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For 6,818 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 20 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,006 out of 6818
  2. Mixed: 3,654 out of 6818
  3. Negative: 158 out of 6818
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  1. Junebug
    The scenario may be overly familiar, but the low-key approach and engaging performances make this an unexpected delight.
  2. Must Love Dogs
    Less than crowd-pleasing chick flick livened up by John Cusack’s self-penned one-liners.
  3. Sky High
    As derivative as it all may be, it’s still superb entertainment.
  4. Stealth
    On one level, Stealth is technically breathtaking, viscerally thrilling action cinema of the highest order. On another, it is slavering, state-of-the-art war porn.
  5. The Aristocrats
    Guaranteed to offend, but also guaranteed to leave you in spasms of laughter.
  6. Hustle & Flow
    As soon as Howard steps up to the mic, the movie crackles to life.
  7. The Island
    Like its slack-jawed clones, The Island is full of energy and incredibly pretty but burdened with only the minimum of smarts.
  8. The Devil's Rejects
    It’s uncomfortably the work of someone who thinks mass murder is cool and has no feeling for regular humans.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Last Days
    A beguiling work of some beauty, this is a further move into a world of hypnotic, observational cinema for Gus Van Sant. But in the end, the detached style has the power to alienate as much as to enthral.
  10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Witty, wonderful and wildly imaginative, Burton’s first proper ‘family movie’ since "Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure" delivers a sugar rush that’ll last for days.
  11. Wedding Crashers
    Wedding Crashers doesn't quite live up to its promise, but through no fault of its off-the-wall cast.
  12. Fantastic Four
    Fleetingly enjoyable in very short bursts, this is the most cynically constructed event movie in recent memory, its heart purely in its wallet. A fantastic bore.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Murderball
    A leftfield sports documentary that's as insightful and thought-provoking as it is fast and furious.
  14. Saraband
    Insightful as ever but a little dated in the set-up and treatment of the shooting.
  15. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
    Simmering study of a petty hood-cum-wannabe pianist succumbing to his innate violent side - but there might be a touch too much ivory tinkling for some.
  16. War of the Worlds
    Dark and stormy, even gloomy, this is a distinctly autumnal blockbuster from the man who invented summer.
  17. Bewitched
    It’s neither funny nor charming enough, proving a disappointing treatment of fabulous source material.
  18. Land of the Dead
    Inventive suspense, spiky characters, outrageous horror and wicked satire. Welcome back, George - you've been away too long.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rize
    For all its flaws, it's thrilling viewing whenever LaChapelle opts to show rather than tell.
  20. Yes
    Flawed but very original.
  21. March of the Penguins
    It's a missed opportunity to make a great documentary, but still decent family entertainment, with awe-inspiring Antarctic scenery and some very cute stars.
  22. Herbie Fully Loaded
    This strict adherence to formula is wearing for anyone over ten, but worse is Lohan.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Me and You and Everyone We Know
    A frank look at 21st century mores, this succeeds in saying new things about anxieties as old as the human race.
  24. Batman Begins
    Significantly grittier than previous Bat-beginnings, this finds new things to do with, and say about, a character who's been around since 1938.
  25. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    A full-on action flick, subversive rom-com and weapons-grade star vehicle that’s drenched in Tinseltown glitz, from a director who knows how to put the money on the screen while his tongue’s firmly in his cheek.
  26. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D
    A bizarre, hopelessly muddled fantasy that's likely to induce utter bewilderment in its target audience.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Howl's Moving Castle
    Just as Miyazaki seemed on the verge of properly crossing over, he serves up an anime riddle wrapped in an enigma - though with all his usual charm, wit and hand-drawn beauty.
  28. Cinderella Man
    Delivers old-fashioned, "Shawshank Redemption"-style entertainment.
  29. Lords of Dogtown
    A hanging-out movie that’s as close as you’ll ever get to soaking up the time, the place and the attitude. Too slack for mainstream audiences, though.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    There are some engaging moments, but director Ken Kwapis fails to achieve a distinctive tone.
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