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For 9,316 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 Mansfield Park
Lowest review score: 0 Speed 2: Cruise Control
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,171 out of 9316
  2. Mixed: 2,659 out of 9316
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9316
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  1. Pride and Glory
    A single 125-minute monstrosity of a cop movie.
  2. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    Unfortunately, the writing has become so bad that it becomes impossible to keep your head in the game - even as your toes continue to tap to the beat.
  3. Johnny Got His Gun
    That's the real problem with this melodrama. Whether or not you agree with the pacifist message, the presentation is often overwrought and maudlin.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Universe of Keith Haring
    Reminded me of the occasional thrill of coming upon Haring's puzzling, unsigned chalk drawings in the New York subway at the turn of the 1980s, before he made a name for himself above ground.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fear(s) of the Dark
    The result is more lyrical than frightening - and there are some misses mixed in with the hits - but it's well worth checking out.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
    Not for the faint of heart.
  7. W.
    In the end, W. makes up in immediacy what it lacks in objectivity.
  8. Filth and Wisdom
    Filth & Wisdom is dead in the water, an excruciating bore even at a compact 84 minutes.
  9. Max Payne
    With its flat story, numbed-out protagonist, and faux artistic lighting and set design - everything is dark or moody or darkishly moody or moodily dark - Max Payne seems a good half hour longer than its running time.
  10. Morning Light
    Has a made-for-television style.
  11. The Secret Life of Bees
    Suffused with a golden glow, the movie looks and sounds like a fairy tale.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sex Drive
    Some jokes work, some don't and, frankly, I can't remember either, but it leaves a sweet aftertaste. Slight, but sweet.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Frontrunners
    Cconsistently entertaining.
  14. Body of Lies
    Lacks, a story that makes it feel personal.
  15. Breakfast with Scot
    Why is Breakfast With Scot in theaters instead of set for broadcast on the Lifetime, Hallmark or ABC Family channels?
  16. City of Ember
    An impressive and imaginative fantasy.
  17. The Express
    Deserves plenty of credit for exploring racial issues story in more realistic terms.
  18. Good Dick
    It is crystal clear who screwed up this tortuously slow-moving romantic drama.
  19. Happy-Go-Lucky
    The key to enjoying the film is warming up to the heroine, Poppy.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Dung che sai duk
    Elliptical, sweeping, lovely and thoroughly confusing.
  21. RocknRolla
    RocknRolla attempts to depict a world of ever-expanding chaos. But the chaos is only in the way the story is told. The actual vision Ritchie offers is pedestrian and tame.
  22. Rachel Getting Married
    A fine ensemble piece, but a maddening and unjustified length.
  23. Religulous
    Maher makes Michael Moore look incredibly likable in comparison.
  24. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Depending on your tolerance for talking Chihuahuas, this could make for a fun family night out.
  25. Blindness
    At times almost unbearably ugly, but by the time you walk out of the theater, you know you've seen something.
  26. Flash of Genius
    An enjoyable way to start the Oscar season.
  27. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
    A sharp-witted satire of celebrity journalism.
  28. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Within the realm of a mildly good time.
  29. Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
    A film that doesn't let go from the very first moment.
  30. Ballast
    Truly a winter's tale.
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