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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. Elf
    Ferrell makes the damn thing work. Even though he can't get naked or use naughty words, there's a devil of comedy in Ferrell, and he lets it out to play. Director Jon Favreau has the good sense to just stand out of his way.
  2. Love Actually
    Curtis ladles sugar over the eager-to-please Love Actually to make it go down easy, forgetting that sometimes it just makes you gag.
  3. The Matrix Revolutions
    At the risk of understatement, The Matrix Revolutions sucks.
  4. Die, Mommie, Die!
    Hotly hilarious.
  5. Shattered Glass
    The film never digs deep enough into the pressures on Glass from his family, his peers and himself to achieve psychological depth. But as an inside look into the hothouse of journalism, it's dynamite.
  6. The Human Stain
    The Human Stain is heavy going. It's the flashes of dramatic lightning that make it a trip worth taking.
  7. Radio
    There's no arguing that Cuba Gooding Jr. is trying to do right by the mentally disabled James Robert Kennedy.
  8. Elephant
    To those who see no purpose to this film, I say the purpose is learning not to turn a blind eye. The unique and unforgettable Elephant keeps its eyes wide open.
  9. In the Cut
    The result, sadly, is a mess.
  10. Sylvia
    Paltrow looks glam even in death, which only supports the notion, raised by Plath’s daughter Frieda Hughes, that the movie would be about a "Sylvia Suicide Doll." Good call.
  11. Veronica Guerin
    Cate Blanchett is the spark that keeps this well-meaning but by-the-numbers biopic going.
  12. Runaway Jury
    Hackman and Hoffman, old pals in their first film together, make a lively business of their one scene together -– in a toilet, no less. The rest you can flush.
  13. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Chainsaw is produced by Michael Bay (Bad Boys I and II), which explains its soullessness. But nothing explains the flaw in this bad boy: How can a movie scare you when you’ve seen it all before?
  14. Pieces of April
    Holmes nails every laugh without missing the dramatic nuances. She makes April and her movie well worth knowing.
  15. Intolerable Cruelty
    Near the end of this smart, speedy romantic farce, the comic engine hits a wall and sputters. Until then, this Coen brothers film -- easily their silliest -- is fueled by a screwball fizz that keeps the laughs popping.
  16. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
    In Kill Bill, Tarantino brings delicious sin back to movies -- the thrill you get from something down, dirty and dangerous.
  17. Mystic River
    Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks up, messes with your head and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic.
  18. Out of Time
    It's a kick to watch Denzel Washington do a movie just for the hot, sexy fun of it.
  19. The Station Agent
    The three actors could not be better. Huge feelings are packed into this small, fragile movie. It's something special.
  20. Wonderland
    Character gets sacrificed for just another true-crime drama.
  21. School of Rock
    Even education can't kill the demon of fun in Black. Enroll in his class and you won't stop laughing.
  22. The Rundown
    The Rock has a flair for action and comedy; he's a real movie star.
  23. Under the Tuscan Sun
    Just soak up that Tuscan sun and wonder when Lane will get another movie, like "Unfaithful" or "A Walk on the Moon," that will let her really shine.
  24. Cold Creek Manor
    It's sad to see risk-taking director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, Hotel) do a generic thriller for a paycheck and then not even screw with the rules.
  25. In This World
    Without an ounce of phony Hollywood uplift, Winterbottom's film cuts right to the heart.
  26. Anything Else
    Because Allen hasn't lost his knack for slapstick with a sting, Anything Else hits its mark more often than not.
  27. Casa de los babys
    The film feels more like a thesis than vivid drama.
  28. Underworld
    "Your incompetence is most taxing," says the chief vampire (Bill Nighy). A line that pretty much nails this rusty Blade.
  29. Matchstick Men
    Credible? Not really. But Cage and Rockwell play off each other with devilish finesse. And Lohman (White Oleander) is on fire -- she's a comer.
  30. Cabin Fever
    First-time director Eli Roth turns this cheapie into a greatest-hits of horror. It's a blast of good gory fun that just won't quit.
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