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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. Dallas 362
    Clearly, Caan's major influence is Quentin Tarantino, though he manages only a weak imitation. But give him credit for casting Kelly Lynch and Jeff Goldblum and letting them go.
  2. March of the Penguins
    When it comes to cute, this baby is off the charts.
  3. The War on the War on Drugs
    Seemingly made while writer-director-star Cevin Soling was heavily under the influence, this generally witless ode to illegal substances is apparently meant to be viewed that way, as well.
  4. Lila Says
    Had director Ziad Doueiri focused on the resentful Arab youths who clatter provocatively around the edges of his Marseilles-set drama, he might have discovered something interesting.
  5. Herbie Fully Loaded
    Just like the can-do VW Beetle of the title, Herbie: Fully Loaded succeeds adorably despite the obstacles in its path.
  6. The Deal
    The story's unnecessary and unconvincing Russian spies are out of "Rocky & Bullwinkle," but Blair is quite enjoyable as a sassy, capable idealist.
  7. The Perfect Man
    The story has a definite ick factor that detracts from even the small pleasures the movie might offer its teen audience.
  8. The Great Water
    Ultimately about the indomitability of faith, and the Christian symbolism is laid on thick. But the story, adapted from a famous behind-the-Iron-Curtain novel, sheds light on a subject few people have known about.
  9. Heights
    Heights is stage-bound throughout, and the secrets it would like to keep are very predictable. But its heart is in the right place, and the performances are first-rate.
  10. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    A vanity project by a moderately talented artist that has moments of real brilliance in it.
  11. My Summer of Love
    Travels so deeply into the confusions of female adolescence that you'd never know this deceptively languid British film was directed by a Polish-born man.
  12. The Talent Given Us
    It's weird and wonderful.
  13. King of the Corner
    But look up the word "slight" in the dictionary and you could find a still from this film.
  14. Batman Begins
    What you get out of Batman Begins depends on what you bring to it. It is the most faithful to the origins of the comic strip and it sets up a series very different from the four made by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher between 1989 and 1997.
  15. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    The screen smokes with sexual heat. But what's really erotic is how much fun the actors seem to be having.
  16. The Honeymooners
    Cedric is certainly the bright spot in this movie - personable, silly and lovable, with just enough of Gleason's girth, timing and humanity to make you wish he'd driven Ralph Kramden's bus onto the lot of a different movie.
  17. High Tension
    One of the ugliest movies I've ever seen. Even though it occurs mostly in the dark, the open flesh wounds are both graphic and implausible.
  18. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D
    The low-tech film looks like a kid's crude drawing, plays like entry-level Game Boy, and is about as nourishing as a Tootsie Pop.
  19. Howl's Moving Castle
    A richly inventive, slightly eerie animated movie from Japan.
  20. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
    Rates an inquisition of its own. It may not be heresy to fill out an ensemble cast of Peruvian and Spanish characters almost exclusively with non-Hispanic actors, but it certainly destroys any sense of authenticity.
  21. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
    The time-traveling is a little awkward, and a mawkish turn of events feels forced and unnecessary.
  22. Cinderella Man
    Without Crowe and Paul Giamatti, this movie would have little in its corner.
  23. Lords of Dogtown
    A tormented dramatization of the exact same events, and it's as bad as the earlier film ("Dogtown and Z-Boys") was good.
  24. Rock School
    Rock School celebrates music, family, hard work and, yes, Paul Green. Best of all, it shows the flexibility of children to learn and adapt -- even when their teacher is nuts.
  25. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    Even while trying to access my inner giggly, dreamy adolescent, I found the movie as irritating as a chigger under the skin. The cast is pretty and inoffensive, with America Ferrera, using charisma and fierce emotions to stand out from the pack.
  26. The Longest Yard
    It's a misguided, miscast remake of the 1974 Robert Aldrich classic.
  27. Madagascar
    Looks stunning, but it's an ill-conceived mess that plays like two movies awkwardly spliced together. In one movie, parents are asked to stand by while the kids are entertained with cute animal tricks and slapstick pratfalls. In the other, the kids will be hushed while the parents are treated to inside jokes.
  28. Bomb the System
    The first feature from Adam Bhala Lough is brashly passionate in its desire to express the power and validity of graffiti art. But it's also preachy and single-minded, populated by a world of sympathetic heroes and hissable villains.
  29. The Ninth Day
    Earnest but ambling drama.
  30. A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
    If ever a movie could convince the masses to don communal shoes, this is the one.
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