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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. Welcome to Mooseport
    It neither mocks nor satirizes, it doesn't touch any social issues, and though it is about an election, there are no losers. For all those reasons, there aren't many laughs, either. Political comedy plays against tension, and there just isn't any.
  2. Our Father
    Haroun is deft at handling the joys and pain of childhood. He neither condescends nor ­­over-sentimentalizes. It is a story of separation anxiety (for Amine) and coming of age (for Tahir) and it's universal.
  3. Big Animal
    This black-and-white movie features an enduring image: an ordinary couple at the dinner table with the giant, Dr. Seuss-like head of the camel ­filling their window ominously, ridiculously, like another dinner guest -- or like the proverbial elephant in the room that no one will address.
  4. Clifford's Really Big Movie
    A really lame attempt to expand the marketing reach of the PBS-TV series.
  5. After the Life
    We're treated to two smashing performances from Morel and Blanc, and all of the mysteries raised before are satisfyingly resolved.
  6. 50 First Dates
    A terrible movie by all reasonable standards -- yet it leaves a sweet taste.
  7. Love Object
    Unfortunately, the patina of witty satire eventually gives way to a gratuitous sadism that makes this sordid story feel like a fraud.
  8. Robot Stories
    The stories are sharply written and well composed. Some are high tech on a low-tech budget, but where they find their strength -- in the emotions of their characters -- money is no object.
  9. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
    Presents a refreshing appreciation of Chaplin's work in the context of comedy, political and social satire, and history itself.
  10. The Code
    Interestingly, though, the actor who plays Yanis is a dead ringer (despite the scowl) for Adam Sandler. That's surely an effect director Manuel Boursinhac didn't intend.
  11. The Seagull's Laughter
    It's no easy trick to invite viewers into an utterly bleak setting populated by the dissatisfied and small-minded. But a droll script and generally deft direction make the Icelandic chill surprisingly inviting.
  12. Osama
    Rough around the edges, but effectively presents the quandary of women during the repressive religious regime.
  13. An Amazing Couple
    Given the grim events, the buoyantly goofy An Amazing Couple has the effect of laughing gas pumped through the vents in a funeral hall.
  14. Barbershop 2: Back in Business
    Queen Latifah, as the proprietor of the ­lady's salon next door to Calvin's, brightens things up in the brief appearances that serve as symbiotic promotion for the producers' coming spin-off movie, "Beauty­ Shop."
  15. Catch That Kid
    A passable, but entirely uninspired "Spy Kids" wanna-be.
  16. Miracle
    What is lacking in suspense is more than made up for in passion and in sports cinematography virtuosity.
  17. The Dreamers
    As tawdry as this may seem, Bertolucci is not trying to one-up himself. He was 27 when the student riots occurred and very much a participant in a revolution that was both complex in its implications and naive in much of the behavior. He has caught that perfectly
  18. The Return
    A haunting, melancholy work.
  19. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
    A poignant, deeply ­intimate history of one family.
  20. Blind Shaft
    A brilliantly spare and poignant tragicomedy that projects such savage self-criticism of China's "economic miracle" that the film has been banned at home.
  21. The Perfect Score
    Only sharp dialogue and a suspenseful buglary might have given this lame, quasi morality play some energy. It has neither.
  22. You Got Served
    This amateurish drama about street-dance contests and busted friendship is about as real as Lil' Kim's chest.
  23. Eat This New York
    An excellent idea that never quite pans out.
  24. Latter Days
    In equal parts earnest and awkward, this romance between a Mormon missionary and an L.A. party boy falls significantly short of its lofty goals.
  25. On the Run
    Belvaux says his tryptich...are stand-alone movies that can be enjoyed in any order. I disagree. None is a complete experience and "An Amazing Couple" can be easily skipped. But the first and third add up to something very poignant and satisfying.
  26. The Big Bounce
    A sexy crime story. The double-crossing complications don't make much sense, but it's fun to watch Wilson turn the hard-boiled dialogue into a series of ironic one-liners under the hot Oahu sun.
  27. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
    Starts out as fresh as your popcorn, but turns stale before you finish it.
  28. Touching the Void
    Simpson and Yates give a good idea why individuals are drawn to extreme sports.
  29. The Butterfly Effect
    If you approach this movie in the right frame of mind -- that is, with total contempt -- you can still enjoy it as a comedy.
  30. Made-Up
    Like picking out a family at random and walking into their house during dinnertime. Sure, their conversations are fascinating to them. But to you, it's just boring, meaningless chatter.
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