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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 1.7 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 Sea Inside
    It's a testament to his (Amenabar's) cinematic flair that he has taken as daunting a subject as euthanasia and turned it into a crowd-pleasing movie. It's also an indication of what feels wrong here. I can't deny that I was moved, but it all goes down a bit TOO easy.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Imaginary Heroes
    Harris leavens the familiar suburban angst with dark humor, rich characterizations and a terrific cast.
  3. Million Dollar Baby
    Eastwood takes the audience to raw, profoundly moving places. If you fear strong emotions, this is not for you. But if you want to see Hollywood filmmaking at its most potent, Eastwood has delivered the real deal.
  4. Ocean's Twelve
    Busier, messier and thinner than its predecessor...the studied hipness can get so pleased with itself it borders on the smug.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Closer
    Here's a surprise: of the four actors in Closer, Clive Owen is the least famous, but he delivers the most memorable performance.
  6. Alexander
    Sometimes stunning, ultimately stupefying epic .
  7. Finding Neverland
    Mingling reality and fantasy, Forster has given us a luminous, touching meditation on life and art.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Incredibles
    The vocal performances are a blast, Hunter's and Lee's in particular. The animation of the villain's tropical isle is stunning.
  9. Ray
    It's hobbled by the too-familiar conventions of the musical biopic: with so many chapters of Charles's life to cover, Hackford's movie never finds a rhythm, a groove, to settle into. It wins its battles without winning the war.
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  10. Birth
    Ridiculous, and oddly unforgettable.
  11. Enduring Love
    A meditation on love, faith and science in the guise of a thriller, the movie's a tad schematic, but thoroughly gripping.
  12. Sideways
    In Sideways, Payne has created four of the most lived-in, indelible characters in recent American movies. This deliciously bittersweet movie makes magic out of the quotidian.
  13. Surviving Christmas
    The folks who served up this formulaic swill seem to think comedy grants you a free pass from credibility. Our lonely hero's artificial Yuletide enthusiasm is more than odd: it's not recognizably human.
  14. Being Julia
    Films about great theatrical divas (so temperamental! So divine!) all strike familiar notes. This Somerset Maugham adaptation is no exception. But Annette Bening, playing the queen of the '30s London stage, makes it worth another go-round.
  15. Friday Night Lights
    Few films have shown so powerfully the slashing double edge of sports fever.
  16. Stage Beauty
    It's a marvelous premise, and Crudup's serpentine performance has a venomous grace. But Jeffrey Hatcher's screenplay too often sacrifices psychological insight for bogus theatricality.
  17. Shark Tale
    Full of invention, but under the colorful icing is a slightly stale cake.
  18. I Heart Huckabees
    Ultimately, Huckabees doesn't work. But it sure does stimulate. This is just the kind of "failure" we could use plenty more of.
  19. Dig!
    It's like a spectacular roadside accident: you can't turn away.
  20. Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
    It's hard not to be impressed by Kerry's courage and calm leadership--and to wonder if that guy will show up again.
  21. Infernal Affairs
    Expect to be confused for 10 minutes. Then sit back and enjoy the ride.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Shaun of the Dead
    Takes the prize. It's a bloody hoot.
  23. The Forgotten
    It's poppycock, but well directed: Ruben delivers two or three guaranteed jolts, which almost make up for the copout of an ending.
  24. The Motorcycle Diaries
    It's a picturesque tale that, hobbled by its episodic structure, never achieves full steam.
  25. A Dirty Shame
    Never mean-spirited, A Dirty Shame has some big laughs, but it's a one-joke movie that shows its strain well before the finish line.
  26. Head in the Clouds
    A paint-by-numbers old-fashioned romantic epic, Head in the Clouds is neither romantic nor epic, but it does succeed at old-fashioned.
  27. Vanity Fair
    Nair and Witherspoon pull back from the ferocity of Thackeray's portrait: they're afraid we won't find Becky Sharp likable enough. Yes, she's the most brilliant, bold and vibrant creature in this social panorama, but she should also be chilling.
  28. Collateral
    Mann vividly captures the nocturnal pulse of East L.A. in this taut, confined game of cat and mouse. In the homestretch the thrills get too generic and farfetched for their own good. But the first two thirds are a knockout.
  29. The Manchurian Candidate
    A hugely entertaining thriller shot through with dark shards of agony and paranoia. It takes nothing away from the original while delivering pleasures all its own.
  30. The Village
    The entire solemn, portentous edifice that is The Village collapses of its own fake weight. Just about everything that makes Shyamalan special misfires here.
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