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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. Runaway Jury
    Brisk pacing and a remarkable cast achieve the sleight-of-hand effect of making you forgive some implausible twists and a sanitized ending.
  2. Girl with a Pearl Earring
    Does an uncommonly good job of summoning all that goes into a masterpiece - erotic tension, financial considerations, even the sensual, elaborate grinding and mixing of paint colors as per 17th-century requirements.
  3. 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.
  4. 7 Days in September
    There's nothing here for commercial reality-TV shows, just history caught on the run, offering a raw and timeless reminder of the day we had our eyes opened to the power of blind hatred.
  5. Panic
    A small gem in the postholiday depression.
  6. The Girl Next Door
    A fascinating fly-on-the-wall documentary.
  7. Monsters, Inc.
    Rarely does an animated character merge as perfectly with the persona of the actor providing his voice as the star of Monsters, Inc. does with John Goodman.
    • New York Daily News
  8. Nobody Knows
    Excellent, troubling social commentary based on a true story.
  9. The Best Man
    Makes a fine date movie...thanks to its life-affirming view of friendship, love and honor.
  10. Won't Anybody Listen
    Equally compelling and depressing.
  11. Wasabi
    Like a Hollywood buddy-cop movie gone through a multi-culti blender. It holds up a funhouse mirror to that familiar scenario in which a maverick cop breaks the rules.
  12. Scary Movie 3
    The jokes come in endless flurries, and if they're working - even at a ratio of 1 in 4 - you're laughing more than you're not. The Zucker-Proft team simply has a higher batting average than the Wayans.
  13. The Opposite of Sex
    Opposite attracts with its wit.
    • New York Daily News
  14. I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
    The scourge of the 20th century has become a sage and hero to a new generation of haters.
  15. Magnificent Obsession
    It is full of goodness of purpose, sweetness and nobility of character. [05 Aug 1954, p.38]
    • New York Daily News
  16. Al otro lado
    Almada steadfastly reserves judgment, which means we don't learn if there are members of the Mexican community who disapprove of corrido's hard-edged lyrics. But she makes a pretty good case for its passionate fans. Like them, we're left unable to get the music - and the musicians - out of our heads.
  17. 28 Days
    Not without missteps and the occasional mouthful of sugar, but it grows on you.
  18. Good Will Hunting
    You'd never guess this just-off-center movie was directed by indie hero Gus Van Sant. Maybe, like Will, he's casual about his gifts and feels no need to trot them out.
  19. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
    The filmmaker's ego and ethics aside, there's no denying the power of Wuornos' behavior here.
  20. Double Dare
    Amanda Micheli's candid documentary introduces us to two of these real-life daredevils, and it is a genuine pleasure.
  21. The Ninth Gate
    The movie falls apart toward the end as it enters "Eyes Wide Shut" territory, but until then, it's fun to see bookworms cast in the James Bond mode.
  22. Marcel Proust's Time Regained
    A long sit for those unfamiliar with Proust's literary quest and output, but the view is sensational.
  23. V for Vendetta
    Hugo Weaving, weaving deftly beneath a fixed plastic grin and Prince Valiant wig as the mysterious avenger in V for Vendetta, both chills and amuses throughout this enjoyable - if occasionally irresponsible - comic-book thriller.
  24. Russian Ark
    A technical and visual tour-de-force.
  25. Blood Diamond
    Blood Diamond is, in the vernacular of Old Hollywood, a rip-roaring adventure, the kind made in the '30s with Clark Gable and the handiest leading lady on contract at MGM.
  26. One Hour Photo
    Unlike Patch Adams, Sy is not lovable. But you wind up feeling for him, much as you feel for Sy's pet hamster on that endless wheel.
  27. He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
    Perhaps not since Truffaut's "The Story of Adele H" has thwarted love been rendered so compassionately on the screen, its psychology laid bare.
  28. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    Depp may not be a trained singer, but his voice is more than passable, and his presence - his Sweeney is Edward Scissorhands gone bad - is perfect. Bonham Carter sings well, too, and young Ed Sanders, as the pie shop's Dickensian apprentice, is a delight.
  29. James' Journey to Jerusalem
    Has something to add about the toll Western society takes on spiritual values, and the ugliness of consumerism.
  30. The Specials
    A genially mellow, consistently entertaining spoof.
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