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On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 The Wolf of Wall Street
Lowest review score: 0 Joe Versus the Volcano
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,923 out of 4534
  2. Mixed: 982 out of 4534
  3. Negative: 629 out of 4534
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  1. Knockaround Guys
    Off the shelf after two years to capitalize on the popularity of Vin Diesel, Seth Green and Barry Pepper. It should have stayed there.
  2. Bowling for Columbine
    This volcanically funny and seriously scary look at America's obsession with guns is meant to shake us up good. And it does.
  3. Comedian
    It's funny as hell, and like all comedy that stings, sorrowful at its core.
  4. Swept Away
    For starters, it blows. Madonna continues to mistake a knack for striking poses with the interpretive skill of a real actor.
  5. White Oleander
    The estrogen overload damn near did me in.
  6. Punch-Drunk Love
    Anderson orchestrates a comic romance like no other. The effect is intoxicating. Sandler and the movie will knock you for a loop.
  7. Red Dragon
    Suffers from franchise fatigue. Its rote suspense is strictly a business proposition.
  8. The Man from Elysian Fields
    Jagger the actor is someone you want to see again. Eat your heart out, Madonna.
  9. Sweet Home Alabama
    Witherspoon has the class, the sass and the full-out talent to sustain a major career. Who else could turn the wimpy Sweet Home Alabama into a date-movie winner? She's one of that select group who is worth watching in anything. Even in this less-than-magic kingdom, Reese rules.
  10. The Four Feathers
    It should have been an old-fashioned rouser, and sometimes it is. The great cinematographer Robert Richardson (JFK) lights the battle scenes like action paintings. But Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities.
  11. Secretary
    A film of startling humor and feeling. For that, director Steven Shainberg, who co-wrote the script with Erin Cressida Wilson, owes much to two remarkable performances.
  12. 8 Women
    Whatever you call this one-of-a-kind bonbon spiked with wit and malice, it's classic oo-la-la.
  13. Spirited Away
    Miyazaki is the Pied Piper -- see Spirited Away and you'll follow him anywhere.
  14. Barbershop
    Good-natured fun when it isn't stale, which is most of the time, this talky comedy set in a Chicago barber shop is a sitcom pilot disguised as a movie.
  15. City by the Sea
    The true story of the LaMarcas, well told by the late Mike McAlary in Esquire, has been pounded into TV-crime mush by screenwriter Ken Hixon and director Michael Caton-Jones. Shockingly, the acting doesn't help.
  16. In Praise of Love
    For all its bile and incoherence, In Praise of Love is filled with haunting images and insights. Godard may be a lion in winter, but the lion still roars.
  17. Swimfan
    It would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi.
  18. S1m0ne
    Writer-director Andrew Niccol -- gets this Hollywood satire off to a rousing start. But the middle flattens, despite Pacino firing on all cylinders. And the end just nose-dives into something silly and, worse, sentimental.
  19. One Hour Photo
    Williams gives a performance that is riveting in its recessiveness and, as a consequence, truly, deeply scary.
  20. Blue Crush
    Bosworth is a star in the making, but even she can't outshine the surfing footage, which is flat-out spectacular.
  21. Possession
    Maud and Roland's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story, but LaBute pulls off a neater trick in Possession: He makes language sexy.
  22. 24 Hour Party People
    Like the music, the film is outspoken, roaringly funny, defiantly sexual and relentlessly in your face. I couldn't have liked it more.
  23. xXx
    It's hard to hate a movie, even one this droolingly crass, that knows how to laugh at itself.
  24. The Good Girl
    There are times when The Good Girl is so low-key it damn near flatlines. Luckily, White creates compelling characters with a few deft brush strokes. The actors fill in the rest.
  25. Full Frontal
    It's all part of the joke. Soderbergh may have created a bit of a mess with Full Frontal, but it's a playful and scrappy mess.
  26. One Last Kiss
    Think "Sex and the City" with men, only in Italian and with lots more hollering and hand gestures.
  27. Signs
    Follow Shyamalan's Signs. It will take a piece out of you.
  28. The Kid Stays in the Picture
    This stuff is golden. Directors Brett Morgan and Nanette Burstein make sure the movie goes down like potato chips. It's great fun and compulsively watchable. And don't leave before Dustin Hoffman makes a hilarious appearance as the credits roll.
  29. Austin Powers in Goldmember
    The gifted Myers lets his once and (I hope) future shag king get lost in an elephantine Hollywood franchise. The first time was the charm, baby.
  30. Tadpole
    Tadpole may be small, but it's something special -- a cheeky comedy knockout.
  31. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
    If you have to ask why this sucks, you deserve to waste your money. Why not also check out "Like Mike," "Juwanna Man" and "Hey Arnold! The Movie"?
  32. Reign of Fire
    So what's not to like? There's the bad CGI, the choppy pacing, the comically intense acting, the repetition, the dullness and mostly the idiot plot about how there's only one male dragon and everything will be fine if they kill the Big Dick. Wha? Somebody get a hose and put this Fire out.
