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For 9,305 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: 5,161 out of 9305
  2. Mixed: 2,658 out of 9305
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9305
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  1. Cold Mountain
    This is what makes the distinctly unromantic Cold Mountain' such a breath of fresh air. Its battles are hideous bloodbaths.
  2. Cheaper by the Dozen
    It's not just a feel-good holiday movie, though audiences, especially youngsters, will certainly walk out of it feeling good.
  3. Peter Pan
    A dazzling retelling of the J.M. Barrie tale, offers accomplished acting, splendid visuals, and in the role of the boy who won't grow up ... an actual boy.
  4. Monster
    Theron is nearly unrecognizable in the role. She's also astonishingly good. Obscuring the movie star has liberated the actress.
  5. Calendar Girls
    Charming movie,
  6. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
    Masterful documentary.
  7. The Butterfly
    The film has a sweetness that stops short of sentimentality.
  8. Mona Lisa Smile
    There's a spark missing, and where it's missing is in Roberts' conscientious but all too reserved performance.
  9. House of Sand and Fog
    There's a dignity about it, and it's only later that we come to realize that this dignity is misplaced, born of a fatal reserve and a lack of complete investment.
  10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    Though an estimable success overall, The Return of the King has several scenes too many and too great a concentration on battles.
  11. Power Trip
    Devlin tells his story without bias but with shards of gallows humor.
  12. AKA
    An unforgettable film.
  13. The Statement
    As depicted here, the political story becomes convoluted and dramatically inert.
  14. Love Don't Cost a Thing
    Clocking in at 105 minutes, Love Don't Cost a Thing drags for stretches. The nicest thing about most standardized teen movies is their brevity. When we all know where it's going, it shouldn't take so long to get there.
  15. Stuck on You
    People take comedy for granted, but to step back and think about Stuck on You is to be impressed by the invention and sheer exuberance of the picture, which isn't great but sure is enjoyable.
  16. Something's Gotta Give
    The moments between the characters are absolutely full. It's a pleasure to watch such consummate professionals.
  17. Girl with a Pearl Earring
    Provocative.
  18. Big Fish
    A long-winded indulgence in tear-and-a-smile whimsy, elevated above the merely irritating and saccharine by compelling art direction.
  19. Monsieur Ibrahim
    Adapted from a French play but never seems stage- bound.
  20. What Alice Found
    It has nothing going for it but a terrific story and an amazing performance by Judith Ivey, who plays an enigmatic Good Samaritan.
  21. Honey
    There's no point complaining that Honey is a tired reworking of an old formula, because it's intended for a young audience that doesn't know the formula.
  22. The Last Samurai
    Cruise's undeniable star voltage makes it all palatable, and the film is gorgeous to behold and even to listen to, from the rolling green hills to the galloping horses to the "Lohengrin"-like theme music on the sound track.
  23. My Flesh and Blood
    The experiences of this family from Fairfield will resonate with moviegoers around the country.
  24. Timeline
    Clunky adventure story.
  25. The Cooler
    Sly, sexy Las Vegas fable.
  26. The Haunted Mansion
    Surprisingly decent.
  27. The Triplets of Belleville
    Impossible to describe, impossible to forget, The Triplets of Belleville sends audiences tottering out of the theater, dazed and delighted, and wondering what it is they have just experienced.
  28. In America
    When you see a director going for that lump-in-the-throat mood, instinct takes over and you want to dig in your heels. Sometimes it's best just to let yourself be swept away.
  29. Bad Santa
    A tasteless, vulgar, savage assault against everything that is good and decent in the Christmas season. I think you are going to like it.
  30. Blue Gate Crossing
    Blue Gate Crossing is 85 minutes of wistful gloom.
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