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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. Gypsy 83
    Only slightly less awkward than its young protagonists, Todd Stephens' earnest coming-of-age drama is able to coast a long way on two engaging performances and some endearing moments.
  2. Justice
    Most of the supporting cast (including Daphne Rubin-Vega and Michael Jai White) underwhelms. Still, Palladino is a strong lead, and there's no denying the film's emotional core.
  3. Interior. Leather Bar.
    We see brief, graphic shots of naked actors performing sexual acts. But it’s the conversations about what those depictions represent that truly provoke.
  4. November
    Convoluted and unsatisfying psychological drama.
  5. Just Like Heaven
    The problem comes when the movie turns into a tedious, faith-based diatribe against medical science.
  6. The A-Team
    Both in name and spirit, The A-Team drags the Eighties into the 21st century, and you might be surprised to find -- if only briefly -- that you've missed them just a little.
  7. The Passion of the Christ
    Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is the most virulently anti-Semitic movie made since the German propaganda films of World War II. It is sickening.
  8. Just Friends
    And though Samantha is written as a sly spoof of Ashlee Simpson, Faris frantically overplays her. She might have taken a tip from Smart, a lovely, understated actress who wastes too much time in lousy films.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Disappearance of Finbar
    Nothing that makes much sense in Sue Clayton's strained fable about friendship, betrayal and the escapist dream of disappearing in the midst of a miserable patch of life. [17 Mar 2000]
    • New York Daily News
  10. Phyllis and Harold
    Engrossing, sad and heartbreaking.
  11. Secret Society
    On my list of favorite sports, I rank sumo wrestling just ahead of the truck pull, so I'm not a prime candidate for a "Full Monty" wanna-be about female sumo wrestlers.
    • New York Daily News
  12. Hey Arnold! The Movie
    Could easily be just another episode of "Hey Arnold!" the TV show. Except that it's three times as long, and not half as much fun.
    • New York Daily News
  13. Anything But Love
    Not to be cruel, but the aspirations of the movie and its principals are so far beyond their reach" not to mention budget"that it arrives in theaters dependent on the kindness of strangers.
  14. In Secret
    What do we do about a movie that is half compelling and half unwatchable? Director Charlie Stratton seems to be onto something at the start of his period drama In Secret. Then it all slips through his fingers.
  15. 3 Dancing Slaves
    Gaël Morel's intermittently poignant study in familial discord isn't quite substantive enough to support its histrionic tendencies.
  16. Black Rock
    Black Rock is as dingy and dirty as the genre thrillers it appears to want to one-up. All it does, though, is bring everyone down.
  17. The Tenants
    Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated parable of American race relations.
  18. The Thing Called Love
    The whole movie is something of a country-music clich, and it takes all of your imagination to be as enthusiastic about the characters' singing as they are. But The Thing Called Love is worth a look on the big screen. [16 July 1999]
    • New York Daily News
  19. Around the Bend
    Might as well have been titled "That Kentucky Fried Chicken Movie." That's how it will be referred to, anyway, though some people may insert an adjective such as "convoluted," "disappointing," or "anti-climactic" before the name of the fast-food franchise.
  20. Autumn
    It's in French with French actors, but its film noir sensibilities have a filtered Hollywood vibe about them. In other words, it's pretty much a mess.
  21. The Dilemma
    This tonal mishmash cripples The Dilemma almost immediately, though there are many other speed bumps, including Vaughn's irritating, fast-talking prattle.
  22. Wonder Wheel
    It’s not top Woody, perhaps. What is, anymore? But on a cold day, it’s as welcome as the familiar smell of greasy fries, the feel of gritty sand, the winking of those far-off colored lights.
  23. Typhoon
    An exhausting combination of generic thriller, political tract and sentimental weepie.
  24. Maybe Baby
    There are some light chuckles to be had, but considering its promising parentage, this is surprisingly soft stuff.
  25. Miss Julie
    A brutally claustrophobic battle of wits and will, whose cruel nature ultimately seems to turn on the audience.