  33. Road to Perdition
    Has the juice to get its hooks into you, knock you off balance and keep you that way for two hours. It's a triumph for director Sam Mendes. The passion and precision of his Road work is staggering.
  34. Men in Black II
    It's visual magic, and director Barry Sonnenfeld, who followed his MIB high with the lows of "Wild Wild West" and "Big Trouble," revels in it. He doesn't so much direct MIBII as load it with cool stuff and flit around to whatever takes his fancy. As summer escapism goes, you could do worse.
  35. Lovely & Amazing
    In this painfully funny and touching look at the vanities and insecurities that a mother (Brenda Blethyn) can pass on to her daughters in the name of love, writer-director Nicole Holofcener ("Walking and Talking") does a chick flick right.
  36. Harvard Man
    In a summer of clones, Harvard Man is something rare and riveting: a wild ride that relies on more than special effects.
  37. Mr. Deeds
    It's not just that the movie itself is wicked awful, it's that Mr. Deeds brings out the worst in Adam Sandler.
  38. Pumpkin
    After a lively start -- the sorority sisters, shaken by the slightest imperfection in themselves, cannot cope with handicapped athletes -- the film smooths its rough edges and reduces complex characters to sitcom stooges. Call it an opportunity missed.
  39. Sunshine State
    You can feel the heat that ignites this gripping tale, and the humor and humanity that root it in feeling. Sayles knows how to use his social conscience: He lets it rip.
  40. Windtalkers
    The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute.
  41. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    First-time director Peter Care crafts something darkly funny and touching from a coming-of-age fable that might have drifted into formula without deeply felt performances from Culkin and Hirsch and dazzling animation from Todd McFarlane (Spawn) that brings the boys' comic fantasies to jolting life.
  42. The Bourne Identity
    Director Doug Liman -- the hip skipper of "Swingers" and "Go" -- makes all the familiar dirty business seem fun and almost human. In these dog days, Bourne earns what passes as high praise: It doesn't suck.
  43. Gangster No. 1
    It's Bettany's portrait of the monster as a young man that rivets attention. So remember the name, or don't. Just watch Bettany strut his stuff. You'll know a star when you see one.
  44. Scooby-Doo
    Get out your pooper-scoopers. Doo happens June 14th, warn the ads for Scooby-Doo. And they say there's no truth in Hollywood.
  45. Bad Company
    The motor of the plot, involving nuclear terrorism, not only knocked Bad Company out of last year's release schedule due to 9/11 sensitivity, it stops Rock and Hopkins from sustaining a comic rapport. The waste is criminal.
  46. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    Except for Ashley Judd, who shows true grit as Vivi in her babe days, the effect is like being buried in molasses. For guys whose pain threshold is way low when it comes to the bonding of Steel Magnolias, Ya-Ya is a definite no-no.
  47. The Sum of All Fears
    How the hell did Ben Affleck, 29, wind up replacing Harrison Ford, 59, as our hero? Who's next as Ryan -- Ozzy Osbourne's guppy son, Jack? Chronology hasn't been this royally fucked with since Memento.
  48. CQ
    Writer-director Roman Coppola is trying to capture a time he's too young to remember, when the French New Wave reinvigorated film art.
  49. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
    It takes a while for this oddball film -- a mosaic of stories in the style of "Magnolia" -- to take hold, but when it does, it grabs you hard.
  50. Enough
    Say the word, girl (Lopez), the next time you're offered one of these barrel scrapers: Enough!
  51. Insomnia
    It's taut, tense and terrific.
  52. The Importance of Being Earnest
    Everett, whose scenes with Firth are a droll delight, nails every sly laugh. And Witherspoon adds her own legally blond American sparkle to this British party.
  53. About a Boy
    The acid comedy of Grant's performance carries the film. It helps also that newcomer Hoult is that rare child actor who mercifully underplays the pathos of his role.
  54. The Believer
    Unique and unforgettable.
  55. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    The dark fantasist in Lucas makes a comeback after years of once-over-lightly.
  56. Unfaithful
    Lane is a force of nature. Her slow-burning, fiercely erotic performance charges the movie.
  57. The Lady and the Duke
    Old master Eric Rohmer, 82, uses new tricks in the form of painted backdrops inserted digitally to create a virtual reality. Rohmer goes Lucas - who could have guessed?
  58. The Mystic Masseur
    Thanks to the clever, caring touch of director Ismail Merchant, working from a script by Caryl Phillips, this steadily engrossing film captures the book's bracing humor and humanity.
  59. Hollywood Ending
    Funny but perilously slight.
  60. Spider-Man
    Maguire and Dunst keep Spider-Man on a high with their sweet-sexy yearning, spinning a web of dazzle and delicacy that might just restore the good name of movie escapism.
