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For 16,550 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: 8,714 out of 16550
  2. Mixed: 5,819 out of 16550
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16550
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  1. Into the Wild
    Though Penn's fierce identification with the protagonist is a key source for the film's accomplishments, Into the Wild succeeds on screen because Hirsch ("Alpha Dog," "The Lords of Dogtown") throws himself into the part without reservation, projecting an appealing openness and life force that brings a special poignancy to his fate.
  2. United 93
    It’s a mark of Greengrass’ unequaled gift for believably re-creating reality that, once seen, it’s impossible to get United 93 out of your mind, no matter how much you may want to.
  3. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
    You may never have expected to see the words heavy metal, endearing and warmhearted in the same sentence, but you just did.
  4. 28 Weeks Later
    28 Weeks Later lacks the streamlined thrust of its predecessor but makes for compelling, adrenaline-fueled viewing just the same.
  5. Two Lovers
    Themes of loneliness, alienation and unrequited love are not new, but there is always that sense of the unexpected in Phoenix that keeps you curious.
  6. Sugar
    As good as it is because of the care and skill writer-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck bring to it, gifts that were visible in their first film, "Half Nelson," which earned a lead actor Oscar nomination for Ryan Gosling.
  7. Sunshine Cleaning
    A smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in sync with these troubled times.
  8. Coco Before Chanel
    A superior filmed biography that brings intelligence, restraint and style to what could have been a more standard treatment.
  9. Humpday
    Unlike a lot of institutional raunch in today's comedy, Humpday finds laughs out of what is rarely made explicit between buddies.
  10. Ong Bak
    It's a display of phenomenal dexterity and nimble grace that's a joy to watch. That, friends, is entertainment.
  11. The Chorus
    A runaway hit in France last year and the country's official Oscar entry, is a well-nigh irresistible film celebrating the redemptive power of music.
  12. Travelers and Magicians
    A warm, embracing film of transcendent beauty and spirituality.
  13. Assault on Precinct 13
    Smart, satisfying action entertainment that is also a perceptive work of considerable artistry.
  14. Machuca
    One of those special films that broadens and deepens as it goes on.
  15. Monsieur N.
    An elegant, sophisticated mystery.
  16. Lost Embrace
    It's a film of unexpected, almost indescribable off-center charm that deepens as it goes on.
  17. The Nomi Song
    Horn, who knew Nomi, does an excellent job of evoking the exhilaratingly hedonistic period the film covers as well as the long shadow that the coming of AIDS casts over it.
  18. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    The mellow, serendipitous The Parrots of Telegraph Hill is here to show you just how magical happenstance can be.
  19. Downfall
    The reality it confronts is so gripping, we cannot turn away. This may not be the most sophisticated retelling of what happened while Berlin burned, but what a story it is.
  20. The Animation Show 2005
    If there's a theme to this group of films it's the richness of imagery gathered from a variety of forms including hand-drawn, computer-generated and hybrid work. Ink, pixels and clay are brought to life with equal parts darkness and light to evoke stories and moods that are anything but conventional.
  21. Up and Down
    Buoyed by an unreserved humanism and a cheerful sense of the absurd.
  22. Gunner Palace
    A striking new documentary that shows the war in a way it's not been seen before: from the ground up.
  23. Hostage
    Made with energetic flair and no small dose of violence, mercifully handled with discretion, Hostage exemplifies taut, confident filmmaking.
  24. The Upside of Anger
    A squarely suburban movie with a distinctly bourgeois-shaped window on the world, but it's genuine and exceptionally well observed.
  25. Millions
    Despite being a pure fantasy that relishes not making literal sense, Millions retains a conviction about what it's doing that makes us believe and enjoy.
  26. Mail Order Wife
    A wickedly funny satire.
  27. Don't Move
    has a rich, lyrical sweep and floats between past and present, reality and imagination, with ease. It is a richly satisfying experience.
  28. Steamboy
    A stunning-to-look-at film marred by a less than searing pace and some narrative incoherence.
  29. Mondovino
    An entertaining film that is neither stuffy nor pretentious.
  30. Nina's Tragedies
    Has too much depth, too much freshness and imagination ever to be adequately described in any of its aspects as merely "quirky" or "off the wall."
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