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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. She Hate Me
    It's hard to say what's most disappointing about She Hate Me, Spike Lee's absurdly - and arrogantly overlong comedic drama. But there are plenty of options to choose from.
  2. Nola
    So laughably preposterous that it's thoroughly entertaining.
  3. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    The best part of Zatoichi is its fine sense of rhythm, culminating in a galvanizing clog-dance finish.
  4. The Bourne Supremacy
    The movie is mostly a series of frenetic clashes, dubious near misses and car chases. It lacks the human interest and snowy splendor of the first movie, directed by Doug Liman.
  5. Catwoman
    A movie needs more than a few sexual innuendos and throaty purrs to keep us from taking a catnap. How about a strong story and credible characters?
  6. A Home at the End of the World
    Farrell has the toughest role, playing a man who doesn't understand the powerful crosscurrents of his own emotions, the love, guilt and loyalty that become opposing forces and begin to destroy the relationships he covets.
  7. Free Radicals
    Deftly intercutting between several tenuously-connected lives, Barbara Albert's astringent drama is transformed by bright flashes of compassion.
  8. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
    It's the subject himself, still brimming with passion in his 80s, who provides the most inspiring moments.
  9. Ju-on: The Grudge
    Its shapelessness and the cultural differences in acting style will keep this version filed under "cult oddity."
  10. Orwell Rolls in His Grave
    Tops Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" in anger and frustration.
  11. Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
    Immensely moving and strikingly original, Kelly's story of a brilliant, disturbed teen (Jake Gyllenhaal) drowning in the cultural morass of the 1980s now feels bloated.
  12. A Cinderella Story
    The only intriguing character is the manager of the diner (and de facto fairy godmother), played by Regina King.
  13. I, Robot
    The perfect sci-fi movie for a post-9/11 world, in that it tells us we're afraid of threats hiding in plain sight.
  14. Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
    Dispels myths about the "gangsta" aura that clings to rap and shows this poetry of the streets in all its different forms: social protest, entertainment and aggression.
  15. Maria Full of Grace
    Accomplishes two great things on what was undoubtedly a minuscule budget. It breathes life into a small story that has larger ramifications. It also shows that America, as represented by Jackson Heights, is still the promised land for people about whom movies are rarely made.
  16. Touch of Pink
    The story is tired, the comedy forced and the mother's larger-than-life quirks are an acquired taste.
  17. Zhou Yu de huo che
    A ticket to this movie is a season's pass on that train - and you must complete every ride.
  18. The Door in the Floor
    That Williams occasionally comes close to the author's layered spirit is a tribute to his passion. But the film fails on a number of levels. First, it is what it is: the prologue to a story that covers four(!) decades.
  19. Let's Get Frank
    There's nothing new here, but Frank provides a genial reminder that politics doesn't always have to take the low road.
  20. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    It takes a while to get used to the film's campy characters and its broad, "Ace Ventura" stylings. But Ferrell is the anti-Jim Carrey -- his deadpan comic mannerisms are infectiously funny, and his cluelessly narcissistic Burgundy is a joy to follow.
  21. Sleepover
    A lazy attempt to snare some preadolescent allowance money, Sleepover earns little more than a few bored yawns.
  22. The Inheritance
    Don't see The Inheritance if you're already depressed. This airless downer from Danish director Per Fly is about an heir who makes one wrong decision from which even lousier decisions effortlessly flow.
  23. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    I'm no psychologist, but it took about half this film's overlong running time to figure out that Metallica's problem is that Ulrich is a major pain in the butt.
  24. Riding Giants
    A breathtaking visual history of big wave surfing. This is vicarious daredevilry at its best.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    King Arthur
    This version has action, yes, but the love triangle among Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot is diluted, and there's nothing exuberant about a dutiful slog through the muck.
  26. De-Lovely
    There are terrific performances from Kline and Judd, some breathtaking staging and production design, and, of course, some of the best music and lyrics of the 20th century.
  27. Before Sunset
    The naturalistic dialogue is a masterful bit of writing, credited to Linklater and his "Sunrise" co-writer Kim Krizan, as well as to the two stars.
  28. The Clearing
    Redford has rarely done this kind of intimate drama, effectively a two-character play on the mountain, and he's very convincing. As is Dafoe.
  29. America's Heart and Soul
    There's no denying the beauty of Schwartzberg's landscapes, or the power in many of his chosen stories - from the Texas oil well fighters to the Boston father who helps his handicapped son win marathons.
  30. Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
    Deftly composed of many small moments, this gentle Israeli film skirts politics to portray a family that is blessedly normal in its internal chaos.
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