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For 16,524 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 2.3 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: 8,698 out of 16524
  2. Mixed: 5,809 out of 16524
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16524
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  1. Auggie Rose
    Consistently imaginative and persuasive in its plotting and writing. Tabak makes substantial demands on his wonderful cast but rewards them with roles of exceptional depth and dimension.
  2. Downtown 81
    Its bygone-ness still abuzz with creativity and movement, Downtown 81 is a celluloid scrapbook that we can all be thankful for in helping capture the rumble before takeoff.
  3. 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.
  4. Tortilla Soup
    As tasty and nourishing as one of Martin's finest meals.
  5. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    Because Into the Arms of Strangers is as much a story about childhood as it is about the Holocaust, it's an especially moving and effective piece of work.
  6. Before Night Falls
    Anchored by a charismatic and accessible performance by Javier Bardem as star-crossed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, this florid examination of an artist's coming of age, of cultures in collusion and conflict, is difficult to resist.
  7. Little Voice
    British actress Jane Horrocks plays Little Voice, and it is a transfixing, tour de force performance.
  8. Swingers
    Confident of its emotional effects, Swingers knows how to breathe life into its people, and hooking audiences is its reward.
  9. Pauline and Paulette
    This beguiling Belgian fable, very much its own droll and delicate little film, has some touching things to say about what is important in life and why.
  10. Paragraph 175
    Illuminating, poignant and heartening.
  11. The Emperor's New Clothes
    Sergio Ballo's costumes have the look of authentic clothing, realistically reflecting the characters' wide range in social status. Rachel Portman's score, at once romantic, majestic and vital, completes this beguiling film.
  12. Lan Yu
    Assured, vital and well wrought, the film is, arguably, the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong's versatile Stanley Kwan.
  13. Le bossu
    Splendid entertainment, young in spirit but accomplished in all aspects with the fullness of spirit and sense of ease that comes only with experience.
  14. Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
    Though it's longer and more elaborate than it needs to be, it shares its predecessor's smart but relaxed sense of humor, a sophisticated imagination and the ability to be sharp and playful without being malicious.
  15. The Kid Stays in the Picture
    A witty, colorful and poignant account of the life and times of producer Robert Evans.
  16. Empire
    In regard to Franc. Reyes' engrossing and utterly uncompromising Empire let it be said right at the top that the protean John Leguizamo, last seen as Toulouse-Lautrec in "Moulin Rouge," gives one of the best performances of the year in a lead role in an American movie.
  17. Red Satin
    Belly dancing isn't always the most thrilling of dances, but it's a blast to see these women shaking and rolling because they're so thoroughly in charge of the male clientele and their own sexuality.
  18. The Cockettes
    This comprehensive and charming film not only recalls those days exactly, it also manages the wonderful trick of taking us back there along with it.
  19. Julien Donkey-Boy
    A film of piercing beauty and pain.
  20. Hit and Runway
    A little gem, a sparkling comedy with serious undertones about friendship, self-discovery and artistic integrity.
  21. Return to Me
    Duchovny and Driver have distinctive good looks and they both combine attractiveness with talent and intelligence. Best of all, they possess that essential quality all screen lovers must have: terrific chemistry.
  22. Dark Days
    It's remarkable for where it takes us, how it takes us there.
  23. When Brendan Met Trudy
    A plucky comic valentine for those who love the movies more than their own mothers.
  24. Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
    The kind of full-length career portrait that every great actor deserves but rarely receives.
  25. A Room for Romeo Brass
    An assured, graceful instance of effective screen storytelling, and Meadows draws splendid performances from his cast, especially from the young Shim and Marshall.
  26. Nora
    The filmmakers' special triumph lies in the inspired way that in the nick of time it draws its story to a close, with Nora and Joyce struggling toward a new level of understanding.
  27. Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
    Offers a violent but compelling vision of what an animated feature can be.
  28. From the Edge of the City
    Brutal yet lyrical film.
  29. Grateful Dawg
    It's to be expected that the music is going to be wonderful, and it is. But there is more to this film, a surprising amount more.
  30. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
    Aviva Kempner's warm and intelligent mash note to a man who clearly deserved it.
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