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For 1,617 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Children of a Lesser God
Lowest review score: 0 Down to You
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 952 out of 1617
  2. Mixed: 532 out of 1617
  3. Negative: 133 out of 1617
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  1. The Secret of NIMH
    The Secret of NIMH is an ambitious and entertaining debut that will delight and terrify kids everywhere. If there are flaws in NIMH they are a product of its ambition: visually, moments when the animation is almost too busy to take in; dramatically, an eclectic and overstuffed plot that threatens the balance of the movie. But better a surfeit than a soporific. [12 July 1982, p.75]
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  2. Signs
    One of the things that makes Signs such a refreshing summer movie is that it goes against almost all the grains of contemporary Hollywood razzle-dazzle filmmaking -- as did “The Sixth Sense.”
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  3. Marathon Man
    Marathon Man is an intelligent and largely satisfying thriller, written by William Goldman from his own novel, directed by John Schlesigner and photographed by Conrad Hall. But the most satisfying element is the work of Olivier, one of the few who turn acting into one of the great humane progressions of Western civilization. [11 Oct 1976]
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  4. Holy Man
    It's harmless fun, but it underutilizes Murphy, who's largely reduced to doing virtuoso variations on his iconic smile.
  5. She's Gotta Have It
    She's Gotta Have It, a black-and-white movie made on a shoestring by the 29-year-old black filmmaker Spike Lee, is fresh in both senses of the word -- sassy and original. [08 Sept 1986, p.65]
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  6. Secretary
    Manages to be simultaneously subversive and sweet.
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  7. The Fugitive
    A fast and furious feature film that starts at a gallop and never stops to catch its breath. [9 Aug 1993, p.57]
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  8. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    Has a flavor all its own-sweet, whimsical, homegrown. A quirky romantic for the 21st century, July finds humor and magic in places where no one has looked before.
  9. Shut Up & Sing
    The filmmakers are clearly in awe of the Chicks' fighting spirit. If you think Maines's original Bush remark was disrespectful, wait till you hear what she calls him here. Maines is not ready to make nice, and neither is this riveting documentary.
  10. Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
    This true story, deftly embellished by writer Jeremy Brock and directed at a bracing English trot by John Madden, is a splendid showcase for its three superb leads. [28 July, 1997, p. 69]
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  11. Apocalypto
    The film is mostly successful in transporting the viewer to another age: the costumes, the body markings, the fierce Mayan masks, all feel right. And keeping the dialogue in subtitles was a smart move. Even better are the faces, which never fail to fascinate. But for all the anthropological research that went into the movie, what is Apocalypto trying to say?
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Clueless
    The summer's most compelling movie about teenagers.
  13. The Bourne Identity
    It’s as formulaic as "The Sum of All Fears," but it feels fresher, hipper, less inflated.
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Slums of Beverly Hills
    Tamara Jenkins, a first-time writer-director, films the proceedings with such a quirky eye the movie looks like a retro postcard.
  15. The Snapper
    As warm and lived-in as an old pair of boots, The Snapper is an honorable feel-good movie.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Taste of Others
    A very funny movie, full of eccentric, deadpan little moments. What's more, it resonates, and has subtle, tender and acute things to say about romance, art, class and -- why not? -- interior decorating. It's a winning tribute to the flighty Aphrodite.
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  17. Ice Age
    A clever, pleasingly sentimental tale of prehistoric times.
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  18. The Onion Field
    The Onion Field is one of the best films of the year, a powling, gripping, disturbing movie that has its own far-from-simple vision of evil in our wretched and sinister cities. [24 Sep 1979, p.107]
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  19. The Name of the Rose
    The Name of the Rose spins a whopping good tale, a medieval murder mystery that only those with seriously damaged attention spans will find hard to enjoy. [29 Sept 1986, p.63]
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  20. Chocolat
    Moving like a dream that explodes into reality, Chocolat is blessed with superb acting, especially by its star, the African-born Bankole. His quiet eloquence and suppressed passion express the human cost of an unjust political system. [27 Mar 1989, p.68]
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  21. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
    Leaner and meaner, "The Road Warrior" had more nonstop thrills. But Miller was right not to try to top that act: he's opted to expand the moral geography of his funk Wasteland. With crazy and beautiful Mel and Tina backed up by a raging gallery of mutant humanity, only a glutton could complain he didn't get his fill. [29 July 1985, p.58]
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  22. Syriana
    This is a movie that sticks its political neck out, that throbs with dread, paranoia and outrage, that doesn't coddle the audience by neatly tying things up.
  23. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    If we must have teen movies, let them all be as sweet and seductive as Sollett's smartly observed romance.
  24. Gloria
    Gloria is pure, unembarrassed jive--a hipster's lark of a movie--and Rowlands give a great jive artist's performance, straight-faced and charged with sly conviction. [06 Oct 1980, p.72]
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  25. Grosse Pointe Blank
    A premise this preposterous must be carried off with unflappable comic conviction, and Cusack is just the right man for the job.
  26. Braveheart
    Looks like a true epic...even if it is both bloody and bloody long.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Movie
    Like its subject, American Movie works entirely on its own quirky terms.
  28. Spider-Man 3
    The juiciest battle here is Spidey vs. Spidey, or, if you prefer, superego vs. id. When Peter starts to go seriously bad, the movie becomes seriously fun.
  29. Falling in Love
    The Streep-De Niro show is bringing back the sizzle and savor of the golden age of movie couples. [03 Dec 1984, p.78]
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  30. Animal House
    If Animal House lacks the inspired tastelessness of the Lampoon's High School Yearbrook Parody, this is still low humor of a high order. [7 Aug 1978, p.85]
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