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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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    • 26 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
    The film's greatest strength is the deadpan narration of Hyde Pierce.
  2. The Grandfather
    A wise and beautiful film.
  3. Beyond the Clouds
    A shimmeringly beautiful and wise reverie on love and desire.
  4. The Limey
    A solid genre film that offers the satisfactions of the familiar while deriving its resonance through its specific and telling references to the '60s.
  5. Superstar
    If Superstar were meatloaf--and that would be an improvement--the recipe would be 4 pounds bread crumbs to 3 ounces sirloin. Make that chuck.
  6. Boys Don't Cry
    An exceptional--and exceptionally disturbing--film from a first-time director and writer (with Andy Bienen) named Kimberly Pierce. Unflinching, uncompromising, made with complete conviction and rare skill.
  7. Molly
    It is moving and has been well-crafted with much care.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Plunkett & Macleane
    Everything is stunningly photographed by John Mathieson, but to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, a cockroach is a cockroach is a cockroach.
  9. Mystery, Alaska
    It is Australian Crowe, a previous non-skater, who gives the film's standout performance.
  10. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
    It looks as if no one bothered to deliver more than the minimum requirement of magic or artistry.
  11. Happy, Texas
    A hoot, a hilarious comedy that's smart and caring, yet sexy and ingenious enough that it just might stir up some of that elusive "Full Monty"-style box-office appeal.
  12. Bandits
    An emotion-charged tale that's also an edgy commentary on women's destinies and how they're still so largely affected by men.
  13. Three Kings
    Off-and-on cynical and sentimental, Russell's darkly comic tale shows how much can be done with familiar material when you're burning to do things differently and have the gifts to pull that off.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Drive Me Crazy
    Like the song, the movie is bouncy and catchy but disposable pop material.
  15. Double Jeopardy
    For all its familiar conventions and hoary improbabilities, Double Jeopardy is a relatively efficient model of its kind.
  16. On the Ropes
    In recording life as it unfolds in the course of a year, On the Ropes not only defies prediction as to its outcome but is in some ways downright confounding...as involving and suspenseful as the best fictional films.
  17. One Man's Hero
    Has the stuff of a cavalry classic...but it lacks the vision and personality to attain such a level of artistry.
  18. Mumford
    Those who enjoy the old-fashioned Hollywood pleasure of seeing divergent threads neatly pulled together will be more than satisfied.
  19. Jakob the Liar
    The latest in what feels like an endless string of movies ... in which the actor's parts have ruinously overdosed on sentimentality and schmaltz at the expense of humor and even sanity.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dog Park
    Peel away the layers of contrivances, however, and the leftover plot barely fills a doggy bag.
  21. Simon Sez
    A lackluster international action adventure.
  22. Guinevere
    We have a right to yawn, but we don't, and Sarah Polley is the reason.
  23. The Jaundiced Eye
    As compelling as it is illuminating.
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  24. Taxman
    Has the hit-machine aura of something whipped together by L.A. studio execs over avocado sandwiches and banana smoothies.
  25. Splendor
    The pleasing Splendor is surely more likely to appeal to a wider audience than any of Araki's previous films.
  26. Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
    The kind of full-length career portrait that every great actor deserves but rarely receives.
  27. Sugar Town
    Diverting and sometimes humorous but sticks to the superficial ...not distinctive enough to make much of an impression.
  28. Breakfast of Champions
    This starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving.
  29. Lucie Aubrac
    Lucie Aubrac has it all: a tender romance, acute suspense, terrific acting, and a camera style and and score that are beautiful yet understated...a major work, possessing breadth, depth and passion.
  30. Get Bruce
    An accurate sense of how today's Hollywood works.
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