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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. Home on the Range
    What it really is is an unapologetic cartoon, a harum-scarum endeavor that's so comically frantic it wears you out as much as it entertains.
  2. The United States of Leland
    An ambitious and intelligent film probing that chronic contemporary phenomenon, the seemingly senseless crime, but it is ultimately unsatisfying for all its efforts and various pluses.
  3. Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
    A dark allegory and a dazzling example of Japanese anime.
  4. Two Men Went to War
    The middle sections go a bit slack at times, and things wrap up a little too neat and quickly, but overall Two Men Went to War entertains and recalls the type of British period comedy that more regularly appeared here before everything seemingly began to strive for "Full Monty"-sized box-office returns.
  5. Mayor of the Sunset Strip
    Made by Hickenlooper over a six-year period, "Mayor" is rich in interviews, with comments from rock stars.
  6. Never Die Alone
    Played by DMX in a gravel-pit monotone and a near-total lack of affect, King David cuts an unremittingly tedious swath through Never Die Alone.
  7. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    Could be a tough go for those not already Scooby-Doo fans. It has a totally artificial quality, starting with Prinze's blond wig.
  8. The Ladykillers
    An uncharacteristic if unsurprising dud.
  9. Jersey Girl
    Despite that frisson of naughtiness and the occasional smile, Jersey Girl is overall too bland to hold our interest.
  10. Ned Kelly
    Since Ned Kelly -- which is not terrible, just too often dull -- has a no-expense-spared feel to it, this Focus Features release can be regarded only as an opportunity missed.
  11. Dogville
    A provocation, a coup de theatre and three hours of tedious experimentation.
  12. The Gatekeeper
    Has a certain stiffness and awkwardness at the start, but this deeply personal work steadily grows more powerful and eloquent, creating a tragic vision of the plight of illegal aliens that transcends its melodramatic elements.
  13. Bon voyage
    Not long into this most exhilarating and enjoyable of movies, it becomes reminiscent of such vintage jewels as Carol Reed's simultaneously thrilling and amusing "Night Train to Munich."
  14. Taking Lives
    It's slick nonsense at best and for the first hour it's watchable. There's cheap entertainment to be had from a thriller in which two detectives are played by beauties as ravishing as Jolie and Martinez.
  15. Intermission
    Turns out to be a tedious and under-inspired comedy.
  16. Dawn of the Dead
    Good zombie fun, the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead is the best proof in ages that cannibalizing old material sometimes works fiendishly well.
  17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    A memory play and a sleight of hand, Eternal Sunshine is more than anything else deeply sincere. Like Spike Jonze, who directed "Adaptation" and "Being John Malkovich," Gondry succeeds principally by balancing Kaufman's churning skepticism with unflinching hope.
  18. Divan
    The result is a touching and humorous documentary that for all its enlightening scope, encompassing centuries of religious and cultural history and a physical voyage of thousands of miles, is ultimately a deceptively simple tale of a daughter trying to reconnect with her father across two boroughs.
  19. Noi the Albino
    An impeccably made bleak comedy with an exactly calibrated, almost musical sense of timing, Nói is singular enough to have swept the Eddas, the Icelandic Academy Awards.
  20. Maestro
    For the uninitiated it is a revelation, and for the aficionado it will surely be a special treat. Its every frame is an expression of love for the music, the underground club scene, its creators and its patrons.
  21. Spartan
    (Mamet) backslides to a system that has his speeches read in a stylized way. The result is language that sounds unhappily artificial and characters who behave like they are less than real.
  22. Knafayim Shvurot
    When the melodrama does get strong, and it does, when bad things happen on a dark and stormy night, we go with it rather than resisting. The film has won our trust, given some heft to its characters and involved us in their lives, come what may.
  23. Secret Window
    Unsteadily pitched between horror and comedy, Secret Window turns out to be neither terribly scary nor especially funny.
  24. Distant
    A beautifully made, unapologetically artistic piece of work.
  25. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
    As ingenious and lively as the original film.
  26. NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
    A splendid example of pure cinema.
  27. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
    Call this a brooding comedy or a darkly whimsical drama, "Wilbur's" willingness to mix gallows humor and real sadness make it something on which labels do not easily fit.
  28. Games People Play: New York
    Whitney takes having it both ways to new heights -- depths is perhaps more like it. He satirizes reality TV while showing total nudity and at times carrying sex to the verge of soft-core porn. As titillating and energetic as the film is, it is also rather sad because it reveals what aspiring actors will endure for what they apparently regard as an opportunity.
  29. Ghost River
    Directed by Olivier Dahan, Isabelle Huppert takes the most familiar type of material and attains impeccable results.
  30. Hidalgo
    Hokey though it is, with a horse-hugger ending thrown in to boot, Hidalgo has a sweet-natured appeal that welcomes sentiment without overdoing it.
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