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For 16,550 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 2.2 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: 8,714 out of 16550
  2. Mixed: 5,819 out of 16550
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16550
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  1. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Luminarias
    Consistently entertaining and offers some sharp observations of the Latino experience.
  5. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Adorenarin doraibu
    A rip-roaring romantic comedy that's as funny as it is light on its feet.
  10. Human Traffic
    There's an underlying emptiness to Human Traffic and it's difficult to say for sure whether Kerrigan fully acknowledges it.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  15. Bossa Nova
    Tilts toward the slight and merely pleasant when it could have had much more emotional impact.
  16. Where the Heart Is
    In comparison to Where the Heart Is, the Wal-Mart commercials seem like cinema verite.
  17. Timecode
    A clever way of providing crucial layering and heightening a hip, satirical take on bad old Hollywood ways.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. From the Edge of the City
    Brutal yet lyrical film.
  21. The Last September
    A luminous, piercing film from the Elizabeth Bowen novel, richly evokes a world of privilege on the verge of disintegration.
  22. Gossip
    A total waste of time.
    • Los Angeles Times
  23. U-571
    Gets high marks for tension and excitement.
    • Los Angeles Times
  24. Croupier
    Intense, hypnotic, assured, Croupier mesmerizes from its opening image of a roulette ball on the move.
    • Los Angeles Times
  25. The Virgin Suicides
    Successfully venturesome, but you need to know that it's also a real downer.
    • Los Angeles Times
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Love & Basketball
    In her first feature, writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood tells a familiar tale with first-rate acting and an underlying sense of authenticity.
    • Los Angeles Times
  27. Where the Money Is
    The only way the film could have had a prayer of working--and thereby tapping its stars' considerable strengths--is by taking a much harder edge and going for dark, even bleak humor.
  28. The Girl Next Door
    Insightful and thoughtful.
    • Los Angeles Times
  29. Keeping the Faith
    All the more rewarding because of the challenge the material presented.
  30. East Is East
    Above all a man's confrontation with self in middle-age and his need to accept the fact that his children, beyond their mixed ancestry, are after all native-born English citizens.
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