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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. Bush's Brain
    The film is a damning look at a key Bush operative.
  2. Hero
    Not as profound as it is pretty, Hero nevertheless gives us something to ponder beyond Zhang's feat in mounting such a magnificent production.
  3. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
    The sequel might have the formula down, but it lacks everything that made "Anaconda'' fun.
  4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
    Spending an hour and a half inside a uterus might be more entertaining than this tiresome sequel.
  5. L.A. Twister
    The semiserious comedy by director Sven Pape is in its own category, and unfortunately it's not always an interesting one.
  6. Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves' takes on a sizable foe -- in this case, big tobacco -- but with such grace and wit that his message never seems medicinal.
  7. End of the Century
    Details the group's raucous history with humor and a minimum of hero worship.
  8. Rosenstrasse
    Worth seeing.
  9. Mean Creek
    One of very few films to accurately portray the experience of growing up male.
  10. Bright Young Things
    A witty, energetic adaptation.
  11. Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
    A thorough indictment of the Bush administration's focus on Iraq.
  12. Red Lights
    An eerily affecting domestic drama combining elements of "The Lost Weekend'' with "Lost Highway.''
  13. Exorcist: The Beginning
    While the fourth "Exorcist" movie may have unmitigated disaster written all over it, the finished product is somehow sort-of-kind-of not all that bad.
  14. Benji: Off the Leash!
    A dreary, distasteful exercise, "Off the Leash'' favors dogs over humans, framing canine high jinks with an ugly story of domestic abuse.
  15. Without a Paddle
    Dax Shepard from MTV's "Punk'd," in his first major big-screen role, steals Without a Paddle. Not that it's too hard to do.
  16. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
    Take a wretched premise. Imagine the worst picture that could be made from it. Then imagine something even worse. That's Alien vs. Predator.
  17. The Leopard (re-release)
    One of the greatest of all epics.
  18. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    A movie for adults, of a kind that usually isn't made in America,
  19. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie
    With no subtitles to explain what's going on in Yu-Gi- Oh!: The Movie, there's no reason for adults to come anywhere near it.
  20. Danny Deckchair
    Danny Deckchair offers some welcome cinematic comfort food in a summer filled with bloated special-effects movies and bad teen comedies.
  21. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    Offers enough glossy good cheer to appeal to everyone.
  22. Bang Rajan
    While the battle scenes are impressive, they are repetitive; and while the characters are likable, they never rise above the level of cliche.
  23. Last Life in the Universe
    A hell of a movie.
  24. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
    Capable of astonishing even the already cynical.
  25. Stander
    An extremely good picture that, with a little tweaking, might have been a great one.
  26. Code 46
    Updates a classic premise -- the struggle for personal freedom -- by pairing it with ethical and moral quandaries.
  27. Little Black Book
    An awkward and aggressively unfunny film.
  28. Open Water
    The nagging desire to help these people underscores the involvement of the audience in this superbly told story. You can almost taste the saltwater, and the fear.
  29. Collateral
    Collateral is a good idea for a movie, backed up by expert execution... It's straight-up entertainment, not something to see and then talk about a month later, but definitely something to enjoy.
  30. Festival Express
    Must-see cinema for any serious rock fan.
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