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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. Pollock
    Renders the juicy bits of the artist's life in two hours of pulsing highlights that suggest a man who never really had any emotional or psychic downtime.
  2. The Emperor's New Groove
    This oddball comedy may be one of the brightest, funniest pieces of entertainment of the season.
  3. What Women Want
    The movie's gimmick for airing the contents of a woman's head is not unlike that used for the dogs and tots in those "Look Who's Talking" movies.
  4. Dude, Where's My Car?
    Don't tell Mom, but everybody seems stoned.
  5. Chocolat
    A lighthearted fable with jarring scenes of violence and halfhearted stabs at mystical realism, its saving grace is its gooey center, the luminous Binoche.
  6. Vertical Limit
    The film is well shot and has titillating action without a single persuasive emotion.
  7. Dungeons & Dragons
    The audience has already checked out, long before the formulaic finish.
  8. Proof of Life
    A hostage drama that oscillates between soap opera and action flick.
  9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    The class act of action movies.
  10. A Good Baby
    Re-creates that chilling sense that comes when, in the middle of a pleasant conversation, one realizes the other person is off his rocker.
  11. Boys Life 3
    The show takes little more than an hour to finish and less than a minute to forget, while politely reminding us not only that gay movies have fallen on hard times but also that they refuse to give up.
  12. Spring Forward
    It's the kind of unpretentious movie that falls between the cracks, and for a certain kind of audience, the thoughtful kind, it would be a shame to miss.
  13. 102 Dalmatians
    In every kids' picture, there are going to be sections that only kids will enjoy. Fortunately, 102 Dalmatians has enough for the adults, too.
  14. Unbreakable
    Even the surprise ending arrives with a thud and makes us wonder why Shyamalan didn't try something new instead of recycling his "Sixth Sense" recipe.
  15. Quills
    Rush is amazing throughout this absorbing, provocative film.
  16. Lies
    In slightly less than 1,000 years, the competition for worst film of the third millennium will be fierce. Yet the smart money may well be on the Korean art film Lies.
  17. Bounce
    Surprisingly tepid and soapy.
  18. La bûche
    Sweet and insubstantial -- just like the French Christmas cake for which it's named.
  19. Sasayaki
    It's not always clear what this film is driving at, but Shiota makes the weirdness visually arresting.
  20. One Day in September
    Impassioned and well-crafted, One Day in September is also grueling.
  21. The 6th Day
    This movie knows how to entertain.
  22. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    Overall, the film sparkles. But it's a curiously unaffecting sparkle, an example, almost, of how the special effects stole Christmas.
  23. Rebels with a Cause
    It rambles, it's repetitive, but once in a while there's a sparkling moment when someone speaks in a way that conjures the fierce passion of the '60s.
  24. Non-Stop
    Never rises above the level of its gimmick.
  25. Red Planet
    There still is no life on Mars. Red Planet is airless.
  26. Men of Honor
    Gooding can't will this well-meaning film into life.
  27. Little Nicky
    Adam Sandler finally has a good excuse: The devil made him do it.
  28. You Can Count on Me
    It's simply a quiet and heartbreaking look at the dynamics of one family. That's the beauty of it.
  29. Suzhou River
    The film is energized by the naturalness of its characters and the way in which it plays a game of mixed signals and double illusions.
  30. Me & Isaac Newton
    An elegant and rather even-tempered documentary.
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