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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. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
    Features even more toddlers acting in a way only collectors of velvet paintings will consider irresistible.
  2. Suspect Zero
    Preposterous, physically hideous paranormal thriller.
  3. Bush's Brain
    The movie feels like a rush job and at times its tactics are as suspect as those attributed to its subject. But when it comes to political strategy trumping policy in the Bush White House, it makes its case.
  4. Brothers in Arms
    Clearly meant as an endorsement of the Democratic presidential nominee's character.
  5. Chooch
    You won't hear a better soundtrack on a bad movie this year.
  6. Bright Leaves
    This might have come off as both self-indulgent and preachy if McElwee weren't so persuasively earnest. "Bright Leaves" becomes both a mystery and memoir in progress and though the filmmaker does not find the truth he is looking for, it was clearly a quest worth undertaking.
  7. Without a Paddle
    There are a few gross-out laughs, but Without a Paddle's gang-written script doesn't know what it wants to be.
  8. Benji: Off the Leash!
    All the Benji productions have had a high corn content, but in this one, even the corn is cheap.
  9. Exorcist: The Beginning
    Nothing fails like bad horror. But it's not despicable. It is merely boring.
  10. Almost Peaceful
    These are people who are just waking up to life again. It may appear to be the ultimate non-action ­movie, but in the context of these lives, it is the highest kind of ­drama.
  11. Bright Young Things
    This is a wickedly funny skewering of a prewar London society gone mad with frivolity.
  12. End of the Century
    A thorough, gutsy and appropriately scuzzy-looking documentary.
  13. Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
    Greenwald has created a crisp historical document that is worth your time, even if the information in it was not worth the President's.
  14. Rosenstrasse
    Director Margarethe von Trotta nearly buries the drama of the protest itself within the awkwardly sentimental framework of a contemporary New Yorker's quest to learn the truth of her widowed German mother's grief and history. But while the film concentrates on Lena, eloquently portrayed by Katja Riemann, the movie earns your empathy.
  15. Mean Creek
    A welcome departure from typical movies about teens, wherein their problems are external (the prom, status). Mean Creek is an adult movie that just happens to star young actors.
  16. Red Lights
    The movie's clever ambiguity allows a number of interpretations. Perhaps it is all a dream, a parable, or a combination of wishful thinking and reality.
  17. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
    The actual fights between the predators and the serpents are too silly to contemplate. Both shiny and metallic, they look like kitchen appliances fighting it out. That's when you can see them. Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil") has created the darkest, if not worst, sci-fi movie since "Battlefield Earth."
  18. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie
    Too solemnly boring to entertain parents or older siblings - but, alas, too loud for a long nap - Yu-Gi-Oh! is basically a feature-length promotion for the trading cards.
  19. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    With We Don't Live Here Anymore, it's the audience that may want to leave and start a new life.
  20. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    Although all the key players are back - including, fans will be glad to hear, Heather Matarazzo as cynical sidekick Lilly Moscovitz - the freshness of the first is long gone.
  21. Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands
    It's said to be an autobiography, but that pertains only in the loosest sense. It's a comedy. It's a 1920s silent movie. It is practically indescribable. And it is pure genius.
  22. Danny Deckchair
    Danny Deckchair may be a trifle, but it offers a breezy lift for the dog days of summer.
  23. Collateral
    The whole movie is something of a joke, a feature-length prank that mixes stark violence and shock humor in the mold of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." Though it is a far less ambitious entertainment than Tarantino's masterpiece, it has its moments.
  24. Little Black Book
    A screechy chick-flick relationship comedy with a lot of things working for and against it - mostly against it.
  25. Bang Rajan
    Unapologetically graphic and slightly marred by an artistic awkwardness, this is a rare and worthwhile glimpse into another nation's historical legend.
  26. Code 46
    But for what is at heart a thriller, Code 46 lacks both energy and tension.
  27. Last Life in the Universe
    The mildly surreal drama doesn't always make sense, but it sure does look great.
  28. Open Water
    The actors are unknowns, but Ryan does a lot with her little downturned mouth. There are as many shades of anxiety as there are shades of blue in the sea, and Ryan manages to find them all.
  29. Stander
    The movie is bookended by a powerful indictment of apartheid and a study of white guilt.
  30. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
    The fourth documentary screed this summer to have grown out of the left's frustration with the nation's turn to the right. Keep 'em coming, I say.
  31. The Manchurian Candidate
    The performance of the movie is Liev Schreiber as Shaw, a man howlingly uncomfortable in his own skin.
  32. Thunderbirds
    Not only achingly dull, it has no respect for its origins.
  33. The Village
    The Village is Shyamalan's weakest story, and its ending - whether or not you're surprised by it - is a genuine clinker.
  34. Festival Express
    A raucous, riveting account of the greatest party you were never invited to.
