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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. Snow Day
    Chase is so dull in this film, he looks as if he's sleepwalking.
  2. The Tigger Movie
    Fans have cause to cheer.
  3. The Beach
    It's a movie to feel. Even when the thinking isn't all there, the emotions are, all the way to the film's poignant last seconds.
  4. Gun Shy
    It's implausible, cartoonishly overdrawn.
  5. Scream 3
    Campy, overwrought and gleefully cannibalistic in the way it references and regurgitates horror flicks of yore, Scream 3 fulfills its modest ambitions by delivering a glib slasher spoof for the mall crowd.
  6. The Cup
    The glimpses of religious life bumping into secular passion are touching and warmly comic.
  7. Eye of the Beholder
    Attempts to convey emotional dislocation and passion at the same time. All we get is distance.
  8. Isn't She Great
    Leaves an unintentional unpleasant aftertaste.
  9. The Big Tease
    Aims to do nothing but please, and it accomplishes its modest aim with charm and intelligence.
  10. Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
    Things isn't linear, and it isn't all that lively. But it captures the experience of some modern women, and it feels from the heart.
  11. Down to You
    A pleasant addition to the time-honored genre of terminally cute youth romance movies, roughly equivalent to staring at a saccharine greeting card for a while.
  12. Supernova
    Though predictable, isn't half bad.
  13. My Dog Skip
    Though its sentiment may be lost on the very young, the movie is strictly two-hanky fare.
  14. Next Friday
    An extremely funny movie, and this is coming from someone who barely cracked a smile during ``Friday,'' the first installment of this franchise.
  15. Fantasia 2000
    A millennial medley to the max.
  16. The Hurricane
    (Washington) raises it to the level of importance with an acting job that's one unbroken chain of intense emotion.
  17. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
    (Morris's) strangest and most disturbing portrait yet.
  18. The Third Miracle
    An earthy, sexy mystery.
  19. Play It to the Bone
    Either Shelton knows this world well, or he's such a great bluffer it doesn't matter.
  20. Titus
    A film of audacity and total gut-level appeal.
  21. Galaxy Quest
    More than one joke or one idea. It's a thoroughly satisfying comedy --and a respectable space adventure, as well.
  22. The Talented Mr. Ripley
    This thriller is so expertly -- and perversely -- poised that audience members may find themselves secretly rooting for the duplicitous Ripley.
  23. Snow Falling on Cedars
    Ultimately there's something too measured, too controlled in his film.
  24. Angela's Ashes
    The effect of the 2 1/2-hour film is deadening.
  25. Any Given Sunday
    Features convincing, often soaring, performances by a savvy cast that must have gotten adrenaline shots administered by Stone himself.
  26. Man on the Moon
    Though Man on the Moon is lost when it comes to Kaufman's inner life and motivations, it offers a detailed account of his career.
  27. Girl, Interrupted
    A sappy, muddled production that misses the jarring tone of the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen on which it is based.
  28. Jing Ke ci Qin Wang
    The look of the film is first class, with muted colors but deep textures, the opposite of historical kitsch.
  29. Onegin
    Would have been a stronger movie if it didn't require a strong cup of coffee going in.
  30. Bicentennial Man
    Has a certain slow, mechanical quality.
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