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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. Smile
    Overall, it's pretty elementary stuff, along the lines of a Disney Channel TV movie. It's uplifting, and it's in a good cause.
  2. ...And They Lived Happily Ever After
    A marital comedy as perceptive as it is delectable.
  3. Eros
    The three films are watchable but resolutely minor works, though each has something to recommend it.
  4. Voices in Wartime
    Potent.
  5. Sin City
    A movie unlike any other.
  6. Dust to Glory
    There are more over-the-top moments, but they never last long. And after every groan-inducing piece of footage, a spectacular near-crash or daring motorcycle chase comes along to leave the movie's shortcomings in a cloud of dust.
  7. Control
    A Hungarian film -- an existential thriller, one might call it -- about an intelligent man who happens to have this lowly nuisance of a job.
  8. Look at Me
    An engrossing new drama from France.
  9. Beauty Shop
    At its warmhearted center, Beauty Shop is a workshop in how to walk around like Oprah with a feeling of confidence and entitlement.
  10. Oldboy
    This nightmarish revenge drama from Korea is grueling, intense, cruel -- the very definition of extreme cinema.
  11. Guess Who
    A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs.
  12. The Ballad of Jack and Rose
    A self-conscious attempt at the brass ring.
  13. D.E.B.S.
    A lumpy concoction.
  14. Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
    At its best, the movie is a collection of entertaining memories from a group of gutsy women.
  15. Nina's Tragedies
    Straddles the line between dark comedy and deep drama.
  16. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
    It is a boilerplate action comedy.
  17. Mondovino
    Overly long and not especially enlightening film.
  18. Ice Princess
    A cut above most pictures of its type.
  19. The Ring Two
    Perfunctory, thrill- free sequel.
  20. Melinda and Melinda
    More accomplished, adventurous and original. Instead of Allen's usual investigation into the nature of existence, this new film looks at the way stories are created, particularly comedies.
  21. Fifty-Fifty
    Schizo offers not just the proverbial window into village life in Kazakhstan, but a panoramic view.
  22. Steamboy
    A fine example of how anime uniquely contributes to world cinema.
  23. 16 Years of Alcohol
    A pretty ugly movie in its own right.
  24. Hostage
    This is a half-hearted, derivative action film with not a single honest artistic impulse behind it.
  25. Robots
    Robots never stays in the same gear for long, and the abrupt shifts in tone kill the movie's chances of becoming a classic.
  26. The Upside of Anger
    Wondrous performances.
  27. Millions
    Utterly enchanting.
  28. In My Country
    Lacks compelling narrative.
  29. Mail Order Wife
    The directors pull off this faux documentary.
  30. Don't Move
    Nobody into lush melodramas dripping in sex should miss this pulsating Italian import.
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