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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 The Fourth Kind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,885 out of 6911
  2. Mixed: 2,801 out of 6911
  3. Negative: 1,225 out of 6911
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  1. American Pie
    The successful bits, along with an amiable cast of losers and their prom-night prey, make American Pie a winner.
  2. The Barbarian Invasions
    A deeply felt celebration of the life force, as embodied in Girard's fierce performance as a man who may not have done all he could, but had an enviably great time on the way.
  3. A Love Divided
    If it weren't based on a true story, you might suspect Sydney McCartney's A Love Divided was created by a panel of militant Irish Protestants.
  4. Evelyn
    The story is predictable, even bland, but the stellar cast, detailed set design and abundance of good humor elevate it from the typical feel-good movie. It makes for intelligent counterprogramming against some of the season's harder-edged fare.
  5. Fido
    It's definitely the most fun you'll have with the undead this week.
  6. Multiplicity
    A finely performed, breezily directed, very funny comedy. [17 July 1996, p.33]
    • New York Daily News
  7. My Architect
    Apparently Louis Kahn was not much of a father, raconteur or businessman. But he was a genius, and he left his mark on all the people whose lives he touched.
  8. Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
    Dispels myths about the "gangsta" aura that clings to rap and shows this poetry of the streets in all its different forms: social protest, entertainment and aggression.
  9. The Specialist
    The Specialist allows Eichmann to convict himself, not of complicity in the Holocaust -- to that he pleads guilty, by reason of nationalism -- but as a man unfazed by his own inhumanity.
  10. District B13
    Besson takes a few clumsy stabs at political relevance, but it's clear that grand themes are not his priority. That's okay: His charismatic leads are martial-arts masters, and their breathtaking stunts smoothly lift the movie every time it stumbles.
  11. The Road Home
    With so many cynical Hollywood romances cluttering theaters, Zhang Yimou's unabashed simplicity is most welcome.
  12. A Perfect Day
    Director de Aranoa keeps things moving, though, with a firm sense of pace and a rough, punk-edged soundtrack.
  13. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
    Silly, perfect fun.
  14. Bon voyage
    At times, the giddy tone makes it feel like a musical set on the eve of Pearl Harbor, but the acting is uniformly good and it's an absolutely gorgeous film to watch.
  15. The Simpsons Movie
    A very funny, solidly entertaining movie that, despite its unshakable obsesion with undergarments, is as sweet as a Kwik-E-Mart Squishee.
  16. Baadasssss!
    Both public tribute and private therapy session, Baadasssss! should have been a self-conscious disaster. By confronting his past with wit and style, Van Peebles has instead created a meta-cool history lesson and homage.
  17. Asphalt Zahov
    More than the sum of its parts.
  18. Outsourced
    Josh Hamilton gives a marvelously engaging performance in this fish-out-of-water comedy.
    • New York Daily News
  19. Cloverfield
    Manhattan has always been a fat target for apocalypse filmmakers, but with its 9/11-inspired imagery, Matt Reeves' breathlessly fast-paced Cloverfield is going to resonate with New York audiences in a way no other horror film has.
  20. Elf
    A non-sappy and genuinely adorable confection. It wiped away the Scrooge in me for 90 enchanting minutes.
  21. Joy Ride
    Joy Ride is plenty spooky but there's also plenty of comic relief -- mostly from the perennially goofy Zahn.
  22. Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
    Sloppy, self-satisfied and surprisingly heartfelt.
  23. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
    It's a tribute to both the subject and his biographer that this story of one man's experience is also a vital chronicle of the times in which he's lived.
  24. Session 9
    A natural successor to "The Blair Witch Project" in terms of its small suggestions of horror past and future.
  25. A Mighty Heart
    The story feels as urgent as the latest bad news out of the Middle East.
  26. Ratcatcher
    A grim, poetic, heart-wrenchingly fine ode to the lost children of Glasgow's forgotten class.
    • New York Daily News
  27. Japanese Story
    Japanese Story could have been a two-character play staged in front of a desert mural. It wouldn't have been as pretty, but it's that tight.
  28. Shark Tale
    Not wildly imaginative, and it has a tepid mix of movie references. But the physical environment and characters make it irresistible.
  29. Shaft
    Violent, cool and street-smart, Shaft supplies everything you want in a summer movie.
  30. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
    A fascinating story.
    • New York Daily News
  31. Spy Game
    The script provides an excellent payoff, although action fans may not agree, because that payoff is the equivalent of a Cheshire cat's grin.
  32. Matchstick Men
    The direction is still slick, but Matchstick Men gets most of its thrills from the unknowable in human interaction. This could be the biggest "scam" Scott himself has pulled off.
