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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. 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.
  2. Vampires
    It's just as well that John Carpenter makes horror movies, because here's a horrifying thought picture James Woods as an action hero. [30 October 1998, p. 44]
    • New York Daily News
  3. The Rage: Carrie 2
    Carrie is back and she's all the rage.
    • New York Daily News
  4. Austenland
    The missed opportunities in Austenland are more numerous than dowry-less sourpusses at a ball in a Jane Austen novel.
  5. xXx: Return of Xander Cage
    Diesel is the star (as well as a producer), in every scene. And he drags the film down with him.
  6. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
    The concept is the same, and just as tired as it was when the second, third and fourth sequels to “Paranormal Activity’s” 2009 first installment.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reincarnated
    Director Andy Capper crafts a surprisingly moving story, particularly in Snoop’s reactions to the deaths of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur.
  8. The Bucket List
    Despite some emotional dips and a see-it-to-believe-it load of schmaltz at the end, The Bucket List is mostly a joy ride with good company, and the actors obviously were having a high time on their traveling boondoggle.
  9. The Family
    It’s too bad we can’t take a hit out on The Family. This unexciting, unfunny would-be action satire is filled with Italian-American stereotypes, decades-old TV-style Mafia cliches, bits of business that never amount to anything and actors so much better than the hoary, one-joke material.
  10. Albatross
    Albatross is the kind of movie that looks good, begins with promise, and then nosedives into deep disappointment.
  11. Crooked Arrows
    As the team gets in shape, a hot new ringer is brought in and the fallen son redeems himself - and director Steve Rash's movie wins us over.
  12. Fred Claus
    The movie has a terrible premise compounded by a lame script and the miscasting of its surfeit of talented stars. You have to wonder why Dobkin, whose last film was the hilariously raunchy "Wedding Crashers," would be attracted to this tame material.
  13. From Paris with Love
    This sock-it-to-'em souffle falls very quickly, unless watching Travolta trying on another faux-hip look is considered fun.
  14. Trapped
    Trapped does have a fine ensemble of actors and, except for what may be the most outrageously idiotic and improbable ending in a few years, is not that bad a movie.
  15. Underworld
    The filmmakers' decision to go with prosthetic enhancements rather than CGI gives the snouts, fangs and snapping jaws a refreshingly tactile look.
  16. Queen of the Lot
    The only grace notes come from Noah Wyle and Peter Bogdanovich as the two characters who refuse, in different ways, to buy the industry line.
  17. Cold Turkey
    Writer-director Will Slocombe presents a familiar buffet, but there’s good stuff to pick over.
  18. Footloose
    Footloose turns out to be a sort of Boy Scout version of “Flashdance,” a carefully toned-down, overly respectable piece of schmaltz.
  19. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    Anyone hoping to engage even a single brain cell, however, is out of luck. Which is too bad, since popcorn blockbusters don't actually have to be mind-numbingly stupid or soul-suckingly empty.
  20. Strangerland
    The brooding and emotional prickliness gets overwhelming. Kidman tries her best to flesh out her character, but writer-director Kim Farrant gives this still-undervalued actress little to do.
  21. Chronicling a Crisis
    As that description suggests, the film winds up a rather grim, often indulgent muddle. But it's also undeniably compelling.
  22. Madea's Witness Protection
    While I fully support the appearance of a new Madea movie every six months, even Tyler Perry can't be bothered to take this setup seriously.
  23. Lost River
    "Mad Men" co-star Hendricks’ radiant beauty works in striking contrast to the near-apocalyptic surroundings. Even though this movie is unusual, Hendricks emanates classic Hollywood movie-star appeal.
  24. Devil's Knot
    This stilted crime drama from Atom Egoyan feels misguided from the start. He’s attempting to fictionalize a true story that has already been told better, several times over.
  25. The Perfect Game
    A lot of heart, a jaunty mariachi score and a lush Eisenhower-era look help as the family-friendly story follows the usual sports-drama plays.
  26. Mental
    The cutesy energy is just too much in this Aussie comedy that’s overly bemused by its quirkiness.
  27. Hollywood Buddha
    This off-putting satire is a jumble of misguided ideas that gather like lint in the navel of self-obsessed director Philippe Caland.
  28. Along Came a Spider
    The script is so ridiculous that nothing rings true.
  29. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    Far surpasses original.
  30. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
    This insipid mashup of history lesson and monster flick takes itself semi-seriously, which is truly deadly.
  31. Orphan
    Orphan doesn't add much to the genre except, disturbingly, a fetishistic bent that's creepy in the wrong way.
  32. The Last House on the Left
    One sickening piece of garbage.
  33. Next
    Tamahori attempts to cover the ludicrousness of the story with a wickedly fast pace and sensational action set pieces. And in a film more than an hour and half long, events do whiz by.
