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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. The School of Flesh
    A handsome work of authoritative yet understated style, responsive to mood, subtleties and nuance in exploring its especially well-drawn and intelligent lovers.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    20 Dates
    A laugh-out-loud chronicle of the struggling filmmaker's hunt for a girlfriend.
  3. 200 Cigarettes
    A light comedy, pure and simple (and hardly unfamiliar), but its makers sustain its energy through the unraveling of an intricate plot and bring to it a certain edge through a witty, sharp sense of observation.
  4. The Other Sister
    By coddling viewers and micromanaging our responses, The Other Sister shows almost as little respect for the audience as Elizabeth does for her feisty, underappreciated daughter.
  5. 8MM
    Those foolhardy enough to place themselves at the mercy of 8MM can expect the following emotions: disgust and revulsion, then anger, followed by a profound and disheartening sadness. There are some films whose existence makes the world a worse place to live, and this is one of them.
  6. Office Space
    Bristling with shrewd observation, inspired humor and all-around smarts, Office Space is a winner about a guy who's beginning to feel like a loser.
  7. October Sky
    One of the most unfashionable movies of the new year, and one of the more appealing. [19 February 1999, Calendar, p.F-10]
    • Los Angeles Times
  8. Jawbreaker
    Wickedly hilarious. [19 Feb 1999]
    • Los Angeles Times
  9. Blast from the Past
    Intermittently appealing movie romance.
  10. Message in a Bottle
    The result is exposition overkill and a dragged-out finale that turns what should have been a Tear Duct Special into a deflating experience, making what worked in the book unacceptable on the screen.
  11. My Favorite Martian
    The film is loud and labored--its sense of adventure kicking in so late that it scarcely matters. [12 Feb 1999, p.F15]
    • Los Angeles Times
  12. Simply Irresistible
    The two leads are unappealing, the story is dragged on for days and the rather random magical element renders any human factor irrelevant..
  13. Payback
    Has the makings of that rarest of ventures, an adaptation that is true to the spirit of the original as well as its own time and place. But as Payback wends its way toward its conclusion, its promise dissipates and its pleasures wane.
  14. She's All That
    A teen comedy that actually puts a priority on intelligence and values and spans generations in its appeal, emerging as a special delight for anyone for whom high school was something less than nirvana. [29 Jan 1999, p.6]
    • Los Angeles Times
  15. Gloria
    Not so much a remake of a film as it is a remake of an overcooked performance--a case of ham imitating ham.
  16. Virus
    An unpretentious, amusing thrill-a-minute sci-fi horror thriller / monster movie that plugs right into fears of a Y2K crisis.
  17. Varsity Blues
    A trashy little movie about drinking, football and drinking, is also one of those films that pretends to moralize about the very behavior it milks for every giggle it can get.
  18. At First Sight
    An exceptionally touching and provocative love story. [15 January 1999, Calendar, p. F-4]
    • Los Angeles Times
  19. The Thin Red Line
    An art film to the core. If it's an epic, it's an intimate, dream-time epic, an elliptical, episodic film, dependent on images and reveries, that treats war as the ultimate nightmare, the one you just cannot awaken from no matter how hard you try.
  20. Affliction
    Rarely have a novelist and filmmaker been better matched.
  21. Hilary and Jackie
    It takes two to be sisters, two to have a rivalry, and two exceptional actresses to turn Hilary and Jackie into a compelling look at the most intimate and troubling of family dynamics.
  22. The Faculty
    A smart, lively and unpretentious exploitation picture...Consistently funny and clever.
  23. Stepmom
    It may be unfair to ask a film like this not to be shamelessly manipulative, but wouldn't it be nice if audiences could be trusted to feel things more or less on their own without layers of unnecessary hokum entering the picture?
  24. A Civil Action
    Comes close, achingly close, to greatness.
  25. Patch Adams
    Williams knows when material is working, and he knows the sound of an honestly aroused crowd. This ain't it!
  26. Mighty Joe Young
    Mighty Joe Young may be the season's most appealing family bet. Certainly, it has an appealing cast.
  27. Down in the Delta
    In adding feature-film directing to her formidable list of accomplishments, poet and author Maya Angelou tells first-time screenwriter Myron Goble's absorbing and far-ranging story with simplicity and directness while guiding a splendid ensemble cast to an array of impressive portrayals.
  28. The Prince of Egypt
    Even in an animated feature, visuals alone, no matter how successful, are not enough. And despite having this sturdy biblical tale to work with, despite being faithful enough to the spirit of the story to please a wide swath of scholars and theologians, the creators of Prince of Egypt have been unable to relate it in a completely compelling way.
  29. The General
    Boorman signals that he may not like what the real Cahill did, but as a storyteller with a proven affection for larger-than-life subjects, he can't resist him, either.
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