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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. The Science of Sleep
    The title is all that's boring about director Michel Gondry's latest mind bender, as trippy as LSD.
  2. Renaissance
    Although intriguing to look at, Renaissance -- the latest animated film geared to adult audiences -- is undone by a plot that is ridiculously hard to follow and hackneyed.
  3. American Blackout
    The film is ultimately as much an indictment of liberal apathy as of conservative dirty dealing, and a canonization of McKinney for her continued refusal to follow any party's party line.
  4. Train Man
    Director Shosuke Murakami efficiently packages the material, deftly weaving in the individual stories of Train Man's chat-room buddies and how his success also gives them courage.
  5. Old Joy
    The result is a film that fails to completely involve you, even as you admire its artistry.
  6. The Black Dahlia
    The world of The Black Dahlia is beyond bleak, beyond film noir.
  7. Everyone's Hero
    A strange film, because it seems designed specifically for extremely old moviegoers to see with their great-great-grandchildren.
  8. Gridiron Gang
    Gridiron Gang gives you a lot more to think about during the ride home.
  9. The Last Kiss
    The Last Kiss ponders what you give up -- and what you gain -- from sticking with what you've got.
  10. Aurora Borealis
    True, the film doesn't need 110 minutes to tell a story this pat, but hey, in dark times, it takes longer to deliver a feel-good message.
  11. Confetti
    May be too convincing for its own good.
  12. The Ground Truth
    Powerfully documents the human cost of the Iraq war.
  13. Haven
    It's just horsing around that comes to nothing. No, it's worse. It's horsing around designed to disguise nothing as something.
  14. The U.S. vs. John Lennon
    Within limits, this is an excellent documentary. Even fans who think they've seen everything will see things here they haven't seen.
  15. Keeping Mum
    The problem with this one may be that it just isn't British enough.
  16. Al Franken: God Spoke
    A documentary in search of a story.
  17. Hollywoodland
    The film, actually, is a little like Reeves himself: It starts promisingly and trails off into indistinctness and mystery.
  18. The Protector
    A bad film with a great star and some truly amazing action sequences.
  19. Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
    There's no objectivity in this film -- Greenwald's goal is not to offer balanced coverage but to roil the waters.
  20. I Trust You to Kill Me
    Doesn't accomplish its objective.
  21. SherryBaby
    Keeps you riveted through parts that might otherwise be difficult to watch.
  22. Le petit lieutenant
    More than on "Prime Suspect," more than any film in recent memory, Le Petit Lieutenant conveys the relentless toll of big-city police work.
  23. Man Push Cart
    The makers of Man Push Cart seem so dedicated to making a film that defies Hollywood conventions that the finished product lacks enough entertainment value to justify price of admission.
  24. Red Doors
    A gentle, pleasant film about people you genuinely like.
  25. Vajra Sky Over Tibet
    There's an Impressionistic feeling to all this, and sometimes it plays like a travelogue -- Bush is trying to do an awful lot at once. But the material is so compelling that we keep watching.
  26. Crank
    It's all about the dumb thrill, baby. Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride.
  27. Crossover
    Crossover has one redeeming quality: a heart that's in the right place. It's a bad movie with a good message -- but does anyone really want to pay $10 for an ABC After School Special version of "He Got Game"?
  28. The Wicker Man
    Well intentioned, but only occasionally creepy.
  29. Mutual Appreciation
    Bujalski's writing is so good, and every shot and edit seems exactly right. Hopefully, there will always be a place for a film like this on a theater screen, no matter the whims of the marketplace.
  30. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
    Although "Riding" is a small-scale movie as opposed to a big-scale epic, it is just as ambitious.
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