  34. High Tension
    One of the ugliest movies I've ever seen. Even though it occurs mostly in the dark, the open flesh wounds are both graphic and implausible.
  35. Take Me Home Tonight
    Ultimately, the characters are props in a movie about popped collars and Ray-Bans, rather than the other way around.
  36. Bel Ami
    Though gorgeous to look at, the first feature from Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod has an undeniable void at its very center: an utterly blank leading man.
  37. Tennessee
    The good news for Carey is that she gets to prove she's a pretty decent actress after all. The bad news, of course, is that she's done it in a movie no one has any other reason to see.
  38. Breakfast of Champions
    Among the year's biggest disappointments.
  39. Barnyard
    A bizarrely off-key animated comedy.
  40. Arthur Newman
    There’s never a moment when we forget that Mike and Wallace are just vacant personalities that two talented actors decided to try on for fun.
  41. Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
    Despite a relatively paltry $40 million budget, Stormbreaker has the sheen and special effects of a Bond movie, and the ambition as well.
  42. The Loss of Sexual Innocence
    It's beautiful to look at, and marvelously edited, but it's hard to know exactly what he's getting at. [28 May 1999]
    • New York Daily News
  43. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
    The darkened rooms and spooky fog are undeniably gorgeous. Teen horror buffs will be bored but design majors and sketchpad artists may find themselves inspired.
  44. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
    The stylish and engrossing reinterpretation of the mythological king's early years lacks character development, but makes up for it with swashbuckling, sword-fighting, beast-slaying fun.
  45. History Lessons
    A collage without context.
  46. Bubble Boy
    The bubble-boy niche is thankfully small. John Travolta began his career playing one in a TV movie, but this movie will undoubtedly finish off the genre for good.
  47. Jailbait
    The cruelty of the law has been better demonstrated with news stories, and unless you're a Californian with two strikes against you, I don't know why you'd want to do this movie to yourself.
  48. The Last New Yorker
    Wang tracks his guys like the documentarian he is, and if the movie feels a bit canned thanks to Adam Forgash's unoriginal script, classic NYC spots and a big heart make it feel like home.
  49. Princess Kaiulani
    This somber but unexceptional drama is luxurious to look at but never gripping.
  50. Knowing
    Isn't prophetic ... just pathetic
  51. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
    If there's a book-loving adventuress or adventurer in your house younger than 10, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island provides a lighthearted break from the death-obsessed "Harry Potter" franchise and other literary but limp adventures like the "Narnia" films and "The Lightning Thief."
  52. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Coasting on lazy stereotypes, the script basically ends where it started, teaching young viewers that it's really not so bad to be a spoiled bitchy puppy.
  53. Larry Crowne
    It put-puts along like a moped in busy traffic, content to amble around but not go anywhere.
  54. John Tucker Must Die
    Every woman falls for the wrong guy at least once in her life. This week, it's Betty Thomas' turn.
  55. Mad Money
    Why would so many accomplished women waste their time and talents on a movie as counterfeit as Mad Money?
  56. Luminarias
    There are so many small, satisfying moments when the women are allowed to be real that it's a jolt each time they become superficial symbols.
  57. Godzilla 2000
    For devout fans of the greenish monster and for those looking to shoot fish in a barrel.
  58. What to Expect When You're Expecting
    What you don't expect is how bad almost all of it is.
  59. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
    The G.I. Joe team is back, and most of their sophomore movie adventure, G.I. Joe Retaliation, is as bland as their name and as subtle as an exploding tank.
  60. Best Laid Plans
    Sadly, a film about betrayal is ultimately betrayed by the film maker's own lack of conviction.
  61. Machete Kills
    Machete Kills? “Machete Bores” is more like it.
    • New York Daily News
      • Posted Oct 10, 2013
  62. TMNT
    At its best, TMNT does recall the slangy fun of the series' glory days. But there are too many moments when it feels as stale as one of Mikey's half-eaten pizzas.
  63. Battleship
    The worst humans-fighting-aliens movie I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot of humans-fighting-aliens movies.
  64. What a Girl Wants
    Irritating wish-fulfillment movie.
  65. Mambo italiano
    So desperately eager to please: Gaudreault doesn't offer much in the way of wit or originality, but he's determined to win us over with sheer enthusiasm.
  66. Torque
    Despite all the bike chases and bullet-dodging, the real sport here is Xtreme posing.
  67. Stella Street
    Some of the jokes will elude Americans while the movie's hip quotient gradually fades away.
  68. Home Again
    Reese Witherspoon’s oversized appeal and radiance is no match for Home Again, a ramshackle romcom short on both romance and laughs.
