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For 9,302 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 2.2 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 9302
  2. Mixed: 2,656 out of 9302
  3. Negative: 1,486 out of 9302
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  1. Vengo
    There may be no more unusual movie around than Vengo.
  2. The American Astronaut
    Much of Astronaut comes off as tedious and self-amused, but the musical vignettes are fun.
  3. O
    O has one advantage over "Othello" -- since it's a new movie, not a classic, it has the power to surprise.
  4. Jeepers Creepers
    The first half-hour of this movie is sensational, creating an atmosphere of dread that any horror master would envy.
  5. Tortilla Soup
    It's a resplendently basic, lovey- dovey and inside-out "King Lear."
  6. Summer Catch
    The equivalent of a full-course meal with no calories. It is a mirage of a movie, 100 minutes of nothing.
  7. Together
    A gentle, sprightly satire that pokes fun at these trendy communards but emphasizes their humanity and fallibility.
  8. Ghosts of Mars
    A tired and dispiriting affair that takes forever to get going.
  9. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
    It's middling Allen, which means that fans won't be sorry to see it, while everyone else can wait until the next "Bullets Over Broadway."
  10. Happy Accidents
    The actors have enough appeal to keep it moving over the speed bumps.
  11. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    In addition to being his filthiest, this is his most free-associative movie. In spite of and because of its homemade look, it's also his funniest.
  12. Bubble Boy
    This movie has a sweetness at its core.
  13. Lisa Picard Is Famous
    Often hilarious mockumentary.
  14. Innocence
    Remarkable in several big ways.
  15. American Outlaws
    This plot leaves ample room for viewers to sweat the small stuff, like whether Trevor Nunn's score is more Marines ad or deodorant commercial.
  16. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Handsomely weathered John Hurt, as Pelagia's father, gives a performance of such unhackneyed dignity that it provides a moral compass for the action and helps to keep the ricocheting emotional content of the film in balance.
  17. Rat Race
    The funniest film to come along since "South Park," and one that succeeds in a more difficult and satisfying way.
  18. An American Rhapsody
    They don't get more frustrating than American Rhapsody, a near-great film for about an hour that changes into a self-indulgent mess.
  19. All Over the Guy
    If you want to watch a gaggle of pretty faux-neurotic people hang out and throw quips, you're probably better off watching "Friends."
  20. American Pie 2
    No longer fresh -- though that's to be expected in a sequel -- it contains none of the virtues that made the first one anarchic and original.
  21. Session 9
    The story doesn't quite pay off, characters are underwritten and the surprise ending is contrived and unconvincing.
  22. The Others
    The Others is great as a collection of acknowledgments, but a ghost story made of a bunch of ghoulish thank-yous isn't that haunting.
  23. Osmosis Jones
    Osmosis is really an occasion for the brothers to take their culture- debasing scatology to a PG crowd.
  24. The Deep End
    The resulting film is nobly ridiculous and ridiculously noble, doing everything in its power to subvert the dross it's fooling around with.
  25. Audition
    This movie can be recommended only to dyed-in-the-wool fans of the genre. Anyone who goes into one of Miike's films must be prepared to be put through the wringer.
  26. Original Sin
    Neither epochal nor epic in its ludicrousness. It's just run-of-the-mill trash.
  27. Thomas in Love
    Philippe Blasband's screenplay is witty and economical, and the film's editing is crisp.
  28. Under solen
    A charming, finely nuanced romance.
  29. The Princess Diaries
    Entertaining and pleasing for children and parents, and not in the schizophrenic way of most kid's movies, which toss naughty in-jokes over the kiddies' heads.
  30. Rush Hour 2
    It's a fact that becomes riotously evident in the reel of outtakes that caps the picture and incites wonder about why no one thought to give us 90 minutes of those instead.
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