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For 3,750 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 56
Highest review score: 100 A Bread Factory Part Two: Walk With Me a While
Lowest review score: 0 Deuces Wild
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,540 out of 3750
  2. Mixed: 1,542 out of 3750
  3. Negative: 668 out of 3750
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  1. Adorenarin doraibu
    Not to mention the good-when-moody, best-when-raucous art-band soundtrack!
  2. Luminarias
    There are surprising grace notes in all the performances, and familiar, friendly faces pop up in supporting roles.
  3. The Big Kahuna
    It's a sweet chamber piece, beautifully played.
  4. Committed
    The best thing about Committed, though, is Krueger, a filmmaker who's not only willing to lead us into the well-traveled terrain of romantic comedy, but able to show us something new there.
  5. Frequency
    If the trailer for this one left you feeling you'd pretty much got it, plot point by plot point, so really why bother.
  6. Bossa Nova
    This suffocatingly pleasant cross between "Sliding Doors" and "Six Degrees of Separation" is barely rescued by one beautiful scene.
  7. The Idiots
    Becomes guilty of the very prejudice that his film has so obviously tried to subvert. It's too bad -- the rest of it is hilarious.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    Everything from the Rube Goldberg sets to the Jim Henson creatures is aimed squarely at a preschool audience.
  9. Timecode
    We're afforded the illusion of an omniscience so complete as to mark a pioneering breakthrough in movie storytelling, one not to be missed.
  10. Where the Heart Is
    Although its lushness and penchant for melodrama are the cinematic equivalent of Billy Sherrill's syrupy string arrangements for George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Charlie Rich circa 1973, the movie deftly manages to remain sweet without becoming saccharine.
  11. Croupier
    Immensely rich, clipped and precise, with a sly, sardonic sense of humor.
  12. Gossip
    Gossip is trash, but it's well-written, slickly directed trash.
  13. The Last September
    This is one of those rare times when a credit-heavy gathering of top film talents actually manages to produce a work of art.
  14. From the Edge of the City
    An impressive work that's ultimately undone by its excessive style.
  15. J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche
    Seems stuck in reverse.
  16. U-571
    A story as creaky as the sub that gives the film its name.
  17. The Virgin Suicides
    Sofia Coppola, who's directed the film from her own screenplay, narrowly misses making the story work on the screen.
  18. Love & Basketball
    Although the writing and the directing are smart and purposeful, the movie takes flight on the strength of its performances.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Keeping the Faith
    Unbearably talky and earnest in equal measure.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Girl Next Door
    Even more than the invasive procedures of her day job, or the casual humiliation by the raging misogynists drawn to this business, there's a virulent self-hatred on display that is palpably painful to watch.
  21. Set Me Free
    Maintains a reflective, bittersweet tone that's almost tactile.
    • 28 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Third World Cop
    Excels at suspense and atmosphere, despite the garden-variety plot and an unintentionally hilarious - credit sequence .
  23. American Psycho
    Cloaking (Bateman's) world in a hyperrealist light so sharp you could cut yourself on it, Harron keeps the violence minimal, over the top and ghoulishly funny.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    28 Days
    Has all the force of bubbles on air -- fun to look at, but exciting no emotion deeper than fleeting delight.
  25. Where the Money Is
    The romance and sheer fun that Where the Money Is packs into its swift 89 minutes follow from the sweet surprise that neither is threatened by the other.
  26. East Is East
    The proceedings are leavened also with a carefree sense of humor -- including some clever, jokey camera work -- and given depth by a cache of marvelous performances.
  27. Est - Ouest
    By the time the movie ends, having traversed numerous plot twists and character revelations, the viewer is emotionally drained in a bittersweet sort of way.
  28. Restaurant
    A sharp, upbeat, well-wrought meditation on love and race that kicks the new year in movies off to a terrific start.
  29. La sindrome di Stendhal
    Strangely drab.
  30. Southpaw
    The small-town Irish feel of the movie is infectious, and McGrath uncovers some great supporting players.
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