  69. A Man's Gotta Do
    This amiable, off-kilter Australian comedy pits parental manipulation against adolescent pride, with generally amusing results.
  70. Little Ashes
    The story and performances (save for Matthew McNulty’s angry Luis Buñuel) are paint-by-numbers, with social upheaval and sexual adventurism as dramatic as an after-dinner mint.
  71. Struck by Lightning
    One can't blame Colfer for wanting to expand his range, but he's created a character who is neither hero nor villain, in a black comedy that is neither dark nor funny enough.
  72. Zerophilia
    Oddest-of-the-year romantic comedy.
  73. The Purge
    The movie even makes night-vision-goggle scares more irksome, a rare feat.
  74. Resident Evil: Extinction
    If it weren't for retro-gartered Milla Jovovich, I don't know why anyone would want to survive the virus that is turning humans into zombies and destroying the Earth in Resident Evil: Extinction.
  75. Stand Up Guys
    The script is undernourished, the supporting characters - including a horribly miscast Lucy Punch - ill-conceived, and Val increasingly hard to take. But when the movie ended, I wanted to watch Walken all over again.
  76. Good Burger
    If you like your burger well-done, you're in for a disappointment.
  77. Tonight You're Mine
    It's hard to imagine this was his intent, but David Mackenzie's minor romp manages to make being a rock star look like a distinctly unglamorous affair.
  78. Out of Season
    Manages to look very good for its limitations, and features solid actors doing their best with a very sketchy script.
  79. Child 44
    The mystery at the heart of the film is a riddle wrapped in an enigma covered in dullness.
  80. Never Been Thawed
    You may not realize just how much it takes to make a great mockumentar like "Waiting for Guffman" until you see Never Been Thawed.
  81. Ride Along
    Story and his four screenwriters don’t exactly strain themselves to find a new angle in this mismatched buddy comedy. Picture “Rush Hour,” and then imagine Hart as the annoying kid in “Are We There Yet?” You’ve basically just watched the entire movie in your head.
  82. Mr. Woodcock
    You can guess how it all ends, but getting there is a repetitious parade of put-downs and smackdowns that suggest you can't go home again - not when your mom's sleeping with a monster from your past.
  83. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
    The 6- to 10-year-old audience this movie is aimed at deserved better.
  84. Dragon Blade
    An epic in China, it’s been trimmed here in the States. But this movie didn’t need a cut, it needed a beheading.
  85. You Won't Miss Me
    Other than those related to cast and crew, it's difficult to imagine who else would sit through Ry Russo-Young's self-obsessed indie.
  86. Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
    Broomfield's point that Palin followers threaten her enemies, though, is worthy of a different documentary - perhaps one about American fanaticism.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Waterboy
    Working a lisping Southern accent that sounds like Truman Capote on Seconal, Sandler plays Bobby Boucher, a swamp-dwelling Cajun. [6 November 1998, p. 56]
    • New York Daily News
  88. Thorns
    The action periodically stops so the characters -= even the roughest grifters -- can break into song and dance.
  89. Woman on Top
    Gets the proportions all wrong -- too much magic, not enough realism.
  90. Simpatico
    Star-packed fiasco.
  91. Two Ninas
    Intermittently amusing.
  92. Agent Cody Banks
    While Duff is fairly flavorless, Muniz proves that four seasons of "Malcolm" have made him a pro at navigating surreal silliness. Even when the script fails him, his well-honed instincts save the day.
  93. Meet the Fockers
    A sluggish sequel.
  94. Jesus Henry Christ
    It winds up just being annoying.
  95. La Mujer de Mi Hermano
    Mexican soap opera star Bárbara Mori may be the most beautiful woman to grace an American screen this year, and female viewers may feel similarly about her male co-stars Christian Meier and Manolo Cardona. But a telenovela with three gorgeous actors is still a telenovela.
  96. First Sunday
    Though Ice Cube and Morgan should make an ideal team, neither seems particularly comfortable grappling with Talbert's amateurish script. Most of the laughs, in fact, come from the strong supporting cast, led by a high-energy Williams and the unflappable Devine.
  97. Olympus Has Fallen
    Perhaps every generation gets the movie stars it deserves. “Olympus” has quite a bit to say about the current state of our country. Intentions aside, not all of it is entirely flattering.
  98. Kick-Ass 2
    The meta-satire hits you over the head until not just your Spidey sense is tingling.
  99. Hell Baby
    Evil babies aren’t exactly fresh meat for parody. Then again, there’s hardly a laugh in this whole hellish thing.
  100. Free Ride
    On the bright side, the charismatic Liberato is one to watch. And de Matteo (“The Sopranos”) brings a crucial jolt of assertive energy. Both seem to be in another, more exciting movie entirely.
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