  35. Gozu
    There are some genuinely funny moments amid the gore, but who knew this famously edgy director would find bathroom humor to be such a knee-slapper?
  36. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
    The laugh ratio in this run-on of skits is pretty low, at least to the unaltered mind of one who's seen enough of these films and eaten enough White Castle burgers to last a lifetime.
  37. Intimate Strangers
    This has all the ingredients for a top-notch thriller except one - a thrill.
  38. Proteus
    John Greyson and Jack Lewis' experimental drama, about two prisoners who have a dangerous affair, is a challenging, flawed look at a little-known slice of history.
  39. Garden State
    Sometimes veers off into preciosity. But it offers something rare in the bond between Andrew and Sam.
  40. Los Angeles Plays Itself
    What Andersen does best is capture the sense of growing up and living among the landmarks of Hollywood's authentic back lot.
  41. She Hate Me
    It's hard to say what's most disappointing about She Hate Me, Spike Lee's absurdly - and arrogantly overlong comedic drama. But there are plenty of options to choose from.
  42. Nola
    So laughably preposterous that it's thoroughly entertaining.
  43. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    The best part of Zatoichi is its fine sense of rhythm, culminating in a galvanizing clog-dance finish.
  44. The Bourne Supremacy
    The movie is mostly a series of frenetic clashes, dubious near misses and car chases. It lacks the human interest and snowy splendor of the first movie, directed by Doug Liman.
  45. Catwoman
    A movie needs more than a few sexual innuendos and throaty purrs to keep us from taking a catnap. How about a strong story and credible characters?
  46. A Home at the End of the World
    Farrell has the toughest role, playing a man who doesn't understand the powerful crosscurrents of his own emotions, the love, guilt and loyalty that become opposing forces and begin to destroy the relationships he covets.
  47. Free Radicals
    Deftly intercutting between several tenuously-connected lives, Barbara Albert's astringent drama is transformed by bright flashes of compassion.
  48. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
    It's the subject himself, still brimming with passion in his 80s, who provides the most inspiring moments.
  49. Ju-on: The Grudge
    Its shapelessness and the cultural differences in acting style will keep this version filed under "cult oddity."
  50. Orwell Rolls in His Grave
    Tops Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" in anger and frustration.
  51. 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.
  52. A Cinderella Story
    The only intriguing character is the manager of the diner (and de facto fairy godmother), played by Regina King.
  53. I, Robot
    The perfect sci-fi movie for a post-9/11 world, in that it tells us we're afraid of threats hiding in plain sight.
  54. 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.
  55. 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.
  56. Touch of Pink
    The story is tired, the comedy forced and the mother's larger-than-life quirks are an acquired taste.
  57. Zhou Yu de huo che
    A ticket to this movie is a season's pass on that train - and you must complete every ride.
  58. The Door in the Floor
    That Williams occasionally comes close to the author's layered spirit is a tribute to his passion. But the film fails on a number of levels. First, it is what it is: the prologue to a story that covers four(!) decades.
  59. Let's Get Frank
    There's nothing new here, but Frank provides a genial reminder that politics doesn't always have to take the low road.
  60. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    It takes a while to get used to the film's campy characters and its broad, "Ace Ventura" stylings. But Ferrell is the anti-Jim Carrey -- his deadpan comic mannerisms are infectiously funny, and his cluelessly narcissistic Burgundy is a joy to follow.
  61. Sleepover
    A lazy attempt to snare some preadolescent allowance money, Sleepover earns little more than a few bored yawns.
  62. The Inheritance
    Don't see The Inheritance if you're already depressed. This airless downer from Danish director Per Fly is about an heir who makes one wrong decision from which even lousier decisions effortlessly flow.
  63. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    I'm no psychologist, but it took about half this film's overlong running time to figure out that Metallica's problem is that Ulrich is a major pain in the butt.
  64. Riding Giants
    A breathtaking visual history of big wave surfing. This is vicarious daredevilry at its best.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    King Arthur
    This version has action, yes, but the love triangle among Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot is diluted, and there's nothing exuberant about a dutiful slog through the muck.
  66. De-Lovely
    There are terrific performances from Kline and Judd, some breathtaking staging and production design, and, of course, some of the best music and lyrics of the 20th century.
  67. Before Sunset
    The naturalistic dialogue is a masterful bit of writing, credited to Linklater and his "Sunrise" co-writer Kim Krizan, as well as to the two stars.
  68. The Clearing
    Redford has rarely done this kind of intimate drama, effectively a two-character play on the mountain, and he's very convincing. As is Dafoe.
  69. America's Heart and Soul
    There's no denying the beauty of Schwartzberg's landscapes, or the power in many of his chosen stories - from the Texas oil well fighters to the Boston father who helps his handicapped son win marathons.
