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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. Cry_Wolf
    The low splatter quotient may not be enough to quell the blood lust of slasher fans, but several neat plot twists - and a surprise ending - make Cry Wolf a cut above the rest.
  2. Fleeing by Night
    The many opera scenes are so beautifully mounted, they make up for the moments when the story veers toward melodrama.
  3. L'ennui
    Only mildly interesting.
  4. Titus
    Julie Taymor's beautifully stylized but nauseatingly violent adaptation of Shakespeare's first play.
  5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    In the end, Phantom needed more human and less digital scale. The magic of "Star Wars" lay in Lucas' ability to play the human comedy in a fantastic future. With Phantom, he has brought the series to the brink of total artificiality, the future as a video game.
  6. Assault on Precinct 13
    In a preamble that sets up Hawke's character, the jittery hand-held camera and grainy palette establish the look and feel of a '70s movie, thus paying homage to the Carpenter version, which, frankly, had more suspense.
  7. An Unfinished Life
    It's no great thing, but in their (Weinstein brothers') heyday as Oscar campaigners, they could have made Redford a contender.
  8. Surf's Up
    The voice performances are great, particularly those from LaBeouf and Bridges, who's in a "Big Lebowski" mood. But a moratorium on penguin movies may be in order.
  9. American Gangster
    The problem is that the movie spends as much time on the boring detective chasing Lucas as on the drug lord himself.
  10. Leela
    So far beyond Bollywood, I think it's set in the suburbs of L.A.
  11. A Silent Love
    Strong, subtle performances elevate A Silent Love, a slow-moving drama about an unlikely love triangle from first-time director Federico Hidalgo.
  12. The Family Stone
    A machine-tooled entertainment that's as fake and flimsy as a plastic Christmas tree. The only reason the movie isn't as bad as it has a right to be is the marvelous Diane Keaton.
  13. Aurora Borealis
    The latest "Dawson's Creek" alumnus to break out of his WB bonds, Joshua Jackson proves himself all grown up in this sweetly scrappy indie.
  14. The Vertical Ray of the Sun
    Here's the downside, and it's not just me: You need a scorecard to keep track of the sisters, their brother, two husbands, a boyfriend, two (or three?) extramarital lovers.
  15. Big Animal
    This black-and-white movie features an enduring image: an ordinary couple at the dinner table with the giant, Dr. Seuss-like head of the camel ­filling their window ominously, ridiculously, like another dinner guest -- or like the proverbial elephant in the room that no one will address.
  16. Veronica Guerin
    The movie portrays Guerin -- regarded by many as a hero -- as an irritating figure.
  17. Summer Storm
    There's nothing truly new to be found here, but Kreuzpaintner treats Tobi's confusion with respect and gentle humor, making this an especially sensitive coming-of-age/coming-out story.
  18. White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
    Unfortunately, Bate saddles his otherwise compelling chronicle with awkward re-creations and an aggressively overbearing narration.
  19. Mendy
    Vardy draws the moral conflicts in broad strokes, but as a portrait of a man torn between his faith and the urges of his liberated hormones, it has honest depth.
  20. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
    With lots of cool gadgets, plenty of silliness and a clever concept guaranteed to appeal to preteens, this should be an unflagging, high-octane romp.
  21. Home of the Brave
    While Mark Friedman's script is as unsubtle as Winkler's direction, their sincerity and the subject's sharp immediacy lend the film a certain power.
  22. K-19: The Widowmaker
    The Cold War isn't exactly a hot ticket right now, but K-19 punches up the timeless aspects of the story -- adventure, danger, teamwork, noble self-sacrifice and two forceful actors butting heads, even if you don't buy them as Russian for a moment.
  23. For Love of the Game
    It could do without any kind of love story, let alone the one it got.
  24. X2: X-Men United
    A substantial improvement over "X-Men," in many ways, especially in visual and specialeffects departments.
  25. Spellbound
    This could be a documentary about reading the body language of childhood.
  26. Alias Betty
    Of the several threads interwoven here, only one is riveting, thanks to the performance of Sandrine Kiberlain as Betty.
  27. Been Rich All My Life
    An invaluable chapter in the story of our city.
  28. Gloomy Sunday
    Is it possible for an historically -based Holocaust movie to be schmaltzy? This one sure comes close.
  29. Comedy of Power
    Draggy for long stretches, and never funny, Comedy of Power is a showcase - as if she needed another - for Huppert's chameleon qualities. She's an actress who can make a phone-book reading interesting, and that is pretty much the challenge she meets here.
  30. Dirty Pretty Things
    Frears story's grotesque subject offers an opportunity for a sick audience payoff that is more "Death Wish" than social commentary, and he takes it. It works -- you'll laugh! you'll gulp! -- but it's cheap.
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