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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. Through the Fire
    Superb, ultimately exhilarating account of Coney Island basketball phenom Sebastian Telfair's senior year at Lincoln High.
  2. A Good Woman
    I watched A Good Woman with a fixed smile frequently interrupted by giggles, but I didn't believe a second of it.
  3. When a Stranger Calls
    After an hour of red herrings, in which Jill investigates creepy corridors or opens rattling closet doors with no results, the only real danger is that we'll become bored to death. For real thrills, rent the original, turn down the lights and scare yourself silly.
  4. Something New
    A satisfying chick flick that follows all the usual rules of the modern romantic comedy except one - it's not stupid.
  5. Tamara
    A mediocre little thriller that might have promised cheap fun on Blockbuster's direct-to-DVD shelf is instead destined to die a quick death on the big screen.
  6. Cowboy del Amor
    It's both a compliment and a criticism to say that Michèle Ohayon's scrappy documentary ends much too quickly. Every moment of this story - about America's unlikeliest matchmaker - is fascinating. We just need more of them.
  7. The Tenants
    Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated parable of American race relations.
  8. The Tollbooth
    The question is, if Sarabeth is so desperate to escape this oppressive distillation of Jewish neuroses, why would filmmaker Debra Kirschner think we'd want to stick around?
  9. Who Gets to Call It Art?
    The film's appeal is for the eyes. Because Henry got to call it art, it's on display once again.
  10. Annapolis
    A record number of movie cliches are strung together for the otherwise forgettable boot-camp drama Annapolis.
  11. Big Momma's House 2
    If there is a casting agent in hell, ­Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry will soon put on their fat suits as Big Momma and Madea Simmons and show up as a tag team in a big-screen ­Wrestlemania.
  12. Nanny McPhee
    There's magic afoot, even if the movie is more serviceable than magical.
  13. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
    More fun than a company picnic - and a lot more fun than the classic 18th century novel that inspired it - Michael Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story is the first good comedy of 2006.
  14. Go for Zucker
    A tiresomely madcap story with extremely faint political (and politically incorrect) overtones.
  15. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
    You don't have to be a Muslim, or a humorless person of any persuasion, to find Brooks' performance excruciating.
  16. Why We Fight
    Whether we've reached the critical mass of "misplaced power" is the gist of the current national debate, and Why We Fight is a useful tool in that argument.
  17. End of the Spear
    In documentary footage played over the closing credits, the real warrior is introduced to American fast food and returns to his people too fat and sluggish to spear himself a snack, let alone a missionary.
  18. Underworld: Evolution
    The esteemed actor Derek Jacobi goes slumming as someone who pulls that metal badge from the chest of a cadaver. Shakespeare it's not.
  19. Pizza
    At the end of her spontaneous date, she says it's been the best night of her life. It will not be one of yours.
  20. How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
    Angio's film is an excellent introduction, but it won't be long before you realize that his subject is too complex to be contained in a single admiring tribute. When you want to know more - and you will - you'll be glad there's somewhere else to go for a bigger picture.
  21. The Real Dirt on Farmer John
    Despite the movie's intimate nature, Siegel deftly broadens his view to observe the culture and conditions of contemporary American farming. Don't be surprised if, by the finish, you wind up fantasizing about your own rural homestead.
  22. Perception
    An early and daunting contender for worst movie of the year, writer-director Irving Schwartz's amateurish melodrama stars a hollow-eyed Piper Perabo as a self-loathing young woman who has every reason to hate herself.
  23. The Fall of Fujimori
    Fujimori comes off as amiable and in full denial, recalling the positive headlines of his presidency - and there were many - while laying the scandals off on Montesinos.
  24. Glory Road
    As movie fiction, I guess it is entertaining enough.
  25. Last Holiday
    It's too bad there's so little of LL Cool J as the secret object of Georgia's fantasies. He'd make a funny, nimble, sexy romantic lead with just a bit more screen time.
  26. Tristan and Isolde
    It's that rare movie that had me wishing I was at the opera.
  27. April's Shower
    The result feels as if she (Trish Doolan) gathered all her friends, turned on her camera and let them loose. Which is perfectly fine, if you don't expect anyone to pay to watch the finished product.
  28. 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.
  29. When the Sea Rises
    There's something sweet yet chilling in When the Sea Rises. If it had explored more of the chill, it might have turned into a knockout, absurdist thriller.
  30. Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye
    The subtitle of this interview/documentary about the late, great French photojournalist should be "For Collectors Only." There is no theme, no point, no history, no illuminating insights - it's just Bresson talking about his individual photos and early sketches.
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