San Francisco Chronicle's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Select another publication »
For 9,303 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: 5,160 out of 9303
  2. Mixed: 2,657 out of 9303
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9303
9303 movie reviews
view
per page
  1. Nicholas Nickleby
    It's a generous tale, told through big performances by a talented cast, presenting a range of colorful characters that only Dickens could have created.
  2. Max
    An intelligent film with a sophisticated understanding of art and the significance it played in Hitler's psychology.
  3. The Hours
    The result is something rare, especially considering how fine the novel is, a film that's fuller and deeper than the book.
  4. The Pianist
    One of the great Holocaust films.
  5. Chicago
    The movie is a total blast, and what a surprise.
  6. Pinocchio
    Big, opulent and frequently wretched, Pinocchio is so bad that its American distributor, Miramax, opened it on Christmas Day with scant advertising and no advance press screening.
  7. Catch Me If You Can
    What lingers in the memory is the impression of having experienced a frolic, a ride through the park on a bright winter day.
  8. The Wild Thornberrys Movie
    It all adds up to a cheekier "Lion King" on a lower budget. But what you miss in spectacle you will make up in laughs.
  9. Two Weeks Notice
    Anyone who prefers Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock to Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez is bound to regard Two Weeks Notice and not "Maid in Manhattan" as the better candidate for romantic comedy of the season.
  10. Morvern Callar
    Strange, moody film.
  11. Spider
    In this small and very smart film, Cronenberg does several things at once and makes them all look effortless, capturing various shadings of consciousness and versions of reality.
  12. Narc
    Liotta's acting can't redeem senseless violence.
  13. Gangs of New York
    Lacks one thing -- an epic grandeur.
  14. Antwone Fisher
    Has warmth and integrity, but it lacks the urgency of a story that had to be told.
  15. 25th Hour
    The result is a film of sadness and power, the first great 21st century movie about a 21st century subject.
  16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    An outstanding effort that maintains the integrity and purpose that distinguished "The Fellowship of the Ring."
  17. Evelyn
    Dull but sweet.
  18. Maid in Manhattan
    A Cinderella story with star appeal going for it and everything else against it.
  19. Star Trek: Nemesis
    Fails to engage.
  20. Intact
    Convoluted.
  21. Drumline
    These aren't the marching band songs of your father's or mother's generation but a musical expression that is modern and exciting to watch.
  22. The Hot Chick
    Surprises you with heart.
  23. About Schmidt
    A seriously good movie, a challenge to viewers, a rebuke of the way many Americans live their lives.
  24. Analyze That
    It's a big disappointment.
  25. Empire
    A gangster movie with the capacity to surprise. People do unexpected things and for reasons we wouldn't anticipate.
  26. Blackboards
    Slyly powerful.
  27. Equilibrium
    Super- violent, super-serious and super-stupid.
  28. Adaptation.
    Snags on the fact that neither story depicted -- not Kaufman's and especially not Orlean's -- is enough to sustain more than an incidental interest.
  29. Rabbit-Proof Fence
    A breathtaking story of defiance and triumph that has to be considered one of the year's most sublime films.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Russian Ark
    Marks a cinematic milestone.
Page:

Top Trailers

See all »
See all trailers »