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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
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  • 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. Shadow Magic
    A movie-movie about the movies.
  2. Stuart Little
    Parents, who are more apt to be bored by the simple story line, are going to be amazed nevertheless by the smooth, convincing animation that lends Stuart his lifelike physicality and expressive facial gestures.
  3. Black Hawk Down
    What we need to remember, what Black Hawk Down reminds us, is that there are no safe missions when you're chasing bad guys. Especially when you have to chase them down a hole.
  4. Deliver Us from Evil
    Amy Berg's riveting documentary, tracks O'Grady's predatory trail from San Andreas, Calif., to Ireland, where he is now living on a church pension that was apparently meant to buy his silence.
  5. Funny Ha Ha
    Bujalski celebrates the awkwardness of twentysomething life, allowing Dollenmayer to create a beautifully authentic portrait.
  6. Sicko
    Moore's most assured, least antagonistic and potentially most important film.
  7. Caché (Hidden)
    Caché seems at first glance like a straightforward thriller - about a talk-show host being stalked by a technologically savvy blackmailer. But it's really a sly, subversive commentary on conscience, race, class and inequity.
  8. Bulworth
    A brilliant and astounding black comedy.
  9. The Return
    A haunting, melancholy work.
  10. Bright Young Things
    This is a wickedly funny skewering of a prewar London society gone mad with frivolity.
  11. Lost in Translation
    A smartly written, confidently directed film that delivers big laughs while developing two of the year's most earnest characters and some of its most rewarding sentiments.
  12. The Apartment
    Production and direction wise, Wilder sustains his usual excellence. But his story is controversial and I am not one of those who can quite see The Apartment as the great comedy-drama he evidently intended it to be. He oversteps the bounds of good taste.
  13. The Big Red One
    The combination of old-time Hollywood valor and ahead-of-its-time surprises makes this restoration a big event.
  14. Million Dollar Baby
    Million Dollar Baby is a knockout. It is Clint Eastwood's baby in every respect — a movie that approaches the level of great boxing films, like "Raging Bull," by using sport as a metaphor for human nature.
  15. Italian for Beginners
    It's the rare film, Dogma or otherwise, that keeps you smiling long after the lights come up.
    • New York Daily News
  16. Y Tu Mamá También
    Like watching an American teen-sex comedy through a glass darkly.
    • New York Daily News
  17. Hard Boiled
    It's not his most satisfying, full-bodied work, though it does provide many of the Woo pleasures. [18 Jun 1993]
    • New York Daily News
  18. The Best of Youth
    After all the observations on heartache, politics, art, commerce, passion, identity, mortality, even mental health, six hours begin to seem downright compact.
  19. Persepolis
    The black-and-white animation won't dazzle your eyes, but everything else about Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's adaptation of Satrapi's graphic comic book series Persepolis will hold you in its thrall.
  20. Paprika
    Whatever it is you're looking for - comedy, horror, parades of singing frogs and dancing kitchen appliances - you'll find it in Satoshi Kon's anime adventure, a jaw-dropping feat of imagination.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Your Friends & Neighbors
    Offers a brilliant raw look at sexual heeling. [19 August 1998, p. 35]
    • New York Daily News
  22. S1m0ne
    Hilariously inventive Hollywood satire.
  23. LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
    Its simple, straightforward storytelling makes mincemeat of the idea that, gee, if these people just worked a little harder and got motivated, they, too, could get a piece of the American Dream.
  24. Blind Shaft
    A brilliantly spare and poignant tragicomedy that projects such savage self-criticism of China's "economic miracle" that the film has been banned at home.
  25. The Graduate
    The Graduate, the erratic, jet-age film at the Coronet and Lincoln Art, has two standout performances - one from a young actor, who looks as if the worries of the world rested on his sawed-off body, and another from a director, still new to movies, whose spit and polish technique at times borders on genius.
  26. Topsy-Turvy
    A hive of broad, brilliant performances.
  27. Notes on a Scandal
    As the relationship between the two British schoolteachers begins (quietly), builds (deceptively) and dissolves (spectacularly), Dench and Blanchett give a master class in acting. Pick your own sports metaphor, but watching them go at each other is the match of the year.
  28. The Bourne Ultimatum
    Bursting with so much amped-up energy, you may need to rest once it's finally done.
  29. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    Is a movie worthwhile if it makes you sick? Absolutely, in the case of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
  30. Junebug
    Happily, Morrison's actors grasp his intentions perfectly, shading their roles so well that we never quite get a handle on anyone. Each player is outstanding, but the highest praise must go to Weston.
  31. Thank You for Smoking
    It's more fun than a turkey shoot. It's also one of the most entertaining riffs on American culture in years.
  32. Fever Pitch
    A sweetly hilarious romantic comedy about a soccer fan whose favorite pro team's unexpected success threatens to push him over the edge.
  33. Venus
    Peter O'Toole, looking frail beyond his 74 years, gives what may be his farewell performance as a leading movie actor in Roger Michell's Venus. It's one for the books - and maybe the Oscars, too.
