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For 928 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 49% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Big Night
Lowest review score: 0 Luminarias
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 524 out of 928
  2. Mixed: 227 out of 928
  3. Negative: 177 out of 928
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  1. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
    This sequel is much better than the original "Under Siege"...The real coup here is the discovery that when you eliminate dialogue, and thus eliminate Seagal's efforts to act in that rather high voice of his, the movie takes on a surprising gravity. When Seagal doesn't talk, he verges on the dignified. It's kind of scary.
  2. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II
    The journey's a kick.
  3. The Contender
    The sort of smutty scandalmongering the average moviegoer can really get behind.
    • San Francisco Examiner
  4. Jumanji
    The result is a thrill ride with enough plunges and turns and loop-the-loops to make it worth a spin. What the picture lacks is the magic and resonance you feel in the best of popular entertainments.
  5. The Rock
    Bay has two great assets in Connery and Cage. The special effects give The Rock a James Bondian feel so Connery's wry, world-weary devil-may-careishness looks right at home here.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Secret of Roan Inish
    The Secret of Roan Inish freely mixes Celtic myth and everyday reality. But "Roan Inish" is a different kind of ride, less intentionally rollicking and more reverential.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Second Skin
    An excellent human-interest documentary that unlike so many others has a genuine appeal beyond someone already interested in the subject matter.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    4 Little Girls
    The movie is strongest when Lee keeps his eye on the prize: the experiences of ordinary people in an extraordinary time.
  9. Place Vendôme
    Overall a well-played chess match of a movie.
    • San Francisco Examiner
  10. Sleepers
    Sometimes the movie lacks a quietness, an omission most egregiously felt at the end.
  11. Restoration
    Hoffman proves himself a master of complex scenery, crowd control and graceful direction. He succeeds in making a conspicuously lush and rich movie out of what was reportedly a less than kingly budget.
  12. Anna and the King
    Entertaining but predictable, and too long.
    • San Francisco Examiner
  13. The Rainmaker
    Coppola again shines his intelligence on this bestseller material, rather than just shoving it through the Hollywood mill unsifted.
  14. Little Voice
    The drawbacks to Little Voice might sink a lesser movie, but not this one.
  15. Welcome to Sarajevo
    The movie is well made by director Michael Winterbottom ("Jude"), with a minimum of overdramatics.
  16. A Simple Plan
    Works a familiar mine and produces more than a few nuggets. It's a good tonic, if one's still needed, for '80s-style cynicism: Greed is not good.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hard Rain
    It's fast-moving, it's got fine special effects, the hero and heroine are pure and quick-thinking, the bad people die badly, and the script draws its fair share of laughs.
  18. Adorenarin doraibu
    This overall good feeling helps smooth over the sometimes shocking lapses in logic.
  19. The Daytrippers
    There is something nicely matter-of-fact about Greg Mottola's family comedy-trauma, The Daytrippers. This first-time writer-director has a breezy way of persuading us that seemingly unrealistic behavior is the most natural in the world.
  20. Small Time Crooks
    Stooge-filled farce offers low laughs but lacks a point.
  21. Last Night
    A shockingly eloquent, nearly moving feat of Y2K-trendiness.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A Little Princess
    A Little Princess is a delightful film. Bring your children, or just bring yourself.
  23. The Minus Man
    Fancher's placid, eerily subdued first directorial feature.
  24. Taxman
    Shows how Tinseltown sensibilities can be well thought out even on a low budget.
  25. Best in Show
    Gets blue-ribbon results from its thoroughbred cast of improvisational comics.
    • San Francisco Examiner
  26. Mrs. Winterbourne
    Of course, turning a novel by Woolrich into a light romantic froth is a little like turning King Lear into a musical comedy. But Benjamin has the right comic touch to pull this off.
  27. Pi
    Pi will not be for everyone, but for those who are fed up with the mainstream idiocy that gets dumped into theaters each summer, this movie willbe like a great big palate-clearing taste of sorbet.
  28. Mansfield Park
    What's on the screen may not be a letter-perfect Mansfield Park, but something true to its spirit.
  29. My Country, My Country
    A sobering documentary.
  30. Pocahontas
    With an original score by Alan Menken and Gilbert and Sullivan-ish songs by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, the movie is the cartoon equivalent of a full-scale, high-quality Broadway musical.
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