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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. Yom Yom
    Though the results are only moderately compelling, the film's problems stem not from a lack of ideological thrust, but rather from a protagonist who is so phenomenally unlikable.
  2. The Price of Milk
    A modern-day fable about love and commitment — it's different.
    • New York Daily News
  3. Down to Earth
    It's Rock's first venture into leading-man territory, and the material is carefully tailored to his measurements. He's fully believable as a standup comic. How he'll fare as a character other than Chris Rock is yet to be determined.
  4. Company Man
    A painfully flat spoof of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.
  5. Recess: School's Out
    Seems to have been made entirely for people who were kids during the Johnson administration.
  6. Sweet November
    A hellacious stew of romance and tragedy that gives the words "screwball" and "pathos" a bad name.
  7. The Taste of Others
    A charming little valentine to the mysteries of attraction.
  8. Journey to the Sun
    A remarkable second feature from writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu.
  9. Signs & Wonders
    The best performance is by Rampling. (The) camera hangs on her, knowing that nothing escapes those wise, sad-lidded eyes.
  10. Love, Honor and Obey
    It's never a good thing to notice that the actors in a movie are having a better time than you are. It's so unfair. They're paid to work, you're paying for fun.
  11. Saving Silverman
    Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.
  12. Hannibal
    It's certainly not scary; it's not even suspenseful. The tension in Hannibal is purely sexual.
  13. In the Mood for Love
    A love story told from the point of impact, at the heart, and no conventional resolution could be more profound.
  14. Fever
    While this paranoid thriller is overly familiar, it's still plenty unsettling.
  15. The Invisible Circus
    Director and screenwriter Adam Brooks, adapting Jennifer Egan's novel, doesn't seem to understand what makes a movie relevant.
  16. Nico and Dani
    Director Gay deals so honestly with the boys' emotions, it's almost a revelation when compared to Hollywood fabrications.
  17. Left Behind
    With an appealing lead in Cameron, and a nicely brisk pace, there's a decent, midlevel Apocalypse movie here. But be aware that you will have to peel away several pages of the Bible to get to it.
  18. The Million Dollar Hotel
    Conceived by U2's Bono, it's not quite as bad as it might have been. After all, its own star, Mel Gibson, has famously called this tale of destitute misfits "as boring as a dog's a——."
  19. Valentine
    Lacking the requisite post-"Scream" irony, the film is simply a package of gougings, stabbings, drillings and guttings, all tied up with a "twist" ending that anyone with a still-functioning brain could figure out in a matter of minutes.
  20. Head Over Heels
    Thekind of misfire that makes you understand why every waiter, parking valet and sushi delivery boy in Beverly Hills has a screenplay under his waistband.
  21. Sugar & Spice
    A cheerleader spoof that starts rousingly, but ends up nearly as shallow as its easy-target subjects.
  22. Voyages
    Although Voyages is mapped with anguish and fear, director Emmanuel Finkiel's characters are survivors, and he never lets us forget it.
  23. Trolösa
    Hits so hard because it feels so real.
    • New York Daily News
  24. Two Ninas
    Intermittently amusing.
  25. Amy
    Alana De Roma is going to be a tremendous star.
  26. The Wedding Planner
    Has a lot of nerve making fun of Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You," as the choice of newlyweds fated for divorce in 12 to 14 months. The Wedding Planner should have such a shelf life.
  27. R2PC: Road to Park City
    If you want to make a film, this is a great place to start. But if you just want to watch one, it's more of dead end.
  28. The Pledge
    Jack Nicholson in a performance that ranks among his best, yet leaves you feeling unfulfilled as never before.
  29. The Amati Girls
    Only a memorably commanding Ruehl transcends the limitations of her two-dimensional character.
  30. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
    Film makers Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker dig deep into the story and its ramifications, exposing how the twin evils of racism and anti-Semitism combined to foment institutional injustice, and led — if a silver lining could be found — to the triumphs of the civil-rights movement two and three decades later.
