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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. American Pie 2
    Pie 2's greatest asset is the rare, infectious amiability of its cast of characters and the actors playing them.
  2. Along Came Polly
    Stiller and Aniston have zero sexual chemistry. But they have impeccable comic chemistry in a movie that features some stellar bits of business.
  3. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    With We Don't Live Here Anymore, it's the audience that may want to leave and start a new life.
  4. Monsters vs Aliens
    This action-comedy will seem fresh only to 8-year-olds -- though it may give parents an excuse to introduce some of the '50s horror movies it parodies.
  5. 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.
  6. Merry Christmas
    You can't go wrong with an uplifting, anti-war story like this, but director Christian Carion trowels on the schmaltz, and the movie's emphasis on Christian values actually seems to spell doom for solving today's conflicts with the Middle East.
  7. Buffalo Soldiers
    Though the film, adapted from a novel by Robert O'Connor, is obviously trying to reference "Catch-22," it is far too dark and violent to be funny.
  8. Diary of the Dead
    There are a few clever moments, as when an Amish farmer saves the tech-savvy students. But mostly, we're in it for the gore.
  9. 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.
  10. Fish Without a Bicycle
    Jenna Mattison gives a charming performance.
  11. Lila Says
    Had director Ziad Doueiri focused on the resentful Arab youths who clatter provocatively around the edges of his Marseilles-set drama, he might have discovered something interesting.
  12. The Affair of the Necklace
    This sob story is a tough sell.
  13. Martin & Orloff
    In general, movies made by improv comedy groups are hit or miss. And this one, from the Upright Citizens Brigade, misses a whole lot more than it hits.
  14. Couples Retreat
    You'll have a few laughs, for sure. Just don't expect to enjoy yourself as much as everybody on screen.
  15. Swimming Upstream
    Rush has never played anyone this starkly unsympathetic, and he proves to be very good at playing very bad.
  16. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
    CSA is a sophomoric film essay that would have barely rated a passing grade from a tougher teacher.
  17. Meet Dave
    The "Star Trek" gibes feel especially lazy, since the movie ought to be "Men in Black" kicky, not sketch-comedy dusty.
  18. Beefcake
    This movie's attempt to reinvent Mizer as a First Amendment hero isn't as effective as its triumphant display of beefcake, which is, after all, the movie's raison d'etre.
  19. Saw IV
    If an hour and a half of so-called "torture porn" sounds like fun, you'll find Saw IV situated somewhere between the first in the cycle (a solid original with plenty of energy in it) and the last (a gasping copycat willing to do anything to stay alive).
  20. Rock Dog
    Unlike animated family favorites spiked with jokes for adults that go over youngsters’ heads — like “Finding Nemo” or “Up” — Rock Dog is strictly for kids.
  21. Little Lili
    Miller takes Chekhov's themes and checks them off, but he never gets under his egocentric characters' thin skins.
  22. Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite
    The far too whimsical God Is Great, I'm Not leans heavily on the charms of Audrey Tautou -- As adorable as Tautou is, miracles are beyond her.
  23. 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.
  24. Meet the Browns
    Many of the cast members originated their roles onstage, and the ensemble scenes capture the spirited sense of fun that is Perry's trademark.
  25. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    It is a purely mechanical movie that is no more dazzling to the eye than a nighttime landing at Kennedy airport.
  26. Walking Tall
    The only thing to be said for it is The Rock. I've never seen the guy wrestle, but as a movie action hero, he's the real deal.
  27. 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.
  28. Out of Season
    Manages to look very good for its limitations, and features solid actors doing their best with a very sketchy script.
  29. 3 Needles
    When 3 Needles premiered at Toronto last year, the stories were overlapping, in the style of "Babel" but without a unifying theme. It's less cumbersome as three separate stories, but they do not add up to much.
  30. The Wackness
    Occasionally stumbles into charm but more often is just wayward and hazy. It makes you hungry for a real movie from writer-director Jonathan Levine.
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