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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. Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man
    Unnecessary and silly.
    • Los Angeles Times
  2. Dinosaur
    A technical amazement that points computer-generated animation toward the brightest of futures, it's also cartoonish in the worst way, the prisoner of pedestrian plot points and childish, too-cute dialogue.
    • Los Angeles Times
  3. Held Up
    A pleasant diversion, and its makers have been smart enough to keep it unpretentious.
  4. Coming Soon
    It's amazing how boring endless talk about more and better orgasms can become.
  5. Kadosh
    Gitai has created a film that is as beautiful as it is all but unbearable to watch.
  6. Center Stage
    Only really kicks in when it is dancing, which is about half the time.
  7. Hamlet
    Almereyda imagines Hamlet taking place in present-day Manhattan with such vigor, insight and originality that the power and immediacy of his film makes Shakespeare accessible in an exciting and provocative manner beyond all expectations.
    • 9 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
    Compounded by a dated visual style, patched-together special effects and ludicrous dialogue, Battlefield Earth is a wholly miserable experience.
  9. Gladiator
    Like an aging athlete who knows how to husband strength and camouflage weaknesses, it makes the most of what it does well and hopes you won't notice its limitations.
  10. Luminarias
    Consistently entertaining and offers some sharp observations of the Latino experience.
  11. La Nouvelle Ève
    A beautiful film that flows with a luminous ease and assurance.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Basket
    It may be a hard sell to the Gameboy generation, but The Basket has charms that may be more evident to adults.
  13. I Dreamed of Africa
    This is a Laura Ashley on Safari meditation on bored rich people searching for fulfillment and a new life among the photogenic wildlife of Kenya. Just wake me when it's over.
  14. Up at the Villa
    The melodrama of the Maugham original is too simplistic to involve, and the places the film's plot goes are so obvious that even the presence of quality actors can't create sufficient interest.
  15. Adorenarin doraibu
    A rip-roaring romantic comedy that's as funny as it is light on its feet.
  16. Human Traffic
    There's an underlying emptiness to Human Traffic and it's difficult to say for sure whether Kerrigan fully acknowledges it.
  17. Michael Jordan to the Max
    Made with such verve and clarity that you don't have to be a basketball fan to enjoy it.
    • Los Angeles Times
  18. The Idiots
    The group's intent is not to insult those physically or mentally challenged in any manner of degree but, rather, to disturb middle-class types as much as they possibly can.
  19. Frequency
    After keeping its balance over much treacherous terrain, greedily overreaches and stumbles badly at the close.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
    It feels more like a cartoon, and when you're dealing with modern Stone Age families, that can only be a plus.
  21. Bossa Nova
    Tilts toward the slight and merely pleasant when it could have had much more emotional impact.
  22. Where the Heart Is
    In comparison to Where the Heart Is, the Wal-Mart commercials seem like cinema verite.
  23. Timecode
    A clever way of providing crucial layering and heightening a hip, satirical take on bad old Hollywood ways.
  24. Committed
    With its capacity to surprise, the film comes to life when you don't expect it to, in tiny but wonderfully off-center moments.
  25. The Big Kahuna
    A drama of extraordinary power and insight with dazzling performances from not only Spacey but also Danny DeVito (who may well be at his best ever) and from newcomer Peter Facinelli.
  26. From the Edge of the City
    Brutal yet lyrical film.
  27. The Last September
    A luminous, piercing film from the Elizabeth Bowen novel, richly evokes a world of privilege on the verge of disintegration.
  28. Gossip
    A total waste of time.
    • Los Angeles Times
  29. U-571
    Gets high marks for tension and excitement.
    • Los Angeles Times
  30. Croupier
    Intense, hypnotic, assured, Croupier mesmerizes from its opening image of a roulette ball on the move.
    • Los Angeles Times
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