  26. Dr. Dolittle
    An on-again, arf-again comedy. [26 June 1998, p. 54]
    • New York Daily News
  27. Off Jackson Avenue
    While Montias' actors do their best, even good intentions have limits. Still, it never feels false. And remember, even Martin Scorsese (born in Queens) had to start somewhere.
  28. Red Tails
    George Lucas produced this candy-coated, fictionalized drama, and while its cast is first-rate and its flying sequences sharp, the movie is as glazed and wide-eyed as a 70-year-old comic book.
  29. The Comedians of Comedy
    While there is a great deal of laughter among the quartet, there's scarcely a giggle in it for the audience.
  30. Mercy
    In a certain kind of indie movie, the only thing sweeter than a bad boy transformed is slow, sad tragedy. Mercy has both, which isn't good.
  31. The Broken Tower
    Franco’s rather flat narration doesn’t do justice to Crane’s verse, but he is a charismatic onscreen presence.
  32. Agnes and His Brothers
    Roehler aims scattershot barbs at so many targets, from political hypocrisy to suburban entitlement, that he often misses. But whenever he takes the time to line up his toxic arrows, usually with the help of a compellingly squirmy Bleibtreu, he hits the bull's-eye.
  33. The Flowers of War
    The biggest problem, however, is the way Zhang romanticizes the unimaginably awful, turning gold-hearted prostitutes and virginal orphans into cinematic martyrs. Though his talents are vast, there may be too much truth in this particular story to suit his extravagant tastes.
  34. Clay Pigeons
    Cold-blooded comedy.
    • New York Daily News
  35. Foreign Sister
    Starts strongly and is bolstered by thoughtful performances.
  36. 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.
  37. The Nanny Diaries
    Despite some clever early fantasy scenes, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's adaptation of best seller The Nanny Diaries won't make Bridget Jones give up her writing.
  38. Reservation Road
    Unrelentingly bleak, the movie is nonetheless a riveting drama with some outstanding performances.
  39. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
    While softening Geisel's darker themes, they still meld a valuable message into catchy songs, bright images (nicely done in 3D) and funny characters.
  40. The Oranges
    Even the actors seem disconnected, with only Leighton Meester - who has the most to prove - working to create a distinguishable character.
  41. Seed of Chucky
    Horror fans will be appalled by the frivolity of the beheadings, amputations and blunt-force trauma. But when Tilly, complaining about all the good roles going to Julia Roberts, says she could have played Erin Brockovich and done it without the Wonderbra, you know you're into something almost inspired.
  42. We Are Your Friends
    The big finish doesn’t quite land, but in fairness, it’s hard to make standing at a laptop mixing tunes look like a triumph. Still, for teens who can’t wait to be 20, this will get ’em on their feet.
  43. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    The result is that, as with Hanks' performance, what's missing - subtlety, truth, an earned sense of rebirth – is stronger than what's here. Despite all the connections in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, it never connects to us the way we need it to.
  44. Immortals
    A popcorn movie has one goal, and that's to entertain. Immortals meets this criteria handily, and serves as a splendid spectacle besides.
  45. Extinction
    If only they had more screen time. The film’s core problems: too little zombie and too much plot. The upside, though, is McColgan as Lu. Chafing against her small world, McColgan is cute, charming and clearly someone to watch.
  46. Mirror Mirror
    "Dopey" is too good a word for it.
  47. Festival in Cannes
    The best of the lot are Greta Scacchi, as an actress trying to peddle her first screenplay (with herself attached as director), and Ron Silver.
    • New York Daily News
  48. B-52
    The salvaging operations, and the scavenging of B-52 parts for retail recycling and junk art that seem to consume most of the film take it to tedium, and beyond.
  49. 28 Days
    Not without missteps and the occasional mouthful of sugar, but it grows on you.
  50. Breakin' All the Rules
    Plays strictly to formula, the only real surprise is its apparently ironic title.
  51. Beyond the Sea
    Clumsily merges fiction and reality, biography and musical fantasy, and breaks the fourth wall in a way that allows Spacey to lamely address his own miscasting.
  52. The Calling
    There’s a potentially fascinating series waiting to be mined here, even if it is buried beneath bland visuals and a pedestrian script on the big-screen.
