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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. Schultze Gets the Blues
    A droll, deadpan film, deliberately paced and told.
  2. Her Majesty
    To earnest for its own good. Sincere and heartfelt, it's the kind of family film that might be at home on cable.
  3. The Animation Show 2005
    Very entertaining.
  4. Ong Bak
    Thus a tightly edited, 90-minute action flick becomes a bloated, 105-minute exercise on how not to direct an action film.
  5. Bride & Prejudice
    Lacks even mild drama.
  6. Hitch
    The less in control Smith and his co- stars Eva Mendes and Kevin James appear, the better Hitch becomes, until it's rather delightful.
  7. Inside Deep Throat
    Does a fine job.
  8. My Mother's Smile
    An artful look at religious hypocrisy, interfamily dynamics and the way people wrestle with personal history long after the original events are over.
  9. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    In traditional stories, it's saints, madmen and children who befriend wild animals. Mark Bittner, who pals around with feral creatures in the amiable documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, is just as much an outsider, though of a different sort.
  10. Pooh's Heffalump Movie
    Will have anyone over the age of eight squirming in their seats.
  11. Nobody Knows
    The film, winsome and tragic at once and finely attuned to the rhythms of childhood, always seems quite close to real life.
  12. Boogeyman
    An otherwise passable horror film that delivers more than enough cheap thrills to forgive the plot holes.
  13. The Wedding Date
    A fairly mediocre film, not nearly as funny as it should be, nor as heartfelt. On the plus side, it's only 85 minutes long and isn't boring. On the downside, it has an intrusive pop soundtrack and a screenplay full of fake conflicts.
  14. Harry + Max
    The most shocking thing about Harry and Max isn't the subject matter. The most shocking thing is just how tepid it is.
  15. The Nomi Song
    With The Nomi Song, Horn does more than simply pay homage to a late artist. He uses his subject to revisit the euphoria of artistic and musical culture at a crossroads, and in the process brings it, briefly and poignantly, back to life again.
  16. Rory O'Shea Was Here
    Sweet and deeply moving.
  17. Assisted Living
    Works more often than it doesn't.
  18. Daybreak
    To the extent that this difficult but ultimately rewarding film has a message, it's that you can't run away from who you are.
  19. Fear X
    Muddled.
  20. Travelers and Magicians
    Visually accomplished and loads of fun.
  21. Alone in the Dark
    So mind-blowingly horrible that it teeters on the edge of cinematic immortality.
  22. Hide and Seek
    A thriller without thrills. It's also a thriller that cheats. The story is stretched to feature length only by having the film's incidents arranged in such a way as to reveal as little as possible.
  23. Aliens of the Deep
    Thoroughly entertaining.
  24. Lost Embrace
    A gentle comedy.
  25. Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
    Thought-provoking.
  26. Are We There Yet?
    Four screenwriters are credited with this sloppy piece of work. Divide the embarrassment into quarters.
  27. Beautiful Boxer
    Unique.
  28. Head-On
    Sexy and intoxicating.
  29. Watermarks
    More than just a nostalgia trip.
  30. Assault on Precinct 13
    Matches a dingy urban setting with a compelling situation and throws in an ensemble of interesting characters who become even more interesting under stress. This emphasis on character -- in a sense, the movie's underlying humanity -- is what especially links it to the 1970s.
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