  34. The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
    It is a devastating indictment of the ruling class of Money, Miss.
  35. Tarnation
    Tarnation represents a breakthrough in the possibilities of the personal film as a mix of poetry and journalism. It's also harrowing as hell.
  36. Election
    The actors are solid at every position, but Broderick, who seems to get better with each performance, is especially good at playing the impulsively self-destructive yet sympathetic loser.
  37. My Flesh and Blood
    Susan Tom has her hands full in Jonathan Karsh's documentary My Flesh and Blood -- she's dealing with her 13 children, most adopted, some with serious maladies. Rarely does one encounter such capable hands.
  38. Kinsey
    The face-to-face interviews laced throughout the movie are fascinating and often laugh-out-loud funny. Ask people to talk dirty and you don't know what they'll say.
  39. The Queen
    In some ways, The Queen is a comedy of manners - bad, good and archaic. The formal bowing and scraping surrounding Her Majesty is as hilarious as it is (apparently) accurate.
  40. I Am Legend
    The Manhattan movie of the year, Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend, offers a stunning glimpse into how the city - as we know it today - might look in 2012 if it were abandoned in 2009.
  41. Amores Perros
    Strong stuff, compelling drama.
  42. The Winslow Boy
    Hell has not yet frozen over, but here's something equally unexpected: David Mamet has made a G-rated movie for adults.
    • New York Daily News
  43. Testament
    A haunting, emotionally devastating movie. [04 Nov 1983, p.C21]
    • New York Daily News
  44. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
    More fun than a company picnic - and a lot more fun than the classic 18th century novel that inspired it - Michael Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story is the first good comedy of 2006.
  45. Return to Paradise
    Directed with great skill and intelligence by Joseph Ruben, Return to Paradise, is a rare thing among today's movies a drama of conscience. [14 Aug1 998, Pg.51]
    • New York Daily News
  46. Mississippi Masala
    The movie is both wonderfully tender and wryly funny. [05 Feb 1992, p.31]
    • New York Daily News
  47. Pleasantville
    Giddily inventive.
  48. 49 Up
    One of the best things about Michael Apted's uniquely ambitious and continuing documentary series on the lives of a group of British schoolchildren is that you don't have to have seen the last one to enjoy the next.
  49. Far From Heaven
    May be the year's most derivative film, but it's also the most original.
  50. Oasis
    Director Lee Chang-Dong has boldly crafted a challenge rarely found on film. But if you choose to meet it, you'll be rewarded with one of the most original, indelible romances in recent memory.
  51. The Original Kings of Comedy
    It's not so much good material as divinely inspired delivery.
  52. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    An entrancing experience for Potter fans. It's a carefully crafted, dreamy immersion in a world that feels snugly familiar even when evil intrudes.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Chicken Run
    Funny, even thrilling.
  54. Bus 174
    It is to Padilha's enormous credit that he steadfastly kicks aside our own culturally imposed frames of reference, insisting that we see the truth, and the humanity, within this very real story.
  55. The French Connection
    The French Connection is pure dynamite. Its trigger-fast, explosive scenes and high-tension chase sequences (the one in “Bullitt” pales by comparison) will have you literally gasping for breath.
  56. After the Life
    We're treated to two smashing performances from Morel and Blanc, and all of the mysteries raised before are satisfyingly resolved.
  57. Festival Express
    A raucous, riveting account of the greatest party you were never invited to.
  58. The Color of Paradise
    Another perfect little gem from Iran in which the simplest story unleashes a torrent of emotion.
  59. Apocalypse Now
    Coppola, with his bravura style of direction, has created a movie of harrowing intensity and staggering power. But if you accept the belief that art should enlighten and illuminate as well as arouse the emotions, I’m afraid that Apocalypse Now does not qualify as great art.
  60. Spider-Man 3
    With nifty new villains, a revived Green Goblin, plus $300 million worth of aerial special effects, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 is definitely good to go.
  61. 3:10 to Yuma
    Unlike Glenn Ford, a soft-spoken studio star who was cast against type as Wade 50 years ago, Crowe is a perfect fit. Not because of his bad boy behavior offscreen, but because he can blend charm and menace better than anyone.
  62. Together
    Funny gem.
  63. Dick
    Dunst and Williams...turn ditsiness into a frenetic comic duet.
  64. Waydowntown
    Maybe you have to have experienced one of these anti-weather urban cocoons to appreciate the concept of the film, and the prickly people who populate it.
  65. No End in Sight
    The most compelling and least partisan of all the Iraq documentaries.
  66. All or Nothing
    No picnic to watch -- Leigh's camera is unsentimental and unsparing.
  67. Dark Days
    Remarkable first film.
  68. Thirteen Days
    An excellent movie about a real-life nail-biter, forcefully acted, true to its period and directed with clarity.
  69. The Mummy
    Even if The Mummy is imitation Spielberg, it offers more bang for the buck than we're used to getting.
