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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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. Moonlight Mile
    Jake Gyllenhaal is 21 and looks as though he's going on 16. This is not a problem for films like "Lovely & Amazing" and "The Good Girl"-- It is a problem in Moonlight Mile, where he plays a grown man recovering from the murder of his fiancée.
  2. 50 First Dates
    A terrible movie by all reasonable standards -- yet it leaves a sweet taste.
  3. The Low Down
    Here’s a British spin on the familiar struggle of the couch potato who plans any minute now to get off his duff.
  4. Factory Girl
    Miller and Pearce are admirably determined to do their complex characters justice, but the generic script turns them into enigmatic symbols, locked in a hollow time capsule.
  5. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Grand passion, secrecy, world politics and mortal danger provide a heady mix for this spectacularly beautiful movie. If only the accents were as reliable as the azure of the sea.
  6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    Chamber is chockablock with action (including a far more exciting game of Quidditch) and crafty special effects.
  7. Heartbreakers
    Heartbreakers is too long by a half-hour, and there are entire sketches (including a horrid nightclub sequence with Weaver trying to sing in Russian) that could be mercifully sacrificed.
  8. Becoming Jane
    We can't quite shake the feeling we've seen this all done before, and better.
  9. The Friend
    Actors do an excellent job portraying young people struggling with an almost manic paranoia.
  10. That Man: Peter Berlin
    Fortunately, Tushinski strikes the right balance throughout, interspersing old erotic photos and stills from Berlin's adult films with entertaining, current-day sound bites.
  11. Marion Bridge
    This Canadian film is extraordinarily low-key, considering the explosive secrets the sisters unearth, but that is part of its strength.
  12. The Hunting Party
    Everything about this political thriller is ridiculous.
  13. Greenfingers
    This is not challenging filmmaking by any means, more like a comfortable old slipper. But it's a perennial that's guaranteed to please.
  14. New York Doll
    The film paints an affectionate portrait of a wry, somewhat addled man whose hard-partying past was in stark contrast with his later life - a fluffy cat nestles in his guitar case while he explains his nickname.
  15. Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein
    As complex as its subject's life and - like her - both flawed and fascinating.
  16. The Deserted Station
    Gentle and understated (if somewhat creepy).
  17. Proof of Life
    The romantic subtext of their characters' relationship is the film's chief liability, and feels forced and undeveloped.
  18. The Mystic Masseur
    There is a very sharp, funny critique of ambition and self-made gurus in The Mystic Masseur, but it is obscured by a softening bloat.
    • New York Daily News
    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Psycho
    Cold, dull, lifeless. [5 December 1998, p.3]
    • New York Daily News
  20. Wonderland
    That (cinéma-vérité) feel is absolutely convincing, as are the performances.
  21. Golda's Balcony
    Once again, we chart the growth of a woman and a country at the same time, a tough assignment that Harper tackles with humor and passion (even if her Kissinger impersonation could use a little work).
  22. Penelope
    An endearing premise and fanciful spirit aren't quite enough to rescue a film that has more heart than smarts.
  23. Particles of Truth
    If ever a cast of characters needed a good dose of Prozac - or maybe just a hug - it's in this downbeat, low-budget indie.
  24. Zathura: A Space Adventure
    Jon Favreau's adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's kid-lit adventure of the same name, more than fills the bill - though it's unlikely to draw anyone over the age of 11 (not counting baby-sitters).
  25. Birth
    It's corny, plodding, implausible and - on occasion - seriously creepy. At the same time, it contains a couple of this movie year's most sublime sequences, and features one of Nicole Kidman's bravest and best performances.
  26. The Baxter
    Modest and polite. That's not a ringing endorsement of Michael Showalter's good-natured comedy, but there are enough laughs in it if you're willing to settle.
  27. In Too Deep
    A well-acted and surprisingly thoughtful treatment of the same old, same old.
  28. The Guardian
    At its best when its heroes race furiously toward their missions, most of which involve jumping out of a helicopter into surging waves.
  29. Cremaster 3
    Barney's cinematic art inspires both awe and revulsion, often simultaneously.
  30. Deliver Us from Eva
    Union is a brilliant spitfire, though one wishes the script had been run past an English major. But the movie's flaws are smoothed over by a rousing soundtrack, some excellent comic performances and the star-making moves of LL Cool J.
  31. Amy
    Alana De Roma is going to be a tremendous star.
  32. The Magic Gloves
    He may earn his living as a cab driver, but the blank hero of Martín Rejtman's sardonic Argentinean comedy is perfectly content to hitch his way through life.
  33. I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
    Garlin, like Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine in "Marty," is good company, even when his out-of-control eating and self-loathing threaten to overwhelm him.
  34. Big Fish
    But Burton and August have added ­anger to the mix, and it sours much of the otherwise wondrous tone.
  35. Chronicles
    The movie suffers from tipping its hand too easily and hating its subject so much.
