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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. The Shadow
    The period detail, the makeup effects, the computer-generated transformations, and Jerry Goldsmith's brassy score are all excellent. The Shadow also manages to make fun of itself without ever letting the self-parody get out of hand, or disintegrate into camp. For what is essentially a summer slugfest, The Shadow also has unusually rich character performances. [01 Jul 1994]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  2. Swiri
    This is an unmistakably Asian variant on the action movie, a sleek, slick, entertaining espionage thriller in the John Woo mold.
  3. Now and Then
    It's very flimsy, the harrowingly unoriginal screenplay rings false in almost every dialogue exchange, and first-time director Lesli Linka Glatter paints her scenes with the broadest of strokes and a clunky, heavy-handed, TV sitcom sensibility. [20 Oct 1995]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  4. Planet of the Apes
    It has its flaws, and traditionalists are likely to think it falls well short of its inspiration, but it works on its own terms, it fills the screen with Burtonesque excitement and it strikes me as one of this tepid movie summer's better offerings.
  5. Shaft
    Essentially works, even though the script is a mess and John Singleton's direction is often clumsy and heavy-handed to an annoying degree.
  6. The Rules of Attraction
    Opens on a display of humiliation and human degradation at its worst and then rewinds, like a video surfer zipping back to replay a favorite scene, to the nominal beginning of the spiral.
  7. Constantine
    It's inconsistent and it fudges the script's murkier details, but Lawrence keeps the story on track and doesn't cheat the world of Constantine."
  8. Hoffa
    The film tells the story of Jimmy Hoffa in a refreshingly honest way. [25 Dec 1992]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  9. No Reservations
    By far the best thing about it is Zeta-Jones.
  10. Introducing the Dwights
    Director Cherie Nowlan creates vivid personalities for the entire family and exposes the raw nerves of the biting humor.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Dedication
    To director Justin Theroux's credit, he differentiates his film with a dusky visual style that reflects Henry's murky interior. He uses the grit of his Manhattan locations to give outward expression to Henry's volatile, selfish and terrified state of mind.
  12. The Iron Ladies
    It's still too shrill and silly to take seriously, but the high spirits and naïve message of tolerance and pride is oddly, innocently winning.
  13. Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
    A loving tribute to Hong Kong stuntmen by one of their own, the directorial debut of stuntman-turned-actor Robin Shou ("Mortal Kombat") is a wince-inducing behind-the-scenes look at the way contemporary Hong Kong action cinema is created.
  14. Flawless
    It finally just rings false as a human drama.
  15. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
    If Irwin is your bag, then this is your film. Otherwise, Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is dumb, mate. Real dumb.
  16. Duplex
    There's no slow descent into ruthless warfare and we get neither the giddy charge of their bad behavior, nor the guilty sting of complicity in their ruthless desire. All that's left is an idea still in search of a script.
  17. Marebito (The Stranger from Afar)
    It's not really scary, but it reaches a level of insanity so unhinged and dispassionately wretched that it defies description. Inspired, but not for all tastes.
  18. Passenger 57
    To be truthful, the movie is not much, even by the limited standards of the genre. It's played almost too broadly for its own good. [07 Nov 1992]
    • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  19. Two for the Money
    It never quite adds up to anything. It's engaging enough while it's going on, but has little visceral impact or resonance.
  20. Nothing Like the Holidays
    Director Alfredo De Villa doesn't play it for the kind of knockabout comedy so often seen in these films (like the shrill hit "Four Christmases").
  21. Murder by Numbers
    Schroeder's misstep is trying hard to please his star, whether it be her character's empathetic past or one very fake-looking action climax. His greatest service is keeping her toe-to-toe with her talented co-stars -- and both are the better for it.
  22. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    It's an even more tedious storytelling mess, with a plot so muddled it's impossible to accurately describe, generating zero interest in its characters and grinding on for nearly three endless hours.
  23. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
    Kidman brings her character to life with a fey, moth-to-the-flame enthrallment that's both touching and fascinating.
  24. Storytelling
    While there are maybe two moments of genuinely clever humor, Storytelling is the work of a previously promising filmmaker who, having no new ideas, has morphed into a sniggering schoolboy intent upon being mean.
  25. Garage Days
    A lively and lightweight comedy, the film finally connects with the real-life rush of playing music for a live audience.
  26. The Island
    Make no mistake: This not high art. But it does its job without insulting our intelligence or unpleasantly jangling our nerves.
  27. The Ten
    As sketch comedy, The Ten often is imaginative and sometimes hilarious...Still, like precursors from "The Groove Tube" to "Jackass," it doesn't make for much of a movie.
  28. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
    It's not terrible, but it's mediocre and not much more than a string of cheesy sex gags.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Step Up 2: The Streets
    Isn't nearly as entertaining as it is predictable.
  30. Home on the Range
    Belongs to its trio of "bovine" voice talent -- Roseanne Barr, Dame Judi Dench and Jennifer Tilly -- who play with such tongue-in-cheek delight upon their public personas that it's hard to separate cow character from the celebrities.
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