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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. The Fighting Temptations
    A raucous gospel comedy that's as broad as co-star Beyonce Knowles' vowels and chockablock with foot-stomping, up-with-the-choir music that will have even atheists praising the Lord.
  2. Secondhand Lions
    A predictable outcome is not bad if it's fun getting to it. But this story is so lamely conceived and presented that it's a grind.
  3. Underworld
    The filmmakers' decision to go with prosthetic enhancements rather than CGI gives the snouts, fangs and snapping jaws a refreshingly tactile look.
  4. Casa de los babys
    It's too big an ensemble to provide enough back story for each player. But Sayles doesn't give his characters easily digestible labels, like "kook" or "pathetic loser."
  5. Emerald Cowboy
    Having written, co- directed and played the lead in this awkward, ego-driven memoir, Hayata has turned a genuinely compelling life story into an embarrassing vanity production.
  6. In This World
    Winterbottom informs us that, though fictional, his story represents thousands of real lives, and there is a hardly a false note, which makes this both a difficult and exceedingly memorable film to watch.
  7. Mambo italiano
    So desperately eager to please: Gaudreault doesn't offer much in the way of wit or originality, but he's determined to win us over with sheer enthusiasm.
  8. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
    Though the Chinese government won't be too happy about it, everyone else ought to be deeply moved by the tragedies Peosay records.
  9. To Be and to Have
    Exhibiting the same sort of patience as his sensible hero, Philibert has created an extraordinarily humane portrait of a partnership between one adult and his very fortunate charges.
  10. Cabin Fever
    Other than a few witty jokes and a game cast, there's nothing particularly special here.
  11. Matchstick Men
    The direction is still slick, but Matchstick Men gets most of its thrills from the unknowable in human interaction. This could be the biggest "scam" Scott himself has pulled off.
  12. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    Paying homage to Sergio Leone, "Mexico" aims too high and, in the process, becomes more like every generic, overplotted drug-cartel-and-revenge flick out there.
  13. Dummy
    Jovovich needed a steadying hand to keep her from flying out of her socks, and Pritikin, on his maiden solo as a director, couldn't or didn't have the heart to provide it.
  14. Lost in Translation
    A smartly written, confidently directed film that delivers big laughs while developing two of the year's most earnest characters and some of its most rewarding sentiments.
  15. Millennium Actress
    Although we never feel any true connection to the enigmatic actress, there's no denying the inventiveness of Kon's homage to the possibilities of cinema.
  16. So Close
    A brilliant example of the genre -- with romantic subplots to boot.
  17. The Same River Twice
    The old footage is definitely compelling, but once Moss trains his focus on the quotidian present, the movie takes on too much water to stay afloat.
  18. Carnage
    An amazingly self-assured movie, it percolates with themes and ideas, all held together by the gift of the bull's parts.
  19. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
    After a smart start, it sinks into sentimental goo that traps even the aggressively snarky Spade.
  20. The Order
    Certainly a dark spirit is hovering over this inane production. Something has sucked the life out of it.
  21. Home Room
    Too often crosses the line between good melodrama and rank cliché.
  22. Party Monster
    Macaulay Culkin still can't act, and it's no longer cute. His performance in Party Monster is so embarrassing one doesn't know where to look.
  23. Taking Sides
    Characters do little more than run around the same track incessantly, leaving us waiting for revelations that never arrive.
  24. Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?
    The result, while slight, is a poignant portrait of one of New York's all-star outlaws.
  25. Jeepers Creepers II
    There are some nicely gory touches for genre connoisseurs...But JC2 lacks the all-important character development we got in the first installment.
  26. Civil Brand
    Exploitation shamelessly posing as empowerment, Neema Barnette's self-congratulatory drama about women in prison promises to reveal shocking truths.
  27. Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
    After 45 minutes of incomparable boredom, the movie gets slightly better when it stops reaching for cheap yuks and lets the actors do what they do well.
  28. Suddenly
    Just when you think it's a violent drama, it turns into a comic road picture, before finally becoming a tender romance.
  29. Babí léto
    Brodsky's last film before his death is a moving tribute to his career.
  30. Don't Tempt Me
    A stylish comedy low on amusement but high on sensuality.
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