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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. Half Nelson
    It is not easy to watch, yet beyond the traps that society and the urban culture have set up for Drey and the other kids, and the traps that Dan is falling into on his own, this is ultimately a hopeful story of common humanity.
  2. Eastern Promises
    The first must-see adult film of the young fall.
  3. The Young Girl and the Monsoon
    A fine example of how a character-based story can be so compelling you don't miss the frills.
  4. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
    A poignant, deeply ­intimate history of one family.
  5. The Clay Bird
    From folk festivals to political rallies, Masud never overlooks the cultural and emotional elements of a country at a crossroads.
  6. Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
    Greenwald has created a crisp historical document that is worth your time, even if the information in it was not worth the President's.
  7. The Bridesmaid
    The Bridesmaid is fairly familiar Chabrol country, an exploration of the psychological undercurrent of the bourgeoisie, with heavy helpings of black comedy.
  8. 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.
  9. How to Draw a Bunny
    A fascinating exploration of the mysteries of the artist's life.
  10. Grazia's Island
    A beautifully composed tone poem about unspoken group dynamics in an isolated community. It is also, in its way, about how love endures.
  11. Holes
    A great family movie, with a terrifically empathetic young hero, strong messages about the powers of familial love and friendship, buried treasure and enough action to keep the little ones from getting bored.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    To Be or Not to Be
    Brooks works overtime finding laughs more in line with his rambunctious kind of comedy...Only in Anne Bancroft's luscious, Lombard-light performance of Brooks' better (but parenthetically billed) half do you get a hint of this film's smart and stylish origin.
  13. Hidden in Plain Sight
    Though Army officials vigorously defend the school, after watching so many grim interviews with victims of the school's alumni, agreeing with Smihula's skepticism is finally unavoidable.
  14. Body Shots
    Blunt, alternately prurient, funny and depressing.
  15. The Opportunists
    Enjoyable, intelligent little heist movie.
  16. Blue Crush
    Fun and frivolous, packed wave to wave with gorgeous young creatures reveling in their physical prowess.
  17. The Man Without a Past
    A solid delight, the sort of cinematic concoction you might expect from a time-warp collaboration between Preston Sturges and Jim Jarmusch.
  18. Memoirs of a Geisha
    The movie may be set in prewar Japan, but it's pure 1940s Hollywood. There's costume, pageantry, melodrama, the feeling of a sweeping epic without the bother of too much accuracy, equal doses of heartbreak and uplift.
  19. Off the Hook
    Unlike most inner-city stories that come out of Hollywood, this feels like the real thing.
  20. American Psycho
    The real highlight is when Bateman and his co-workers compare custom business cards in a grueling, ego-shattering game of one-upmanship that is so linked to their sense of self it might as well be Russian roulette.
  21. Mr. Untouchable
    It's not a pretty picture, but it sure is a compelling one.
  22. Pretty in Pink
    As irresistibly sweet as cotton candy. Even though the poor-girl-meets-rich-kid plot is older than the Hollywood hills, and this romantic comedy lacks the cheeky humour of Hughes' first outing, "Sixteen Candles," the film definitely warms the heart.
  23. Born Romantic
    Director David Kane handles the sprawling cast with aplomb as his characters learn some new steps in this life-and love-affirming movie.
  24. 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.
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  25. The Ladies Man
    A guilty pleasure, right up there with "The Water Boy."
  26. The Ant Bully
    While "Cars" may have the most elaborate CGI effects of the season, and "Monster House?" the most original character (the house), The Ant Bully can lay claim to the most entertaining story and most rewarding ending.
  27. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    Most of its features work fine, and it will dazzle you with its tricks and illusions. But it is not what it claims to be on the package.
  28. So Close
    A brilliant example of the genre -- with romantic subplots to boot.
  29. House of Sand and Fog
    It's a sad, rich story, full of misunderstandings, bad bargains, odd parallels.
  30. Left Luggage
    Krabbe attempts to stuff too many themes and subplots into the story.
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