  33. Miracle
    What is lacking in suspense is more than made up for in passion and in sports cinematography virtuosity.
  34. Pellet
    Could easily serve as an instructional video for repressive regimes who have not yet learned you can get more with honey than with vinegar.
  35. The Weather Underground
    The documentary plays it down the middle, neither condemning nor romanticizing the political outlaws, but making sense of who they were and what they did.
  36. The Good Thief
    With his haggard good looks and bearish presence, Nolte is the main event in this colorful three-ring circus of a heist picture.
  37. James and the Giant Peach
    A handsome, entertaining though emotionally thin animated feature.
  38. Married Life
    It's a sly little fable with at least six very obvious homages to Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, and a dark little heart that happily hides under a double-breasted suit.
  39. Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch
    If you're looking for either insight or even just an introduction into the mind of a great artist, "One Day" is worth the effort.
  40. Scream
    Builds to a splattering finale that should leave genre fans highly satisfied.
  41. Love and Diane
    Amazing... There are only a finite number of filmmakers with the devotion, patience and ability to tease out these stories.
  42. A Song for Martin
    Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl give superb performances as the couple, a once-vigorous conductor and his orchestra's concertmistress. But soon ... well, you know the drill.
  43. My Date with Drew
    There are times, to be sure, when Herzlinger's antics threaten to swing from cute to cloying. But the few missteps are gently redeemed by an unexpectedly charming finish.
  44. Saving Grace
    Has that same air of silly innocence, a rarity in today's movies.
  45. How to Eat Fried Worms
    Here's hoping its old-fashioned sensibility appeals to contemporary kids, because we could certainly use more movies as smart and sweet as this one.
  46. Knafayim Shvurot
    Bergman and his gifted cast do an excellent job portraying the wounded, but still vital, connections that help these people heal even as they fervently believe it's time to give up.
  47. Maria Full of Grace
    Accomplishes two great things on what was undoubtedly a minuscule budget. It breathes life into a small story that has larger ramifications. It also shows that America, as represented by Jackson Heights, is still the promised land for people about whom movies are rarely made.
  48. Open Range
    A flawed but highly entertaining B Western blown up to John Ford scale.
  49. Stranger Than Fiction
    It has a nifty premise and outstanding performances from Ferrell, as the protagonist-in-progress, and Emma Thompson, as his blocked creator.
  50. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    This is a crazy, gorgeous, disturbing, darkly comic horror story about an early-18th-century Frenchman born in a Paris fish market without any odor of his own but with a sense of smell that would make a pack of bloodhounds wail with envy.
  51. The Little Vampire
    Strikes a nice balance between smart and sweet.
  52. Chalk
    If Chalk had been made by Christopher Guest - an obvious influence - it would get the attention it deserves. Packed with sly jokes, hilarious performances and sad truths, the movie will probably become a cult classic among educators.
  53. Torremolinos 73
    The result is a highly amusing folly, rendered with a surprisingly gentle affection.
  54. Soft Fruit
    A slog to get through, but Jeanie Drynan's nuanced performance as the enduring matriarch makes it all worthwhile.
  55. Life and Debt
    This is a sophisticated and unsettling documentary marred only by a voice-over taken from the writings of Jamaica Kincaid.
  56. The Painted Veil
    The Painted Veil may begin too slowly, but it also ends too soon.
  57. The Fall of Fujimori
    Fujimori comes off as amiable and in full denial, recalling the positive headlines of his presidency - and there were many - while laying the scandals off on Montesinos.
  58. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    Does something no other Jesse James movie has done: It tells the truth.
  59. Insomnia
    Pacino is masterful as the sharp-witted, seen-it-all detective.
    • New York Daily News
  60. The Other Side of the Street
    Bernstein blunts the inherent tension by zipping everything along at the pace of a snail with a sore foot. Still, Montenegro does wonders in her long silences, and makes her love scene with the eager 72-year-old Cortez look like a hookup at Club Med.
  61. Our Song
    That it all seems improvised on the spot (it was not) is testament to the power of a film that trusts its characters, its actors and its ultimate goal.
    • New York Daily News
  62. The Deep End
    Delicious, intelligent thriller.
  63. The Groomsmen
    The Groomsmen captures a single, specific moment, when responsibilities await but adulthood is still unwelcome. If their predicament strikes a chord, you may want to join Burns' boys for their final hurrah.
  64. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Reilly can play nuts, too, and in a lower gear that reins Ferrell in. They're a great team.
  65. Days of Glory
    Conventional, but intensely passionate, war movie.
