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For 3,956 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 47% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Hell or High Water
Lowest review score: 0 Daddy's Home 2
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,217 out of 3956
  2. Mixed: 1,376 out of 3956
  3. Negative: 363 out of 3956
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  1. I Am Sam
    I Am Sam is about as connected to the real world as Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham, from which its title is derived -- in fact, in the realism department, Seuss may have the edge.
  2. Monster's Ball
    An arty sleepwalk. Thornton has developed a style of acting that goes beyond minimal into the near nonexistent.
  3. Gosford Park
    A love affair between performer and filmmaker. The director shows off his ardor by eliciting from his actors aspects of their gifts that they themselves may not have known they had.
  4. Ali
    Ultimately, Ali is a far more complex creature than this movie allows for.
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    Smashing for much of the way; as a piece of fantasy moviemaking, franchise-style, it beats the bejesus out of "Harry Potter."
  6. Iris
    By continually interrupting the sequences of the adult couple with scenes of the young pair, Eyre shatters the emotional power of Dench and Broadbent.
  7. The Royal Tenenbaums
    Anderson is something of a prodigy himself, and he's riddled with talent, but he hasn't figured out how to be askew and heartfelt at the same time. When he does, he'll probably make the movie The Royal Tenenbaums was meant to be, and it'll be a sight to see.
  8. Vanilla Sky
    Probably the most garishly masochistic star turn since Mel Gibson's "The Man Without a Face." It could also be the most baroque chick flick ever made, the freakazoid spawn of "An Affair to Remember" and "The Matrix."
  9. Baran
    It's an elliptical tragedy in which the fate of its characters takes on a larger significance while never losing its intimacy.
  10. Last Orders
    The lifelong friends in Fred Schepisi's marvelous Last Orders actually seem like lifelong friends.
  11. Ocean's Eleven
    The movie, in a very real sense, is about the privilege, the sexiness, of being a movie star. Certainly it isn't about the heist; never was.
  12. The Business of Strangers
    Channing's formidably good -- a career woman in extremis -- but the movie, which was written and directed by Patrick Stettner, otherwise unfortunately resembles a product of the Neil LaBute Finishing School.
  13. The Affair of the Necklace
    The necklace in this movie was crafted by the elite London jewelers Asprey and Gerrard -- out of cubic-zirconium stones. That's just about perfect. The Affair of the Necklace is a cubic-zirconium epic.
  14. In the Bedroom
    Field made a thriller about what we are capable of in the name of hatred -- and of love.
  15. Sidewalks of New York
    It makes the same misstep that Allen's comedies often do: It assumes that the lives of these people are only about sex and love, and so that's all we ever see of them. This one-and-a-half-dimensionality wears thin.
  16. The Devil's Backbone
    del Toro blends agit-prop politics and ghoulishness without making the entire enterprise seem silly.
  17. Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
    This unrated documentary, which contains no hard-core shots, could have used more hog and less hedge, if you catch my drift: When Jeremy drones on about his quest to be cast in mainstream movies, dullness sets in.
  18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    I wish Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone had developed more of a life of its own instead of being essentially a flat visualization of the book.
  19. Shallow Hal
    Some good gross-out inventiveness, but too heartfelt by half. Do we really need the Farrellys to champion inner beauty?
  20. Heist
    Mamet is so in love with the con that he's conned himself.
  21. Monsters, Inc.
    Much more kid-oriented than any other computer-animated movie thus far. In other words, it's much more Disneyish. I enjoyed it.
  22. Amélie
    Jeunet wants us to know that times are hard for dreamers and that one shouldn't pass up a chance for true love. He means it, no doubt, but he doesn't have the simplicity of soul to quite bring off the sentiment. Still, we're charmed by the attempt.
  23. Tape
    Linklater must have recognized a kindred spirit when he read Belber's play. He's given us a reality-fantasy game, a psychodrama, a harangue, and a detective story all rolled into one.
  24. The Man Who Wasn't There
    The Coens have a true feeling for the sleek surfaces of the genre, but they don't connect with its sordid, sexy undercurrent; that's why Crane is made to seem so passive.
  25. K-PAX
    Spacey is turning into another Robin Williams: Between this film and "Pay It Forward" he cops the prize for the Sappiest Performances by an Actor Previously Known to Have Great Talent.
  26. From Hell
    The only note of authenticity in the movie comes from Ian Holm, playing the royal physician. What is this nuanced performance -- at least until the final fireworks -- doing in this twaddle?
  27. The Last Castle
    Plays out like "Cool Hand Luke" meets "Attica," and it's quite the silliest thing.
  28. Riding in Cars with Boys
    Thank God for Barrymore: When Beverly's water breaks and she looks down at her feet and cries, "This is so gross," you know how good this actress can be, and how good this movie might have been.
  29. Waking Life
    An astounding, one-of-a-kind movie.
  30. Bandits
    What we're getting in this movie isn't necessarily better; it's just more.
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