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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. Film Geek
    You'd be better off spending an evening with the collected works of Rob Schneider.
  2. Gone in Sixty Seconds
    A mindless, cliche-riddled action-cartoon, a blur of metal and fire and screeching tires, with bad dialogue, cardboard characters and a volume set so high, it makes the Indianapolis 500 sound like chamber music.
  3. A Walk to Remember
    The audience for this chaste teen romance won't be film lovers, as the movie is sappy and listlessly paced. But it's just the ticket for people who want their movies sanitized.
  4. Bride of the Wind
    There's great music and lovely settings, but the filmmakers have done little more with their subject than reiterate the Britannica's description of her.
  5. The Host
    Watch closely and you might even spy a better film inside, straining to break free.
  6. My Mother
    This tale of disaffected sexual depravity is practically a parody of the worst of French filmmaking.
  7. Halloween II (2009)
    Despite the limitations inherent in the genre, it actually delivers.
  8. Mansome
    Think of Mansome as the equivalent of a $10 manicure: It'll modestly enhance your day without making any lasting impact.
  9. Post Grad
    Bledel brings a sweet, steady presence, but this sort of minor project is a step backwards. It's high time she graduated on to bigger and better things.
  10. Van Helsing
    Old monster movies were thrilling in a way that mingled terror, sexuality and a real preference for the monsters over their tormentors. Van Helsing is a kiddie adventure on an endless, meaningless loop.
  11. The Forsaken
    Vampire movies aren't what they used to be. How about a little mist, some shadows, some pale gray faces set off by stark red lips? Maestro, a little Transylvanian mood music, if you please.
  12. A Rumor of Angels
    With its mystical mumbo jumbo and even a helpful beam of celestial light in one scene, A Rumor of Angels is a kind of cinematic comfort food for an undemanding audience.
  13. Ghosts of Mars
    I have an idea for a Mars movie. When our first astronauts step onto the Red Planet, they discover that Martians not only exist but that they've hired Johnnie Cochran to represent them in a massive defamation suit against American filmmakers.
  14. Rape Me
    The sex may be real, but the violence and acting are comically phony, resulting in something that, while intended to shock, merely revolts.
  15. Iowa
    A story of miserable people leading miserable lives, Iowa is a sour vanity project: trash posing as a socially relevant "cautionary tale."
  16. The Babysitters
    It reads like a Cinemax special event, and as good as Leguizamo and Waterston are, the skeevy, fantasy-fulfillment plot that drives David Ross' movie is uncomfortably risky business.
  17. Multiple Sarcasms
    The cast is uniformly appealing in out-of-left-field ways, but writer-director Brooks Branch lets the story amble lazily, which -- like Gabriel and almost every character like him you've ever seen -- gets a little tiring.
  18. Certifiably Jonathan
    This rambling, unfocused, shuffling documentary paints the famous standup in broad strokes, only occasionally providing worthy examples of how Winters inspired generations.
  19. Identity Thief
    The ensuing road trip should be hilariously chaotic, a classic misadventure between two ill-matched travelers. Instead of “Midnight Run,” though, we get another gloss on the recent “Guilt Trip,” in which the concept is all that counts.
  20. Man of the House
    [A] straight-to-video-quality mess.
  21. Flakes
    Unless you happen to be one yourself, chances are pretty good that you'll take an immediate dislike to the self-satisfied hipsters who populate this disappointing comedy.
  22. Watching TV with the Red Chinese
    This quirky indie has an off-kilter, shaggy appeal and a filling story.
  23. The End of the Road
    We're left with virtually no insight into the appeal of a movement that lasted 30 years.
  24. Ordinary Sinner
    Novice filmmaker John Henry Davis deserves credit for tackling big issues, but he forgot one of the most important credos of his craft. No matter how vital your message, a good story beats a sermon any day.
  25. Dreamcatcher
    Dreamcatcher has no business being this bad.
  26. Night of Henna
    Mildly pleasant movie.
  27. Eichmann
    The final fate of Adolf ­Eichmann is certainly a compelling subject. But its dramatic impact is severely diminished here by stilted filmmaking and wooden performances.
  28. When Harry Tries to Marry
    This sweet if limited film has an agreeable attitude.
  29. Manny
    Only a fool would say it to his face, but eight-time divisional boxing champ Manny (Pacman) Pacquiao has a limp swing as a documentary subject.
  30. Everly
    What on earth is Salma Hayek doing starring in this exploitative, junky piece of torture trash?
  31. Listening
    Director Khalil Sullins’ movie has its heart and brain in the right place, but its guts are a mess.
  32. 200 Cigarettes
    This vapid '80 punk party reeks of 200 Cigarettes.
    • New York Daily News
  33. The Expendables 3
    The Expendables 3 lets down its cast with a film that’s about as thrilling as the arrival of a monthly Social Security check.
  34. 7 Minutes
    Well, that was the longest seven minutes of my life. An uninspired tale of a small-town robbery gone wrong, 7 Minutes abounds in clichés.