  61. The Salton Sea
    It's Vincent D'Onofrio as Pooh-Bear, a drug lord who's snorted so much meth his nose had to be replaced by a plastic one, who kicks ass.
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  62. Enigma
    A riveting and surprisingly romantic ride.
  63. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    Like Vardalos and Corbett, who play their roles with vibrant charm, the film, directed by Joel Zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake. It's a keeper.
  64. Murder by Numbers
    A sappy big-screen version of TV's "CSI."
  65. Nine Queens
    Leaves you feeling tense and terrific. It's fun to be fooled.
  66. The Triumph of Love
    What we're watching, however charming, is a fancifully costumed theater piece that cuts off the oxygen needed to make a play breathe onscreen.
  67. Changing Lanes
    What these guys do for revenge during one hellish day in the Big Apple makes the panic room look like Barney's toy box. The film itself goes off the deep end way before the end credits.
  68. The Cat's Meow
    Elegant, funny and unexpectedly touching, this whodunit about a murder aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst represents a bracing comeback for Peter Bogdanovich.
  69. Run Ronnie Run
    Though the material isn't up to Mr. Show's high standards, some great laughs abound.
  70. Big Trouble
    The big problem with Big Trouble, despite a fine cast and director (Sonnenfeld made "Get Shorty" and "Men in Black"), is that the damn thing isn't funny.
  71. Van Wilder
    Painfully flat gross-out comedy.
  72. The Rookie
    Scores a solid hit.
  73. No Such Thing
    Does he (Hartley) succeed? Not with a movie this plodding, peevish and gimmicky. Is it fun to watch him try? Me, I'll take failed ambition over hack efficiency any day.
  74. Time Out
    Recoing gives a performance that won't soon be forgotten. Neither will Time Out. It's a great movie.
  75. The Piano Teacher
    Watching Haneke's film is, aptly enough, a challenge and a punishment. But watching Huppert, a great actress tearing into a landmark role, is riveting.
  76. Death to Smoochy
    This black-comic assault on family entertainment is going to set a lot of teeth on edge -- If only his (De Vito's) material were better this time.
  77. Panic Room
    Panic Room is Fincher's high-style testament to the cool things movies can do to make us jump out of our seats in the dark.
  78. Y Tu Mamá También
    Cuaron's hot-blooded, haunting and wildly erotic film revels in the pleasures of the flesh without losing touch with thought and feeling.
  79. Showtime
    Add Showtime to the pile of Hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal.
  80. Harrison's Flowers
    Director Elie Chouraqui, who co-wrote the script, catches the chaotic horror of war, but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera?
  81. We Were Soldiers
    The battle, expertly shot by Dean Semler, captures the chaos of guerrilla warfare paralleled in "Black Hawk Down" and gives the film a scarring documentary realism.
  82. 40 Days and 40 Nights
    Yup, director Michael Lehmann, far from the glory days of "Heathers," has made a movie about a hard-on, in which he relentlessly pounds a flaccid premise.
  83. Stolen Summer
    Cringingly earnest, totally unremarkable fable.
  84. Monsoon Wedding
    Aims for pure joy and achieves it.
  85. Dragonfly
    I could puke.
  86. Hart's War
    Director Gregory Hoblit ("Primal Fear") is merely arranging cliches in new patterns until the surprise ending blows enough pro-military fervor up the audience's ass to make Colin Powell call a halt.
  87. Super Troopers
    Broken Lizard does it with a shit-faced integrity that's worth a salute.
  88. John Q
    John Q. is as fake as that tear, an exploitative mess trying to pass as social activism.
  89. Collateral Damage
    Abort! Abort! It's that time of year when Hollywood releases movies it should never have made in the first place.
  90. Scotland, Pa.
    Walken is so funny, he almost makes you forget this flick is one joke stretched thinner than Calista Flockhart.
  91. Rollerball
    Say this for the soundtrack, it drowns out the lousy dialogue.
  92. Birthday Girl
    Keep your eye on Kidman, whose kinky, kittenish performance turns unexpected emotional corners that pull you up short.
  93. Slackers
    A shit stain on the genre.
  94. Storytelling
    A movie that advances the career of a demonstrably gifted filmmaker, a fearlessly funny movie whose laughs draw blood, a bracingly provocative movie that won't apologize for its bad temper.
  95. The Son's Room
    Veering on the maudlin, the film ultimately succeeds by striking a universal chord on the subject of inconsolable loss. It's a stirring, humane testament from a surprising source.
  96. The Count of Monte Cristo
    The new Count moves with the smooth, plastic efficiency of a TV miniseries. Inspiration and originality may be in short supply, but the movie gets the job done.
  97. The Mothman Prophecies
    This mumbo-jumbo plays like The X Files on Prozac. No wonder the actors look narcotized.
  98. Italian for Beginners
    These melancholy Danes create something sweetly sexy, funny and touching.
  99. Orange County
    It's the new year's first happy surprise.
  100. Brotherhood of the Wolf
    This new take on horror is more of the bloody same.
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