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For 4,176 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 70% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Hell or High Water
Lowest review score: 0 The Mangler
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,145 out of 4176
  2. Mixed: 682 out of 4176
  3. Negative: 349 out of 4176
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  1. Red Planet
    It stars the striking Moss, that fierce beauty from "The Matrix," as the sternest, sexiest babe in space since Sigourney Weaver's Lieutenant Ripley.
  2. Men of Honor
    A stalwart military inspirational.
  3. The Legend of Bagger Vance
    A knuckleheaded period piece.
  4. Boesman and Lena
    Fugard’s classic minimalist drama comes eloquently to film.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  5. Charlie's Angels
    What's on screen is a hash, though it may very well be the most comprehensive catalog of male erotic fantasies in one single film.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  6. George Washington
    Although rough, it's a gem.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  7. Vénus beauté (institut)
    A pink-collar "Sex and the City" made urgent by the performance of Nathalie Baye.
  8. The Sculptress
    Awesomely ridiculous thriller.
  9. What's Cooking?
    Her (Chadha) film tastily demonstrates that variety is the spice of not only American life, but of American cuisine.
  10. Lucky Numbers
    This invitation to look down upon the stupidity of numskulls is one that should be declined as swiftly as a call to poke fun at Special Olympians.
  11. A Time for Drunken Horses
    A disturbing and forceful drama.
  12. Stardom
    A naughtily funny, skin-deep satire.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  13. The Little Vampire
    The obstacles are many, most notably Rookery, a local vampire hunter who looks like a rejected extra from "Mad Max."
  14. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
    Has the incoherent look of a movie thrown together by a committee whose members weren't on the same page.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  15. Bedazzled
    A temptation that can be easily and safely resisted.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  16. Calle 54
    Trueba's movie is nearly undone by its shapelessness. Because the filmmaker imposes little in the way of form (or drama) on his subject, his film is a good listen without being a particularly good watch.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  17. The Legend of Drunken Master
    He (Lee) combines the daredeviltry of Buster Keaton with the devil-may-care of Errol Flynn.
  18. The Yards
    Instead of the usual contrast of black and white, The Yards offers a vivid palette of grays, and it's a far more rewarding color scheme for a movie.
  19. Pay It Forward
    It's a pretty nice movie until, like a Ponzi plan, it collapses.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  20. Dr T and the Women
    The movie that pretends to celebrate women devolves into the complaint of a wronged man.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  21. The Ladies Man
    A collection of double entendres that would make a stevedore blush.
  22. Cleopatra's Second Husband
    Laced with a venomous wit, and turning progressively creepier as it unfolds, writer-director Jon Reiss' movie offers a black-humored study of suppressed rage, sexual gamesmanship, domination and subordination.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  23. Billy Elliot
    One of those movies where it's impossible not to find yourself cheering for the scruffy underdog hero.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  24. Just Looking
    A coming-of-age film that has the jaunty mood and egg-cream flavor of a Philip Roth memoir.
  25. Lost Souls
    Dark and murky, grainy and grim.
  26. Ratcatcher
    Ramsay's child actors are nonprofessionals who can only express what they feel — which gives her film an unusual degree of emotional authenticity.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  27. One
    A worthy subject is poorly executed.
  28. The Contender
    A sharp, intricate political drama.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  29. Get Carter
    A thuddingly dull remake of the 1971 crime drama starring Michael Caine.
    • Philadelphia Inquirer
  30. Two Family House
    Sweet-natured but overdone, over-long film.
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