  36. The Wild Thornberrys Movie
    So well intentioned that its flaws may be generously overlooked by parents desperately planning activities for school breaks.
  37. La bûche
    Enjoy Christmas in Paris, if you don't have enough problems of your own, with this slice of family life from French director Daniele Thompson.
  38. When the Sea Rises
    There's something sweet yet chilling in When the Sea Rises. If it had explored more of the chill, it might have turned into a knockout, absurdist thriller.
  39. My Best Friend
    Mildly entertaining trifle.
  40. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
    There is no doubting Jonathan Demme's admiration for our 39th President: It's apparent from the opening scenes.
  41. Hats Off
    Though Weddell's accomplishments are inspiring, we would have been better served by a more impartial portrait. With its reverent tone, the movie often feels more like it was made by a doting granddaughter than a pro filmmaker.
  42. Eat This New York
    An excellent idea that never quite pans out.
  43. Mysterious Skin
    A well-conceived story that is very hard to shake.
  44. A Scanner Darkly
    Scanner is mostly all talk, and the talk is entertaining only when it's coming from Downey. The actor's long history of drug abuse taught him a thing or two about cooked behavior, and he gives some anxious run-on monologues that are very funny.
  45. Angel-A
    The beautiful black-and-white photography - and disappointingly sappy ending - are the only remotely sober elements here, thanks to Besson's loopy script and Debbouze's very funny turn as a loser who simply can't believe his luck.
  46. The Brave One
    Not enough to overcome the proven axiom that although you can make a bad movie from a good script, you can't make a good one from a bad one.
  47. Snow Angels
    It does give Sam Rockwell another opportunity to creep us out, and Kate Beckinsale a new shot at believability. Too bad the movie around them meanders.
  48. Rounders
    Oughtta be much bettor.
    • New York Daily News
  49. Heist
    While not nearly as elaborate as either film, Heist plays like a combination of "The Sting" and "Mission: Impossible."
  50. Mondays in the Sun
    Though buoyed by excellent, unflinching performances, this melancholy drama reflects the dismally monotonous lives of its subjects just a little too well.
  51. Rush Hour 2
    The co-stars genuinely like each other, and their pleasure is infectious.
  52. Munich
    The failure of a movie that is so good in so many ways leaves me to wonder if Spielberg is up to this kind of complex, multi-tasking story.
  53. Luminous Motion
    An ambitious film that sticks with you long after you have left the theater -- because of both what it achieves and what it does not.
  54. Game 6
    There are funny bits strewn throughout Game 6, and it's good to see Keaton in a meaty, nonshowy role for a change. He has the chops when he's not mugging.
  55. Miami Vice
    Miami Vice is the last of the predicted summer blockbusters, and it delivers a reasonable amount of popcorn excitement. But if nostalgia for the TV show is the source of your interest, expect some disappointment.
  56. The Governess
    Though Driver's offbeat beauty and Wilkinson's weathered visage make for an unlikely pairing, it works because their passion wells from something deeper than physical apperance. [31 Jul 1998]
    • New York Daily News
  57. Stir of Echoes
    Little internal logic and too many signposts. It's easy to see who in the neighborhood knows more than they're letting on, even without X-ray vision or ESP.
  58. Wimbledon
    As a love story, Wimbledon is a washout. As a meditation on sports psychology, it might help improve your game.
  59. Sugar & Spice
    A cheerleader spoof that starts rousingly, but ends up nearly as shallow as its easy-target subjects.
  60. Malèna
    If Mussolini had a Monica Bellucci to inspire his troops, we might still be trying to take Palermo.
  61. À Tout de Suite (Right Now)
    Though it happens two-thirds into the movie, when Lili is abandoned by the others in Greece without either luggage or money, Le Besco's vulnerability draws us into her predicament.
  62. Illuminata
    Beneath the noisy, farcical surface of John Turturro's Illuminata is a thoughtful and unusually mature meditation on love.
  63. Jesus' Son
    Movies about junkies are often brutal to watch, but Jesus' Son has such a light touch, you have little to fear. Little to gain, too.
  64. The Woman Chaser
    An only intermittently amusing genre parody.
  65. The Outsider
    As is often the case with Toback's films, even as you're shaking your head at his shameless self-indulgence, you can't help but keep on watching.
  66. Latter Days
    In equal parts earnest and awkward, this romance between a Mormon missionary and an L.A. party boy falls significantly short of its lofty goals.
  67. The Keys to the House
    Both Rossi and Charlotte Rampling, as the mother of another young patient, do fine work. But the only surprises come at the end, too late to move us the way they should.
  68. Major Dundee (re-release)
    The movie still isn't great, but it's an important remonstration to that oldest of all studio-system curses: the producer who thinks he's more creative than the director.
  69. Shanghai Noon
    A silly buddy caper that should delight the adolescent at heart, even if some of the jokes have been sitting too long in the desert sun.
