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For 16,522 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: 8,697 out of 16522
  2. Mixed: 5,808 out of 16522
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16522
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  1. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
    Meanders, dawdles, doubles back on itself but finally gets us somewhere fascinating and worthwhile.
  2. Memento
    A provocatively structured and thrillingly executed film noir, an intricate, inventive use of cinema's possibilities that pushes what can be done on screen in an unusual direction.
  3. Enemy at the Gates
    Has little to occupy us once its battle scenes recede. One of those goofy movies where devil-may-care Russian soldiers unwind by playing the balalaika far into the night, it takes itself far more seriously than anyone else will be able to manage.
  4. The Dish
    It unfolds in a hearty, good-natured Australian comedy that affectionately depicts how the citizens of a small town become connected to the Apollo moon flight.
  5. Kissing Jessica Stein
    For an American film it is a groundbreaker in exploring the realm of sexual fluidity, and it does so with wit, wisdom and in a completely entertaining fashion.
  6. Simon Magus
    Poetic and ambiguous, it manages to be magical in both the beautiful and terrifying senses of the word.
  7. Biandan, guniang
    The result is a film that is wise, fatalistic and romantic in just the right proportions--in the best noir tradition.
  8. When Brendan Met Trudy
    A plucky comic valentine for those who love the movies more than their own mothers.
  9. Long Night's Journey Into Day
    Not merely affecting and illuminating; it concludes on a note of hope.
  10. 15 Minutes
    Both audacious and unwieldy, exciting and excessive, this dark thriller is too long, too violent and not always convincing. But at the same time, there's no denying that it's onto something, that its savage indictment of the nexus involving media, crime and a voracious public is a cinematic statement difficult to ignore.
  11. Get Over It
    A blithe-spirited comedy in which teenagers discover their romantic vicissitudes mirrored in their high school production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It's being directed by their nasty drama teacher (Martin Short, hilarious), who has written 12 original songs for the production.
  12. Blow Dry
    Despite its dollops of good-natured humor and sentiment, Blow Dry is likely to play better on the tube as a likable-enough diversion.
  13. The Gleaners & I
    Captivating new documentary, The Gleaners and I, is charged with the pleasure of discovery.
  14. Me You Them
    An adroit, beautifully acted, sophisticated film with some drier-than-dust humor about unsophisticated people and is impressive as such. It's too bad that it's not more engaging much earlier on.
  15. Hit and Runway
    A little gem, a sparkling comedy with serious undertones about friendship, self-discovery and artistic integrity.
  16. The Caveman's Valentine
    As impressive as Jackson is and as thought-provoking as director Kasi Lemmons' movie is, it's ultimately satisfying neither as a genre piece nor as an art film.
  17. See Spot Run
    The gags, almost all of which involve the passage of gases and liquids, move at a fast-enough clip to keep you awake throughout. For which this review expresses a sorrow as profound as the sympathy it feels for all the actors.
  18. The Mexican
    If The Mexican proves anything, it's that eccentric features need a particularly delicate touch to be successful. With a film like this, how close you come doesn't matter: Off by a little is as debilitating as off by a lot.
  19. Series 7: The Contenders
    Getting progressively less involving as it goes along, the strongest feeling Series 7 creates is the passionate desire to change the channel and move on.
  20. Monkeybone
    Grand fantasy, in which Brendan Fraser and stylish design and energetic special effects play off one another for maximum fun.
  21. Last Resort
    This is the best class of poetic realism, the kind you can believe in without a trace of hesitation.
  22. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    One of those movies that makes you want to throw up your hands in despair, disgust, or maybe both.
  23. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    Faraldo's most engrossing and inventive script, alternately serious and comic, is beautifully realized by Binoche, Auteuil and Kusturica, all of whom reveal a nobility of spirit and stylish gallantry so cherished by the French.
  24. Company Man
    Too often we feel that left-out-in-the-cold draft that blows over the shoulder whenever actors appear to be having more fun than the audience.
  25. Down to Earth
    Rock is undisputably gifted and charismatic, but when Down to Earth takes his edge away, the film's energy goes with it. And without energy, no comedy can survive.
  26. Sweet November
    A film that means to be seductive but merely progresses from the contrived to the manipulative.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Recess: School's Out
    Complacent yet competent animation kids will enjoy despite its mundane nature.
  28. The Price of Milk
    It's weird, wacky territory you enter in The Price of Milk, and we don't just mean New Zealand.
  29. Bad Company
    Succeeds by never tipping its hand or losing its equilibrium while its characters often seem to be doing nothing but.
  30. Hannibal
    Creepy and grotesque rather than terrifying. It's more distasteful than anything stronger, a sour bottle of a celebrated vintage that a gourmet like Lecter wouldn't hesitate to send back with the sommelier.
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