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For 16,534 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: 8,704 out of 16534
  2. Mixed: 5,813 out of 16534
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16534
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Close-Up
    Close-Up is perhaps the emblematic work of the so-called Iranian New Wave, summing up its methods and preoccupations and also bringing together two of its key figures, Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
  2. The Hurricane
    With power, intensity, remarkable range and an ability to disturb that is both unnerving and electric, it is more than Washington's most impressive part.
  3. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
    Mr. Death, which is shot through with one dark absurdity after another, emerges as a cautionary tale if ever there was one.
  4. The Third Miracle
    Has the gritty, intimate feel of an Eastern European film--and packs the power of a genuine revelation.
  5. Play It to the Bone
    A wonderfully entertaining, raunchy, hilarious and savage foray into the lives of a couple of beat-up middle-weight boxers who get a second chance.
  6. Titus
    More travesty than tragedy.
  7. Galaxy Quest
    Fast, light and funny, Galaxy Quest has a wide, generation-spanning appeal--and you don't have to be a die-hard Trekkie to enjoy it.
  8. 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.
  9. Snow Falling on Cedars
    Has to fight to hold our attention and it doesn't always succeed.
  10. Angela's Ashes
    If this beautifully made if flawed film sends people back to his book, it will have done good work for sure.
  11. Any Given Sunday
    This energetic and diverting sports soap opera throws a few head fakes in the direction of an iconoclastic examination of the dark side of professional football.
  12. Man on the Moon
    Unfortunately for Man on the Moon, Kaufman is definitely a person more interesting to hear about than to experience, an acquired taste few will be tempted to acquire.
  13. Girl, Interrupted
    Top performances keep true-life mental ward tale Girl, Interrupted soaring, despite a script that frequently drifts into genre clichés.
  14. Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
    A stirring, thought-provoking feat of filmmaking, accomplished in every facet.
  15. Onegin
    A pleasure in all ways.
  16. Bicentennial Man
    A mainstream holiday movie, complete with stupendous special effects, amazing make-up artistry and sumptuous production design.
  17. Simpatico
    While it's entertaining, it's not as persuasive as it needs to be to succeed fully.
  18. Stuart Little
    The other, unintentional lesson taught here is that it's easier to make a mouse talk than to come up with something interesting for him to say.
  19. Topsy-Turvy
    A bit longer than it might be, a bit more attached to its digressions than we might wish. But the length does encourage the feeling that we've been through the whole creative process with Gilbert and Sullivan .
  20. Anna and the King
    The problem with Anna and the King is that it's caught halfway between then and now--- the film tries to throw in notions of cultural relativism and big power imperialism, but can't do without corny shtick.
  21. Magnolia
    Drunk and disorderly on the pure joy of making movies. A frantic, flawed, fascinating film that is both impressive and a bit out of control, often at the same time.
  22. The Cider House Rules
    That Irving adapted his novel to the screen himself and, even more, that Hallström directed it, makes Cider House a far better film than other film adaptations of Irving's work.
  23. Cradle Will Rock
    Its nervy decision to cut as wide a swath as possible through one of the most exciting and meaningful periods of our history have created something that's impossible not to both applaud and enjoy.
  24. Miss Julie
    Figgis remains a compelling storyteller, holding you with the intensity of his vision and his mastery of nuance.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The War Zone
    Much of its strength resides in the way it eschews narrative contrivance. The movie observes behavior without explaining or judging it.
  26. Diamonds
    A heart-tugging comedy-adventure that's in the spirit of the holiday season.
  27. Stir of Echoes
    What gives the movie its teeth is the very earthy Witzky family, who behave so much like real people you might think they are.
  28. The Green Mile
    Moves with the suffocating deliberateness of a river of molasses.
  29. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
    Only the innate sweetness of both its lead character and its base premise keeps you from wanting to slap Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo upside its mangy, empty head.
  30. Agnes Browne
    Huston is a sucker for sentiment, and Agnes Browne is a sap's holiday.
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