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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. Here on Earth
    Late in the picture, Sobieski has some line-readings that are so emotionally full, strange and truthful that really nothing more need be said.
  2. Such a Long Journey
    A deftly layered drama.
  3. Waking the Dead
    One of the most powerful romances of recent years, it is as generous as they come.
  4. Winter Sleepers
    A movie by a man who adores film and relishes its potential.
  5. Romeo Must Die
    Li is a phenomenon.
  6. Erin Brockovich
    The ultimate Julia Roberts movie.
  7. Final Destination
    Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing.
  8. Beyond the Mat
    A skillful exposition of the pain of pro wrestling, and the high price participants pay in terms of physical and ego injuries.
  9. Deterrence
    One of the pleasures of Deterrence is that it does not tell the audience what to think.
  10. Mission to Mars
    Something so sappy, no one would believe me if I told them. It has to be seen to be disbelieved.
  11. The Ninth Gate
    Summoning silliness Roman Polanski salutes and spoofs satanic thrillers .
  12. The Next Best Thing
    That's a few too many agendas for one film.
  13. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    Jim Jarmusch has come up with something strange and amazing.
  14. Drowning Mona
    A funny comedy for about 90 seconds. Then Bette Midler goes off a cliff.
  15. What Planet Are You From?
    It's good for a few guffaws and chuckles, but in between the screen has a tendency to stretch at the corners and go flat.
  16. 3 Strikes
    This is a sloppy hash of a movie, poorly directed and plotted in a way that looks as if it were improvised on the spot.
  17. Judy Berlin
    With skill and also with love, writer-director Eric Mendelsohn creates a delicate and airy mood, a kind of cinematic haiku.
  18. Mifune's Last Song
    A vital, sexy and touching movie that goes to the heart of what human caring is all about.
  19. Theeviravaathi: The Terrorist
    It's hard not to come away in awe of a director in complete control of every frame.
  20. Reindeer Games
    One of the smartest action thrillers to come along in the past few years. It's also one of the freshest.
  21. The Closer You Get
    Gentle, wacky, down-to-earth and romantic.
  22. Wonder Boys
    The sentimentality overtakes Wonder Boys when, in the last half hour, it tries to make nice with its characters and fashion a deep message from a trivial story.
  23. Beautiful People
    For a bighearted effort like this one, some patience on the audience's part is not too much to ask. Go ahead. Take a chance.
  24. Boiler Room
    Fascinating -- up to a point.
  25. Hanging Up
    Father-daughter relationship lacks impact.
  26. The Whole Nine Yards
    For quite of few of The Whole Nine Yards, it appears that the most clever thing in the movie is going to be the opening credits, monstrous close-ups of the morning toothbrushing routine.
  27. Not One Less
    It's an excellent movie for kids, because it is about how amazing children can be.
  28. Pitch Black
    This half-baked sci-fi horror film, filled with jerky, washed-out, highlighted, blurred and toned imagery, is a tiresome experience.
  29. Cotton Mary
    Acted with almost maniacal force by Jaffrey, Mary is at once fascinating and despicable.
  30. Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
    Has many grotesque sex scenes, interspersed with sights of Chong rambling in a dissociated way as she sits in her squalid apartment.
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