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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. 10 Items or Less
    Every potentially worthwhile or amusing moment in writer-director Brad Silberling's 10 Items or Less could be told in 10 minutes or less, with credits included.
  2. Swimfan
    Christensen is a bold actress with chilly frosting. For much of the movie, her character seems determined, sophisticated and bemused, rather than just plain nuts.
  3. Coastlines
    Nunez's fans will appreciate his ability to evoke a palpable atmosphere. But there's just not enough spark in his scorched setting.
  4. Strangers with Candy
    The jokes are so sketchy and silly it quickly passes the point of wretched excess.
  5. Harsh Times
    The result is an angry, violent mess of a movie with a central character threatening to implode right on the screen.
  6. No Reservations
    Even the food - usually the centerpiece of a restaurant movie - is oddly uninspired. Despite Zeta-Jones' best efforts, barely a moment here feels organic, or fresh.
  7. The Story of Us
    Overwrought comedy-drama.
  8. All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
    All we get is mild platitudes before the shows, and one-song sets.
  9. Miss Julie
    A brutally claustrophobic battle of wits and will, whose cruel nature ultimately seems to turn on the audience.
  10. RocknRolla
    On the plus side, the actors - especially Butler and Wilkinson - work overtime to pump some extra life into the self-conscious script.
  11. Every Little Step
    Directors Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern focus primarily on the casting process for the 2006 revival, parading so many personalities past us that we don't really get to know anyone. Bypassing the original for the recreation? That ain't it, kid.
  12. High Crimes
    Judd has genuine movie star magnetism -- beauty, intelligence, presence and talent to spare. In the old studio days, she'd be Ingrid Bergman by now.
    • New York Daily News
  13. 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.
  14. The Salon
    Adapted from a years-old stage play, The Salon, Mark Brown's stilted, sista-centric answer to "Barbershop," definitely shows its roots. And despite a few highlights, the overall effect is not pretty.
  15. The Wendell Baker Story
    A shiny shell of a movie, "TWBS" is pretty to look at, and occasionally fun to watch. But ultimately, it's an exercise in futility - for the participants, who can do so much more, and the audience, which deserves so much better.
  16. The Final Destination
    If you like your gore hardcore, you'll want to head straight for "Halloween II." But if you're happy to ease around a slightly smaller track, look no further.
  17. A Chronicle of Corpses
    There's little depth underneath the simmering surface, but if you're looking for escapist Halloween scares, you could do a lot worse.
  18. The Hard Word
    I may be wrong, but I think Guy Pearce is wearing Nicole Kidman's false nose in The Hard Word. Whatever it is that's on his face, it looks like a dead cod and won't win him an Oscar.
  19. Spartan
    If I were in the sign business, I'd produce a bumper sticker that reads "Even smart people make dumb movies" -- and give the first one to David Mamet.
  20. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    On stage, the attractive 34-year-old Silverman is very funny. She's too blue for Comedy Central, and too slow-paced for an HBO hour, but she'd come off better in either of those formats than she does in this mishmash.
  21. Firehouse Dog
    If Firehouse Dog was on cable, where it belongs, it would make a passable diversion from homework or chores. But a kid would have to be pretty desperate to leave the house - and waste allowance money - for this modest distraction.
  22. College Road Trip
    If, on the other hand, your driver's license is still a distant dream, consider this a path to pure hilarity.
  23. Our Lady of the Assassins
    The intimate love story is overwhelmed by the carnage. It may be an accurate picture of life in Medellin, but it's not convincing.
  24. The Wedding Weekend
    A grab bag of sitcom jokes that work about 20% of the time.
  25. Loser
    Feels like a college knockoff of Billy Wilder's "The Apartment."
  26. Oscar and Lucinda
    Armstrong is usually a strong and original director of actors (her 1979 "My Brilliant Career" launched the inimitable Judy Davis). But here, her taste seems to have deserted her. [31Dec1997 Pg.30]
    • New York Daily News
  27. Behind Enemy Lines
    There aren't many better examples of how commercial intuition sabotages story integrity in today's Hollywood.
  28. Nowhere in Africa
    Though the story itself is undeniably fascinating, this somewhat prosaic account simply doesn't do it justice.
  29. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
    Mays throws himself into the role of a man who attempts to transform into a woman, but his efforts feel like futile flailings: The actor - and his character - are so much bigger than any story we're allowed to see.
  30. Scooby-Doo
    The movie is so shiny, bright and noisy, the under-10 set ought to be sufficiently entertained.
    • New York Daily News
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