  31. Snatch.
    The movie was snatched, all right, and Ritchie is the culprit.
  32. Panic
    A small gem in the postholiday depression.
  33. Double Take
    This dismally strained comedy defies laughs and doesn't contain an ounce of internal logic.
  34. Zheng hun qi shi
    Although rife with comic possibilities, The Personals develops into a somber tale of personal identity.
  35. Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
    A relatively straightforward portrait of Holmes, using interviews with family members, friends, wives, X-film producers and his former co-stars.
  36. Save the Last Dance
    It's about as routine a movie as they come, but it features plenty of endorphin-releasing hip-hop choreography as Derek teaches Sara to get jiggy with it.
  37. Antitrust
    Becomes a very conventional suspense film, replete with virtually every cliche of the genre, some used more than once.
  38. The Claim
    Its sprawling canvas is mere backdrop for the most intimate of character studies -- a portrait of a man who chose material wealth and found emotional ruin.
  39. Chunhyangdyun
    A feast for the eyes. But not, alas, for the ears.
  40. Shadow of the Vampire
    Works on several playful levels. Most obviously, it is a horror movie in which life imitates art on a movie set.
  41. Traffic
    Borderline brilliant. Tackles the war on drugs from a kaleidoscope of perspectives.
  42. Malèna
    If Mussolini had a Monica Bellucci to inspire his troops, we might still be trying to take Palermo.
  43. Thirteen Days
    An excellent movie about a real-life nail-biter, forcefully acted, true to its period and directed with clarity.
  44. All the Pretty Horses
    Thornton, directing his first film since the minimalist "Sling Blade" (1996), has a much better grip on the material when he's focused on the scruffy desert landscape and the adventures of the two Texans.
  45. Vatel
    Too much chaos, not enough heart. Bad for the digestion.
  46. An Everlasting Piece
    Coming from a big shot like Levinson, An Everlasting Piece feels like a gently amusing but undeniably minor diversion that, for whatever reason, needed to be gotten out of his system.
  47. Before Night Falls
    A personal eulogy, from one artist to another, and an indictment of all systems of government that deny people the right to free expression and the full realization of their talent.
  48. Come te nessuno mai
    Charming, funny and poignant. But it's also a reminder that if we want an intelligent teen romance, we have to import it.
  49. The House of Mirth
    The stop-the-presses news from The House of Mirth is the number of fine performances from people you never knew had it in them.
  50. Cast Away
    The island phase of Hanks' performance is simply amazing.
  51. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Not quite as funny as it wants to be. Mostly, it's just silly. But as always, the Coens are entertaining themselves first.and their quirky individuality has served them and their fans well so far.
  52. Dracula 2000
    There's a lot of scary stuff in Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. There are eyeball-sucking leeches, decapitations, punctured necks... and appalling acting.
  53. The Family Man
    Cage is a wonderful light comedian; were someone to remake "It's a Wonderful Life," he'd be on the short list for the role of George Bailey. And Leoni is Donna Reed, reborn.
  54. Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda
    Lee pushes this joyride into stimulation overdrive, playing with colors and film speeds and surfaces and shadows until it makes perfect sense that a movie should be all about energy, rather than -- well, about anything else at all.
  55. Miss Congeniality
    Miss Congeniality would not be out of place as a TV series, so it makes sense that Candice Bergen and William Shatner appear as pageant co-hosts.
  56. State and Main
    Gently hilarious comedy.
  57. Exhuming Mr. Rice
    The film is admirably honest about death, so it may be helpful if you're looking for a way to talk to kids about a difficult subject. Otherwise, stand aside and let it pass.
  58. Finding Forrester
    Written, acted and directed so intelligently that it stands out from the pack, and is guaranteed to give you the warm glow of holiday movies past -- the kind that celebrated faith in human potential and the value of hard work.
  59. The Gift
    But there were few, if any, better performances in 2000 than the one Blanchett gives here, and Raimi's crafty blend of dramatic realism and supernatural knowledge is one of the year's best directing con jobs.