  53. The Ringer
    No one will accuse The Ringer of being tasteful, but when you're not laughing, you may find yourself genuinely touched.
  54. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    A frenetic, overstuffed but imaginative fantasy.
  55. Johnny English Reborn
    It must be said that everyone - including Dominic West and Rosamund Pike -- works awfully hard to entertain us. But that just makes it all the more depressing when joke after joke falls painfully flat. Stay home and introduce your kids to Mr. Bean, instead.
  56. Hunky Dory
    Enthusiasm carries the day in this paint-by-numbers period tale, which is just charming enough to coast on its own clichés.
  57. Next Day Air
    He may be a first-time feature ­director, but music video master Benny Boom clearly knows how to pull a midlevel movie ­together.
  58. You, Me and Dupree
    Though it is not nearly as funny as last summer's "Wedding Crashers," directing brothers Joe and Anthony Russo's You, Me and Dupree has plenty of chuckles and another sparkling, post-adolescent surfer-dude performance from Owen Wilson.
  59. The Woman Chaser
    An only intermittently amusing genre parody.
  60. Mind the Gap
    Everyone somehow ends up in Manhattan for a contrived and predictable conclusion. In his last film role, the late Alan King is reduced to a stereotype of a cantankerous Jewish senior.
  61. The Deal
    The story's unnecessary and unconvincing Russian spies are out of "Rocky & Bullwinkle," but Blair is quite enjoyable as a sassy, capable idealist.
  62. She's Out of My League
    Would like to think of itself as an extension of its lead character -- gangly, a bit uncouth, but ultimately sweet. Unfortunately, it's more like the best friend in a movie like this -- irritating, unfunny and something that hangs around longer than it should.
  63. The Comedy
    The movie may critique its antihero, but it also offers just one more venue in which he's allowed to wallow - while we pay his way.
  64. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
    The sequel to one of the most visually striking movies of the last 10 years continues the graphic novel-inspired landscape of its predecessor. But the characters don’t click, and the action feels dull.
  65. How Do You Know
    Brooks' shallow screenplay feels half-finished, and he never compensates with additional guidance or directorial flair. So all his actors are forced to flail about ineffectually. Apparently, none of them read the script in advance. Because surely then they'd have known to take a pass.
    • 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.
  67. Hostel: Part II
    While the sequel isn't as unrelentingly gory as the original, there are still rivers of blood.
  68. Naked Fame
    It's interesting in the same way the early, rejection episodes of "American Idol" are oddly compelling. But, of course, you can watch those for free.
  69. If I Stay
    The movie is designed not to explore the experience of illness, or first love, or adolescence, but merely to make us swoon, sigh, and sob.
  70. Esther Kahn
    A draggy shaggy-dog story about a poor Jewish girl's painfully slow emotional awakening. The movie is 145 minutes long, so by the time Esther's awake, the audience may not be as lucky.
    • New York Daily News
  71. One Night at McCool's
    Zwart never gets the tone right in this very American comedy.
  72. Secret Window
    It's a slight story to begin with, and the movie teeters on camp with its jokey filler material -- the typical King stuff including colorful locals, small puns and asides and a faint whiff of the supernatural.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Dog Park
    If a movie smells like a dog and barks like a dog, well, then it must be a woofer.
  74. Fast & Furious
    Like a lemon that's been tricked out with a fancy paint job, Fast & Furious won't stand up to much scrutiny under the hood.
  75. Hoot
    What's subversive about the movie is that it comes off as squeaky-clean, when in fact it's irresponsible. Worse, it's not that interesting.
  76. Musical Chairs
    In truth, Musical Chairs is so simplistic it almost feels like a first film.
  77. Fifty Shades of Grey
    Credit goes to director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her screenwriter, Kelly Marcel, who've stripped the first book of its biggest flaws, while still honoring its essence. And lead Dakota Johnson makes for an ideal heroine, though — as doubters feared — her chemistry with costar Jamie Dornan doesn't always sizzle.
  78. The Gospel
    You may not subscribe to the film's evangelical message, but you'll be floored by the extraordinary musical scenes, which lead up to a showstopper featuring gospel superstars like Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams.
