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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. The Forgotten
    A premise neutered by daft supernatural shenanigans, which raise as many questions as they answer.
  2. Moog
    Yet in spite of the affable Mr. Moog, the mood remains distant, too fetishistic to be passionate. Great noises, though.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Take
    Politically powerful, but filmically flawed.
  4. Wimbledon
    The tennis itself is ridiculously far-fetched, and yet this may still be the best tennis movie ever made.
  5. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    For its writer-director, Sky Captain was a labour of love. For almost everyone else - including the wooden cast - it’s just a labour.
  6. Silver City
    Smart, intriguing, funny and sad, with some primo wisecracking dialogue.
  7. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    The visuals are an animation student's wet dream, the dialogue an English student's nightmare - but for Japanimation fans it's a big-screen must-see.
  8. Goodbye, Dragon Inn
    Wry and haunting.
  9. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
    The chief horror here is the cliffhanger promising a third instalment.
  10. Criminal
    Apart from an irritating plot glitch this is a solidly entertaining ride, more than competently directed and played.
  11. Reconstruction
    Both women are impeccably played by Maria Bonnevie.
  12. Wicker Park
    Aside from Rose Byrne's complex performance, there's nothing here that improves upon the original.
  13. Vanity Fair
    A serious misfire.
  14. Hero
    The comparisons are inevitable, so let's get them out of the way. Hero is a better film than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
    • 40 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
    Exactly as ordinary as you're already expecting it's going to be.
  16. Without a Paddle
    Disappointing.
  17. Exorcist: The Beginning
    It isn’t quite hell, but clambering to the end of this dusty remnant of an idea is certainly purgatory.
  18. End of the Century
    A gripping insight into the problems faced by men trying to sustain interest in playing the music of their youth.
  19. Mean Creek
    Estes enriches the plot by refusing to present each character's emotional dilemmas in black-and-white terms.
  20. Red Lights
    Accomplished and assured.
  21. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
    Fans beware - your fave two sci-fi franchises have been stripped of all their guile and maturity.
  22. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie
    No doubt its small fans are thrilled, but even young kids will have to be pretty undemanding to enjoy this mess.
  23. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    If you're looking for a film to put you off marriage, children, affairs, and indeed life itself, look no further than this melancholic ensemble piece about listless adulterous couples in small-town New England.
  24. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    Perhaps the best film ever aimed at eight year-old girls to be directed by a 69 year-old man.
  25. Collateral
    Perhaps the best premise for thrills since "Speed," only this time the bad guy’s on board and the battle of wits is more philosophical debate than pop quiz.
  26. Little Black Book
    Yeah. Light and fluffy it may be, but this is undeniably entertaining stuff.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Code 46
    Cinematography, production design and music are all top-notch, but the film largely succeeds because of the leads -- two fine actors at the top of their game.
  28. Open Water
    This isn’t your average against-the-odds survival story.
  29. Stander
    This needs its 'based on a true story' caption because otherwise you'd never believe it.
  30. The Manchurian Candidate
    A cracking conspiracy thriller that's well-cast, slyly satirical and -- as a solid, glossy, contemporised remix of a classic -- rings enough creepy changes to surprise.
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