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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. The Perfect Storm
    Petersen's speculative reenactment makes for gripping summer entertainment -- if you don't mind a little corn floating in your brine.
  2. Judy Berlin
    Its leisurely pace and surreal poetry won't break box-office records, but will surely serve to introduce Mendelsohn as a major new talent.
  3. In Good Company
    An amusing and unusually compassionate look at today's corporate culture.
  4. Saving Face
    A worthy addition to what must take up a whole section of the video store - the heartwarming comedy that reaffirms the power of personal choice, while also promising to love and to cherish even the most hidebound cultures.
  5. Music and Lyrics
    As a premise, this is thinner than a strand of cotton candy, but fairy tales have been hung from less, and what keeps this one together is the surprisingly easy chemistry between Grant and Barrymore.
  6. The Triumph of Love
    The always reliable Kingsley and Shaw are hilarious, and if the movie isn't quite a triumph, it's still far better than the junk food currently cluttering movie screens.
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  7. The Matador
    It is no small compliment to Pierce Brosnan to say that his performance in writer-director Richard Shephard's goofy black comedy The Matador could only be rivaled by Christopher Walken.
  8. Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
    Though the film does have the modest, human-interest feel of a "60 Minutes" segment, it grows stronger as it goes along.
  9. Nancy Drew
    A very clever update of the 16-year-old heroine, managing to make her seem both as square as the Bobbsey Twins and as contemporary as MySpace.
  10. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Matt Damon's performance isn't bad, but it pales in comparison with Law's.
  11. The Devil's Backbone
    Along with "The Others," -- represents a welcome diversion from loud, senseless Hollywood extravaganzas.
  12. Street Fight
    Newark Mayor Sharpe James is the kind of politician that Tony Soprano would be happy to own.
  13. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
    Note: We're giving this one 4 stars if you're under 12; 2-1/2 stars if you're not...That unwieldy name should give you some sense of Disney's intentions: this is, plain and simple, a consolation prize for all the frustrated fans who couldn't get tickets to Cyrus' sold-out stadium tour last year.
  14. The Contender
    Lurie has made an impressive contribution to the bulging library of political film, and he has showcased some performances sure to get Oscar consideration.
  15. Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution
    A no-frills, homespun documentary that gives so much more than its humble technical credits would suggest.
  16. The Motel
    Unlike so many indie films, Michael Kang's gently empathetic debut embraces eccentricity without drowning in its own hip irony.
  17. Don't Say a Word
    A fairly nifty piece of suspense filmmaking, with a strong if relatively undemanding performance from Douglas.
  18. Freedom Writers
    I say bring 'em on, if the stories can be told as well, as convincingly and as inspirationally as Richard LaGravenese's Freedom Writers, an educational fantasy that happens to be mostly true.
  19. Bruce Almighty
    When Carrey is doing his thing as the Almighty, histrionically whipping up one miracle after another and relishing the power, "Bruce" has you spring-cleaning your lungs with laughter. But you are made to pay for it with a third-act sap-rising that's as thick as the final reels of "Patch Adams."
  20. The Killing of John Lennon
    Piddington does a beautiful balancing act, creating a movie that works both on the level of suspense and as a detailed factual chronicle.
  21. Standing in the Shadows of Motown
    Frustratingly, though, and not a little ironically, Justman chooses to focus on the new stars when they sing, rather than on the Funk Brothers playing in the background. Just as curiously, he paints a remarkably rosy picture of the old days, overlooking the racism and exploitation the Brothers surely experienced.
  22. Private
    Private, Italian director Saverio Costanzo's stunning human drama, would seem like something out of Kafka if it weren't based on real events and a relatively common fact of contemporary Palestinian life.
  23. Timecode
    Is the story being told worth a movie on its own merits? No way. Time Code exists as an esthetic event -- either a trick or a treat, depending on your expectations.
  24. Time of the Wolf
    Time of the Wolf is grounded so deeply in the reality of society gone awry that the anxiety faced by Isabelle Huppert's character as she struggles to keep her family together transfers onto the audience and never leaves.
  25. Beijing Bicycle
    The movie is filled with sweetly funny moments, but its exposure of class, income and cultural differences makes it an uneasy charmer right up to its violent denouement.
  26. Chutney Popcorn
    Her story (Ganatra) -- and the rest of the gifted, multicultural cast that brings it to life -- represents another step in the evolving face of film.
  27. What Women Want
    A merry romantic comedy in the screwball tradition.
  28. Best in Show
    When it's funny, Best is hilarious.
  29. In This World
    Winterbottom informs us that, though fictional, his story represents thousands of real lives, and there is a hardly a false note, which makes this both a difficult and exceedingly memorable film to watch.
  30. Broken Flowers
    This is Murray's subtlest performance, and one of his best.
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