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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. Bamboozled
    It's a unique blend of history and hysteria, and there's no escaping the dead-serious ideas that run beneath its flamboyant surface.
  2. Meet the Parents
    Many belly laughs.
  3. Requiem for a Dream
    Solid acting helps the story stay earthbound when Aronofsky's filmmaking gets addicted to its own flashy cynicism, but the picture sometimes seems as dazed and confused as the situations it wants to criticize.
  4. Girlfight
    Rodriguez's acting almost scores a knockout even though the movie's directing and dialogue are fairly routine.
  5. Remember the Titans
    It has a good heart, though, and makes an amiable introduction to the integration battles of the '60s and '70s.
  6. Double Parked
    Too many clichés and too much uneven acting dilute its impact.
  7. Dancer in the Dark
    The song-and-dance numbers that make this musical tragedy a celebration of life despite its awfully grim climax.
  8. Left Luggage
    The drama has compelling moments and touches of imagination, but it relies more on sentiment than sense in conveying its messages about faith, family, and tradition.
  9. Under Suspicion
    Good acting and an effectively claustrophobic mood compensate for a story that doesn't add up to much in the long run.
  10. On the Run
    The action is fast, furious, and occasionally quite funny.
  11. Human Resources
    This superbly acted, expressively filmed story offers a rare blend of compelling drama, ethical awareness, and sheer human emotion.
  12. Goya in Bordeaux
    The meandering story doesn't gather much momentum and Vittorio Storaro's camera work is less awesome than usual.
  13. 30 Days
    The comedy as a whole is very slight.
  14. Bait
    The comically tinged action is as lively as it is brainless, and it revels in violence a bit less eagerly than many thrillers of its ilk.
  15. Urbania
    The story evokes a lot of varied emotions, but none runs more than an inch below skin deep.
  16. Duets
    Too crisp and calculated to match the moods of its wild and woolly characters, and its interwoven subplots lead to predictable outcomes.
  17. Paragraph 175
    Victimization of homosexuals during the Holocaust era has often been overlooked. Epstein and Friedman lucidly recount this woeful history, with help from Everett's articulate narration.
  18. Almost Famous
    Fugit gives a starmaking performance as the teenage reporter, and Crudup and Lee are excellent as the band's lead guitarist and singer, respectively.
  19. Pola X
    Carax's cinematic imagination makes it worth viewing by movie buffs with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for explicit sex.
  20. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    Tavernier's compassionate views and long filmmaking experience shine through this eloquently acted drama.
  21. Nurse Betty
    Zellweger is as charming as ever, and it's good to find LaBute working with a script by writers who don't fully share his crabbed, cramped view of human nature.
  22. Solas
    Splendidly acted, sensitively directed.
  23. The Watcher
    The picture's real interest lies in detailing the villain's sadistic crimes, though, and this is rarely fun or edifying to watch.
  24. Titanic Town
    Michell treats the Irish troubles of the 1970s with clear-eyed compassion, and Walters's performance ranks with her best.
  25. Madadayo
    Wordy, wearying drama.
  26. Bring It On
    The story is as simple as the average football cheer, but the dialogue has amusing echoes of "Clueless," and Dunst and Bradford make a mighty cute couple.
  27. Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire
    Henderson steals the show as an elderly African-American man befriended by one of the main characters.
  28. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
    The archival and interview footage is priceless.
  29. The Original Kings of Comedy
    Sometimes they're truly hilarious; sometimes they're lazy enough to milk laughs from scattershot vulgarity.
  30. Steal This Movie
    This superficial treatment makes so many dubious decisions - oversimplifying issues, for instance, so there'll be more time for high-flying emotion - that 1960s veterans may be moved to protest rather than praise.
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