  35. A Nightmare on Elm Street
    Don't blame Haley, though. Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer's screenplay goes in the wrong direction entirely, dropping Freddy's sick sense of humor while turning him into a generic bogeyman.
  36. 102 Dalmatians
    The floating, flailing, flying puppies in the inspired opening credits of 102 Dalmatians set the tone for an adorable sequel to the live-action version of the famously spotted cartoon.
  37. The Perfect Score
    Only sharp dialogue and a suspenseful buglary might have given this lame, quasi morality play some energy. It has neither.
  38. Stateside
    The film's biggest problem is its psychologically false ending. Having created a complex relationship, Anselmo seems to throw up his hands at the end and admit he doesn't have a clue about how to resolve it.
  39. Loosies
    Ridiculous and mannered, Loosies is light-fingered but heavy-handed.
  40. Conversations with God
    One of Walsch's precepts is that you should never make a living doing something you hate. If I'd known that, I might not have felt obliged to sit through every excruciating minute of this sanctimonious infomercial.
  41. The Last Exorcism Part II
    Now Bell can break out of the genre. She's served her time.
  42. What's Your Number?
    This comedy is empty.
  43. Play the Game
    If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.
  44. Hitman
    As a movie on its own, it's simple monotony. Olyphant, affecting Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry voice, is about as menacing as Mr. Clean, and the action scenes - whether the weapons are fists, feet, swords or guns - fly past without any tension or suspense. Hitman is a miss.
  45. Family Weekend
    Despite the promise Epps and Turner show in their film’s finest moments, we’re still talking about a movie that tries to wring jokes from puppet therapy.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lullaby
    Sadly, Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard are wasted in tiny parts, as is Amy Adams as the lost love of the sulky rocker.
  47. Happy Tears
    A cringe-inducing, self-consciously kooky indie comedy that's best enjoyed for its taste of Rip Torn.
  48. Loser
    Feels like a college knockoff of Billy Wilder's "The Apartment."
  49. Returning Mickey Stern
    As earnest as it is awkward, the film has so much spirit, it's hard to dismiss entirely, even at its considerable worst.
  50. Friday After Next
    The movie's 85 minutes speed merrily along on a steady stream of outrageous antics, entertaining performances from seasoned pros (like John Witherspoon, as Craig's dyspeptic dad), and unforgettable introductions to new talent.
  51. Ghost Rider
    What sticks is a colorful, mesmerizing, at times breathtaking mess - it's like watching a bonfire on acid - and what slides to the floor is, well, you probably don't want to know.
  52. Paradise
    Ultimately, Paradise is a tiny version of a saint’s journey among sinners, an immature conception. Peramb-you-later, Lamb.
  53. Who Killed Nancy?
    The eyewitness testimony of dozens of punk-era survivors and hotel denizens has a disorienting effect, and everyone gets sidetracked, though the colorful anecdotes are priceless.
  54. Java Heat
    It would be nice to say that Rourke, at least, offers a reason to see this junky thriller, about an American agent who gets involved in an Indonesian terrorist plot. But as entertaining as it is to watch him adopt a strange accent and swan around in sarongs as an eccentric jewel thief, it’s also a little depressing. The paycheck cannot possibly be worth it.
  55. Yogi Bear
    None of the three screenwriters strained himself with effort. But the relative lack of coarseness and snark may come as a surprising relief, even to 21st-century audiences.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sphere
    A choppy, incoherent science-fiction thriller that does no credit to its expensive cast. [13 February 1998, p. 57]
    • New York Daily News
  57. I Spy
    Their (Murphy/Wilson) exchanges and interplay are so campy and over the top that I kept expecting them to pull out frying pans and start bopping each other over the head with them. I Spy is one just Stooge short of homage.
  58. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back!
    The favorable three-star rating I'm giving the animated Pokémon: The First Movie is based at least partly on the fact that I expected to dislike it and didn't.
  59. The Wedding Ringer
    The manic energy of Kevin Hart is, surprisingly, toned down in The Wedding Ringer. Which may account for almost the entire first half of this wannabe-raucous buddy movie being laugh-free.
  60. Diana
    You certainly won’t learn anything of interest about the Princess of Wales in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s misguided new biopic. But Diana can be declared a success in one regard — its vacant inanity serves to remind us of the perpetual indignities forced upon this unlucky Lady.
  61. Hannibal Rising
    This strikes me as the final nail in the franchise's coffin. I can't name an actor who could have made young Lecter as interesting as the older one, but Ulliel does not come close.
  62. Self/less
    Laughable/Bad
  63. Mission to Mars
    Earthlings beware: The dialogue and characters have less weight than bodies freed from gravity's grip.
  64. Red Planet
    Watch out for space junk.
  65. Wake
    Given a plot and dialogue that ring entirely false, we're left with a bunch of unpleasant characters who do unpleasant things for no apparent reason. Enjoy.
  66. The Other Man
    A movie needs to announce if it's playing games. Pulling the rug out from under a viewer is fine for whodunnits and psychological thrillers and the usual suspects. But a supposedly grown-up drama like The Other Man ought to have scruples about where it plans to take you.
