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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. Where's Marlowe?
    Quickly assumes an appealing mockumentary style.
  2. Felicia's Journey
    There's tremendous maturity and skill in Felicia's Journey but also a sense of impending horror that's bound to repel some audience members -- even though the violence is all implied.
  3. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    Isn't some sober history lesson that bogs down in long speeches and tedious facts. It's about style, it's about fashion, it's about rock 'n' roll busting out in medieval France.
  4. Dogma
    Mature, thoughtful and occasionally dazzling.
  5. Light It Up
    At all times, the audience believes that it's watching something that really could happen.
  6. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back!
    It isn't terrible. It's far from a milestone in Japanese animation, and not an especially memorable entertainment. Yet it doesn't try to be either of those things.
  7. A Moment of Innocence
    Muddled and endless.
  8. Rosetta
    The film's loose, scaled-down technique never turns gimmicky...but enhances the tension and intimacy of Rosetta's struggle.
  9. The Bachelor
    A pretty lame premise for a movie.
  10. Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
    One of the great portraits of artists fighting, even with murderous rage, to reach the sublime.
  11. Train of Life
    A merry, wistful, tear-and-a-smile romp about the Holocaust, of all things.
  12. American Movie
    That's why American Movie cuts so deep: It's about the American dream, about not giving up, about being true to yourself.
  13. The Bone Collector
    Often falls flat.
  14. The Insider
    Pacino and Crowe are at their best, but the supporting cast also shines.
  15. Last Night
    Writer and first-time director Don McKellar, also one of the film's stars, makes the plot gimmick an inventive jumping-off point for an exploration of humanity in a state of quiet panic.
  16. Music of the Heart
    Feels more like an earnest commercial for music education than successful entertainment.
  17. The Legend of 1900
    The schmaltz is relentless in The Legend of 1900, the newest film from "Cinema Paradiso'' director Giuseppe Tornatore. It comes in waves, it leeches onto every surface and it turns decent actors into sticky-sweet fuzzballs.
  18. Speaking in Strings
    Holds our attention by dispensing information gradually, like a piece of fiction.
  19. Princess Mononoke
    A rare spectacle on the big screen.
  20. Being John Malkovich
    It's tremendously entertaining, and probably worthy of repeat viewings.
  21. House on Haunted Hill
    The kind of horror movie that's not a bit scary and quite a bit gross.
  22. Man of the Century
    Sharp and irresistible, and there's no other movie like it.
  23. The Best Man
    The glossy ensemble cast is consistently interesting.
  24. Three to Tango
    Perry is at his best playing frenetic confusion.
  25. Bats
    Falls apart immediately, then limps on for 45 minutes more.
  26. Body Shots
    One of the most quietly powerful endings in recent memory.
  27. La Ciudad (The City)
    Has its awkward and rough edges, but there's a purity here, a goodness of intention and a commitment to justice.
  28. Men Cry Bullets
    The race is on for worst film of the year honors. Among the top contenders: Men Cry Bullets.
  29. Crazy in Alabama
    It's troubling to watch it stray and ramble as first-time director Antonio Banderas struggles to pull disparate elements together.
  30. Bringing Out the Dead
    Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry.
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