  70. Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
    Deftly composed of many small moments, this gentle Israeli film skirts politics to portray a family that is blessedly normal in its internal chaos.
  71. Spider-Man 2
    A perfect blend of summer action, a big movie with a deeply personal story.
  72. The Notebook
    Two hours of the worst sort of sentimental sap.
  73. Two Brothers
    Annaud is a filmmaker who often works with a bare minimum of dialogue. Yet his storytelling is so strong and emotional that words are barely necessary.
  74. Kaena: The Prophecy
    This sci-fi fantasy doesn't exactly make sense, but it sure looks cool.
  75. The Intended
    The Intended is well-intended, but it is also the dreariest, most uninvolving movie I've seen this year.
  76. Time of the Wolf
    Time of the Wolf is grounded so deeply in the reality of society gone awry that the anxiety faced by Isabelle Huppert's character as she struggles to keep her family together transfers onto the audience and never leaves.
  77. White Chicks
    We're bombarded by witless racial clichés, stale sexism and homophobia and enthusiastic celebrations of extreme flatulence.
  78. Ghostlight
    When a 6-foot-tall man is playing your emotionally delicate heroine, a little subtlety goes a long way.
  79. Fahrenheit 9/11
    The information here isn't necessarily new, but it is packaged in an acid-tongued way along with powerhouse visuals that drive home the filmmaker's nakedly political views.
  80. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    There are some clunky, juvenile jokes and an excess of shots to that special place on men that make us double over and weep. But there are some very funny, very hip jokes as well.
  81. The Terminal
    Manages to entertain, and yet, like so many flat-footed attempts at waving the flag, it feels disingenuous and dogmatic.
  82. The Hunting of the President
    I'm not sure the filmmakers - one, Harry Thomason, is a long-time Friend of Bill - have connected enough dots to prove a "vast" conspiracy. But that many people devoted much of their lives and resources to destroying Clinton is indisputable.
  83. Grand Theft Parsons
    Gram Parsons' last rites were among the most extra­ordinary in rock history. Too bad this retelling of the singer's final adventure is so tame.
  84. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    This plodding British revenge thriller has less energy than a pint of Bass that has sat out overnight.
  85. Seducing Doctor Lewis
    The makers of Seducing Doctor Lewis have a cute idea, but they milk it for all they can, sometimes to the point of embarrassment.
  86. Swing
    As much as I love swing, all I got out of Martin Guigui's murky, incomprehensible grade B romantic fantasy was a few twitches of nostalgia for the music.
  87. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
    "Quantum Bull-Bleep" would be a more apt title for the conclusions that the movie draws, but one concept was a revelation to me. One of the scientists said it's a fact that a single object can be in two places at the same time. I guess that explains O.J.'s alibi.
  88. Facing Windows
    Ozpetek moves things along at a snail's pace and lays the sentiment down thickly. But it's a potent tale, wonderfully acted by Mezzogiorno and Massimo Girotti as the old man.
  89. Around the World in 80 Days
    With the exception of one masterfully choreographed - and improbably bloodless - martial-arts gang fight, the new version of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days is one of the lamest remakes of a classic film I've ever seen.
  90. The Chronicles of Riddick
    Chronicles of Riddick is half cheesy, brawny adventure and half … something else. That something else involves a lot of leather, bondage, studded armor and heavy machinery.
  91. The Stepford Wives
    The star of this overachieving trifle is not Kidman, it's Paul Rudnick. The New York playwright and screenwriter ("In & Out") has taken a pair of dated watermarks from the '70s - Ira Levin's horror novel and its faithful 1975 movie adaptation - and turned them into a broad, feverishly fey parody.
  92. Garfield
    Thanks to that dog-torture element, Garfield may be too upsetting for younger kids. Meanwhile, older kids (let alone parents) will want to put this movie behind them like yesterday's hairball.
  93. Napoleon Dynamite
    With the exception of one truly glorious dance solo, the movie treats its hero - and his equally uncool family - with undisguised disdain.
  94. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    The strength of McKay's film is not in identifying a cultural period, but in giving voice to so many great theater people. Their passion is infectious, their stories are priceless and their humor is boundless.
  95. Word Wars
    Amusing and slightly alarming documentary.
  96. Imelda
    There's no question she's a smart cookie, but as she herself says, "There's a thin line between smart and crazy."
  97. 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.
  98. Firedancer
    Whether Jawed Wassel could have made more of it with further editing we'll never know, but it's a clunky bit of storytelling.
  99. I'll Sing for You
    What they say, mostly over black-and-white stills from his early career and meandering footage of desolate Mali, could be said in 10 minutes. The good news is that much of the remaining documentary is devoted to Kar Kar's elegant voice and exquisite guitar playing.
  100. The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Even the hardest heart must melt in the face of The Story of the Weeping Camel.
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