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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. Piñero
    Ichaso moves easily between a black-and-white past and a full-color present, maintaining a pace as buoyant and rhythmic as the beat of the infectious Latin music that accompanies the film.
  2. 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.
  3. Tying the Knot
    Lively, incisive and comprehensive documentary.
  4. Illuminata
    Everything falls into place and seems exactly right: the brisk tempo, the crisp, witty performances, the slightly sooty touch.
  5. Criminal
    Captures Los Angeles in a straightforward, naturalistic way, neighborhood-hopping like a native.
  6. Private Parts
    Private Parts is a supremely crafty, smartly written, and--given the number of "himselfs" and "herselfs" on the cast list--surprisingly well-acted piece of pop kitsch.
  7. Shaolin Soccer
    An infectious knockabout kung fu comedy with amusing special effects combined with breathtaking stunts.
  8. Tigerland
    Consistently fresh, engrossing and unpredictable.
  9. The Butterfly
    An exceptionally satisfying film of much grace and beauty.
  10. The Animal
    An outrageous and imaginative summer comedy.
  11. Dead Man Walking
    Unusual in both its subject matter and its approach, this film guides us on a pair of intertwined paths American movies rarely venture down.
    • Los Angeles Times
  12. Barbershop
    As warm as it is wise, deftly setting off uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer, providing an experience that is richer than anticipated.
  13. Grass
    This turns out to be an informative, involving, even sobering advocacy film.
  14. Topsy-Turvy
    A bit longer than it might be, a bit more attached to its digressions than we might wish. But the length does encourage the feeling that we've been through the whole creative process with Gilbert and Sullivan .
  15. To Be and to Have
    Part of what makes a great documentary great is the subject, and though the film never scrapes below the surface of the schoolteacher -- we never find out if he lives alone or has children of his own -- Lopez pulls as hard on the imagination as a fictional character.
  16. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O Brother into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire.
  17. America's Heart and Soul
    This is an undeniably gorgeous film, with tremendous sweep and a great feel for vast landscapes and glittering cityscapes. Schwartzberg has captured a sense of the country's grandeur.
  18. Orgazmo
    Blissfully outrageous.
  19. Saving Private Ryan
    A startling reminder of exactly how spectacular a director Spielberg can be when he allows himself to be challenged by a subject (in this case World War II) that pushes against his limits.
  20. Fargo
    With the perfect assist from their actors, all of whom are well in on the joke, this affectionate look at the frozen North brings the Coens back in from the cold.
  21. Gloomy Sunday
    A beautiful period piece, set against one of the world's glorious cities, adding poignancy. Twists and turns heighten a gradually accruing effect, building to a risky moment of truth, a coup de théâtre that is as daring as it is satisfying.
  22. Sex Is Comedy
    Breillat's first foray into comedy is playful, whip-smart and far breezier in both tone and look than the stylized gender polemics she's known for.
  23. Bright Young Things
    As faithful to the spirit of the novel, and the era that inspired it, as a movie could be yet still feel as fresh as Paris Hilton dish on Page Six.
  24. Blind Shaft
    Makes for gripping, merciless drama.
  25. Goya in Bordeaux
    Superb, contemplative.
    • Los Angeles Times
  26. A Dirty Shame
    This raucously gritty and high-spirited film could scarcely be bluer in terms of the language, but from Waters it comes as a gust of fresh air.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pretty in Pink
    Delightful... The film is buoyed by a captivating performance by Ringwald, who has an unerring ability to share her character's emotions with an audience, as if we were eavsdropping behind her makeup mirror. [28 Feb 1986]
    • Los Angeles Times
  28. Suspect Zero
    Merhige understands how exciting going to the edge of credibility can be without falling off, and he has the bravura talent and imagination needed to pull off the sheer, hurtling audacity of Suspect Zero.
  29. Festival Express
    There were greater rock festivals and there are greater rock movies, but nothing existed quite like this mobile bacchanal, nicely preserved in Festival Express.
  30. Ten
    One of the best films to open so far this year, but greeting each new work from a favored director as if it were equally brilliant can't be good for anyone, the director included.
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