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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. The Fighting Temptations
    A rousing, warmhearted comedy, as infectious as the gospel music it celebrates.
  2. Underworld
    Alas, as is often the case with lower-end genre movies, the story cooked up by Wiseman and his friends, actor Kevin Grevioux and the film's screenwriter, Danny McBride, is decidedly less important than the look of the film and its influences.
  3. Emerald Cowboy
    Rich in authentic locales but is unevenly directed by Andrew Molina and is hazy in its chronology. Hayata's story in all its myriad implications might well have been better told in documentary form.
  4. The Year That Trembled
    Evokes the fear, anger and conflict that swept over the country at the time, but it doesn't offer sufficient fresh insights to justify doing so.
  5. Millennium Actress
    Millennium Actress fascinatingly goes where films have not often gone before.
  6. Dummy
    A romantic comedy of considerable charm and humor.
  7. Luster
    Has a charming, skittish quality, and Lewis finds pathos and humor in his characters' often painful search for love.
  8. So Close
    A martial arts valentine to the power of fighting women. It's a slick and delirious Hong Kong action film.
  9. Matchstick Men
    Everything in Matchstick Men moves and looks right, from John Mathieson's cinematography to Tom Foden's production design, so it's puzzling that the film fizzles rather than fizzes.
  10. Cabin Fever
    Rather than steep his story in dread, ideas or something, anything, fresh and different, first-time director Eli Roth just pours on the blood, along with some recycled surrealism and plenty of giddy movie allusions.
  11. Lost in Translation
    The fact that this kind of serious material ends up playing puckishly funny as well as poignant is a tribute both to Coppola and to her do-or-die decision to cast Murray in the lead role.
  12. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    Depp's performance reminds us that, yeah, it's only a movie -- just not a good one.
  13. The Same River Twice
    Other documentaries have crisscrossed between time frames, but Moss' beguiling The Same River Twice represents one of the most effective uses of the device.
  14. Where's the Party Yaar?
    Looks good but overstays its welcome.
  15. Grisbi (re-release)
    A wonderful treasure from the seemingly inexhaustible cornucopia of crackling French crime dramas.
  16. Carnage
    There's undeniable pathos to many of these encounters, and because the director has a wonderful feel for color and knows how to throw a frame around the world, there's also unmistakable beauty.
  17. The Order
    Cast adrift with vague, improbable characters and a plot that's at once under-and overcooked, the actors struggle to find a steady tone, lurching from somber to silly as the director tries to figure out what he's doing.
  18. Home Room
    Feels like detention -- without the possibility of recess.
  19. Party Monster
    For all its decadence, it moves effectively from outrageous camp humor to stark pathos and in the process manages to be oddly touching. As for Culkin, he succeeds as an adult actor in completely unexpected ways.
  20. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
    This sleek and sunny comedy is an all-too-rare example of smart and inventive Hollywood filmmaking.
  21. Taking Sides
    In compelling, suspenseful fashion, Taking Sides illuminates brilliantly the dilemma of a great, world-renowned artist flourishing in a totalitarian regime.
  22. The Backyard
    What is going on here? Most would say a lot of incredibly dangerous and stupid activity, and most of the people in this documentary not surprisingly seem none too bright.
  23. Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
    It's a compelling and ambitious idea, but one that misfires because of its underwhelming characters and slack storytelling.
  24. Civil Brand
    A compelling, highly charged film that brings a contemporary perspective to classic prison picture elements.
  25. The Other Side of the Bed
    Consistently sleek but works best if no more is expected of it than a mild diversion.
  26. Jeepers Creepers II
    Where the first "Jeepers Creepers" came across like a dark, wacky dream, the inevitable Jeepers Creepers 2 seems more like a franchise under construction.
  27. Suddenly
    Works its charms slowly but steadily.
  28. My Boss's Daughter
    My Boss's Daughter is not awful. It is a genial youth comedy that serves Kutcher well as a vehicle. That's it. That's all it tries to be
  29. Dust
    Dust is a bust, a big bad movie of the scope, ambition and bravura that could be made only by a talented filmmaker run amok.
  30. The Medallion
    Chan defies time and gravity with remarkable energy, ease and resourcefulness, not to mention charm and humor. He even gets away with a nude scene, not bad for man who turns 50 in April.
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