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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. Planes
    Little ones will stay engaged, but any kid old enough to fly unaccompanied will probably search for other in-flight entertainment.
  2. Till Human Voices Wake Us
    As a meditation on love and loss, the award-winning script is perhaps too blunt.
  3. The Lucky One
    The biggest problem, however, comes down to chemistry. If the leads have it, a Sparks romance will work.
  4. The Runner
    The Runner, while painfully low-budget and a little patchy, is an interesting look at how sausage is made.
  5. Dressed
    Don't let the generic title fool you: David John Swajeski's documentary tells a story you're unlikely to forget.
  6. The Wolves of Kromer
    This Grimm-influenced fairy tale has a contemporary twist and the best of intentions, and that's about all there is to say for it.
  7. After the Sunset
    You'd have to go back to Blake Edwards' "10" and Bo Derek to find a mainstream movie that spends more time gawking at a star's body - or a more cooperative and alluring subject.
  8. April's Shower
    The result feels as if she (Trish Doolan) gathered all her friends, turned on her camera and let them loose. Which is perfectly fine, if you don't expect anyone to pay to watch the finished product.
  9. Kettle of Fish
    Writer-director Claudia Myers' clunky debut feature makes the case that first-timers should probably focus on either writing or directing.
  10. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
    Marries an unengaging love triangle to a flat visual style, nearly squashing the one good thing in it -- a scruffy, slouching performance from Peter Sarsgaard.
  11. Our Family Wedding
    Ferrera and Gross are the most appealing pair I've seen in awhile; their calm confidence is a welcome antidote to the unrealistic couples who've been cluttering our screens way too long.
  12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Director Marcus Nispel, a rock video vet making his feature debut, knows how to ratchet up the tension. His remake is a far, far better-looking thing than the original. There's also more humor, especially in the over-the-top performance of drill sergeant-turned-actor R. Lee Ermey as the loudest of the inbreds.
  13. Taking Lives
    Ho-hum, another serial-killer thriller. Even with Angelina Jolie thrown in for forensic sex appeal, this dog won't hunt.
  14. 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.
  15. Angels Crest
    It's the same movie town we've seen many times before, with dingy mechanic's shops, barren parking lots and a greasy-spoon diner where all the clichés come together.
  16. Entourage
    Entourage plays like a solid, if slightly too long, episode. But even given the bloat, the cast’s easy camaraderie and a “play it as it lays” atmosphere wins you over.
  17. Terminator Genisys
    One achievement of James Cameron’s “Terminator” is that it overcame its low-rent, B-movie trappings. The great sin of “Genisys” is that it costs millions and yet isn’t worth a dime.
  18. Eragon
    Turns out to be as heavy and earthbound as an injured dragon.
  19. Standing Still
    The drama never gets too deep or the comedy too funny in this L.A.-centric story that feels more like a pilot for a "Friends"-style series.
  20. Blow Dry
    Rickman and Richardson are excellent actors put to ghastly waste.
  21. Empire
    This is clearly the Worst Performance by an Actress in a Death Scene since Sofia Coppola took a bullet for her dad in "The Godfather: Part III."
  22. The Jungle Book 2
    It's a perfectly acceptable short-term baby-sitter. Just make sure the original gets a fair viewing first.
  23. Bad Boys II
    If you think you're tough enough, go ahead and sit through the endurance test that is Bad Boys 2, a brutal, 2 1/2-hour display of production overkill.
  24. An American Haunting
    There are jolts galore in a movie stuffed with the basic tricks of the evil-spirit trade - banging noises in the attic, slamming doors and windows, spinning clocks, shaking beds, rabid beasts, disappearing children and the occasional moment of eyeball-rolling possession.
  25. Mechanic: Resurrection
    It's fun for a while, on a simple, single-shooter, video-game level. And for a change, the movie's stunts plug into Statham's pre-Hollywood career as a champion diver; this may be the most watery thriller since "Thunderball."
  26. Balls of Fury
    If it's not quite the best Will Ferrell movie he never made, Balls of Fury is, at the very least, a lot funnier than it has a right to be.
  27. Ouch
    The marvelous Dussolier makes a poignantly aging lothario, but Fillieres is so off-puttingly strange, we don't really care what she thinks about.
  28. Just Visiting
    There ought to be a law about transporting humor internationally.
  29. Radio
    What really makes the jaw drop is the presence of so many talented actors in what seems like traditional TV treacle. Saddest of all is Debra Winger, reduced to playing the wife-as-wallpaper role. For this she came back to Hollywood?
  30. Never Die Alone
    Racist, misogynistic and breath­takingly cynical, Ernest Dickerson's clichéd crime drama Never Die Alone shamelessly exploits the degrada­tion of its irredeemable characters.
  31. The Life Before Her Eyes
    What this heavy-handed film mainly has to endure is a clunky story structure and an ending that wasn't original when it was seen four decades ago on "The Twilight Zone."
  32. Ouija
    Cooke, a young Brit seen on TV’s “Bates Motel,” is strong as the diminutive brunette at the center of the interworldly fright-fest. Her charisma is almost enough to keep you from rolling your eyes at the script.
