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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. But I'm a Cheerleader
    This is one light comedy whose seriousness, hours later, lingers in the mind.
  2. The Kid
    This slight, predictable comedy has appealing moments.
  3. Scary Movie
    The scary thing about this spoof of '90s teen horror movies is how funny it is.
  4. Shower
    Sentiment, the kind bordering on schmaltz and easy tears, is found in Shower, a well-meaning generational drama.
  5. The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    So quick that the flat moments are rapidly, inevitably chased by a new gag.
  6. The Perfect Storm
    Does about as good a job of simulating that terror as it possibly could, but it's no competition for what we create in our mind's eye while reading.
  7. Trixie
    The whole movie is like that: cute, dead and endless.
  8. The Patriot
    The film is long, empty and bogus.
  9. Me, Myself & Irene
    The good ol' Jim Carrey we knew and loved is back, rude, crude and unglued.
  10. Praise
    Achieves a rare interweaving of the darkly poetical and raspy, cockeyed comedy.
  11. Chicken Run
    It will be the most talked-about comedy of summer.
  12. Marcel Proust's Time Regained
    Despite its actors, its lush photography and its obvious seriousness of purpose, is as close to a form of torture as any film ever devised. I can't think of any individuals I dislike so much as to force them to see this picture.
  13. Titan A.E.
    It is impossible to take your eyes off the screen.
  14. Shaft
    Shaft has everything --smart writing, shrewd direction and a handful of performances that are first-rate by any standard.
  15. Boys and Girls
    Watching this film is a little like wallowing in warm surf with soft pop music wafting in the breeze.
  16. Butterfly Tongues
    Has a saccharine quality but also offers a memorable performance by famed Spanish actor Fernando Fernan Gomez.
  17. Humanité
    Humanite isn't like any other film: It's uncompromising, eerily affecting and wildly unresolved.
  18. Jesus' Son
    It's so wonderfully silly, coarse and down-to-Earth that its radiance sneaks up only over time.
  19. The Woman Chaser
    A teasy, cogent and funny noir spoof of dime novels and 1960s Hollywood.
  20. Love's Labour's Lost
    A stink bomb of a movie.
  21. Groove
    The music and wizard DJs in Groove are better than the dopey story.
  22. Sunshine
    From the outside, Sunshine sounds like the most boring film on Earth. In fact, it's glorious.
  23. Gone in Sixty Seconds
    The story is unbelievable and phenomenally silly, not a good combination.
  24. American Pimp
    Lushly entertaining, and its subjects are terrific storytellers with style to burn.
  25. Big Momma's House
    When all's said and done, it turns out to be quite sweet-natured. OK. I laughed. So sue me.
  26. Running Free
    It is aimed primarily at children, and its affectionate treatment of animals is certain to please most of them.
  27. Grass
    Rich with statistics and snazzy visuals, but it ignores those larger questions and, as a result, feels a tad naïve.
  28. American Virgin
    A good movie that has been sitting in a film can for two years waiting for a miracle. The miracle came -- Suvari's sudden popularity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Better Living Through Circuitry
    It's the content that makes this documentary fly. The documentary's only stumbling point is its dearth of historical context.
  30. Passion of Mind
    At its most interesting, and a bit frightening, when Moore starts to get a little loony. Too bad they didn't follow through and make this more of a psychological thriller than a melodrama.
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