  79. The Ghost and the Darkness
    The movie mostly sustains its excitement of the hunt. But the real star is the panoramic, beautifully composed cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Whether he truly loved the African locations or is cursed with "a gift" doesn't matter; the dynamics of the story often flag, but the visuals lend a palpable excitement. [11 Oct 1996, p.49]
    • New York Daily News
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Whole Truth
    While it does fall victim to a number of genre tropes, it is fronted by a believable Keanu Reeves and a pleasantly deceitful Renee Zellweger. Plus, an agreeable performance from the defendant character, played by Gabriel Basso, keeps the story pulsating.
  81. The Da Vinci Code
    The movie is so nervous about offending anyone that it's hardly any fun. Hanks delivers a few solemn speeches meant to deflect criticism. Meanwhile, he and Tautou barely hit it off. At least Mr. and Mrs. Smith got hot while doing their jobs.
  82. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
    Lawrence's co-stars are more than ready to provide salty humor while creating a loose, almost improvised feel.
  83. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Deliriously inventive.
  84. The Charcoal People
    Beautifully shot but overly spare documentary.
  85. The Simian Line
    The acting runs the gamut, with Daly and Redgrave at the top and a few characters looking as if they wandered onto the wrong movie set.
  86. Bruce Almighty
    When Carrey is doing his thing as the Almighty, histrionically whipping up one miracle after another and relishing the power, "Bruce" has you spring-cleaning your lungs with laughter. But you are made to pay for it with a third-act sap-rising that's as thick as the final reels of "Patch Adams."
  87. Hollywood Ending
    A bouquet of snappy one-liners and disarming nuttiness.
    • New York Daily News
  88. Rhinoceros Eyes
    There are some good ideas buried beneath the grotesque whimsy, and several animated sequences are modestly clever. But Pitt's mannered performance will inspire nothing but a run to the video store, in search of a real Burton.
  89. Saw
    A gore movie with no teeth.
  90. Conspiracy of Silence
    Deery's points are well-taken, but they would have been a lot better made if he hadn't taken so many easy shots at the church by demonizing its local authorities.
  91. 95 Miles to Go
    If you've had a hole in your heart since "Everybody Loves Raymond" ended, Tom Caltabiano's low-key documentary about star Ray Romano ought to fill the gap nicely.
  92. Snow Blind
    Though some of the action cinematography is stunning, and practicing snowboarders will love the sense of camaraderie established, it's not riveting entertainment for the rest of us.
  93. Bonneville
    Bonneville does provide at least one important service: The next time an older actress complains that there are no good projects for women of a certain age, she'll be able to hold this clunker up as Exhibit A.
  94. A Journey in My Mother's Footsteps
    There is also inspiration in watching her find herself by helping others.
  95. Horns
    Alexandre Aja’s supernatural thriller Horns isn’t an entirely successful movie. But with a committed Daniel Radcliffe in the lead, it’s a consistently intriguing one.
  96. Project X
    Though the central blowout is as epic as advertised, so is the movie's self-congratulatory obnoxiousness.
  97. Another Happy Day
    It's Barkin, though, who holds everything together, even as her character is falling apart. Whether or not she took this role as a favor - Levinson's father, Barry, directed her in "Diner" decades ago - ultimately seems irrelevant. This isn't an invitation you should feel obliged to accept. But if you decide to stop by, she'll be the reason you stay.
  98. Rambo
    Like a lost recording by the Beatles, Sylvester Stallone's Rambo arrives with its feet planted firmly in the past, a reminder of a time when Stallone, Chuck Norris and other wooden soldiers of the big screen filled multiplexes with the floor-shaking thunder of trivialized war.
  99. Beerfest
    Among the cast, Chandrasekhar is easily the funniest of the Lizards, though in fairness, each has his moments. The movie does, too; just expect them to shrink exponentially depending on your level of sobriety.
  100. The Break-Up
    Newly minted celebrity couple Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston don't have many opportunities to demonstrate their romantic chemistry in Peyton Reed's funny, heart-wrenching The Break-Up, but they still give what may be the best performances of their careers.
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