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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. The Baxter
    The Baxter is just an OK movie, but Showalter's performance is the gem to take from it.
  2. Eternal
    Just plain bad.
  3. The Memory of a Killer
    This Belgian crime thriller makes compelling viewing out of a "you can't be serious" plotline.
  4. The 40 Year Old Virgin
    A love story that gets the single male culture down so honestly and unapologetically that it can't help but push the boundaries of political correctness.
  5. Red Eye
    Favoring precision filmmaking over cheap thrills, with a vibe more Alfred Hitchcock than Freddy Krueger, Red Eye establishes two intelligent characters and lets audiences sit back and enjoy an entertaining battle of brains and wills.
  6. Valiant
    Despite a decent cast of mostly British voice actors and better-than-average computer animation, the movie seems rushed at 76 minutes and is only marginally funny.
  7. El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime)
    With his caustic humor, director de la Iglesia is being billed as "the next Almodovar."
  8. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    Degenerates in the second half.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Supercross
    While there's no blood to be seen in Supercross, the film is rated PG- 13, due to some crash scenes, a little strong language and some mild sexuality. That's a shame. This movie was tailor-made for 12-year-olds.
  10. Reel Paradise
    Not sure we need to know this much about his family life.
  11. The Skeleton Key
    A well-intentioned horror film that is weighted down by stellar cast members who for the most part act as if they don't want to be there.
  12. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
    At times, "European Gigolo" feels more like an international incident than a movie.
  13. Four Brothers
    More action directors should include scenes such as the Mercers' extended Thanksgiving dinner, which fleshes out the bond between the brothers without using too many words.
  14. The Great Raid
    The Great Raid tells its story without irony, perspective or any leavening that would make it something other than an ordinary military-action caper.
  15. Asylum
    Mostly meets expectations.
  16. Grizzly Man
    This is the heart-rending true story of a man with a seemingly benign preoccupation that turned into something close to madness and brought him to a terrible end.
  17. Pretty Persuasion
    Only partly successful.
  18. Pulse
    It's an apocalyptic ghost story with some eerie images and a surprising turn toward the end, but it bogs down considerably between the good scenes.
  19. 11:14
    An inventive, black comedy.
  20. Clean
    An unflinching look at the ravages of substance abuse, and it's also a sobering redemptive tale.
  21. A State of Mind
    Although the documentary is ostensibly about these girls and their friendship, training and school life, a healthy chunk of it is a portrait of the two families.
  22. The Dukes of Hazzard
    In stiff competition for the lamest thing ever put on celluloid.
  23. Broken Flowers
    A study of middle-class, middle-aged disappointment in its varying forms, a sober look at different life choices.
  24. 2046
    A rare, sumptuous movie treat.
  25. Secuestro express
    Has more in common with a horror movie than with a genuine political work.
  26. Duma
    A superior adventure film with a poetic heart.
  27. Junebug
    If there's any justice at all at next year's Academy Awards, we have our first can't-miss nominee for best supporting actress: Amy Adams.
  28. Darwin's Nightmare
    At times quite powerful.
  29. Must Love Dogs
    Cusack should have been half the picture, but the screenplay keeps shoving him offstage for no good reason, and it's a mistake. One of many.
  30. Sky High
    The film is so harmless, and the young actors try so hard, that it's difficult not to have some fun.
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