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For 16,531 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 16531
  2. Mixed: 5,812 out of 16531
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16531
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  1. Sweet and Lowdown
    It's a loving and comic tribute to a musical era Allen knows well.
  2. A Map of the World
    An accomplished film that continually takes us beyond our first impressions of people and situations.
  3. Flawless
    Flawless this Joel Schumacher film is not, but it plays so well that scarcely matters.
  4. Tumbleweeds
    One of those wonderful, deeply personal pictures that pop up every now and then to lift your spirits.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    End of Days
    Half-baked.
  6. Ride with the Devil
    A serious film with a lot on its mind, is probably the most intelligent treatment of this period we've had.
  7. Toy Story 2
    Toy Story 2 may not have the most original title, but everything else about it is, well, mint in the box.
  8. The World Is Not Enough
    Not enough to add up to a fully satisfying movie.
  9. All About My Mother
    A surprisingly satisfying combination of bawdy sexual humor, genuine emotion and a plot with mechanics so excessive that Almodóvar himself calls it "a screwball drama."
  10. Sleepy Hollow
    More creepy and flesh-crawling than overwhelmingly gory, it nevertheless takes pride in characters who get splattered with blood as often as take-out fries get doused with catsup.
  11. 42: Forty Two Up
    Time is truly on Apted's side because the passing of time not surprisingly brings a richer, deeper perspective with each new segment.
  12. Mansfield Park
    It's an interesting take, and it always holds our interest, but it's finally too ham-fisted to be a completely winning one.
  13. Liberty Heights
    A mature, accomplished piece of work, both funny and deeply felt, personal cinema of the best kind...Levinson has made the memory film we always hoped he would.
  14. Anywhere But Here
    While adapting accomplished fiction such as this is a lure Hollywood can never resist, some characters breathe better on the page, and that is the case here.
  15. The Hungry Bachelors Club
    An undernourished romantic comedy-drama that's especially short on that most essential ingredient: credibility.
  16. Where's Marlowe?
    The droll cast--especially Ferrer, who's exquisite as a tough-talking dunce--deserved something more fully realized than this.
  17. Felicia's Journey
    One of the year's riskiest yet most effective films.
  18. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    Blends great cinematic energy with an awkwardly mixed multinational cast and aggressively over-modernized dialogue.
  19. Dogma
    A raucous, profane but surprisingly endearing piece of work.
  20. Light It Up
    A hostage drama, cliches intact, is what we get.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back!
    Pokémon isn't even good animation, unless the standard of measure is the crude LCD graphics of a Game Boy.
  22. A Moment of Innocence
    Finds the impassioned Makhmalbaf in a more contemplative, even whimsical, mood than usual.
  23. Rosetta
    Grabs you by the throat and won't let go.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Bachelor
    A flat-footed film.
  25. Train of Life
    Too much of the film is not inspired enough in its humor to overcome the queasy feeling that comes from watching a comedy-adventure involving Jews during the Holocaust.
  26. American Movie
    Although overly long at 107 minutes, American Movie is an incisive, largely absorbing work and a far more mature effort than Smith's "American Job."
  27. The Bone Collector
    A tribute to old-fashioned craftsmanship and skill both on and off the screen, it's as crisp and efficient as its law enforcement protagonists, able to make the best of its traditional genre elements.
  28. The Insider
    A dead-on tale of corporate power, courage, cowardice and how we live.
  29. Last Night
    A mordantly funny and shrewdly understated millennial fantasy.
  30. The Suburbans
    Goes into a tailspin after its impressive setup. Its dramatic tactics become so tangled and diffuse that, by the end, you get the feeling that everything gets tied up too hastily.
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