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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. Stuart Little
    The other, unintentional lesson taught here is that it's easier to make a mouse talk than to come up with something interesting for him to say.
  2. Topsy-Turvy
    A bit longer than it might be, a bit more attached to its digressions than we might wish. But the length does encourage the feeling that we've been through the whole creative process with Gilbert and Sullivan .
  3. Anna and the King
    The problem with Anna and the King is that it's caught halfway between then and now--- the film tries to throw in notions of cultural relativism and big power imperialism, but can't do without corny shtick.
  4. Magnolia
    Drunk and disorderly on the pure joy of making movies. A frantic, flawed, fascinating film that is both impressive and a bit out of control, often at the same time.
  5. The Cider House Rules
    That Irving adapted his novel to the screen himself and, even more, that Hallström directed it, makes Cider House a far better film than other film adaptations of Irving's work.
  6. Cradle Will Rock
    Its nervy decision to cut as wide a swath as possible through one of the most exciting and meaningful periods of our history have created something that's impossible not to both applaud and enjoy.
  7. Miss Julie
    Figgis remains a compelling storyteller, holding you with the intensity of his vision and his mastery of nuance.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The War Zone
    Much of its strength resides in the way it eschews narrative contrivance. The movie observes behavior without explaining or judging it.
  9. Diamonds
    A heart-tugging comedy-adventure that's in the spirit of the holiday season.
  10. Stir of Echoes
    What gives the movie its teeth is the very earthy Witzky family, who behave so much like real people you might think they are.
  11. The Green Mile
    Moves with the suffocating deliberateness of a river of molasses.
  12. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
    Only the innate sweetness of both its lead character and its base premise keeps you from wanting to slap Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo upside its mangy, empty head.
  13. Agnes Browne
    Huston is a sucker for sentiment, and Agnes Browne is a sap's holiday.
  14. Holy Smoke
    At once hilarious and serious, cruel and tender, and bristling with vitality, Holy Smoke is the right movie for the millennium, envisioning new possibilities in the way people view and relate to one another.
  15. The End of the Affair
    Has everything a period romance should have, including a score by Michael Nyman and passionate performances by stars Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore.
  16. Sweet and Lowdown
    It's a loving and comic tribute to a musical era Allen knows well.
  17. A Map of the World
    An accomplished film that continually takes us beyond our first impressions of people and situations.
  18. Flawless
    Flawless this Joel Schumacher film is not, but it plays so well that scarcely matters.
  19. Tumbleweeds
    One of those wonderful, deeply personal pictures that pop up every now and then to lift your spirits.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    End of Days
    Half-baked.
  21. Ride with the Devil
    A serious film with a lot on its mind, is probably the most intelligent treatment of this period we've had.
  22. Toy Story 2
    Toy Story 2 may not have the most original title, but everything else about it is, well, mint in the box.
  23. The World Is Not Enough
    Not enough to add up to a fully satisfying movie.
  24. All About My Mother
    A surprisingly satisfying combination of bawdy sexual humor, genuine emotion and a plot with mechanics so excessive that Almodóvar himself calls it "a screwball drama."
  25. Sleepy Hollow
    More creepy and flesh-crawling than overwhelmingly gory, it nevertheless takes pride in characters who get splattered with blood as often as take-out fries get doused with catsup.
  26. 42: Forty Two Up
    Time is truly on Apted's side because the passing of time not surprisingly brings a richer, deeper perspective with each new segment.
  27. Mansfield Park
    It's an interesting take, and it always holds our interest, but it's finally too ham-fisted to be a completely winning one.
  28. Liberty Heights
    A mature, accomplished piece of work, both funny and deeply felt, personal cinema of the best kind...Levinson has made the memory film we always hoped he would.
  29. Anywhere But Here
    While adapting accomplished fiction such as this is a lure Hollywood can never resist, some characters breathe better on the page, and that is the case here.
  30. The Hungry Bachelors Club
    An undernourished romantic comedy-drama that's especially short on that most essential ingredient: credibility.
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