  33. No Escape
    There’s no fleeing the clunkiness in No Escape.
  34. Gigantic
    Dano is a talented actor who needs to aim higher, and it should go without saying that Deschanel can do - and should know - better.
  35. The Last Time
    The Last Time feels like a script that was written backwards, as if the twist ending occurred to Caleo first and he then filled out a story to get to it. Fair enough, except getting there in this case is just no fun.
  36. Confessions of a Shopaholic
    There are some mildly amusing turns from costars like Kristin Scott Thomas, playing an icy editor, and Robert Stanton, as her frustrated debt collector.
  37. The November Man
    Even in the lazy days of late August, this movie is hardly worth the price of popcorn.
  38. Goats
    Goats is just b-a-a-a-aad.
  39. Lay the Favorite
    One of those factors must have settled upon the unlucky shoulders of Stephen Frears, who certainly has the pedigree to go all the way. And yet, he stumbles so badly with Lay the Favorite, his comic adaptation of Beth Raymer's memoir, that one is left wondering what could possibly have gone wrong.
  40. The Rite
    Terminally silly, even more so for being "inspired by actual events."
  41. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
    It's just like Paul McCartney's first solo album after the Beatles broke up; he played all the instruments himself -- because he could.
  42. Clouds
    Good intentions abound in this earnest debut film.
  43. The Other Side of Heaven
    Earnest, fact-based drama is marred only by the fact that it wants desperately to save your soul.
    • New York Daily News
  44. Laws of Attraction
    More chemistry between the leads would have helped. But Laws of Attraction still would have had a tough case making a jury believe these two unlikable characters belong together, except as a way to take them out of circulation.
  45. Raising Helen
    Watching Garry Marshall's Raising Helen is like eating a box of Forrest Gump's chocolates. You may not know exactly what you're going to get, but you can count on a high sugar content.
  46. Paparazzi
    Paparazzi is for anyone who's ever wondered how good it would feel to knock down a photographer with his car and then back over him.
  47. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
    This is a reasonable choice for bored tweens - as long as they don't demand too much magic from their movies.
  48. Seeking Justice
    Cage and the always-intense Pearce keep this thing going, but even they seem to know the ultimate destination is a bargain bin.
  49. Bad Santa 2
    Billy Bob Thornton's grouchy Santa is finally back, but his sequel is pretty ho-ho-horrible.
  50. DOA: Dead or Alive
    "Charlie's Angels," "Survivor," "American Gladiators" and "Girls Gone Wild" are just some of the bad influences on Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen's laughably silly adaptation of the video game DOA: Dead or Alive.
  51. 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.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    BASEketball
    Satire goes 'south' in gross mismatch of hot comic duo and "Airplane" director. [31 July 1998, p. 46]
    • New York Daily News
  53. The Ward
    Carpenter's economical but mundane chiller is possessed more by previous ghoul-friend flicks than it is by his better work.
  54. Think Like a Man Too
    The actors make the raucousness feel as easy as the cinematic couples therapy.
  55. August Rush
    It would be nice to say this predictable fantasy has such a big heart, we can forgive its excesses. But director Kirsten Sheridan overplays nearly every already-corny scene, and there is no chemistry between Russell and Rhys Meyers, who appear to be passing through on their way to better projects.
  56. One Night with the King
    This preposterous adaptation of the Book of Esther is recommended viewing only for those impressed that it comes endorsed by the American Bible Society.
  57. Free Birds
    Children, of course, won’t notice the political subtext. But do be prepared for them to exit the theater demanding that you make only Tofurkey in the future.
  58. Girl Most Likely
    Bening and Dillon are equally misused, and the rest of the cast is frankly just annoying. Like Imogene’s early promise, Girl Most Likely is likely to be forgotten quickly. The sooner the better.
  59. The Moth Diaries
    Director Mary Harron ("American Psycho") can do little with this bloodless drama.
  60. 2 Fast 2 Furious
    Lacks the charismatic presence of Vin Diesel, who has priced himself right out of the franchise. Without Diesel, there's not much gas, at least not from the nonvehicular elements.
  61. I Don't Know How She Does It
    From the wry narration to the girlish mannerisms, Parker really does turn this film into "Sex and the Kiddies."
  62. Flubber
    Children may get a kick out of Flubber's lowest-common-denominator antics. They may not recognize that Williams' prodigious talent has been reduced to something sub-blobular. [26Nov1997 Pg 38]
    • New York Daily News
  63. 2 Jacks
    Shabby on the surface and indulgent at its core.
  64. And So It Goes
    If director Rob Reiner’s AARP-aimed comedy stumbles on several fronts, at least it provides a stage for some seasoned pros to strut their stuff.
  65. The Medallion
    Evans fumbles through painfully extended homophobic jokes, weak double entendres and agonizingly contorted double-takes.
  66. Don't Say a Word
    A fairly nifty piece of suspense filmmaking, with a strong if relatively undemanding performance from Douglas.
  67. Death to Smoochy
    Plays like a long TV sketch, but with an array of characters, themes, subplots and situations just clever enough to keep it moving, and to give cover to its underlying cynicism.
