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For 16,524 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Sand Storm
Lowest review score: 0 Saw VI
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8,698 out of 16524
  2. Mixed: 5,809 out of 16524
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16524
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  1. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    A beautifully mounted and directed film that, despite the presence of Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow, is unexpectedly lacking in emotional impact.
  2. A Very Long Engagement
    A resolutely odd, occasionally absurd movie, but it's as charming and stylish as one could expect from this pair - if you like that sort of thing.
  3. Welcome to Mooseport
    Gene Hackman, bristling with wit and energy, is at his amusing best in the robust comedy.
  4. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    In this context Ferrell seems more than just comic relief. He's a reminder that the greatest, deepest laughter doesn't come at the expense of some other guy, but from the glints of self-recognition we get when the screen becomes our mirror.
  5. Garden State
    Garden State illuminates a young man's overdue coming of age with unexpected depth and grace.
  6. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    The dark sequel offers gorgeous images, with an updated and stylish design, but its characters' angst gets in the way of storytelling.
  7. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
    Call this a brooding comedy or a darkly whimsical drama, "Wilbur's" willingness to mix gallows humor and real sadness make it something on which labels do not easily fit.
  8. Bend It Like Beckham
    Smart, lively and altogether warmhearted dramatic comedy.
  9. Black Cat, White Cat
    Kusturica works marvels with his endlessly amusing cast, and his film has an appealingly free and easy tone.
  10. Finding Neverland
    Gently seductive, genuinely tender and often moving without being maudlin.
  11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Azkaban breaks free of all these shackles in its final hour. Working with the persuasive Thewlis and Oldman, able to focus his gifts on what's distinctive, dramatic and surprising about the story, Cuarón creates on screen the heartfelt magic that has enthralled so many on the page.
  12. Two Brothers
    Only the tigers, beautiful and dangerous, maintain their integrity. By staying true to themselves, they make nothing else matter.
  13. The Woodsman
    The film's core, anchored by a fine ensemble cast and a controlled, focused performance by Bacon, is completely solid.
  14. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
    Its instinctive, unstoppable cheerfulness can be, as all those millions of viewers have found, something of a tonic if you're in the mood.
  15. A Tale of Two Sisters
    A triumph of stylish, darkly absurdist horror that even manages to strike a chord of Shakespearean tragedy - and evokes a sense of wonder anew at all the terrible things people do to themselves and each other.
  16. The Aviator
    Tainted or not, Hughes' life was a remarkable one, and, flawed or not, Scorsese's film version deserves the same accolade.
  17. The Wings of the Dove
    Wings of the Dove is richly appointed and beautifully mounted, with lush location shooting in Venice given the place of honor.
  18. Volcano
    But a great sense of pace is a wonderful thing, and director Jackson and his crew (who made good use of hand-held and Steadicam shots and reportedly averaged an impressive 30 to 40 camera setups a day) move so quickly from shot to shot and location to location that viewers have a limited time to dwell on the film's predictable implausibilities.
  19. Face/Off
    In its best moments, Face/Off practically mainlines fury, leaving audiences no time to think or even breathe.
  20. Scent of a Woman
    But it's essentially a tour de force for Pacino, and he sustains us through the slow passages by working with a closed-in intensity that turns each scene into a kind of mini-movie complete with its own ticking time bomb. [23Dec1992 Pg. 1]
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  21. The Nutty Professor
    Tasteful, subtle and sophisticated are a few of the words that aren't going to be applied to Eddie Murphy's version of The Nutty Professor. But funny, funny is something else again.
  22. Bound
    In short, Bound is admittedly derivative, but it's such an amusing low-down entertainment it really doesn't matter.
  23. Kicking and Screaming
    Baumbach surely does make these characters, all of whom are impeccably acted, absolutely real, but at 25 he may be too close to the material to achieve the detachment from which irony and meaning flow.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
    He's so over-energized from the start you keep thinking he'll wear out his welcome pronto; an hour and a half later, his lunacy is still hard to take your eyes off. [04Feb1994 Pg. F6]
    • Los Angeles Times
  25. True Lies
    As the perfectionist creator of bravura set pieces, Cameron is still the leader of the pack. [14 Jul 1994 Pg. F1]
    • Los Angeles Times
  26. In the Line of Fire
    In truth, every part of this film trades so heavily on Eastwood's presence that it is impossible to imagine it with anyone else in the starring role. [09 Jul 1993 Pg. F1]
    • Los Angeles Times
  27. In the Name of the Father
    Strongly tied to a powerful underlying reality (though it inevitably tends to simplify), this film has the additional advantage of being concerned with the emotional truth of its key relationships, adding an unusual father and son story to its incendiary mix. [29 Dec 1993 Pg. F1]
    • Los Angeles Times
  28. Sleepless in Seattle
    We don't make those kind of Lubitsch-Wilder-Capra movies anymore, because it's hard to kid about what goes on behind bedroom walls when the bedroom doors have long since been flung open. So Ephron invents strategies to keep us, teased, outside the boudoir. [25 Jun 1993 Pg.F1]
    • Los Angeles Times
  29. The Santa Clause
    All of the film's technical and creative contributions are top-notch, but as it should be, it's the people who win us over. [11 Nov 1994 Pg. F10]
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  30. Walking and Talking
    It's a downright refreshing experience to be presented with people you can identify with, recognize yourself in them, without being asked to like them.
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