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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. Backstage
    Bleak.
  2. Solas
    An extraordinary and heartfelt film.
  3. Nurse Betty
    A wonderfully twisted comedy.
  4. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    This is a film about small victories, huge defeats and finding the will to keep fighting.
  5. The Way of the Gun
    Rotten, pretentious movie full of minimalist dialogue and self-consciously arty cinematography.
  6. Turn It Up
    Never comes alive.
  7. Wildflowers
    Could have used more dramatic energy, maybe at the expense of some of that gorgeous scenery.
  8. Madadayo
    This warm, celebratory and very public film is punctuated by sudden and luminous private visualizations.
  9. Highlander: Endgame
    Numbing.
  10. Whipped
    Ugly. ..and unpleasant -- and clueless on a grand scale.
  11. Titanic Town
    A tense, intelligent and sober film.
  12. The Art of War
    Numbskull entertainment.
  13. Orfeu
    A film one watches at an emotional remove, but from that distance there are sights and moments to appreciate.
  14. Waga jinsei saiaku no toki
    Segues confidently from broad humor to tense drama.
  15. Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire
    An appealing film with a hideous title.
  16. The Crew
    Seems it's never going to reach liftoff.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bittersweet Motel
    There are just enough revelatory moments to recommend the movie.
  18. Solomon & Gaenor
    Told so simply and powerfully that it seems to carry echoes of earlier, timeless tales.
  19. Love & Sex
    It comes down to a pair of appealing performers in a series of bad-relationship skits.
  20. Bring It On
    Jumbled and stupid plot, bad acting and a few predictable gags that fall flat.
  21. Chalk
    Has unusual visual vitality in a John Cassavetes vein. For the adventurous, it's worth checking out.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
    Ends up musing perceptively on the American dream of wanderlust and its unintended consequences.
  23. Place Vendôme
    Consistently absorbing as the amazing Deneuve reveals, scene by scene, new facets of a fascinating character in a mercantile war that involves equal parts greed and vanity.
  24. The Cell
    Any way you slice it, it is still pointless.
  25. Godzilla 2000
    A strange mix of the campy, at least in the English dubbing, and the awesome.
  26. Steal This Movie
    Won't work until the film comes out on video.
  27. The Original Kings of Comedy
    Can make a person sick in two ways at once -- through its lowdown raunch and through the spasms of laughter that use stomach muscles one might not have known existed.
  28. The Opportunists
    A brilliant performance (Walken).
  29. Aimee & Jaguar
    A lustrously shot, well-acted and immensely moving romantic drama.
  30. An Affair of Love
    The audience, too, will be sorry to see this fleeting, beautifully made French film end.
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