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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. Who Killed Bambi?
    A long and uneventful snooze.
  2. Duets
    Hard to take stone-cold sober.
  3. Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
    Dubbed for U.S. audiences, the film has suffered in translation.
  4. Everything Is Illuminated
    It's as if two-thirds of the book have been reduced to one-word chapter headings.
  5. Elektra
    An adequate but none-too-thrilling star vehicle for Jennifer Garner in flame-colored bustier and low-riding pants.
  6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
    A few well-timed laughs and a lot of filler.
  7. The Hills Have Eyes
    As with all ensemble horror movies, your first challenge is to guess which of the Carter kin will survive to destroy the creatures killing them, and in what order the family members (and their pets) will fall.
  8. Adam & Steve
    Co-stars Parker Posey and Chris Kattan offer minor diversions, but the humor never rises to the quality any New Yorker, regardless of sexual orientation, would expect.
  9. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
    The kind of movie in which plot and performances (and members of the fairer sex) are treated as accessories, "Tokyo Drift" is all about the action. And on that count, it won't let you down.
  10. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
    With its video game upgrade, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle manages to match the silly fun of its predecessor — even without Williams — and that’s no small achievement unlocked.
  11. L'Auberge Espagnole
    Beware of movies whose creators boast of the little effort involved. Little reward is what you're likely to get.
  12. Prime
    The occasionally amusing, generally fatuous romantic comedy about a dazzling divorcee, a smitten Jewish boy and a controlling Jewish mom who also happens to be the divorcee's psychotherapist, is a high-concept movie with a Yiddish accent.
  13. Idlewild
    The soundtrack is a genre-hopping joy, and each musical number is cleverly staged and creatively choreographed. The problem is the noble mess of a movie that takes up so much space in between.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Red Turtle
    The animated feature The Red Turtle is about as far as you can get from a typical cartoon movie musical. Except for a few tsunami crashes and howls, this lovely but tortoise-paced work from the celebrated Japanimation house Studio Ghibli is basically a silent film.
  15. The Ordeal
    A Belgian "Deliverance," Calvaire (The Ordeal) not only treats us to a few good scares, it also teaches us that Europe has its own rednecks.
  16. As Good as It Gets
    The material has no dramatic center, a problem pointed up by Brooks' failed solution to it -- his use of an ugly-cute little dog, Simon's pet.
  17. Due Date
    Like the direction, the script veers all over the place before reaching its inevitable, unsurprising destination.
  18. King of the Jungle
    May be the biggest gathering of high-decibel performers in one movie. But they work well together and some are truly excellent.
  19. 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.
  20. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    This plodding British revenge thriller has less energy than a pint of Bass that has sat out overnight.
  21. Eating Out
    The story doesn't make any real sense, and the production values are home movie-cheap. But the cast seems to be having fun.
  22. Trapped
    Trapped does have a fine ensemble of actors and, except for what may be the most outrageously idiotic and improbable ending in a few years, is not that bad a movie.
  23. Much Ado About Something
    Barely qualifies as a documentary. It's the personal journey of a man hoping to claim a million-dollar literary prize by proving that Marlowe wrote Shakespeare.
  24. Lady in the Water
    Lady, like all of Shyamalan's movies, is a slick production with consistently interesting visuals... But the story is so convoluted and ultimately preposterous that you're almost embarrassed by the earnestness of the actors trying to carry it off.
  25. Maybe Baby
    There are some light chuckles to be had, but considering its promising parentage, this is surprisingly soft stuff.
  26. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
    How anyone could make such an uninvolving movie out of such a fascinating subject remains its own inexplicable mystery.
  27. Green Dragon
    The Buis seem not to have complete confidence in their unique, imprecise style, which is too bad.
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  28. Recess: School's Out
    Seems to have been made entirely for people who were kids during the Johnson administration.
  29. El cantante
    The awkwardly told story of salsa legend Hector Lavoe, El Cantante doesn't even get the title right: It should have been called "La Esposa," since it's really less about the singer than his wife.
  30. In Praise of Love
    It's a diary, collage, meditation, elegy. But, unless you're going for a Ph.D. in code-breaking, it's also a bore.
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