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For 16,532 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 2.2 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: 8,702 out of 16532
  2. Mixed: 5,813 out of 16532
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16532
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  1. Pola X
    Plays out the notion of the forces of light being inexorably drawn to those of darkness, of the older generation betraying the younger and maybe even an indictment of European indifference to the Balkans' agony.
  2. The Watcher
    Neither acutely suspenseful nor particularly thrilling but instead mainly numbing.
    • 29 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Backstage
    It delivers the stars in unguarded moments that should give fans--if not everyone--some kicks.
  4. Solas
    Alternately heart-wrenching, dismaying, raw and even funny, Solas is ultimately a wonderfully warm and embracing experience.
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    • 20 Critic Score
    My 5 Wives
    It's hard to tell if My 5 Wives is so completely dumb that it's impossible to be offended by it, or so completely offensive that it's just dumb.
  6. Nurse Betty
    Its warped, disconnected sensibility makes for an oddly distant piece of work.
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  7. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    Although there is real pain and suffering in It All Starts Today, it is too impassioned, too brisk and too embracing of life and human foibles to be depressing.
  8. The Way of the Gun
    An implement of destruction loaded with more borrowed film riffs than could be compiled by 47 clones of Robert Rodriguez..
  9. Turn It Up
    Hits hard and pulls no punches in telling its brutal story.
  10. Highlander: Endgame
    Looks sensational, moves like lightning. But its script (by Joel Soisson) makes no pretense about being logical or even comprehensible.
  11. Whipped
    Way too bleak to be funny, even as a contemporary satire of the battle of the sexes.
  12. Titanic Town
    An admirable, thoughtful venture, but it may leave you with the feeling that you've seen it all before.
    • Los Angeles Times
  13. Dark Days
    It's remarkable for where it takes us, how it takes us there.
  14. The Art of War
    This is a film that almost is not there.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    God's Army
    A sensitive and thoughtful probe into questions of faith and the difficulties faced by those who are called to teach others.
  16. Orfeu
    Totally captivating, as seductive as a samba.
  17. Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
    You find Went to Coney Island sticking with you long after it's over.
    • Los Angeles Times
  18. Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire
    A film of much gentleness, tenderness and keen observation into the way laughter and pain have a way of colliding into each other.
    • Los Angeles Times
  19. The Crew
    So mild, so benign, its humiliation-to-vindication are so predictable and its old-folks jokes so feeble.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Bittersweet Motel
    A film without a framework, without a skeleton--a Phish philet, if you will.
  21. Solomon & Gaenor
    By the time the heavy-handed Solomon & Gaenor is over, it has become such a punishing exercise in the self-evident that one is left numb and eager for escape.
  22. Love & Sex
    Not quite original enough to make much of a dent in the marketplace, but it shows its stars to advantage.
  23. Bring It On
    Smart and sassy high school movie that's fun for all ages.
  24. The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
    A warm and feisty documentary that is as much inquiry as it is tribute.
  25. Place Vendôme
    This complex, sophisticated and increasingly suspenseful tale of love and betrayal, intrigue and redemption, is as elegant as its star and its settings.
  26. The Cell
    Some movies make you sorry you've seen them, and The Cell is one of those. Creepy and horrific, it's a torture chamber film.
  27. Godzilla 2000
    Another traditional Japanese production, weakly plotted, woodenly acted and indifferently dubbed.
  28. Steal This Movie
    There might have been a better, more involving method of telling Hoffman's story, but it is expressed with a firm sense of commitment to accuracy and authenticity.
  29. The Original Kings of Comedy
    A dynamite concert film.
  30. Sunset Strip
    Moves smoothly amid a near-perfect period evocation, captured in an array of shifting moods.
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