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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. Titus
    One of Hollywood's bloodiest and goofiest adaptations.
  2. Galaxy Quest
    The story is silly, the acting is campy, the effects are amusingly tacky. A mildly entertaining romp that pokes refreshing fun at its own occasional violence.
  3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    The picture has fine ensemble acting and superb Italian scenery. It would have more power if it were shorter and tighter.
  4. Any Given Sunday
    The characters are hardly original...but Stone puts them into play with his usual fever-pitch gusto, producing what's probably the most heart-pounding gridiron movie ever made.
  5. Angela's Ashes
    The end result smacks more of Hollywood melodrama than true compassion for the suffering poor.
  6. Man on the Moon
    Less a biography than an essay on theatrical illusion and the changing nature of comedy. Love it or hate it, you've never seen anything quite like it.
  7. Snow Falling on Cedars
    Too chilly and distanced to build the emotional impact it would like to have.
  8. Girl, Interrupted
    For a movie about people with hugely complicated inner lives, this sadly unconvincing drama stays resolutely on the surface, rarely hinting at anything like an insight or idea.
  9. Topsy-Turvy
    Brilliantly acted, sumptuously filmed, and overflowing with mellifluous music.
  10. Anna and the King
    Doesn't develop enough momentum to justify its too-long running time.
  11. Stuart Little
    Lacks the subtle sense of mystery that distinguished E.B. White's lovely novel, but nicely conveys its playful spirit and amiable tone.
  12. Bicentennial Man
    Kids may yawn at the movie's dawdling pace.
  13. Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
    Has a mixture of strengths and limitations often found in historical epics: lots of eye-filling action and spectacle, little in the way of psychology or human interest.
  14. Magnolia
    There's precious little to think about despite the screenplay's comic-philosophical musings on fate and coincidence.
  15. The Cider House Rules
    Leaves out portions of John Irving's novel that would have given it more balance and perspective, but the acting by Maguire and Caine is first-rate by any standard.
  16. Cradle Will Rock
    Some may find the movie too crowded and preachy to serve as a meaningful history lesson, but it will delight anyone who thinks our cynical age could benefit from recalling the vigorous idealism and venturesome artistry of a bygone era.
  17. The Green Mile
    Its view of spiritual healing is closer to Spielberg fantasy than religious insight. Still, its good acting and good intentions will be enough to please many viewers.
  18. Stir of Echoes
    Director Koepp relies more heavily on editing tricks than old-fashioned atmosphere.
  19. Agnes Browne
    The material is familiar and the ending is corny, but Huston's acting and directing keep the comedy-drama likable if not very imaginative.
  20. The End of the Affair
    Splendid acting helps Jordan achieve most of his goals, although some may find the romantic and religious elements an uneasy mixture.
  21. A Map of the World
    Weaver is superb in a movie as scary and provocative as the timely subject it explores.
  22. Holy Smoke
    Campion is an imaginative filmmaker, but here she reduces a fascinating subject to a two-character soap opera that often seems contrived on both spiritual and psychological levels.
  23. Sweet and Lowdown
    Penn's excellent acting doesn't raise his character above the level of familiar clichés about woman-chasing jazzmen.
  24. Tumbleweeds
    The story is as rambling as the characters, but superb acting by McTeer and Brown goes a long way toward redeeming it.
  25. Ride with the Devil
    The movie is longer and slower than necessary, but it explores interesting questions of wartime violence, personal integrity, and what it means to come of age in a society ripping apart at the seams.
  26. End of Days
    Too bad (Arnold) can't save the movie from it's superstitious clap-trap, sadistic violence, and sheer silliness.
  27. Toy Story 2
    The story is surprising, the screenplay is witty, and the animation is wonderfully creative. A super sequel.
  28. Flawless
    This noisy, disorganized story is riddled with clichés, stereotypes, and self-indulgence from beginning to end.
  29. The World Is Not Enough
    If moviegoers really thought about the violence, sexism, and materialism at the core of the series, the whole shebang might vanish overnight.
  30. Sleepy Hollow
    Lots of brilliant filmmaking and high-spirited acting, at least until the story turns repetitious and formulaic in the last 30 minutes.
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