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For 16,523 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 16523
  2. Mixed: 5,808 out of 16523
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16523
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  1. Vampire Hunter D
    A baroque, bloody fantasy-adventure that stubbornly remains less than the sum of its parts.
  2. The Endurance
    Butler used several elements to make this story come alive, starting with that vintage Frank Hurley footage, whose rescue from icy waters is in itself something of a miracle.
  3. Go Tigers!
    Energetic and absorbing documentary.
  4. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
    What's wrong with Megiddo is not its good-versus-evil theme but the clunky, unpersuasive manner in which it has been expressed.
  5. Glitter
    Glitter is the week's only major Hollywood release, and it offers considerable escapist entertainment while hitting an affirmative note.
  6. Haiku Tunnel
    A sly and captivating comedy of imaginative leaps and gently orchestrated pandemonium.
  7. The Glass House
    So laughably awful that it begs to have stones thrown at it; it's a wonder it got made at all.
  8. Hard Ball
    A surefire heart-tugger made with skill and judgment, affords Keanu Reeves a career high point.
  9. 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.
  10. Tell Me Something
    Not ultimately original enough to sustain its many horrific images.
  11. Two Can Play That Game
    There probably isn't another actress anywhere who could make that corny self-advertisement work. And there definitely isn't another actress who could make such an overbearing heroine worth watching for an hour and a half.
  12. A Matter of Taste
    An elegant study of devious mind games and emotional perversion, it makes the strangest of psychological dynamics plausible and involving.
  13. The Musketeer
    For his robust and handsome The Musketeer, Hyams enlisted veteran Hong Kong stunt coordinator Xin-Xin Xiong to stage a clutch of spectacular action sequences that are amusing in the imaginative intricacy of their bravura.
  14. L.I.E.
    L.I.E. has embraced tragedy, folly, perversity and outrageous dark humor. Like "Happiness" and "American Beauty," it takes an unflinching look at the darker aspects of life in American suburbia.
  15. Soul Survivors
    The actors are game, but their roles lack color and depth, and it's a real struggle to survive Soul Survivors to the finish.
  16. Our Lady of the Assassins
    As the film, with its haunting score and inspired use of popular music, builds flawlessly to its resounding conclusion, it is accompanied by a pitch-dark humor that grows out of the sheer absurdity of the city's daily body count.
  17. Rock Star
    A genial look at what happens when a wannabe becomes a headliner, Rock Star only stumbles when it decides it has to deliver a lesson about What's Really Important.
  18. The Iron Ladies
    It is high-energy entertainment that is also silly and sentimental and so over-the-top as to become wearying at times. But that it is also funny and good-natured ends up counting more.
  19. Vengo
    It is best to let this stunning film simply wash over you and trust that all will become clear enough in time. Vengo in a sense is a concert film tied together with the slenderest of plots.
  20. The American Astronaut
    Has been described as a "midnight-style musical." And perhaps it should be seen that way, with a crowd of kindred knuckleheads and some moshing in the aisles.
  21. O
    Essential to the success it manages is Hartnett's low-key, charismatic performance -- cool, withholding, compelling. The triumph of his insinuating Hugo/Iago is how plausible he is, how he manages to convincingly inject poison in so many minds without seeming to be trying.
  22. Jeepers Creepers
    As stylish as it is grisly, Jeepers Creepers has cult film written all over it, and it's not for nothing that Francis Ford Coppola has been a staunch Victor Salva mentor.
  23. Speedway Junky
    A potent mixture of sentiment and grit, and it showcases the talents of its young principals.
  24. Tortilla Soup
    As tasty and nourishing as one of Martin's finest meals.
  25. Maybe Baby
    This new romantic comedy from the U.K. lands on an emotional gold mine only to spin it into synthetic straw.
  26. Summer Catch
    Under Michael Tollin's direction, Prinze does well in what is surely the most complex character he has played on the screen.
  27. Together
    Aside from superb ensemble work from an 18-member cast, "Together's sense of human potential is its greatest pleasure.
  28. Ghosts of Mars
    Carpenter's heart doesn't seem to be in this lackluster space adventure set in 2176. What's more, his stars -- Natasha Henstridge and Ice Cube -- don't exactly energize the proceedings.
  29. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
    It would be dishonest to deny that Jade Scorpion has amusing moments, but it never gets better than that and often settles for less.
  30. Happy Accidents
    If you're willing to suspend a barrel or two of disbelief, then Happy Accidents has its moments.
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