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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. Segunda piel
    Vera has created a provocative, absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores.
  2. Keeping the Faith
    All the more rewarding because of the challenge the material presented.
  3. Orfeu
    Totally captivating, as seductive as a samba.
  4. Food of Love
    An elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.
  5. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
    An exciting and involving rock music doc, a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world.
  6. Romeo Must Die
    Has a great look and an edgy feel, along with some broad swaths of humor.
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  7. Benjamin Smoke
    There's such a rawness, purity and even mystical force to everything Benjamin says or sings, that anything else would seem extraneous and detracting from the impact of a man who has lived his life with absolutely no holds barred.
  8. Reykjavík
    Lola is played by veteran Spanish actress Victoria Abril, one of Pedro Almodovar's favorites, and though the character sounds familiar, Abril brings so much zest and enthusiasm to its creation that it feels original and makes the passion she inspires believable.
  9. Little Otik
    Little Otik is too outre not to turn off some, but for those who can go the increasingly macabre distance, its sheer power to confound can be enthralling.
  10. Everybody Says I'm Fine!
    Takes a darkly daring tack that pays off handsomely, providing wholly unexpected dimension that reveals the full measure of Bose's imagination and skill. Smartly designed and richly photographed, this film is an idiosyncratic charmer -- and a lot more.
  11. Quitting
    Daring and complex. At 112 minutes, it might be 15 minutes too long, but this is not enough to detract from its impact as a probing and universal contemporary drama.
  12. A Family Affair
    A serious romantic comedy of such strength and substance and so entertaining that it doesn't matter that its minuscule budget shows around the edges.
  13. Showtime
    From frame one Showtime displays an ingenuity, cleverness and briskness that never flags.
  14. Pipe Dream
    Smart, sweet and playful romantic comedy.
  15. The Trials of Henry Kissinger
    Bluntly effective.
  16. Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
    Miller's strength in her stories and in the film is in her ability to push past ideology and get right down to the nitty-gritty of desire.
  17. Tattoo
    The film is an engrossing and original police procedural of bleak, steel-gray images and high style. But be warned: as part of its complex, ever-unfolding plot, it is punctuated with some grisly images.
  18. Zheng hun qi shi
    Director Chen Kuo-fu adds a refreshingly wry humor to this view and then deftly throws in some wrenching moments and an ultimately astounding final twist.
  19. The Muse
    The sharpest inside Hollywood comedy in quite a while.
  20. Monkeybone
    Grand fantasy, in which Brendan Fraser and stylish design and energetic special effects play off one another for maximum fun.
  21. Long Night's Journey Into Day
    Not merely affecting and illuminating; it concludes on a note of hope.
  22. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
    Meanders, dawdles, doubles back on itself but finally gets us somewhere fascinating and worthwhile.
  23. Non-Stop
    Cleverly structured, with a slam-bam score and style to burn.
  24. The Yards
    So strong and secure in its remorseless movement that you buy into what's happening, its people so firmly gripped in the vise of fate and their own character flaws.
  25. Everybody's Famous!
    Hearty mainstream comedy with a sharp satirical edge balanced with just enough sentimentality to send audiences home happy.
  26. The Turandot Project
    More concerned, and with good reason, with the opera's extravagant visual look. The gorgeous pageantry of sets and costumes is frankly dazzling.
  27. A Time for Drunken Horses
    A film of simplicity and power, beautifully shot and effortlessly acted by nonprofessionals.
  28. Luminous Motion
    What counts here is the acute psychological validity with which Gordon evokes a coming of age that's seen with a darkly outrageous sense of humor--and no small amount of compassionate detachment.
  29. The Visit
    This is a film that stays with you long after the lights have gone up.
  30. Happenstance
    It brims with the charm, wisdom and light touch that have endeared French films to international audiences for more than a century. It doesn't hurt that its star is "Amelie's" Audrey Tautou.
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