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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. Mad Hot Ballroom
    Beguiling.
  2. My Mother
    110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.
  3. Layer Cake
    A crime drama in a special class.
  4. Kings & Queen
    Though overly long and difficult to digest, it's a feast you won't want to miss.
  5. Tell Them Who You Are
    Engaging and perceptive.
  6. Crash
    In the end, Crash lacks a cumulative impact. It takes audiences to new places, but we've all been to similar places, and we walk out knowing no more than we did walking in.
  7. House of Wax
    After a month, no one will talk about this movie, ever again. Still, with a picture like this, there's really only one question: Is it any fun? Yes. Lots. Definitely.
  8. Kingdom of Heaven
    Screenwriter William Monahan has fashioned an intelligent and highly topical epic. Director Ridley Scott has brought it home with banners flying.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Fighting Tommy Riley
    Working on a microbudget, director Eddie O'Flaherty coaches solid performances from his small cast and makes the most of the handful of up-close, well-choreographed fight montages.
  10. Mysterious Skin
    The film is mentally graphic, not sexually graphic.
  11. Brothers
    Imaginative and immensely engrossing film.
  12. Up for Grabs
    At times hilarious and occasionally very sad, it's a cautionary tale about the lure of instant fame.
  13. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Wildly imaginative, humane, playful and deflating of all pretense.
  14. xXx: State of the Union
    How bad does it get? How far past the basement can one elevator go?
  15. 3-Iron
    The sooner you let yourself go with Kim's flow, the more likely you are to come away satisfied. Think of it as South Korea's answer to "Memento," just don't think too hard.
  16. À Tout de Suite (Right Now)
    An exceptionally perceptive film about what it's like to be 19 years old.
  17. The Holy Girl
    A hauntingly lyrical study of sexual awakening.
  18. Ladies in Lavender.
    The material obviously had to be stretched to fill the big screen for almost two hours.
  19. The Tunnel
    So many twists and turns, it seems like fiction.
  20. The Interpreter
    A suspense thriller of rare intelligence.
  21. A Lot Like Love
    An unfortunate casting decision, however, comes close to sabotaging a witty script.
  22. King's Ransom
    Piles cliched character upon cliched character, and then doesn't give any of them very much to do.
  23. Double Dare
    The stuntwomen are also subject to the unbreakable law of Hollywood, that the advantage is always to the young and beautiful.
  24. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    More than worthwhile.
  25. The Game of Their Lives
    Disappointingly mediocre.
  26. The Man Who Copied
    This ambitious and sometimes entertaining Brazilian feature tries to pull off a tricky maneuver but doesn't quite get it done.
  27. Night of Henna
    Its story of intergenerational conflict between immigrant parents and increasingly Westernized children falls flat.
  28. Save the Green Planet!
    A very human story.
  29. The Amityville Horror
    The truly shocking thing about the new version is that it's not bloody awful.
  30. House of D
    Though charming at times, just misses, due to a contrived story.
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