  67. Bewitched
    The result, at best, is a sweet failure.
  68. The Back-up Plan
    Charmless and derivative.
  69. The Assignment
    The Assignment is a movie about a heartless assassin, a mad doctor and a forced surgery. But it’s the movie that should be sued for malpractice.
  70. Keeping Up with the Joneses
    In Keeping up with the Joneses, I was unable to focus on Hamm's comedic efforts, so interested was I in the ever-changing cinematography of his slick black hairstyle.
  71. A Long Way Down
    The results are awkward and atonal.
  72. Twice Born
    The tragic Balkan conflict of the 1990s is due for a sweeping, important and engaging cinematic remembrance. Twice Born wants to be that movie — a Bosnian “Doctor Zhivago” — but falls short.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
    Douglas is the only one who looks like he's actually having fun with the dim-witted script.
  74. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
    The movie awkwardly tries to present Bullock and King as an interracial odd couple. But the overall result is charmless, even insulting.
  75. Grizzly Falls
    To be avoided by anyone considering a vacation to anything wilder than a zoo.
  76. On the Line
    Whether he's the victim of poor directing or misguided ambition, Bass is almost entirely charisma-free.
  77. Tamara
    A mediocre little thriller that might have promised cheap fun on Blockbuster's direct-to-DVD shelf is instead destined to die a quick death on the big screen.
  78. My Life in Ruins
    Director Donald Petrie doesn’t have much to brag about here, but at least he gives us some nice scenery to look at.
  79. The Happening
    The film never builds past its initial idea, the references to 9/11 feel cheap, the good actors are wasted, and the bad ones are distracting.
  80. Aloft
    Deep — deep! — in this impenetrable block of ice is an actual, OK story. But the patience it takes to get to it? The return on investment just isn’t there.
  81. The Dark Tower
    The Dark Tower is simply dim.
  82. The Color of Time
    Franco himself is ponderous playing Williams, which tends to overwhelm everything. A cool concept, and A for effort.
  83. Dead or Alive: Final
    Takashi Miike is a master at making love-'em-or-loathe-'em spectacles, but even fans are likely to consider the final film of his Dead or Alive trilogy a minor entry in his oeuvre.
  84. 15 Minutes
    The Czech Republic and Russia, the respective homes of Emil and Oleg, should sue.
  85. The Haunted Mansion
    A tepid comedy whose only saving grace is the face of Jennifer Tilly in a crystal ball.
  86. Get Hard
    Get Hard isn’t edgy enough to be offensive or witty enough to be challenging. It’s just dumb.
  87. Law Abiding Citizen
    Such a lazy action-drama underachiever, it seems unfair to target stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler for bringing their C game.
  88. Russian Doll
    Baldly superficial, it probably should have been given a less demanding metaphor to live up to.
  89. Black Sheep
    ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE a plot of sorts, Black Sheep isn't really a movie it's more like a series of "Saturday Night Live" sketches highlighting Chris Farley's fumbling fatboy shtick. [2 Feb 1996, p.36]
    • New York Daily News
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Friday the 13th
    Purists will be – happy? Relieved? – to know that the "ch-ch-chhh" music survived, and the body count still totals 13.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Late Bloomer
    While The Late Bloomer comes to a bit too wrapped-up-in-a-bow resolution, it's still a refreshing reminder of just how pervasive sex is and how much it plays a role in everyone's lives.
  92. Beyond the Reach
    This film, though, lacks any spine. Director Jean-Baptiste Leonetti isn’t sure if he’s making a Hemingway-lite faceoff or a hemmed-in horror flick.
  93. Hide Away
    The film doesn't play games; it's basically just Lucas going through a short story-like period of reflection and redemption almost entirely without dialogue. It's not enough, but it is what this underappreciated actor does best.
  94. Celtic Pride
    Combining the sports obsessiveness of "SNL's" venerable "Da Bears" routine with the buddy bonding of Wayne and Garth, Mike and Jimmy might make great sketch material. But as the central characters in a feature film, they wear thin quicker than a cheap suit. [19 Apr 1996, p.65]
    • New York Daily News
  95. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
    With his (Cage) over-the-top delivery and operatically intense facial expressions, there's no way anyone could accuse him of phoning this one in.
  96. Year One
    During all of the film’s oh-so-long 97 minutes, Year One, barely earns a snicker.
  97. Motherhood
    Motherhood's litany of complaints and trite comedy-drama comes off as thin, and targeted, as a flyer for The Children's Place.
  98. The Longest Week
    Just like the character of Conrad, the movie coasts on confidence without ever proving it has a soul.
  99. J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche
    Underdeveloped and badly diluted by overlong -- and overly stylized -- forays into the drug use, street hustling and cultural alienation that mostly affects the boys' friends.
  100. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    The good news is the script for Scooby-Doo 2 is marginally better and the eternally irritating Scrappy-Doo is nowhere to be seen.
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