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For 1,518 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Final Destination 3
Lowest review score: 0 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 678 out of 1518
  2. Mixed: 604 out of 1518
  3. Negative: 236 out of 1518
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  1. Around the World in 80 Days
    Among the several iterations of Jules Verne's novel about the inventor's adventures whilst traipsing through England, Asia and the Wild West, this new one is the least impressive and most depressive. Even the 1989 made-for-TV version starring Pierce Brosnan possessed more spark and steam than this lazy, lackluster take.
  2. An Unfinished Life
    Perhaps realizing that rare performances in snoozers like "The Horse Whisperer" and "The Last Castle" weren't doing him (Redford) any favors, he seems to have entered a new phase in his career, with a wealth of old man roles now open to him. He was very good in last year's "The Clearing;" he's better in this.
  3. Imagine Me & You
    If you're going to fall for this movie, you're going to have to buy not only the idea that adultery is excusable if you're "following your heart," but also that following your heart amounts to falling in love at first sight, a formulation that seems adolescent at best.
  4. Me, Myself & Irene
    Carrey and the Farrellys are equal-opportunity offenders.
  5. The Price of Milk
    This sort of thing is the problem with making stuff up as you go along.
  6. The Emperor's Club
    Emperor gives off a distinctly musty odor -- not least because Kline's character.
  7. Scary Movie 3
    A bucket of crap, but at well under 90 minutes it's a small bucket, and half the crap is amusing.
  8. Pitch Black
    It's just a familiar bore, offering chills and thrills only to those who have never seen a movie before.
  9. Romance
    The fact that Romance was written and directed by a woman doesn't make the film any better; it simply makes it objectionable on other grounds.
  10. Rosenstrasse
    It is unfortunate that von Trotta does not trust her audience enough to think for themselves -- her themes are carved on a sledgehammer en route to our skulls.
  11. A Lot Like Love
    An entertainment success, a triple threat of fresh writing, inspired directing, and, yes, good acting.
  12. Secuestro express
    It's a skillfully made film, but not especially fun to watch, and the apparent thesis that poverty justifies such acts doesn't quite wash.
  13. Titan A.E.
    Is it worth the goofy characters and weak story for the effects and action sequences? Absolutely.
  14. Remember the Titans
    Its heart is in the right place, but it has no soul.
  15. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
    Nothing deeper than a stale retread, it seems. And this is coming from a critic who listed the original "Charlie's Angels" movie as one of the top five films of 2000.
  16. Brother Bear
    Fortunately the film's humor kicks in with McKenzie Brothers Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas stealing the show as a dopey pair of moose. Could've done without Phil Collins's generic, annoying tunes.
  17. Bush's Brain
    The movie, which feels as amateurish as a student film made for cable access, doesn't deliver the goods; the gotcha moment never comes.
  18. Spanglish
    Never quite works, despite the wonderful performances or the decency in the screenplay's margins.
  19. Tears of the Sun
    The movie remains engaging, with a couple of sequences verging on stunning.
  20. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
    All Sinbad has going for it is Pfeiffer's Eris.
  21. 50 First Dates
    If you've never seen a Sandler movie, however, this isn't the one to start with. Proceed only if you're sure you like the guy.
  22. Ju-on: The Grudge
    This trifle is better approached as a suburban haunted-house attraction thrown by enthusiastically confused teenagers. It's a little bit eerie, completely disjointed and sporadically amusing--kind of like "Lost in Translation," but with wanton slaughter. Do not expect more.
  23. Scary Movie
    Actually quite amusing, thanks mainly to a script that keeps the gags flying so fast that even though so many of them are bad, they're quickly followed by something new, and occasionally something good.
  24. Chicken Little
    If Chicken Little were in 3-D, shown in a theme park as you sit in motion simulators, the lame gags might not be so much of a problem.
  25. Vertical Limit
    Vertical Limit represents another kind of propaganda--namely the current Hollywood notion that the bigger and louder and longer a movie is, the more people will want to see it, even if that means getting numbed before your popcorn's cold.
  26. The Santa Clause 2
    Once more, Tim Allen drops a lump of coal down the chimney.
  27. The Core
    Sometimes the laughs here seem unintentional, but most giggles are properly earned, and the movie's fun and exciting if you can accept its inherent camp factor.
  28. The Dust Factory
    Turns out to be one of the most original and imaginative children's films in a long time.
  29. The Longest Yard
    It strains to be funny where the original's gags were efficiently deadpan, yet it's also so unbearably lazy, stooping to cliché and caricature when it backs itself into the shower.
  30. The Great Raid
    When it comes to World War II movies, you may never have seen one like this before -- if only because it's like three different movies at the same time.
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