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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. Jerry Maguire
    Working from his own original screenplay, Crowe builds a story line full of unexpected twists and digressions.
  2. Songs from the Second Floor
    "Songs" is a delight. It's a visual feast and often hilarious.
  3. 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
    Marc Silver’s documentary is mostly hands-off in terms of gun politics. There’s no voiceover other than the Greek chorus of talk radio, as footage from the trial is used to document the case. Mixed in are interviews with Davis’ friends and family, plus recorded phone calls from Dunn while he was awaiting a verdict.
  4. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
    Overwhelmingly powerful.
  5. Chi-Raq
    Jackson is terrific, of course, although he's the spice here, not the main meal. As Lysistrata, Teyonah Parris is a fierce, finger-snapping leader while, as her man Chi-Raq, a cast-against-type Nick Cannon, is surprisingly tough and moody.
  6. Calvary
    Calvary is like a philosophical Agatha Christie mystery. That’s certainly not the worst thing to be. But it’s also the film’s undoing, because the reliance on specific genre cliches undermines the movie’s more serious intentions.
  7. The House I Live In
    As is, the film is more likely to impress the choir than change many minds.
  8. Tom Jones
    A fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek movie about an engaging foundling.
  9. Keep On Keepin' On
    The movie hits a beautiful, celebratory note.
  10. The Beguiled
    Still, there is plenty of erotic tension here, as the days drift by and the nights drag on. Kirsten Dunst is terrific as a slightly sad teacher with her own designs on the Yank. And Elle Fanning is a landmine in lace as the school flirt.
  11. Shanghai Noon
    A silly buddy caper that should delight the adolescent at heart, even if some of the jokes have been sitting too long in the desert sun.
  12. Daughter from Danang
    The startling documentary Daughter From Danang cautions once again to be careful what you wish for.
  13. Under the City's Skin
    Watching Tuba's proud girls disappear into anonymous clouds of chadors says more than any political diatribe could, and Bani-Etemad is wise enough to know it.
  14. Somers Town
    A small but important film about small but important lives, the latest drama from Shane Meadows further confirms that more people should know about this gifted director.
  15. The Holy Girl
    Alche has an amazingly expressive face and becomes such a magnetic presence that you'll feel a distinct need to rescue her.
  16. Philomena
    The movie wouldn’t stand for much of anything without such an effective team to represent the equivocating.
  17. Jauja
    There’s a line between artfully contemplative and just plain boring. This film eventually crosses it into Snoozeville.
  18. The Immigrant
    The strength of Gray’s movie lies in showing the connection between people in a place without rules.
  19. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
    A small movie that plays like a Western epic.
  20. Detroit
    This movie will spark debate, even with an end title card that reminds audiences of the concept of dramatic license. But as a movie, and not a court document, it is extraordinary.
  21. The Edge of Seventeen
    Steinfeld is brilliantly able to weave together a character who's both typical and yet surprising in her multidimensional emotions that Nadine slowly works through. She's not a cookie-cutter character.
  22. Brooklyn Castle
    A sweet testament to the power of intelligence to win over adversity - even in a Brooklyn middle school where the majority of students live below the poverty level.
  23. Logan
    A stand-alone adventure, it’s also a salute to a series, a character and a quietly committed actor.
  24. Stephanie Daley
    This is first-rate stuff.
  25. Water
    As a sign of how stubborn some irrational religious traditions can be, Hindu protesters forced Mehta to close down her Indian location and finish the film in neighboring Sri Lanka.
  26. The Rape of Europa
    A veteran who was in the Allied force trying to drive Germans out of a landmark Italian monastery asks, "What is more important, a great piece of art or a human life?" That it has taken more than 60 years to get this incredible story told answers the question.
  27. Italian for Beginners
    It's the rare film, Dogma or otherwise, that keeps you smiling long after the lights come up.
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  28. Monsoon Wedding
    With its colorful embroidery, Monsoon Wedding feels pleasurably grounded in a reality about which most Westerners haven't a clue. This may be their only engraved invitation.
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  29. Bukowski: Born into This
    He's not someone you may wish you'd known, but he's a fascinating street character.
  30. Home of the Brave
    Does a meticulous job of summarizing these notorious events, but it is the stories of Liuzzo's five children that gives it fresh emotional power.
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