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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. Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin
    It is an excruciating experience. But then, it would have to be. We're watching the distilled essence of war.
  2. Narc
    What could have been a run-of-the- mill story becomes a superb policier in the hands of writerdirector Joe Carnahan.
  3. Taxi to the Dark Side
    Alex Gibney's forceful documentary starts with a single tragedy: the torture of an Afghani prisoner at Bagram Air Base. By the time it's over, he's broadened his focus into a documentary so damning of the U.S. government, it's hard to believe he even got it made.
  4. Screamers
    Fans are, obviously, most likely to appreciate the concert footage that's woven throughout the film. But the most powerful moments come offstage, when we see young audience members burn with the fresh outrage of the newly enlightened.
  5. 300
    It's impossible not to be moved by its nearly nonstop visual assault.
  6. The Day Silence Died
    The story is fascinating for its simplicity and its inherent truths about the downside of progress.
  7. I Like Killing Flies
    Anyone who laments the loss of an older, grittier New York ought to adore this affectionate portrait of Greenwich Village restaurant owner Kenny Shopsin.
  8. Juno
    It is certainly the feel-good movie of the season.
  9. The Pledge
    Jack Nicholson in a performance that ranks among his best, yet leaves you feeling unfulfilled as never before.
  10. The Wild
    The voice performances are terrific, particularly those of Belushi and Garofalo, as the amorous squirrel and the giraffe he would like to have as his wife.
  11. Le petit lieutenant
    On the surface, Le Petit Lieutenant is propelled by the search for two Russians somehow responsible for a pair of murders along the Seine. And though that's a pretty mundane setup for an urban drama, it serves nicely in allowing us to get to know the haunted Caroline and the impetuous Antoine.
  12. Live Free or Die Hard
    The action in this fast-paced, hysterically overproduced and surprisingly entertaining film is as realistic as a Road Runner cartoon.
  13. Zus & zo
    Smart, spiky comedy upends every traditional notion of love, sex and family.
  14. Planet B-Boy
    Though he doesn't break any new documentary ground, Lee knows how to shoot his subjects. Their stories are moving, and their moves are thrilling.
  15. Peter Pan
    Both enchantingly old-fashioned and daringly modern.
  16. The Beautiful City
    Like most Iranian films, it's a shaggy-dog story that builds so slowly you don't see the quietly shattering climax coming.
  17. The Banger Sisters
    Forget the awful trailer that makes the movie look like chalk screeching on a blackboard. The Banger Sisters is sheer fun, and a great showcase for Hawn.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Arna's Children
    The film provides a rare glimpse into the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and serves as a chilling reminder that the hostilities aren't about to end anytime soon.
  19. Coach Carter
    By turns funny, touching and genuinely inspiring.
  20. Dark Water
    This is a quieter, more psychologically dense movie, where the payoff is sometimes no payoff at all - for instance, Tim Roth plays a cut-rate divorce lawyer whose own weirdness (he seems to live out of his car) is never explained.
  21. Brooklyn Lobster
    The triumph here is the natural, fluid way the characters interact, many of them displaying real-life, quirky senses of humor you don't often find in screenplays.
  22. Infamous
    I don't know if that makes Infamous a better movie, but it's certainly as good and a lot more fun. British actor Toby Jones is so physically right in the role, you'll think Capote is playing himself.
  23. Whale Rider
    Pai is resourceful and in harmony with the natural world in a way that will charm and enthrall young viewers.
  24. Shanghai Triad
    This movie is not as intricately rewarding as Zhang's others. But because it is so Westernized, it could do even better at the box office. [21 Dec 1995, p.60]
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  25. Zelary
    Zelary succeeds as moving indictment of war.
  26. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
    Soldier's Daughter is at its best when alluding to the quasi- romantic attachments and undefined crushes that develop in small groups and keep the engines whirring. The inchoate longings go round and round, as subtly as befits the movie's rather smallish canvas. [18 Sep 1998, Pg.57]
    • New York Daily News
  27. Stevie
    Without excusing Stevie's behavior, the film makes a compelling case for how a child molester can grow from the bitter seeds of neglect and abuse.
  28. 800 Bullets
    Take away the violence, ribald humor and salty language, and 800 Bullets is actually a touching tale about family, love and honor.
  29. Everybody's Famous!
    A delightful comedic twist on Martin Scorsese's "King of Comedy."
  30. Human Nature
    Fresh and often very funny, and it makes its point that when our native urges conflict with social norms, the former shall give in to the latter, or else.
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