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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. Seraphim Falls
    This is an entertaining Western with some earnest ideas about forgiveness, redemption and the loss of innocents.
  2. My One and Only
    The movie is filled with fun '50s Americana.
  3. Bleed for This
    The movie's no knockout, but at least it gives us one good performance, and one great one.
  4. The Claim
    Its sprawling canvas is mere backdrop for the most intimate of character studies -- a portrait of a man who chose material wealth and found emotional ruin.
  5. Fever
    While this paranoid thriller is overly familiar, it's still plenty unsettling.
  6. Vampire Hunter D
    Beautiful, witty and provocative, this is one genre film that ought to appeal to fans and non-fans alike.
  7. Finding Forrester
    Written, acted and directed so intelligently that it stands out from the pack, and is guaranteed to give you the warm glow of holiday movies past -- the kind that celebrated faith in human potential and the value of hard work.
  8. Comedian
    Fascinating and often very funny behind-the-scenes look at the tedium and hard work that go into making strangers laugh.
  9. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
    A series of unfortunate events occurred during the making of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and they all had to do with Jim Carrey.
  10. Off the Black
    As good as Nolte is, the relatively unknown Morgan matches him scene for scene. And he's not the only impressive newcomer. Remarkably, this confident indie is the first feature from writer-director Ponsoldt, who shuns any slickness to embrace the rough edges of his low-budget, bare-bones story.
  11. 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).
  12. Aftermath
    What keeps the film so fascinating is how even its protagonists are greatly flawed. While certainly upsetting, Aftermath takes a look at the dangers inherent in an abundance of truth.
  13. Five Minutes of Heaven
    Early scenes set up the tragedy, but the majority of Oliver Hirschbiegel's movie is set in a TV studio where the two eventually face each other, and the tension, unfortunately, quickly becomes stagey.
  14. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
    CSA is a sophomoric film essay that would have barely rated a passing grade from a tougher teacher.
  15. Expired
    The performances are expert, but can't make up for a flat script and direction. Unless you, like Claire, are a glutton for punishment, we suggest you choose nothing over something.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Cats Don't Dance
    Despite choreography by the late Gene Kelly and six original tunes by Randy Newman, the song-and-dance numbers here are merely congenial and definitely not rousing. [26 Mar 1997, p.42]
    • New York Daily News
  17. Mister Foe
    Jamie Bell gives a watchable performance in this self-conscious, coming-of-age drama, though the film's overall effect is best described as David Lynch lite.
  18. Despicable Me 2
    Guaranteed to charm anyone who’s out of school and already bored.
  19. Kites
    Melodrama, romance and action are cheerfully jumbled together, so as long as you're ready to embrace the excess of swoony sentimentality, you'll get more than your money's worth.
  20. The Matrix Reloaded
    The philosophy is even less plausible. But the action -- oh, the action! There's nothing else out there like it.
  21. Lunch
    There's not much to the movie, in which we watch the participants crack jokes and complain about their in-laws over corned beef. But when the diners include Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, director Arthur Hiller ("Love Story"), "Animal House" producer Matty Simmons, and anachronistic announcer Gary Owens, it's worth pulling up a chair.
  22. Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
    Despite the spectacularly cool opening credits and some first-rate animation, the story starts to flag about halfway through.
  23. Ted
    True chemistry is hard to find. And by some stroke of movie magic - or sheer skill - Wahlberg and the bear make a pretty great team.
  24. Beautiful Boy
    Actors are left with too much time to play emotional symphonies, while inevitably having to hit too many required notes.
  25. Nearing Grace
    The performances by Smith, Brewster and veteran David Morse, as a morbidly depressed widower, elevate Nearing Grace to something near grace.
  26. Baghead
    Anybody who missed 2006's excellent indie "The Puffy Chair" has another chance to discover the off-kilter world of the Duplass brothers.
  27. The Woman in Black
    Though "Woman" never rises above its status as a traditional genre thriller, that's perfectly fine. It was made with intelligence and commitment, and it achieves its goal: to keep us looking over our shoulders long after we've left.
  28. Santa vs. the Snowman
    Santa Claus and the Snowman stage a scaled-down "Star Wars"-type battle for the rights to Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve in the pleasantly goofy, irreverent Santa vs. the Snowman.
  29. The Golden Bowl
    Nolte, at least, delivers his lines with laser accuracy, and gives The Golden Bowl the life that so much cogitation could have drained from it.
  30. U-571
    The action is tightly focused and well-paced.
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