  66. Sling Blade
    Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and stars in this compassionate, occasionally funny, character-driven movie about a mentally unstable man who takes the best interests of children very seriously.
  67. Chaos
    Despite a brief, unnecessary foray into melodrama -- stands alone as compelling entertainment.
  68. Benjamin Smoke
    It feels as though we're on a journey with Benjamin, who proves to be a wryly funny, passionate and complex traveling companion.
    • New York Daily News
  69. Bowfinger
    One of the reasons the move is so funny is that it is only a few degrees away from real life.
  70. Booye kafoor, atre yas
    The heavy subject is tempered with gentle humor.
  71. You Can Count on Me
    It's a compassionate story about what makes people tick and what really matters.
  72. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
    If you've got the patience, this is still one of the all-time exercises in cinematic cool.
  73. Monsieur Ibrahim
    Omar Sharif certainly doesn't disappoint in Monsieur Ibrahim. The casting alone promises something extraordinary.
  74. Finding Neverland
    Delightful and moving - although fanciful.
  75. Mission to Mars
    Earthlings beware: The dialogue and characters have less weight than bodies freed from gravity's grip.
  76. Naqoyqatsi
    Images wash over you like wind-blown rain, fierce and beautiful at the same time, largely shaped into themes by the haunting music of Philip Glass, who is here joined by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
  77. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
    In a movie theater, at least, there are other people to hear you laugh, and the film of MST3K already seems a more communal, less onanistic experience.
  78. Last Orders
    It is remarkably, unsentimentally dramatized by Fred Schepisi, courtesy of the pitch-perfect performances of its ensemble British cast.
    • New York Daily News
  79. Boiler Room
    Energetic, provocative.
  80. King of California
    Cahill deserves major credit for keeping the story from becoming mawkish or twee. He was also wise enough to realize it's Douglas' show, and as soon as he steps into the frame, you'll know it, too.
  81. Pauline and Paulette
    Plumbs the issue of sibling love and family responsibility in quietly powerful ways, and the performances of the two stars surpass convincing to reach a level of biographical realism.
    • New York Daily News
  82. Titanic Town
    She (Walters) may be working with old news, but she shores up this shaky film with a heart the size of an ocean liner.
  83. The World's Fastest Indian
    Whether he'll achieve his goal of setting the world land-speed record for motorcycles is never in doubt, of course, but getting to a film's climactic scene has rarely been more fun.
  84. In the Bedroom
    It's a human drama, drawn in such careful emotional detail, its two acts of violence -- one shown, one not -- are almost incidental.
    • New York Daily News
  85. Hollywood Ending
    A bouquet of snappy one-liners and disarming nuttiness.
    • New York Daily News
  86. Dear Frankie
    It is a sweet, wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub.
  87. Herbie Fully Loaded
    Just like the can-do VW Beetle of the title, Herbie: Fully Loaded succeeds adorably despite the obstacles in its path.
  88. Last Holiday
    It's too bad there's so little of LL Cool J as the secret object of Georgia's fantasies. He'd make a funny, nimble, sexy romantic lead with just a bit more screen time.
  89. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
    As cool a summer lark as you'll find.
  90. America's Sweethearts
    The result is a back-lot studio tour that's not exactly good-natured, but terrific fun and it gives the ensemble cast plenty of clowning opportunities.
  91. Catch a Fire
    The movie belongs to Luke, who brings the heroic Chamusso to life as richly as Forest Whitaker does the evil Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."
  92. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
    Where Kim's best-known movie, "The Isle," was a stomach-churner, this beautifully composed canvas is the sort of film one falls into, resurfacing at the end with great reluctance.
  93. Stick It
    Peregrym's performance as fiery, troubled teen Haley Graham is a triumph of charisma over technique.
  94. Bridge to Terabithia
    Csupo needed two very gifted leads to do this beloved story justice, and found them in AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson.
  95. The Holy Land
    Masterly coming-of-age drama.
  96. Winter Solstice
    Very little actually happens in the movie. There are no cathartic breakdowns or soul-changing epiphanies. Instead, we're offered a collection of small moments that feel so familiar, they remind us how false most films really are.
  97. The Guru
    The first pleasant surprise of 2003, a cross-cultural romantic comedy that doesn't stint on romance or comedy, and- - when you least expect and most need it- - throws in some jaunty musical numbers of its own.
  98. Strike
    The dubbing from German to Polish is off-putting, but it is Schlondorff's best film since his classic "The Tin Drum."
  99. Chicago 10
    A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present.
  100. Twin Falls Idaho
    Has the gentlest feel of any movie I can remember.
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