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For 4,534 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: 2,923 out of 4534
  2. Mixed: 982 out of 4534
  3. Negative: 629 out of 4534
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  1. Rollerball
    Say this for the soundtrack, it drowns out the lousy dialogue.
  2. Birthday Girl
    Keep your eye on Kidman, whose kinky, kittenish performance turns unexpected emotional corners that pull you up short.
  3. Slackers
    A shit stain on the genre.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. The Mothman Prophecies
    This mumbo-jumbo plays like The X Files on Prozac. No wonder the actors look narcotized.
  8. Italian for Beginners
    These melancholy Danes create something sweetly sexy, funny and touching.
  9. Orange County
    It's the new year's first happy surprise.
  10. Brotherhood of the Wolf
    This new take on horror is more of the bloody same.
  11. What Time Is It Over There?
    The result is a film of surprise and wonder, lyrically attuned to the ticking intensity of romance.
  12. Impostor
    Director Gary Fleder ("Don't Say a Word") pushes the same old cliches in "Blade Runner" packaging.
  13. Black Hawk Down
    A personal best for producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a triumph for Scott and a war film of prodigious power. You will be shaken.
  14. Charlotte Gray
    Director Gillian Armstrong turns Sebastian Faulks' pungent novel about World War II into a soporific.
  15. I Am Sam
    Contrived, manipulative and shamelessly sentimental, this film is notable for the courageous reach of Sean Penn, who gives a bold, heartfelt performance.
  16. Monster's Ball
    The actors make it unique and unforgettable.
  17. Gosford Park
    Gosford Park abounds in scenes to savor. It's a feast, and one of Altman's best.
  18. Ali
    Ali is a bruiser, unwieldy in length and ambition. But Mann and Smith deliver this powerhouse with the urgency of a champ's left hook.
  19. The Shipping News
    The language is leaden, the pace glacial and the characters indecipherable. It's easier to read the actors -- they all seem eager to win an Oscar. Fat chance.
  20. Kate & Leopold
    Director and co-writer James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted) is supplying comfort food for bruised romantics.
  21. A Beautiful Mind
    Sadly, Howard blands out in the final third, using old-age makeup and tear-jerking to turn a tough true story into something easily digestible. Until then, you'll be riveted.
  22. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    Fellowship is the real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character.
  23. Piñero
    There's a strong movie in this life, but writer-director Leon Ichaso ("Sugar Hill") hasn't found it.
  24. Iris
    Director Richard Eyre has struck gold. Twice. Dench and Winslet are a riveting matchup.
  25. Lantana
    The acting is top-notch, and LaPaglia, who makes the cop's torment palpable, gives the performance of his career.
  26. The Royal Tenenbaums
    Anderson offers no phony uplift for the Tenenbaums or for audiences. But he does know how to take a sad song and make it better. In these troubled times, that's a gift.
  27. Kandahar
    You won't forget this film -- it's devastating.
  28. Vanilla Sky
    Crowe's tantalizing film sticks with you.
  29. Last Orders
    A funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park's.
  30. No Man's Land
    Fierce, funny and finally devastating, Tanovic's superb film offers a timely look at the roots of civil war and acts of terrorism on both sides that can be exploited by political and media hypocrites alike.
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