  60. What Women Want
    A merry romantic comedy in the screwball tradition.
  61. The Visit
    The actors seem exhilarated.
  62. Pollock
    Harris convincingly creates one "Pollock" after another over the course of the movie.
  63. Dude, Where's My Car?
    What holds the movie together -- albeit tenuously -- is the surprisingly sweet-natured pairing of Jesse and Chester.
  64. The Emperor's New Groove
    Freewheeling and mindless.
  65. Chocolat
    A charming trifle, beautifully filmed in a Currier & Ives setting, with buttery-smooth performances from Binoche and Depp, and enough good tidings in its nougat center to get you through the holidays.
  66. Vertical Limit
    A climbing thriller whose plot may be on thin ice but whose action sequences are stunning.
  67. The Art of Amália
    An unabashed celebration of her (Amalia) distinctive voice.
  68. The Day Silence Died
    The story is fascinating for its simplicity and its inherent truths about the downside of progress.
  69. Proof of Life
    The romantic subtext of their characters' relationship is the film's chief liability, and feels forced and undeveloped.
  70. Strippers
    Features amateurish acting and direction, and a going-nowhere script.
  71. Dungeons & Dragons
    The special effects work fine for minor acts of magic, but the climactic aerial dragon fight is lame, and most of the performances are at the level of high school plays.
  72. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Handsome, passionate and fun. It's everything we go to the movies for.
  73. Moon Shadow
    Just once, can't a city slicker go country and stay unchanged? Not in this sentimental 1995 Italian drama.
  74. Spring Forward
    There's no question that the film's primary intent is to showcase its stars, but thanks to their perfectly attuned performances, it feels more real than self-conscious.
    • New York Daily News
  75. A Good Baby
    This intelligently acted and well-paced story avoids most of the clichés.
  76. Boys Life 3
    A rare opportunity to see shorts without having to spring for a ticket to a film festival.
  77. 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.
  78. Quills
    The things you can look forward to, however, are the humor, intellectual musing, emotional tumult, superb acting and challenging adult questions.
  79. Unbreakable
    "Sixth Sense" fans will be intrigued at first, then disappointed.
  80. The Trench
    By the time they're ready to leave their trench, we're not at all ready to see them go.
    • New York Daily News
  81. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Deliriously inventive.
  82. Bounce
    After a few movies in which Paltrow was in danger of becoming a caricature of herself, she's back in rare form.
  83. Sasayaki
    Surprisingly poignant, thanks to its enduring sense of tenderness.
  84. La bûche
    Enjoy Christmas in Paris, if you don't have enough problems of your own, with this slice of family life from French director Daniele Thompson.
  85. Lies
    The truth about Lies is that it's a case of art-house porn being more porn than art.
  86. The 6th Day
    Like Schwarzenegger himself, it looks tired, and a little bored.
  87. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II
    Will Rugrats fans love it -- Wee, we -- er, oui, oui.
  88. One Day in September
    A gripping thriller whose terror -- unfortunately -- comes from real life.
  89. Little Nicky
    Crude and giggly.
  90. Restless
    Would that the film were as interesting as the setting.
  91. You Can Count on Me
    It's a compassionate story about what makes people tick and what really matters.
  92. Looking for an Echo
    The best performance comes from Venora.
  93. Red Planet
    Watch out for space junk.
  94. Men of Honor
    One of the more uplifting films of the season.
  95. Suzhou River
    This Asian-flavored Hitchcock is a complicated tale with no easy answers.
  96. Me & Isaac Newton
    Hey, kids! Skip the job fairs and go directly to a screening of Me & Isaac Newton.
  97. Blue Moon
    All the subtlety of an Olive Garden commercial.
  98. The Legend of Bagger Vance
    A temple of enlightenment posing as a movie.
  99. Boesman and Lena
    Powerful theater.
  100. Kippur
    Rather than heightening our sense of empathy, we become numbed by the repetition.
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