  70. One Bright Shining Moment
    Instructive but aggressively biased liberal history lesson.
  71. Phat Girlz
    The plus-size personality of comic actress Mo'Nique fills the screen in Phat Girlz, a sweet, if thinly plotted tale.
  72. American Dreamz
    Where good satire is drawn with a surgeon's scalpel, this comedy is done with a brush broad enough to paint - or, at least, hit - the side of a barn. But in the softer realm of parody, it has a good premise, a couple of funny performances and enough giggles for a reasonably good time at the movies.
  73. Gabrielle
    Chereau keeps us locked inside their suffocatingly unhappy home, making for an intensely theatrical chamber piece.
  74. Factotum
    Bukowski fans - and they are legion - may fill in the blanks from their own knowledge of the writer and find Factotum a more complete character study than it really is. For the rest of us, there are a few laughs - and a corking hangover.
    • New York Daily News
  75. The Protector
    While the story's silly, the stunts, choreographed by Jaa and popular Thai filmmaker Panna Rittikrai, are spectacular.
  76. Breaking and Entering
    There's a great deal of potential here, but like Will, Minghella loses his bearings whenever he wanders too far from home.
  77. Untraceable
    I like the idea of a cybercrimes agent cracking cases through superior knowledge of the Internet. Marsh could be a great heroine for a continuing series. But Untraceable essentially forces its audience to identify with those who would be willing accomplices to torture and murder. To understate the point, that's not an audience-friendly approach.
  78. Walk on Water
    The film nearly drowns in earnest morality.
  79. Zero Day
    A speculative re-enactment of the 1999 Columbine slaughter, told from the point of view of two suburban high school nihilists as they videotape themselves preparing for the last and "best day" of their lives.
  80. Meet the Robinsons
    It takes nearly an hour before Stephen J. Anderson's 3-D, animated comedy Meet the Robinsons begins to make sense, and when it does, the film literally takes off. But unless you're familiar with the children's book by William Joyce from which it's adapted, that first hour is a cluttered, noisy, nearly unendurable mess.
  81. Julien Donkey-Boy
    I'd never seen anything like it, and can say that I hope to never see anything like it again.
  82. The Holiday
    A harmlessly cheery confection.
  83. Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
    Scurlock barely acknowledges the logical reality of any credit card transaction: If you choose to buy something, you will have to pay for it eventually.
  84. Redacted
    Like "Lions for Lambs," Redacted is more significant in its sense of purpose than its uneven execution.
  85. Fantasia 2000
    Whether it's any good depends on your expectations.
  86. Climates
    Like Ceylan's earlier films, Climates is as gorgeous as it is self-consciously composed, but an hour and 40 minutes is a long time to spend with Isa, forget three seasons.
  87. Otomo
    A potent drama.
  88. Overnight
    It turned out that he (Duffy) had an ego like a giant ChiaPet. With a little money sprinkled over it, it grew out of control.
  89. Stolen Childhoods
    Meryl Streep narrates this global update on child-labor abuses with all the enthusiasm and alarm of someone reading "The Pet Goat" to a classroom of second-graders.
  90. Raising Victor Vargas
    There's something uniquely gratifying about watching nonprofessionals deliver totally natural performances.
  91. Zodiac
    Without a persuasive ending, Zodiac is an exercise in frustration if not futility. But before it hits the inevitable wall, it does something better than most genre films even attempt: it perfectly depicts the obsession that often overtakes cops and reporters involved in high-profile crimes.
  92. Les amants criminels
    "Grimm's Fairy Tales" were pretty grim, but Criminal Lovers crosses the line and sexualizes your worst fears.
  93. Fat Girls
    Christian infuses this familiar story with gentle empathy, which goes a long way in balancing out the more amateurish choices.
  94. Die, Mommie, Die!
    A brilliantly pitch-perfect sendup of a particular type of cheesy movie.
  95. A House on a Hill
    It's an interesting conceit that quickly becomes a precious annoyance especially since the drama itself is so static.
  96. The Cooler
    When you realize The Cooler is not a comedy but a dark and violent love story, it's hard to reconcile its premise with its mood. The saving graces are the performances of William H. Macy as Bernie and Maria Bello.
  97. Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
    Immensely moving and strikingly original, Kelly's story of a brilliant, disturbed teen (Jake Gyllenhaal) drowning in the cultural morass of the 1980s now feels bloated.
  98. Tuvalu
    It may take a half-hour to get one's bearings, but there's a payoff in the subsequent charm of this nearly wordless, surreal comedy set in a decrepit bathhouse in Bulgaria.
    • New York Daily News
  99. Opal Dream
    Though there are no Montys, full or otherwise, the finale will lift you up.
  100. Minority Report
    By turns silly and amazing, a mishmash of Kubrickian devices accompanied by a steady Spielbergian drip of sentimentality.
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