New York Daily News' Scores

Select another publication »
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
6911 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. Drive Me Crazy
    Isn't a movie as much as it is a feature-length screen test.
  2. Beautiful
    About the only plausible element in the entire movie is bratty Vanessa's loathing of "Aunt" Mona, whom she sees as a vacuous over-reacher.
  3. Touch of Pink
    The story is tired, the comedy forced and the mother's larger-than-life quirks are an acquired taste.
  4. Venom
    A witless, derivative slasher flick.
  5. American Outlaws
    Dalton, using a Scottish brogue coarse enough to take his tongue with it, is hootably bad, and Kathy Bates, playing Ma James, is pure ham.
  6. Grind
    Here's what's missing from Casey La Scala's film: Likable characters, a comprehensible script and any semblance of a good time.
  7. Alone in the Dark
    No better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can.
  8. Saw
    A gore movie with no teeth.
  9. Collateral Damage
    Exploits and trivializes public anxiety for entertainment and commercial gain. They've been doing it for years. But this little piggie didn't get to the market in time.
    • New York Daily News
  10. Van Wilder
    A movie that shouldn't be allowed on the same campus as "Animal House."
    • New York Daily News
  11. Ju-on: The Grudge
    Its shapelessness and the cultural differences in acting style will keep this version filed under "cult oddity."
  12. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
    Has some good music and hot dancing -- filmed choppily -- but it completely lacks the magic of its predecessor.
  13. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
    A cheerless sequel to an uninspired remake, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is, at best, well timed to serve as a backup baby-sitter during the hectic days of winter break.
  14. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
    This is an execrable movie depicting the improbable events in the life of a young boy being intermittently raised by his crackhead, highway-hookin' mom (actress-director Asia Argento, with a face that makes Courtney Love's mug shot look glamorous), her plumb-nuts evangelical parents and a cartoonishly incompetent West Virginia social system.
  15. You Got Served
    This amateurish drama about street-dance contests and busted friendship is about as real as Lil' Kim's chest.
  16. Georgia Rule
    Misguided at best and repellent at worst, the movie has, ironically enough, a single asset: Lohan's performance as a rebellious, uncontrollable teen.
  17. Saving Silverman
    Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.
  18. Assisted Living
    Greenebaum's tedious, film-school level exercise in self-indulgence and exploitation.
  19. Trouble Every Day
    Insipid, self-indulgent bit of art-house macabre.
  20. Gossip
    Truly depressing commentary.
  21. Chooch
    You won't hear a better soundtrack on a bad movie this year.
  22. Gigli
    Gigli is a disaster.
  23. Maestro
    Filmmaker Josell Ramos has his heart in the right place, but his camera is usually in the wrong place, complete with bad lighting and all-around lousy tech credits.
  24. Vampires
    It's just as well that John Carpenter makes horror movies, because here's a horrifying thought picture James Woods as an action hero. [30 October 1998, p. 44]
    • New York Daily News
  25. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
    What Short does not deserve - and neither do we - is a feature-length movie about Jiminy.
  26. Bubble Boy
    The bubble-boy niche is thankfully small. John Travolta began his career playing one in a TV movie, but this movie will undoubtedly finish off the genre for good.
  27. Daddy Day Camp
    If you're looking for a modern-day "Meatballs" - or, for that matter, "Meatballs 4" - you're out of luck.
  28. The Replacements
    You might want to sit out this season.
  29. Sex and Death 101
    In a fair universe, Sex and Death 101 would end its miserable life after one episode as a TV show. But this unfunny "dark comedy" goes on for two hours.
  30. Undead
    Gore fans will dig the makeup effects and some of the tongue-in-cheek slice-&-dice.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »