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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. The Hours
    A meticulous, elaborate stunt, a movie two degrees of separation from its source, and maybe another degree from viewers' hearts.
  2. Catch Me If You Can
    A pleasant romp through the land of Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.
  3. Pinocchio
    The most bizarre cinematic experience of 2002. So misguided as to be utterly mystifying, this shameless vanity project is almost surreal enough to be entertaining. Almost.
  4. Thorns
    The action periodically stops so the characters -= even the roughest grifters -- can break into song and dance.
  5. Smokers Only
    A jumbled composite of blurred images, poetic yearnings and metaphoric dialogue.
  6. The Wild Thornberrys Movie
    So well intentioned that its flaws may be generously overlooked by parents desperately planning activities for school breaks.
  7. Morvern Callar
    It's a smartly surreal little movie, and again shows why, whenever there's a role that calls for an actress who can speak volumes without much dialogue (as in "Minority Report" and "Sweet and Lowdown"), the call goes out to Morton.
  8. Two Weeks Notice
    Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant are distilled to the very essence of their annoying tics and quirks.
  9. Narc
    What could have been a run-of-the- mill story becomes a superb policier in the hands of writerdirector Joe Carnahan.
  10. Gangs of New York
    The movie turns choppy in the final third, but it is a monumental achievement nonetheless.
  11. Spider
    A cat's cradle of creepy childhood memory oozing unreliably from the mind of an aging, desiccated, paranoid schizophrenic, played quite amazingly by a mumbling, stooped, shifty-eyed Ralph Fiennes.
  12. Antwone Fisher
    A safety-first, tried-and-true inspirational story that stays the course right down to its "It's a Wonderful Life" ending.
  13. 25th Hour
    To say Spike Lee is repeating himself is itself repetitious -- he is getting B-O-R-I-N-G!
  14. Devils on the Doorstep
    Jiang's razor-sharp conclusions are less about the Japanese army or the Chinese government than about simple human nature.
  15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    The Two Towers moves faster, covers more ground, has more action and -- with the introduction of the marvelous character Gollum -- packs some much-appreciated laughs.
  16. Pellet
    Could easily serve as an instructional video for repressive regimes who have not yet learned you can get more with honey than with vinegar.
  17. The Guys
    There's an inherent distance between movies and their audiences that -- combined with the distance between 9/11 and today's opening of the film -- The Guys can't bridge.
  18. Maid in Manhattan
    Ralph Fiennes has faced a lot of acting challenges in his career, but playing a New York Republican who could win an endorsement from Susan Sarandon might be the toughest. Mostly, he handles the task by simply smiling warmly throughout, and gets away with it.
  19. The Hot Chick
    If you're in an especially generous mood, you'll give in to a few laughs. By the end, though, you just may find yourself pining for the good old days of Pauly Shore.
  20. Evelyn
    The story is predictable, even bland, but the stellar cast, detailed set design and abundance of good humor elevate it from the typical feel-good movie. It makes for intelligent counterprogramming against some of the season's harder-edged fare.
  21. About Schmidt
    Payne achieves an impressive control over the look and tone, so that, melancholy as the movie is, it comes off as both comedy and comment on the human condition.
  22. The Jimmy Show
    The movie is as unpleasant as its hero, and the film audience gets no more for its money than the customers at the Laughing Stock. Still, watching Whaley take Jimmy down his tortured path has some morbid appeal -- like a train wreck in progress.
  23. Drumline
    Bogged down by a lazy script and underwhelming performances. Fortunately, there's no hiding his jubilant passion for ritual and symmetry, which makes each perfectly choreographed band scene a genuine thrill to watch.
  24. Intact
    First-time feature director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's dark, complex allegory about luck, chance and fate is one of the year's most morbidly fascinating foreign films.
  25. Star Trek: Nemesis
    There comes a time when the future looks old, and that's where "Star Trek" finds itself on the time-space continuum.
  26. Blackboards
    Director Samira Makhmalbaf made this raw and effective parable with the recognizable help of her father, legendary director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
  27. Empire
    This is clearly the Worst Performance by an Actress in a Death Scene since Sofia Coppola took a bullet for her dad in "The Godfather: Part III."
  28. Analyze That
    With any sitcom, the freshness is ultimately in the writing, and I think the jokes are better here than in Analyze This, and the actors are more comfortable together. I don't know if De Niro is softening or has lost his edge, but he now seems content mocking himself.
  29. Adaptation.
    Streep is perfect, as per usual, but the showy orchid role goes to Cage in an Oscar-worthy tour de force. He pours his body into Charlie's slumped frame of mind and creates a character churning with endearing contradictions -- the unforgettable nebbish.
  30. Equilibrium
    Mostly plays like a routine thriller with a classy cast.
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