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For 4,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
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: 2,928 out of 4545
  2. Mixed: 987 out of 4545
  3. Negative: 630 out of 4545
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  1. 300
    300 is a movie blood-drunk on its own artful excess. Guys of all ages and sexes won't be able to resist it.
  2. The Host
    Is it that scary? Yes. Will it reduce you to quivering jelly? Oh, my, yes! Does it bust the bonds of the Godzilla formula to fuse fright with feeling? Better believe it, dudes.
  3. The Namesake
    This is a generational family saga everyone can relate to, and Nair gives it her special magic.
  4. Zodiac
    Unique and unmissable.
  5. Wild Hogs
    Jokes dying on the lips of these easy riders are hard to stomach.
  6. Black Snake Moan
    Offensive on multiple levels -- if only the plot had any levels at all -- Black Snake Moan leaves no "Tobacco Road" cliche unsmoked. Ricci gives it her all, and then some, but even her body and Jackson's blues can't heal a movie that rockets plum off its nut.
  7. Starter for 10
    Jolly good show.
  8. Breach
    In this steadily gripping hothouse of a thriller, it's Cooper -- funny, fierce and bug-wild -- who gives us a look into the abyss.
  9. Ghost Rider
    The real evil in this flick isn't Blackheart (Wes Bentley), the devil's son, it's the soul-sucking devil of modern cinema: Hollywood formula.
  10. Catch and Release
    Gray says she hates fishermen who catch and release: Getting jerked around hurts the jaw. See this movie and you'll know the feeling.
  11. Smokin' Aces
    Best consumed with pizza and lots of brewskis, Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces is shamelessly and unapologetically a guy movie. It's lewd, crude and loaded with shootouts and hot lesbo action.
  12. Alpha Dog
    Timberlake walks off with the movie. Too bad it's not worth stealing.
  13. Freedom Writers
    Leave it to Hilary Swank. Even when her film's pace lags behind its cliches, she sparks this true story, about a California teacher who sparks her students, with the passion the subject demands.
  14. Pan's Labyrinth
    Del Toro never coddles the audience. He means us to leave Pan's Labyrinth shaken to our souls. He succeeds.
  15. Notes on a Scandal
    If you want to see explosive acting, just watch Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett ignite in this film version of Zoe Heller's 2003 novel.
  16. Children of Men
    Cuarón has a gift only the greatest filmmakers share: He makes you believe.
  17. The Good Shepherd
    Shepherd wants to say something profound about the effect of a deceitful government on human values. But it's tough to slog through a movie that has no pulse.
  18. We Are Marshall
    No go. Marshall deserved better than this misbegotten tribute.
  19. Venus
    O'Toole gives a staggering performance -- fearless, defiantly untamed and in its own way a work of art.
  20. Curse of the Golden Flower
    The final effect is stunning, but also sadly impersonal.
  21. Letters from Iwo Jima
    Eastwood's direction here is a thing of beauty, blending the ferocity of the classic films of Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) with the delicacy and unblinking gaze of Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story).
  22. The Painted Veil
    The Painted Veil has the power and intimacy of a timeless love story. By all means, let it sweep you away.
  23. Rocky Balboa
    Just when you're ready to puke, the old Bill Conti theme ("Gonna Fly Now") kicks in -- are you feeling it? -- Stallone steps in the ring and every day is Christmas. All together now: Rock-ee! Rock-ee!
  24. Dreamgirls
    This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere.
  25. The Good German
    This is Soderbergh's show, and a haunting and hypnotic show it is.
  26. Breaking and Entering
    The actors, especially Binoche, do their damnedest to bring urgency to their roles. But despite Minghella's admirable attempt to tackle major themes on an intimate scale, the film goes down like weak tea. There's no kick in it.
  27. The Pursuit of Happyness
    Smith wins our hearts without losing his dignity, as Chris suits up for success by day and fights off despair by night. The role needs gravity, smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. Smith brings it. He's the real deal.
  28. Apocalypto
    Gibson has made a film of blunt provocation and bruising beauty.
  29. Blood Diamond
    DiCaprio is terrific, but he can't save this lecture from the shame of using Africa as a vehicle for another white man's redemption.
  30. Inland Empire
    My advice, in the face of such hallucinatory brilliance, is that you hang on.
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