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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. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
    A rare window into the apparatus and limitations of glam-rock.
  2. Group
    The sort of independent-film project that could have been disastrous in less-skilled hands. But Freeman's direction is so deft and the performances so natural that her remarkable experiment ends up feeling more realistic than most documentaries.
  3. Me Without You
    Tough, unsentimental British film.
  4. Read My Lips
    A gritty thriller on the theme of the con man conned. It works as well as it does thanks to a captivating lead performance by Emmanuelle Devos and the superb direction of Jacques Audiard.
  5. Men in Black II
    Michael Jackson is an alien? Tell me something I don't know.
    • New York Daily News
  6. Like Mike
    Has something going for it that you wouldn't expect from the tired mechanics of the story — and that is the star-making appearance of 15-year-old rapper Shad Moss, who goes by the name Lil' Bow Wow.
    • New York Daily News
  7. Songs from the Second Floor
    "Songs" is a delight. It's a visual feast and often hilarious.
  8. The Powerpuff Girls
    While the series is smart enough to have inspired an army of adult fans, too little of its droll intelligence is on view here. Instead, the film feels like a rote effort made for some quick box-office bucks.
    • New York Daily News
  9. Notorious C.H.O.
    Cho is funnier — and raunchier — in this, her second concert film, than in 2000's "I'm the One That I Want," even if she doesn't break any new comedic ground.
    • New York Daily News
  10. Lovely & Amazing
    By turns cheerful, funny and melancholy, and at all times honest, Nicole Holofcener's Lovely and Amazing stands out in the current run of ensemble women's films.
    • New York Daily News
  11. Harvard Man
    Sillier than it is clever, and Toback's self-indulgence is tiresome. He's a genuine auteur, all right, but his life and the funky tastes that inspire him are just not as interesting as he thinks they are.
    • New York Daily News
  12. The Cockettes
    The Cockettes epitomized a brief confluence of new possibilities, not so much in theater as in personal style, lending them a certain historical value that greatly exceeds their contribution to theater.
    • New York Daily News
  13. Hey Arnold! The Movie
    Could easily be just another episode of "Hey Arnold!" the TV show. Except that it's three times as long, and not half as much fun.
    • New York Daily News
  14. Mr. Deeds
    Something's wrong with the math here -- the inheritance of the story's small-town hero is enlarged from $20 million to $40 billion, yet the new movie isn't worth the price of a Depression-era ticket.
    • New York Daily News
  15. Pumpkin
    Witless, insulting satire of sorority girls that shamelessly ridicules the mentally challenged. The filmmakers aren't exactly Mensa candidates themselves.
    • New York Daily News
  16. Money Buys Happiness
    Unless you're struck by the urge to watch strangers work out their petty issues in couples therapy, it's hard to find a compelling reason to sit through Gregg Lachow's irritatingly self-absorbed indie drama.
  17. Juwanna Mann
    A postseason basketball comedy that shoots and misses at a rate that would embarrass even the Los Angeles Clippers.
    • New York Daily News
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bobby G. Can't Swim
    Manages to distinguish itself with a strong central performance and a mostly low-key approach to the subject matter.
  19. Sunshine State
    Though his latest, Sunshine State, shows Sayles usual literary care, it's a very slight work compared with such cinematic tomes as "Lone Star," "Matewan" and "Eight Men Out."
    • New York Daily News
  20. Peau d'homme coeur de bête
    A crushingly dark vision of male rage and female vulnerability, Hélène Angel's accomplished first feature hits you like an anvil -- after it's all over.
  21. Dahmer
    So lacking in insight and gravity that it makes Dahmer seem like a pesky, pasty-faced loser who just wasn't popular enough.
    • New York Daily News
  22. Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler
    This will qualify as a spoiler only for those who have never seen a really bad movie before.
  23. Minority Report
    By turns silly and amazing, a mishmash of Kubrickian devices accompanied by a steady Spielbergian drip of sentimentality.
    • New York Daily News
  24. Lilo & Stitch
    The whole movie is a blast, thanks to a whip-smart script clearly written for kids and grownups alike.
    • New York Daily News
  25. Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
    Cinephiles and Billy Wilder fans get a rare opportunity to see the "slightly dirtier" European ending to the director's 1964 sex farce.
  26. War Photographer
    Nachtwey's pictures tell a tale of grief and suffering, and Frei's you-are-there approach gives those photos startling immediacy.
  27. Freeze Me
    Ishii instills this unpleasantness with some Hitchcockian black humor.
  28. ZigZag
    The greatest strength of this modest production is Jones. ZigZag's autism is mild, meaning his symptoms are subtle, and the 19-year-old novice is completely convincing.
  29. Windtalkers
    The strength of Windtalkers is in its occasional, all-too-short respites from battle, when Enders is struggling with his demons and Yahzee is trying to understand his aloofness.
    • New York Daily News
  30. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    One of the most inventive, funny and ultimately tragic coming-of-age movies in years.
    • New York Daily News
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