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For 2,931 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 Peter Pan
Lowest review score: 0 Mindhunters
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,824 out of 2931
  2. Mixed: 872 out of 2931
  3. Negative: 235 out of 2931
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  1. Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda
    The characters are uniformly repulsive, the cliche-ridden script builds no real tension or psychological interest, and the bottom line is that Lee's innovative but ultimately tedious and even ludicrous MTV-style visuals add absolutely nothing to the story dynamics.
  2. Camp
    Starts slowly, takes a turn for the better for a couple of reels and then, not having much to say or anywhere to go, flatlines into something akin to "American Idol."
  3. Street Kings
    It's hard to recall another time when the cross-purposes of two collaborating filmmakers of a major film has been quite so evident, or when the theme of the movie itself has been so totally schizophrenic -- half populist outrage, half Nazi.
  4. The Greatest Game Ever Played
    It's by far the most inspirational sports movie to come along in many a month.
  5. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    Herman's intentions are admirable, but his results are unsettling in the worst ways.
  6. The Truth About Charlie
    Comes across as a fairly weak retooling.
  7. P.S.
    Wanders off on story tangents that can't be called anything other than bizarre, but nevertheless oddly engages.
  8. Veronica Guerin
    Blanchett is, warts-and-all, letter perfect.
  9. Don't Come Knocking
    For all of its minor pleasures, this encore lacks the depth of its conviction.
  10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    It may be emblematic of new-millennium Hollywood that this movie has turned out to be one more emotionless, brainless, overproduced action film.
  11. Nim's Island
    Such an air of dumbness hovers over the movie, and it's all played so broadly that nothing about it is remotely believable.
  12. Darshan: The Embrace
    Movies about gurus generally fail to capture the charisma of their subjects. French director Jan Kounen's documentary on Amma, India's hugging saint, who allegedly has given restorative embraces to more than 45 million supplicants, is no exception.
  13. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
    It's colorful and determinedly kooky, with "Kung Fu" references and an H.R. Pufnstuf interlude between performances.
  14. Irina Palm
    Garbarski recovers from the melodrama with a final image that is so sweet, so simple and so understated that one is tempted to say it is perfect.
  15. Love Actually
    The film is an audience-pleaser, but very calculated and far from Curtis' best work: His script will go to any lengths to be cute, and his direction tends to be overly broad. In the end, he wears us out with the sheer volume of witty and endearing characters.
  16. The Acid House
    It's not the direction that feels flaccid in this film. Surprisingly, it's the stories themselves, which provide a bit of a giggle but little else.
  17. Casa de los babys
    But the movie goes absolutely nowhere. It allows us to be a fly on the wall to a whirlwind of gossip, confessions and intimate moments. But when the ending comes, it's an epic letdown. It's just so much Oprah-esque eye candy, without a point of view, or a plot.
  18. Starsky & Hutch
    Wilson's shtick actually works better with Stiller than it did with either of his former partners, Jackie Chan and Eddie Murphy.
  19. I Heart Huckabees
    Despite a consistent tone of all-out absurdity, it's a very demanding movie, and its goofiness is never inspired or laugh-out-loud funny enough to carry us along on its leap of imagination.
  20. The House Bunny
    It's funny. Dumb, yes, but funny.
  21. Rendition
    The movie is not exciting, original or instructive enough to justify the unpleasant experience.
  22. The Sandlot
    The Sandlot is so exploitative of the myth of baseball and rings so false as a nostalgia piece - and is so unfunny as a comedy - that it makes "The Bad News Bears" look like "Pride of the Yankees." [7 Apr 1993]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  23. Ice Princess
    A sweet if bland film.
  24. Playing by Heart
    The movie smacks of old-fashioned Hollywood phoniness. [22 Jan 1999]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  25. Take the Lead
    It's a very slight and forgettable affair, and a formula job all the way. But it's easy to watch, the dance sequences are sporadically enjoyable (if hardly innovative) and Antonio Banderas is wonderfully magnetic and charming in the lead.
  26. Sukiyaki Western Django
    Director Takashi Miike's dish of sukiyaki spaghetti ala Sergio Corbucci is badly seasoned with scraps of reservoir dogs.
  27. Rocky V
    The old formula is showing its age. The movie just doesn't deliver the emotional highs that addicted millions to the Rocky cycle. For the first time, one does not leave the theater floating on air. [16 Nov 1990, p.8]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  28. Bride & Prejudice
    Here's yet another take on "Pride and Prejudice,"...but all spiced up as colorfully as a dish of curry.
  29. Agnes Browne
    Anges has nothing but affection for its characters and fondness for their quirkiness.
  30. King of the Corner
    Peter Riegert's is a labor of love film where you feel love much stronger than you feel the film.
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