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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. Saved!
    The achievement of Saved!, a very funny teen comedy set in a Christian high school, lies in its careful avoidance of obvious traps.
  2. The Mother
    Daring in its affirmation that a dowdy woman in her late 60s still can let go of her inhibitions and exhibit a lascivious side.
  3. Baadasssss!
    Baadasssss! is the portrait of a visionary with a blind spot, a man starved for kindness who can no longer recognize the responsibility to be kind, even to his kids. But it's a portrait of a visionary nonetheless.
  4. The Day After Tomorrow
    The spectacle, which is colossal and at times staggering to behold, begins within two minutes of the fade-in and keeps coming until the finish. I thought I'd seen it all. I hadn't.
  5. Frankie and Johnny Are Married
    Self-indulgent and admirable.
  6. The Five Obstructions
    In The Five Obstructions, we meet the Danish filmmaker for an extended period, and he's exactly what a fan might hope and expect him to be like: impish, insightful, unpredictable, mildly sadistic and rigorously honest.
  7. Raising Helen
    Far from the worst cookie-cutter film to come off the Hollywood assembly line, merely the latest.
  8. My Mother Likes Women
    Cloying mix of screwball comedy and drama.
  9. Love Me If You Dare
    Has to be one of the least charming French romances to find American distribution in recent years.
  10. Fanny and Alexander (re-release)
    A masterpiece.
  11. Control Room
    One of the year’s most significant films.
  12. Twist
    Although the acting is uneven and the movie's dead spots make it feel far longer than its running time, the twist in Twist' is certainly clever.
  13. Shrek 2
    A sequel was called for, and so a sequel has arrived -- but it's a slightly zombie-like version, with the size, look and shape of the original movie, but without its lightness or spirit, its soul.
  14. Carandiru
    Harrowing but compassionate.
  15. Breakin' All the Rules
    The freshest thing about Breakin' All the Rules is its dropped "g.''
  16. A Slipping-Down Life
    Has an oddness and whimsicality about it that can, at first, be confused for authenticity.
  17. Strayed
    A disturbing drama about the dehumanizing and humiliating effects of war.
  18. Springtime in a Small Town
    Only a director who truly knows repression could have made a movie so subtle and so understanding.
  19. A Day Without a Mexican
    Doesn't know what it wants to be: either a goofball satire or a heavy-handed social-message movie.
  20. Coffee and Cigarettes
    Flat and uninspired.
  21. Troy
    All Hollywood and no Homer, but within its limits, it's a vigorous, entertaining movie.
  22. The Mudge Boy
    A little picture -- the names of the entire cast would fit on half a sheet of paper -- but it’s more heartfelt than movies with 50 times the budget.
  23. Godzilla
    A new restoration takes a flawed bit of monster camp and turns it back into a strong, serious-minded and occasionally moving science-fiction film.
  24. Valentin
    Can be enjoyed if you don't mind a little manipulation.
  25. Oasis
    In the 2002 South Korean film Oasis, one can appreciate one of Asia's best directors (Lee Chang-dong) and one of the region's best actresses (Moon So-ri).
  26. Super Size Me
    A cautionary tale as well as an expose on the power of the American fast-food industry. That the documentary comes across as more than a sermon has a lot to do with Spurlock's personality, which is outgoing and instantly engaging.
  27. Van Helsing
    Sommers film just lies there, weighted down by a complete lack of wit, artfulness and internal logic. So it's a disaster -- a big, loud, boring wreck.
  28. New York Minute
    It lives up to its title, flying by in fast motion. Even the first-wave MTV generation may find the pace exhausting, but this piece of fluff wasn't made for them.
  29. Superstar in a Housedress
    Funny, affectionate documentary.
  30. The Clay Bird
    A small gem.
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