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For 16,522 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: 8,697 out of 16522
  2. Mixed: 5,808 out of 16522
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16522
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  1. The Tunnel
    It is the kind of superbly crafted, intelligent entertainment — a classic suspense thriller — that nowadays is as welcome as it is rare.
  2. Mad Hot Ballroom
    A documentary experience to savor. Warm, funny and very difficult to resist, this engaging film combines the charm of "Spellbound" with the kinetic energy of "Strictly Ballroom" in a way that will make you want to laugh, cry and do a little dancing yourself, maybe all at the same time.
  3. Tell Them Who You Are
    A remarkable work -- lively, painful, humorous, deeply revealing of both father and son -- that is worthy of one of Hollywood's finest directors of photography.
  4. Batman Begins
    A carefully thought out and consummately well-made piece of work, a serious comic-book adaptation that is driven by story, psychology and reality, not special effects.
  5. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    Optimistic and humanistic to the core, Me and You and Everyone We Know is a paean to perseverance and finding ways to cope.
  6. My Summer of Love
    Two teen girls forge an explosive connection in a compelling Pawel Pawlikowski film.
  7. Land of the Dead
    Romero easily commands an enormous cast, a plethora of action sequences and a cornucopia of special effects -- some of them very gory -- and creates one darkly dazzling image after another that allows Land of the Dead to emerge without any nudging whatsoever as a bleakly humorous, hard-charging allegory.
  8. The World
    A remarkable film.
  9. Junebug
    A deceptively simple, deeply resonant story about the inherent loneliness of family, the odds against assimilation and the enormous distances that can divide two people.
  10. 2046
    Wong brilliantly blends musical styles and eras to create an intoxicating mood.
  11. Darwin's Nightmare
    Filmmaker Sauper put himself in harm's way numerous times to get so inside the situation, and the intimacy of his technique, his willingness to avoid hectoring voice-overs and simply talk quietly with his subjects, adds compelling believability.
  12. Duma
    Enormously entertaining.
  13. The Goebbles Experiment
    A fascinating, veritable self-portrait, masterfully culled from a trove of archival materials.
  14. Grizzly Man
    Shows and tells an astonishing story, a disturbing and provocative tale of obsession, bravado and self-invention that leaves you open-mouthed for all kinds of reasons.
  15. The 40 Year Old Virgin
    Takes a premise that, in less competent, less empathetic hands, would have had the depth of a pancake, gives it a soul and turns it into a surprisingly sweet and funny ode to male friendship and middle-aged love.
  16. The Constant Gardener
    A film that grips us dramatically, intellectually and emotionally.
  17. William Eggleston in the Real World
    An elegantly discursive examination of one of the great modern photographers, a surprisingly intimate portrait of an elusive, laconic man.
  18. Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie
    A potent and imaginative creative biography of virtuoso percussionist Glennie.
  19. Kamikaze Girls
    A glorious blend of kitsch, grit, humor and uplift.
  20. Occupation: Dreamland
    Has an intimate, personal quality. Rather than showboating for the camera, the soldiers get to a deeper level, conveying a surprisingly reflective and aware sensibility.
  21. The Squid and the Whale
    Acutely observed, faultlessly acted, graced with piercing emotion and unsparing honesty, it will make you laugh because you can't bear to cry.
  22. Good Night, and Good Luck.
    Couldn't be more unlikely, more unfashionable -- or more compelling.
  23. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
    Most of all, Wallace & Gromit retains the clever, one-of-a-kind sensibility that made its shorter predecessors so delightful. With every studio comedy looking for a formula for success, it's refreshing to find a heroically whimsical film that succeeds by following no formula known to dog or man.
  24. Nine Lives
    That rare episode film that actually accrues a cumulative power and doesn't merely proceed from one segment to the next.
  25. Ballets Russes
    A captivating film that truly elevates the spirit, Ballets Russes is the most emotionally satisfying documentary since "Mad Hot Ballroom."
  26. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    It's not until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that a film has successfully re-created the sense of stirring magical adventure and engaged, edge-of-your-seat excitement that has made the books such an international phenomenon.
  27. The Big Risk
    To come across Classe Tous Risques is like discovering a bottle of marvelous French wine you didn't remember you had, opening it and finding it every bit as delicious as its reputation promised. That's how good this classic fatalistic French gangster film is.
  28. Syriana
    A fearless and ambitious piece of work, made with equal parts passion and calculation, an unapologetically entertaining major studio release with compelling real-world relevance, a film that takes numerous risks and thrives on them all.
  29. Down to the Bone
    Down to the Bone emerges with an aura of authenticity so strong as to be mesmerizing, thanks to a superior script brought to life with infallibly natural performances.
  30. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    What's best about it is that it seems real by the logic of childhood - it looks as things SHOULD look, if kids had it their way.
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