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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. Shower
    Superbly acted, cleverly written, sensitively directed.
  2. But I'm a Cheerleader
    As featherweight as its title, but Lyonne gives a winning performance and the mischievous story packs a few good laughs.
  3. The Perfect Storm
    Dive right in if you're looking for an old-fashioned entertainment that delivers corny romance, turbulent action, and enough wave-churning seascapes to make "Titanic" seem landlocked.
  4. The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    Crammed with show-biz jokes that younger kids won't fathom, but the action is so quick and colorful that they probably won't mind.
  5. Trixie
    The acting is solid and the heroine's quirky dialogue is amusing for a while. But repetitious writing and a weakly constructed story turn the promising premise into a disappointing mishmash of crime, politics, and show business.
  6. The Patriot
    What might have been a treat for history buffs and a refresher course for the rest of us turns into just another occasion to watch Gibson shoot guns, swing tomahawks, and wreak other kinds of havoc on enemies we've been primed to hate.
  7. Me, Myself & Irene
    Carrey gives an awesome comic performance.. Look out for huge amounts of deliberately disgusting, gross-out humor, though.
  8. Chicken Run
    The suspense isn't exactly breathtaking, but there are some mighty fine laughs in this clever Claymation cartoon.Family fun for all.
  9. Titan A.E.
    Unabashed "Star Wars" clone.
  10. Shaft
    The plot is a shameless plea for vigilante violence, and the dignity of the black hero is outweighed by the ethnically marked evil of his Hispanic antagonist. Beneath its crisp veneer, much of the movie is a high-energy hymn to hate.
  11. Jesus' Son
    The latter element joins with Crudup's excellent acting to make this deliberately scruffy tale a worthwhile experience if you can handle its explicitly sordid subplots.
  12. Humanité
    Dumont's cinematic style is aggressively physical and philosophical at the same time. It irritates as many viewers as it inspires, but it prompts more thought than ordinary movies ever do.
  13. Butterfly Tongues
    A powerful ending lends a strong emotional charge to this prettily filmed drama, but too much of the story is taken up with romantic clichés about the everyday challenges of childhood.
  14. Sunshine
    The filmmaking is uninspired and Fiennes inexplicably plays three different characters with exactly the same acting style.
  15. Love's Labour's Lost
    It's all very colorful, but the movie's diverse elements clash as often as they cooperate.
  16. Gone in Sixty Seconds
    How did a dignified pro like Duvall get stuck in this fender-bender?
  17. Grass
    A revealing, often amusing, sometimes disturbing look at the history and politics of marijuana use in American society.
  18. Passion of Mind
    The acting is sincere and the camera work is pretty, but this art-movie variation on "The Sixth Sense" doesn't have enough energy to fulfill the high promise of Berliner's previous picture, the enchanting "Ma vie en rose."
  19. Kikujirô no natsu
    Kitano's first major comedy is loose and likable.
  20. 8 ½ Women
    This visually intricate fantasia combines his (Greenaway's) extraordinary cinematic imagination with a story and characters less compelling than those in his best works.
  21. Mission: Impossible II
    Woo's patented pyrotechnics - intricate editing, acrobatic camera movements, slow-motion mayhem - lend intermittent sparks to the violent action sequences, but the two-dimensional characters have little personality.
  22. Luminous Motion
    Fine acting and creative directing lend three-dimensional life to this absorbing story, which blends dreamlike elements with sharply etched drama and touches of pure cinematic ingenuity.
  23. Small Time Crooks
    The plot is lively and the dialogue packs many good laughs.
  24. Center Stage
    Rarely has a dance movie done so many cinematic pirouettes with such a graceful sense of audience-pleasing fun.
  25. Hamlet
    The acting is smart and gritty, Almereyda's visual style has a raw immediacy found in few films with Shakespearean pedigrees, and an eclectic music score adds atmosphere and surprise every step of the way.
  26. Dream of Light
    Visually ravishing -- an exquisite movie.
  27. Into My Heart
    The plot isn't very original, but the acting and dialogue have a low-key realism that packs more emotional punch than a dozen of the standard-issue romantic dramas crowding the independent-film scene.
  28. La Nouvelle Ève
    Viard's energetic acting is the French production's most memorable asset.
  29. Up at the Villa
    The story has old-fashioned characters and situations, and Haas has sensibly filmed it in an old-fashioned way, stressing visual appeal rather than the story's sordid undertones. The acting is excellent, too.
  30. I Dreamed of Africa
    The story is inspirational in a superficial way, but the filmmakers focus so exclusively on their attractive heroine that the picture loses any real connection with Africa.
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