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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. Time of the Wolf
    Nightmare-inducing.
  2. Two Brothers
    The result is schizophrenic, an uplifting film that's truly depressing, a movie about cruelty that tries to be fluffy.
  3. White Chicks
    In White Chicks, the gross-out humor is minimal, no character comes off too badly and lessons are learned. Oh Wayanses, where are thy teeth?
  4. Fahrenheit 9/11
    Assessing the merits of a political film is a tricky business. Obviously, its quality is partly a function of its power to persuade, but its persuasiveness is in the eye of the beholder.
  5. Swing
    Well-intentioned but frequently inert.
  6. The Hunting of the President
    Makes a persuasive case.
  7. Facing Windows
    Poignant and carefully observed, the Italian drama Facing Windows portrays two consuming, illicit romances: one in the present, the other kept alive in faulty memory. The long-ago relationship holds far more intrigue.
  8. Seducing Doctor Lewis
    A sweet, bordering on saccharine, comedy.
  9. Father and Son
    Passes by like a dream.
  10. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    In I'll Sleep When I'm Dead,' master of stylish criminality Mike Hodges presents a nighttime London of sharp suits, distorted jazz notes and shiny luxury sedans cruising dirty streets.
  11. The Terminal
    I liked every minute in it. Other films are like empty containers; this one's full. It's full of invention, full of moments, full of business, full of the nuances of human interaction, full of feeling.
  12. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
    The biggest puzzlement about "What'' is what it's doing in major movie theaters around the country when it so clearly belongs on one of those small cable channels given to peculiar programming.
  13. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    Yes, the movie's watchable, and there are about six good laughs in it, but six good (not great) laughs in 90 minutes is pretty paltry for a comedy.
  14. Around the World in 80 Days
    Coraci has given us a film that is not only amusing, but well-acted, and not only well-acted, but gorgeous. Micha Klein's animated transitions alone, which are used to signal each change in location, are wondrous and lovely to behold.
  15. My Sister Maria
    Intrusive, excessively brooding and narcissistic.
  16. Word Wars
    A thoroughly entertaining and hilarious look at a board game that's an occasional amusement for some -- and a serious obsession (or disturbing addiction) for others.
  17. Imagining Argentina
    A powerful and disturbing political drama.
  18. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    An intriguing exploration of New York theater at the height of its glory.
  19. The Chronicles of Riddick
    Just about everything in The Chronicles of Riddick is impenetrable, from the convoluted story to the dark and baroque art direction. It's an inane film rendered sometimes laughable by an atmosphere of dead-serious reverence.
  20. The Stepford Wives
    Before it degenerates into a complete mess, it's an entertaining mess, and something about its willingness to please maintains the audience's goodwill throughout.
  21. Garfield
    Nothing really works here, and nobody seems to have put in a huge amount of effort, except maybe the marketing department -- there are many product placements.
  22. Napoleon Dynamite
    Has to be enjoyed in spurts. There's no cohesive story, just a series of opportunities for the title character (Jon Heder) to strut his gawky stuff.
  23. Imelda
    Fascinating and impressively balanced documentary.
  24. The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Weeping Camel essentially lets native people tell their own unforgettable story.
  25. Deadline
    There is no rage here or Michael Moore-like bluster. Instead, Deadline is a straightforward, compassionate look at a volatile subject.
  26. The Corporation
    It’s coolheaded and incisive, a thorough and informative study of corporations, their origins and their place in the modern world.
  27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    A different kind of Harry Potter movie, a better kind... It's where this fantasy series has wanted to go all along.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer
    Amounts to an infomercial posing as an expose.
  29. Bukowski: Born into This
    It's the portrait of an artist who had neither time nor respect for literary niceties -- he was, in the words of publisher John Martin, a "man of the street writing for the man of the street."
  30. Soul Plane
    A better- than-average comedy that is raunchy and tasteless but ultimately funny from beginning to end.
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