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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 1 point 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. Scratch
    Scratch could use some of the wit and jagged energy that defined "Hype!"
  2. Super Troopers
    The cast, collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist, shows deft comic timing, particularly Chandrasekhar, who wrings laughs just by his reaction to the locals' racist remarks.
  3. John Q
    Washington's fire and righteous anger can only do so much, and the token grit amounts to a few grains of sand in the sentimental machinery.
  4. Return to Never Land
    Not only did it not engage the adults, its lackluster story line didn't spread much illusion or magic over the kids in the audience either.
  5. Collateral Damage
    It's about as convincing as any other Arnie musclefest, but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic.
  6. Swiri
    This is an unmistakably Asian variant on the action movie, a sleek, slick, entertaining espionage thriller in the John Woo mold.
  7. Scotland, Pa.
    Murders aside, Mac and Pat are the most fun-loving Shakespearean couple to hit the screen, and Morrissette's answer to Lady Macbeth's damned spot is brilliant.
  8. Rollerball
    Coupled with the flavorless dialogue of the inane script and a leading man who registers all the glow of a black hole, there's nothing to anchor this mindless mess of a film.
  9. Big Fat Liar
    The film gets snaps just by attempting the high road, and should be enjoyed by its target audience.
  10. Birthday Girl
    The good news is that Kidman's the best thing in this rather subdued film: sexy, coy and even a bit funny. The bad news is that the movie itself is unlikely to register very long on anyone's radar.
  11. Slackers
    The roll call of perversions and adolescent sex gags are more creepy than kooky and the sudden shift to triumphant romantic sincerity at the climax rings as false as this film's sappy (sorry, happy) ending.
  12. 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.
  13. The Count of Monte Cristo
    As a revenge thriller, the movie is serviceable, but it doesn't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions.
  14. Beijing Bicycle
    An absorbing slice of the New China and a fascinating duel between two magnificently stubborn antagonists.
  15. The Mothman Prophecies
    It would have made for a cool fictional thriller, but The Mothman Prophecies' attempt to stick to true-life roots paralyzes it from being satisfying. It gives you the tingles all right, but they won't follow you out of the theater.
  16. Metropolis
    This is no Disney fable and the apocalyptic vision isn't for everyone, but science-fiction fans and adventurous filmgoers will find this ingenious explosion of retro-cyberpunk a compelling dystopian vision with a gleam of hope.
  17. Escaflowne: The Movie
    It's endlessly confusing.
  18. A Walk to Remember
    What saves the film is the chemistry between the two leads.
  19. Snow Dogs
    Like shave ice without the topping, this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless.
  20. Italian for Beginners
    While the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an American movie might demand, Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production.
  21. Orange County
    It should have been a cut above the usual teen comedy. But it touches the same old bases in the same old dumb ways.
  22. Brotherhood of the Wolf
    At 140 minutes, the film becomes a humorless, long-winded spectacle.
  23. Impostor
    Has a certain ghoulish fascination, and generates a fair amount of B-movie excitement.
  24. Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time
    Mesmerizing and curiously satisfying idyll that gradually, slyly maneuvers us into a whole new way of looking at the delicate relationship between man, art and Mother Nature.
  25. Black Hawk Down
    Rivets our interest for its entire lengthy running time. And it does this without any of the usual war movie clichés, false heroics, barracks-humor nonsense or grandstanding absurdities.
  26. Charlotte Gray
    It's ultimately just numb, a sober wartime romance roused only by Blanchett's intensity and Crudup's passionate swings between righteous anger and moral zeal. The rest is just tired melodrama.
  27. I Am Sam
    I can imagine the pitch meeting: "It's 'Kramer vs. Kramer' meets 'Forrest Gump.' No, wait, 'Rainman' has a baby!"
  28. Dark Blue World
    It's a mixed blessing.
  29. Monster's Ball
    For all its darkness and tragedy, Monster's Ball is a film that wants to be liked and Forster stumbles over his good intentions to win the audience over.
  30. Gosford Park
    In the best Altman manner there are no real heroes and villains, only people trapped by their vanity and ambition and the straitjackets of classism.
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