  70. Boys Don't Cry
    A powerful, deeply moving tale, immeasurably facilitated by the performance of relatively unknown Hilary Swank as Brandon...smartly shot and edited, and the performances are dead-on.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Antz
    A bug-eyed marvel. [2 October 1998, p. 56]
    • New York Daily News
  72. Brooklyn Rules
    Michael Corrente's Brooklyn Rules takes him to the mean streets of Gotti country, circa 1985, and it's another gem.
  73. Unfaithful
    The movie doesn't stoop to cheap psychoanalysis and must be commended for a bravely ambiguous ending. But most of the credit goes to Lane, who is simply extraordinary as a woman whose body is at war with her conscience.
    • New York Daily News
  74. Offside
    Director Jafar Panahi has long been an eloquent and passionate representative for Iranian women. But judging by this deeply poignant comedy, they may not need a mouthpiece much longer.
  75. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Deliriously inventive.
  76. A Clockwork Orange
    His film may offend (it very nearly makes one nauseous) but there is no doubting the fact that it is the end product of a brilliant, highly original mind.
  77. Tigerland
    A strong, gritty, powerful piece of film making, and one of the three or four best movies made about the Vietnam era.
  78. Ghost World
    Funny, insightful, unpredictable and blessed with pitch-perfect performances, Ghost World is one of the year's best movies.
  79. Cinévardaphoto
    A masterful collection of cinematic essays.
  80. King Leopold's Ghost
    This brilliant documentary, which shows not only how Belgian King Leopold II made the huge and resource-rich central African Congo his own private reserve, but how his legacy of exploiting the land and brutalizing its people continues in modern times.
  81. Auto Focus
    This movie is for select tastes. It's not the fusillade of porn that wears you down, but the melancholy of watching an unremarkable man glide down the tubes as if on a water slide.
  82. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    There are so many balls in the air in the cheerfully violent Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, you'll want to wear a helmet for fear they'll all come crashing down.
    • New York Daily News
  83. Harry Is Here to Help
    Moll clearly has looked to Hitchcock and Clouzot for inspiration. There are sexual undercurrents between characters, psychological quirks and a murky veneer like the surface of the pool in "Diabolique."
  84. Machuca
    An astonishingly intimate and painful coming-of-age story.
  85. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    If the movie doesn't ultimately transport us to places The Wizard of Oz once took us, that may be partly because "The Sorcerer's Stone" is just the first chapter, with more magic waiting to be parceled out in the coming years.
  86. There Will Be Blood
    With a grating symphonic score by ­Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and the constant sense of danger following Plainview, "Blood" does not release its grip on the audience until its last, bizarrely crazy minutes.
  87. A Simple Plan
    It's a Master "Plan."
    • New York Daily News
  88. Flight of the Red Balloon
    Hou intends to celebrate the classic 1956 children's film "The Red Balloon," and he has done a beautiful job. In fact, he may well have created a future classic of his own.
  89. Pépé le Moko (re-release)
    The movie elevated the basic gangster picture into what became known as the niche genre of poetic realism. And, aside from Garbo, never have key lights on a star's face caused so much swooning among fans.
  90. Casino Royale
    Fans of anyone other than Sean Connery who has played James Bond may want to look away, because admirers of Ian Fleming's 007 novels are almost bound to agree that Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Sean.
  91. Kitchen Stories
    Features an absurdist sensibility that ultimately melts your heart. It's certainly one of the stranger movies you'll see.
  92. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    You can't look away, not only because the carnage is so masterfully photographed, but because the director sucks you into his bleak, poetic, even sensible vision of cosmic brutality. Not for the faint-hearted!
  93. Rosetta
    An immensely uplifting movie whose final, unforgettable frames come as close as anything to answering the big questions about why we bother in a dog-eat-dog world.
  94. The Station Agent
    Everyone involved can claim credit, but it's Dinklage, in an understated, outstanding performance, who turns this unlikely tale into art that will strike a chord with any open-minded audience.
  95. To Be or Not to Be
    The picture, produced by Alexander Korda, under Lubitsch's direction, has some deliciously funny moments and every now and then a serious sequence is injected that startles the audience into an attitude of taut suspense. But it seems to me that the background of the Melchior Lenggel story is a bit too grim for joking.
  96. The Trials of Henry Kissinger
    The Trials of Henry Kissinger serves as both a prosecution brief on the above charges and an unauthorized biography.
  97. Cocaine Cowboys
    If "The Godfather" movies were based on real gangsters and some of them were still around to talk about the good old days, they might be as fascinating as the characters in Billy Corben's documentary about the cocaine import business in 1970s Miami.
  98. The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Even the hardest heart must melt in the face of The Story of the Weeping Camel.
  99. Home of the Brave
    Does a meticulous job of summarizing these notorious events, but it is the stories of Liuzzo's five children that gives it fresh emotional power.
  100. Scream 3
    For the initiated, the third time's a charm. For everyone else, it's just a scream.
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