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For 16,520 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 16520
  2. Mixed: 5,806 out of 16520
  3. Negative: 2,017 out of 16520
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  1. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
    It looks as if no one bothered to deliver more than the minimum requirement of magic or artistry.
  2. Happy, Texas
    A hoot, a hilarious comedy that's smart and caring, yet sexy and ingenious enough that it just might stir up some of that elusive "Full Monty"-style box-office appeal.
  3. Bandits
    An emotion-charged tale that's also an edgy commentary on women's destinies and how they're still so largely affected by men.
  4. Three Kings
    Off-and-on cynical and sentimental, Russell's darkly comic tale shows how much can be done with familiar material when you're burning to do things differently and have the gifts to pull that off.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Drive Me Crazy
    Like the song, the movie is bouncy and catchy but disposable pop material.
  6. Double Jeopardy
    For all its familiar conventions and hoary improbabilities, Double Jeopardy is a relatively efficient model of its kind.
  7. On the Ropes
    In recording life as it unfolds in the course of a year, On the Ropes not only defies prediction as to its outcome but is in some ways downright confounding...as involving and suspenseful as the best fictional films.
  8. One Man's Hero
    Has the stuff of a cavalry classic...but it lacks the vision and personality to attain such a level of artistry.
  9. Mumford
    Those who enjoy the old-fashioned Hollywood pleasure of seeing divergent threads neatly pulled together will be more than satisfied.
  10. Jakob the Liar
    The latest in what feels like an endless string of movies ... in which the actor's parts have ruinously overdosed on sentimentality and schmaltz at the expense of humor and even sanity.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dog Park
    Peel away the layers of contrivances, however, and the leftover plot barely fills a doggy bag.
  12. Simon Sez
    A lackluster international action adventure.
  13. Guinevere
    We have a right to yawn, but we don't, and Sarah Polley is the reason.
  14. The Jaundiced Eye
    As compelling as it is illuminating.
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  15. Taxman
    Has the hit-machine aura of something whipped together by L.A. studio execs over avocado sandwiches and banana smoothies.
  16. Splendor
    The pleasing Splendor is surely more likely to appeal to a wider audience than any of Araki's previous films.
  17. Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
    The kind of full-length career portrait that every great actor deserves but rarely receives.
  18. Sugar Town
    Diverting and sometimes humorous but sticks to the superficial ...not distinctive enough to make much of an impression.
  19. Breakfast of Champions
    This starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving.
  20. Lucie Aubrac
    Lucie Aubrac has it all: a tender romance, acute suspense, terrific acting, and a camera style and and score that are beautiful yet understated...a major work, possessing breadth, depth and passion.
  21. Get Bruce
    An accurate sense of how today's Hollywood works.
  22. Blue Streak
    (Lawrence) has every right to be proud of carrying this rickety film on his stooped shoulders.
  23. For Love of the Game
    Those who have even a small soft spot for baseball's soothing rhythms will be hard-pressed to resist it.
  24. Romance
    As pretentious as it is hard-core specific, this fiercely anti-erotic film makes even the chilly "Eyes Wide Shut" play like "The Big Easy."
  25. American Beauty
    A blood-chilling dark comedy with unexpected moments of both fury and warmth, a strange, brooding and very accomplished film that sets us back on our heels from its opening frames.
  26. The Minus Man
    Eerie, quietly compelling... a fresh and mesmerizing experience...such an unsettling experience you find yourself still taking it all in well after the lights have gone up.
  27. Earth
    Telling things through the eyes of a spoiled, precocious, troublemaking 8-year-old narrator is both an overdone device and not a particularly engaging one.
  28. B. Monkey
    As skilled, resourceful actors, (Argento and Harris) make...a more believable couple than you would have thought possible.
  29. Love Stinks
    Low comedy doesn't get any lower than Love Stinks.
  30. Stigmata
    Essentially a late-'90s MTV version of "The Exorcist," a half-serious, half-silly piece of business that keeps us involved despite (or maybe because of) being more than a little overdone.
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