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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. Moonlight Mile
    Jake Gyllenhaal is 21 and looks as though he's going on 16. This is not a problem for films like "Lovely & Amazing" and "The Good Girl"-- It is a problem in Moonlight Mile, where he plays a grown man recovering from the murder of his fiancée.
  2. 50 First Dates
    A terrible movie by all reasonable standards -- yet it leaves a sweet taste.
  3. The Low Down
    Here’s a British spin on the familiar struggle of the couch potato who plans any minute now to get off his duff.
  4. Factory Girl
    Miller and Pearce are admirably determined to do their complex characters justice, but the generic script turns them into enigmatic symbols, locked in a hollow time capsule.
  5. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Grand passion, secrecy, world politics and mortal danger provide a heady mix for this spectacularly beautiful movie. If only the accents were as reliable as the azure of the sea.
  6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    Chamber is chockablock with action (including a far more exciting game of Quidditch) and crafty special effects.
  7. Heartbreakers
    Heartbreakers is too long by a half-hour, and there are entire sketches (including a horrid nightclub sequence with Weaver trying to sing in Russian) that could be mercifully sacrificed.
  8. Becoming Jane
    We can't quite shake the feeling we've seen this all done before, and better.
  9. The Friend
    Actors do an excellent job portraying young people struggling with an almost manic paranoia.
  10. That Man: Peter Berlin
    Fortunately, Tushinski strikes the right balance throughout, interspersing old erotic photos and stills from Berlin's adult films with entertaining, current-day sound bites.
  11. Marion Bridge
    This Canadian film is extraordinarily low-key, considering the explosive secrets the sisters unearth, but that is part of its strength.
  12. The Hunting Party
    Everything about this political thriller is ridiculous.
  13. Greenfingers
    This is not challenging filmmaking by any means, more like a comfortable old slipper. But it's a perennial that's guaranteed to please.
  14. New York Doll
    The film paints an affectionate portrait of a wry, somewhat addled man whose hard-partying past was in stark contrast with his later life - a fluffy cat nestles in his guitar case while he explains his nickname.
  15. Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein
    As complex as its subject's life and - like her - both flawed and fascinating.
  16. The Deserted Station
    Gentle and understated (if somewhat creepy).
  17. Proof of Life
    The romantic subtext of their characters' relationship is the film's chief liability, and feels forced and undeveloped.
  18. The Mystic Masseur
    There is a very sharp, funny critique of ambition and self-made gurus in The Mystic Masseur, but it is obscured by a softening bloat.
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Psycho
    Cold, dull, lifeless. [5 December 1998, p.3]
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  20. Wonderland
    That (cinéma-vérité) feel is absolutely convincing, as are the performances.
  21. Golda's Balcony
    Once again, we chart the growth of a woman and a country at the same time, a tough assignment that Harper tackles with humor and passion (even if her Kissinger impersonation could use a little work).
  22. Penelope
    An endearing premise and fanciful spirit aren't quite enough to rescue a film that has more heart than smarts.
  23. Particles of Truth
    If ever a cast of characters needed a good dose of Prozac - or maybe just a hug - it's in this downbeat, low-budget indie.
  24. Zathura: A Space Adventure
    Jon Favreau's adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's kid-lit adventure of the same name, more than fills the bill - though it's unlikely to draw anyone over the age of 11 (not counting baby-sitters).
  25. Birth
    It's corny, plodding, implausible and - on occasion - seriously creepy. At the same time, it contains a couple of this movie year's most sublime sequences, and features one of Nicole Kidman's bravest and best performances.
  26. The Baxter
    Modest and polite. That's not a ringing endorsement of Michael Showalter's good-natured comedy, but there are enough laughs in it if you're willing to settle.
  27. In Too Deep
    A well-acted and surprisingly thoughtful treatment of the same old, same old.
  28. The Guardian
    At its best when its heroes race furiously toward their missions, most of which involve jumping out of a helicopter into surging waves.
  29. Cremaster 3
    Barney's cinematic art inspires both awe and revulsion, often simultaneously.
  30. Deliver Us from Eva
    Union is a brilliant spitfire, though one wishes the script had been run past an English major. But the movie's flaws are smoothed over by a rousing soundtrack, some excellent comic performances and the star-making moves of LL Cool J.
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