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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. Midnight Run
    There isn't a single performance in Midnight Run that doesn't have a pulse, that doesn't show the actors at their best or near-best, especially De Niro. [20 July 1988]
    • Los Angeles Times
  2. Go Tigers!
    Energetic and absorbing documentary.
  3. Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
    Both completely fascinating and intermittently frustrating; however, as with Fellini's own films, the downside is far outweighed by the pluses.
  4. The Man from Elysian Fields
    A shimmering fable of innocence and experience set in contemporary Los Angeles and Pasadena (its title is a nod to Virgil's "Aeneid"). Phillip Jayson Lasker's tartly knowing script, with the kind of witty dialogue that's all but vanished from American movies, recalls Hickenlooper's "The Low Life."
  5. Chuck & Buck
    Succeeds because it turns out not to be the movie it might so easily have been.
  6. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    An expertly paced and efficient sci-fi thrill machine, "T3" effectively marries impressive action sequences with persuasive storytelling and its star's uniquely appealing style of "No" drama -- as in no reaction, no expression, no emotion of any kind.
  7. Real Women Have Curves
    Honest and wise enough to strike the right bittersweet note.
  8. Knock Off
    It's fast, light and funny and not top-heavy with special effects and epic-scale destruction.
  9. Under solen
    Casts a lovely spell, as warm and seductive as its summertime setting.
  10. Butterfly Tongues
    A beautiful, harrowing film of understated power and perception that affords Fernando Fernán Gómez, the Spanish cinema's great, weathered veteran, yet another of his unforgettable performances.
  11. Dummy
    A romantic comedy of considerable charm and humor.
  12. The Rookie
    The pleasure of a film like this is not in wondering where it's going to go, but in knowing its exact trajectory. Getting us to pull for a foregone conclusion as if the outcome was in serious doubt is no small sleight of hand.
  13. Green Dragon
    A gracious, eloquent film that by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past forever lost.
  14. The Flower of Evil
    This is another gratifying gem from a master.
  15. The Thomas Crown Affair
    A moderately diverting entertainment as sleek and aerodynamically sound as the glider its characters tool around in, it takes no extraordinary chances and delivers no major surprises.
  16. Hard Ball
    A surefire heart-tugger made with skill and judgment, affords Keanu Reeves a career high point.
  17. The Grandfather
    A wise and beautiful film.
  18. L'Auberge Espagnole
    Exhilarating comedy...Its warm, embracing spirit is refreshing in these divisive times.
  19. Kill Me Later
    Although the film's narrative line sometimes proves hard to follow, and some of the songs heard on the soundtrack seem to have little to offer beyond sheer noise, Kill Me Later is a gem, even if a little rough around the edges.
  20. The Tic Code
    Starts out self-consciously but gets better as it goes along, winding up as affecting as it is illuminating.
  21. Like Mike
    Sure-fire heart-warmer: lively, funny yet emotion-charged and uplifting.
  22. Valentine
    A smart, stylish horror picture that offers a fresh twist on the ever-reliable revenge theme and affords a raft of talented young actors solid roles that show them to advantage.
  23. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
    The most comprehensive and devastating documentary yet on that tragic country.
  24. Kingdom Come
    This joyous film, which confronts pain, loss and transgression with love, wisdom and forgiveness amid inspired humor, has it all.
  25. Saving Grace
    It makes you giggle. That's the dark, dirty secret. You giggle. You giggle again.
  26. The Code
    The atmospheric, richly detailed La Mentale has terrific vitality with its volatile mixture of alternating camaraderie and savagery.
  27. The Very Thought of You
    Glowing, amusing movie that's a good bet to lift your spirits.
  28. Johnny English
    A comic actor of genius who raises silliness to an art form, the wonderfully expressive Atkinson makes excellent use of those devastating looks in the spy spoof Johnny English, where he turns up as a James Bond type more likely to kill adversaries by accident than on purpose.
  29. The Embalmer
    From start to finish Garrone charges The Embalmer, a richly visual film, with an effective ambiguity and sense of foreboding.
  30. Crazy/Beautiful
    Very much of a guilty pleasure. A nifty piece of teenage romantic piffle, it combines two strong and attractive performances.
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