerhouse experience - forcefully written, bruisingly performed, and one of the most thoughtful American films in recent memory. [29 Sep 1992, p.11]
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  12. In Darkness
    The reason we feel so close to Socha, a man who at first seems nothing more than a racist scoundrel, is that his moral odyssey, with its advances and retreats, is so emotionally believable.
  13. The Blonds
    What distinguishes the movie is its inventive, multifaceted way of questioning whether the "truth" of past events can ever be separated from the memories, longings, and scanty evidence that inextricably surrounds it.
  14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
    The New Wave of Romanian cinema is the most exciting in the world right now. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is its latest masterpiece.
  15. Elf
    It's a terrific movie, smart and funny enough to hold up at any time of year.
  16. Cinderella Man
    In sum, the classical Ron Howard and his splendid cast have made a spellbinding movie that joins "Million Dollar Baby," as well as "Raging Bull," the first two "Rocky" pictures, and "Fat City" as one of boxing cinema's all-time heavyweight champs.
  17. A Mighty Heart
    Stunning.
  18. Mystic River
    This kind of quiet ambiguity, avoiding easy answers to complex human conflicts, is all too rare in American movies.
  19. The Secret World of Arrietty
    A marvelously captivating animated feature.
  20. Performance
    Put Roeg's powerful cinematic style on the cultural map.
  21. Breathless
    Godard brought to the screen the jagged, intuitive temperament of youth in a way that nobody else had ever done before.
  22. Los Angeles Plays Itself
    Smart, funny, stimulating.
  23. Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    Magical movie, which has brilliant fun with the contrasts between film and theater, love and infatuation, reality and fantasy.
  24. Ten
    Iran's greatest filmmaker is fond of stripping personalities bare through conversations they have while riding in cars. Here he pushes his favorite dramatic device to its limit.
  25. The Specialist
    An astonishing human, political, and historical document.
  26. My Architect
    Obviously a profoundly personal film, but it's also a smartly conducted tour through the world of building and design that Kahn towered over during the most successful phases of his career.
  27. Winter's Bone
    Granik filmed in actual locations and enlisted many locals as actors. They blend unobtrusively with the professionals in the cast.
  28. Robot Dreams
    [Berger] honors the animation medium by investing it with a full range of feeling – just as if he were making a movie with real people. This is another way of saying that “Robot Dreams” is a film for adults perhaps even more than for children. I
  29. My Mother's Smile
    This superbly filmed Italian drama stands with Bellocchio's best work. Originally titled "Ora di religione."
  30. The Shape of Things
    LaBute is coming of age as an artist, and his future looks brighter than I ever would have suspected a year ago. Enfant terrible or not, he's starting to become a substantial figure in American film.
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