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For 9,306 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 2.1 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: 5,162 out of 9306
  2. Mixed: 2,658 out of 9306
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9306
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  1. Final Destination 3
    A ridiculous teen horror movie that piles on more than enough dry humor and freshly moistened gore to satisfy its lowbrow audience.
  2. Firewall
    I like it for the thing it is, a reasonably solid B movie, and I like it as one in the continuum of bizarre Ford vehicles that combine high-stakes action with household horror.
  3. The Pink Panther
    A graceless, embarrassing effort.
  4. The Ister
    A film about profound ideas deserved more imagination.
  5. London
    If London were a comedy, it just might work. Instead, it's a dead-serious marathon of angst from cool kids old enough to know they're mouthing cliches.
  6. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
    A snapshot of a fabled career that's of little interest to anyone outside Young's fans.
  7. Through the Fire
    Entertaining and compelling.
  8. A Year Without Love
    It's a weighty and visually interesting movie that unfortunately doesn't have a strong message beyond its overwhelming bleakness.
  9. A Good Woman
    Something is wrong with A Good Woman: The lightning never strikes. It's never quite alive.
  10. When a Stranger Calls
    Even the element of surprise isn't enough to save this film, which has too many slow parts and features an ending that's extremely tepid by 21st century horror movie standards.
  11. Something New
    Each time Something New touches on something controversial, it quickly retreats to some silliness.
  12. Cowboy del Amor
    Fascinating and distinctly politically incorrect.
  13. Bubble
    It's reassuring to see Steven Soderbergh return to riveting down-and-dirty filmmaking with Bubble.
  14. Annapolis
    A formulaic, predictable and yet reasonably likable picture.
  15. Big Momma's House 2
    The result is an incredibly disorganized movie with a few funny scenes -- most of which are revealed in the commercials.
  16. Nanny McPhee
    Underlying the story is sadness, a sense of mystery and a quality of pain. Enjoy the movie for its surface pleasures, but when it's over, it's those subterranean qualities that will keep it lingering in the mind.
  17. Dai si gin
    It takes just the first shot to get sucked into Breaking News, the latest bit of destruction from mayhem master Johnnie To, and it's a doozy.
  18. Imagine Me & You
    An innocuous, fluffy little nothing of an almost-pleasant movie.
  19. Manderlay
    The film is obvious, weak and scattered and seems more like a practical joke than a work of genuine passion. It is without exaggeration one of the most blindingly boring films I've seen in years.
  20. Roving Mars
    A workmanlike effort -- a precision piece of filmmaking that provides education for children and a refresher course that adults can benefit from as well.
  21. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
    A highly amusing combination period film and mockumentary.
  22. Go for Zucker
    Perhaps the humor has been lost in translation.
  23. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
    A funny and appropriately skewed comedy.
  24. Why We Fight
    A somber polemic that presents a convincing case against using war as an economic booster -- although, Jarecki argues, that is precisely what the United States has been doing under every president since Truman.
  25. End of the Spear
    A Christian-themed film about redemption with almost no redeeming qualities as entertainment.
  26. Underworld: Evolution
    Humorless, confusing and not very fun to watch.
  27. The Real Dirt on Farmer John
    A loose, amiable documentary tracking several decades in the life of this most unusual farmer.
  28. 24 Hours on Craigslist
    A series of vignettes that are edited in much the same way one might click from one random Craigslist posting to the next, the film is a fun and free-form celebration of the site's communal spirit and only-in-San Francisco ethos.
  29. Glory Road
    If you can get past a few swear words, the film's simplicity makes Glory Road a good starting point to get young kids to talk about racism.
  30. Last Holiday
    This harmless bit of fluff lacks the element of surprise but is not without random charming moments supplied by its incandescent star.
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