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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. Brothers
    A triumph of psychological drama, owing as much to Ms. Bier's sensitive style as to Anders Thomas Jensen's smart screenplay, based on Bier's own story idea.
  2. Writer of O
    Touching and sentimental.
  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Amiably bland actors can be fun to watch, as Tom Hanks has proved. Freeman is no Hanks, though, and The Hitchhiker's Guide won't boost anyone's career into hyperspace. Or give your mind a workout.
  4. xXx: State of the Union
    Most of the movie is standard action fare, but the political commentary is interesting when it's allowed to surface.
  5. 3-Iron
    Quiet, mysterious, sometimes violent, ultimately close to sublime.
  6. Another Road Home
    It's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples.
  7. Death of a Dynasty
    The picture repeats itself a lot, but Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business.
  8. The Holy Girl
    Superbly cast, evocatively directed.
  9. Ladies in Lavender.
    Dance's directorial debut isn't exciting, but it's deeply felt and engagingly acted. Why doesn't he take more advantage of the story's opportunities for fine music, though?
  10. Stalin's Wife
    There's interesting material about Soviet history, but searching for answers about the revolutionary's spouse turns out to be less than engrossing.
  11. Wild Safari 3D
    For close-up views of large African animals in the wild, this IMAX spectacle is hard to beat. However, the film takes up too much of its brief running time tracking down the photogenic beasts.
  12. The Interpreter
    A swiftly told, smartly acted yarn, and it even has an idea or two on its mind.
  13. A Lot Like Love
    What's the point of the picture, except to allow Kutcher fans occasional peeks at acting talent he usually keeps hidden?
  14. Double Dare
    Entertaining documentary about stuntwomen who do risky business for a living.
  15. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Spellbinding.
  16. The Man Who Copied
    Furtado's comic thriller is a telling commentary on modern avarice in Brazil and elsewhere, which touches on everything from "The Simpsons" to "Rear Window" along the way. Too bad it runs out of ideas before the overlong story is over.
  17. Save the Green Planet!
    Very inventive, but stay away if you can't stomach over-the-top violence.
  18. The Amityville Horror
    This remake stays close to the eponymous 1979 horror movie it's based on, except for being precisely 10,000 times scarier.
  19. House of D
    House of D, arrives in theaters this week, after debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. I'm sorry to report it's the opposite of impressive.
  20. The Girl from Monday
    There's heavy influence from the "Brave New World" brand of dystopian fantasy, but engaging performances and a stylized visual approach lend it originality.
  21. Palindromes
    Like all this adventurous filmmaker's work, it's truly one of a kind.
  22. Eros
    The best is "Equilibrium" by Soderbergh, about a man being analyzed by a distracted shrink.
  23. Winter Solstice
    As quietly dazzling as a small, very precious stone.
  24. Major Dundee (re-release)
    It's not a masterpiece, but its story of Civil War enemies banding together for battle against Indian warriors and French soldiers packs an occasional wallop.
  25. In Satmar Custody
    Stranger than fiction, indeed.
  26. Control
    If it weren't so smartly filmed and acted, this might add up to an over-the-top mess. But watch how inventively Mr. Antal keeps the action moving and you'll see why his picture has won a passel of prizes.
  27. Look at Me
    While Jaoui's film is interesting to watch, it dawdles enough to lose its storytelling grip.
  28. Odessa... Odessa!
    This leisurely, transfixing movie is much more interested in nostalgic atmosphere than "educational" facts.
  29. Guess Who
    Sadly it's been botched. Guess Who serves up such flat dialogue and stilted situations that it's hard to sit through.
  30. The Ballad of Jack and Rose
    Smart and engrossing, if too heavy on the symbolism at times.
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