    • New York Daily News
  68. Rugrats Go Wild
    Though the energy occasionally flags, the movie does a nice job of exploiting the crossover potential.
  69. The Pink Panther
    This, the 10th and worst-written entry in the series, would have been better if it had followed Dreyfuss instead of Clouseau, or if Kline had been cast as Clouseau instead of Martin.
  70. Yours, Mine and Ours
    The humor is supposed to stem from the clash of kids who have been raised so differently and of partners with opposing views of child care. But there are just so many jokes you can make about who gets to use the bathroom when.
  71. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
    Apparently, the show’s appeal is due to the good-heartedness of its undereducated anti-heroes, but their kind of dumb grows old fast.
  72. Brake
    While we're meant to feel claustrophobic, we're not supposed to fight boredom, which kicks in quickly.
  73. Crossing Over
    Writer-director Wayne Kramer adds what could be called mainstream threads to his messy script, but the result is simplistic across the board.
  74. Ben-Hur
    All the flash and sizzle of modern movie effects can't make up for a once spectacular tale that feels not just scaled-down, but shrunk.
  75. Double Parked
    Kinsella, in his feature debut, milks cliches, caricatures and an unlikely set of coincidences to tie things up in a neat bundle.
  76. The Trouble with Bliss
    The biggest trouble with "Bliss" is the way it wastes a cast that deserves so much more.
  77. Blade: Trinity
    I don't know if it was intentional, but Drake seems to come out of the same sandy hole in which our troops found the cowering Saddam Hussein.
  78. Kids in America
    Overall, though, you get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is. And didn't you see enough of that in high school?
  79. I Am
    Pay close attention to the title of Tom Shadyac's documentary. He will try to convince you his film is about humanity uniting to solve its problems. But somehow, his own ego keeps getting in the way.
  80. The Return
    Since Adam Sussman's script is as lazy as Asif Kapadia's direction is disjointed, nothing ever makes sense, even after the anticlimatic explanation is revealed.
  81. Extraterrestrial
    Most of this dull movie is played straight. But as a local UFO nut, genre stalwart Michael Ironside (“Scanners,” “Starship Troopers”) provides solid comic relief. He feels dropped in from another movie. Or another galaxy.
  82. Little Nicky
    Crude and giggly.
  83. The Specials
    A genially mellow, consistently entertaining spoof.
  84. Random Hearts
    This ponderous romantic melodrama...passes like a day behind bars.
  85. Looking for an Echo
    The best performance comes from Venora.
  86. Final Destination 2
    The movie doesn't even have novelty on its side, since we're basically watching the original "Final Destination" all over again, minus the smarts and humor.
  87. Gothika
    French director Mathieu Kassovitz Frenches this flimsy tale to death. No scene goes underplayed, no performance (save one, from Robert Downey Jr.) lacks volume, no horror cliche is forgotten.
  88. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D
    The low-tech film looks like a kid's crude drawing, plays like entry-level Game Boy, and is about as nourishing as a Tootsie Pop.
  89. Adore
    Though Fontaine makes sure the beaches are sun-dappled and the women’s shared house comes off like a sandy paradise, the movie is like the early-’80s groaner “Summer Lovers” with wrinkle lines. Hooray for the freedom and beauty of older women — a demographic that deserves better than the deplorable Adore.
  90. The Air I Breathe
    The source for Jieho Lee's The Air I Breathe is an ancient Chinese proverb about the four cornerstones of emotion - love, pleasure, happiness and sorrow. But Lee and co-writer Bob DeRosa went 0-4 with their convoluted screenplay, making me thankful they didn't try to adapt the Seven Deadly Sins.
  91. The Words
    Though Cooper deserves credit for pushing beyond his comfort zone, he's clearly miscast in a role better suited to a young unknown.
  92. Made of Honor
    The cinematic equivalent of a cookie-cutter wedding, Made of Honor ultimately feels a little depressing.
  93. Reindeer Games
    The material here, written by Ehren Kruger, is beneath banal, and the three leads are so miscast that it's like watching a dress charade.
  94. Amelia
    Tis embalmed drama is a ghost from the '80s, a decade that regularly produced surprise-free, caramelized biopics. The airless Amelia is missing practically everything.
  95. Mr. Church
    Murphy’s low-key but affecting performance is filled with loaded and loving glances. And the restraint becomes the 55-year-old star. If only the film were better.
  96. Paper Man
    Overly analytical, cutesy comedy-drama.
  97. Dirty
    "Filthy" may have been a better title for Dirty. The rough language is not just pervasive, as the MPAA's R rating describes it, it's assaultive. The violence is not merely "strong," it's incessant, sadistic and broadly unbelievable.
  98. Hotel Noir
    It's hard to know whether Sebastian Gutierrez is imitating or satirizing the hard-boiled noirs of Hollywood's past, but either way it feels like a botched attempt.
  99. Underdog
    Made for viewers old enough to appreciate a talking pooch but too young to read or write about it.
  100. A Hole in One
    Director-writer Richard Ledes shows better command of 1950s period atmosphere than he does of either his subject or his cast.
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