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For 10,414 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Badlands
Lowest review score: 0 A Life Less Ordinary
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5,571 out of 10414
  2. Mixed: 3,736 out of 10414
  3. Negative: 1,107 out of 10414
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  1. Chapter 27
    Perhaps the harshest criticism that can be directed at Chapter 27 is that it's awful even for a late-period Lindsay Lohan movie. It might even be bad enough to inspire "Catcher" author J.D. Salinger to break his decades of public silence to speak out against this high-camp fiasco.
    • 20 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
    Surely there's a more nuanced argument to be made in favor of ID than pinning the old "bad as Hitler" canard on pro-evolution scientists?
  3. Fireproof
    Cameron acts like a childish jerk, even in the reconciliation phase, and the underlying reason is that he--and the movie--hates women.
  4. An American Carol
    Great satire never fits neatly within an ideological box. Attention, the ghosts of H.L. Mencken, Stanley Kubrick, and Jonathan Swift: David Zucker could use a visit.
  5. Soul Men
    For all its crudeness and desperation, Soul Men can't scare up a single laugh.
  6. Fired Up!
    On the off chance that anyone out there would want to spend time with guys like this—and would appreciate a bonus plug for Staples' recycled paper products, too--this movie has been made just for them.
  7. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
    The problems with Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li began with the casting of dead-eyed, sleepy-voiced, charisma-impaired automaton Kristin Kreuk.
  8. The Stepfather
    Walsh is just a dumb bully who can’t see more than one or two steps ahead. He’s doomed to generic slasher villainy, and the film thoughtlessly obliges.
  9. The Real Cancun
    Save for the diminished allure of drunk, naked hotties, there's nothing of worth in The Real Cancun.
  10. Virus
    This suspense-free, originality-deprived mess will likely be a major contender for the title of 1999's worst film.
  11. Simply Irresistible
    Somehow both formulaic and bat-shit insane. It's sort of a given that films in this genre won't be rigorous cerebral exercises, but Simply Irresistible is almost hypnotic in its unyielding stupidity.
  12. The Mod Squad
    Bound to wind up as one of 1999's worst films.
  13. 200 Cigarettes
    More of a throwback to a period in the '70s when big-screen comedies like "FM" and "Thank God It's Friday" seemed to take all their cues from bad sitcoms, putting rice-paper-flat characters into vibrant settings and giving them nothing to do but exchange faux witty dialogue without the much-needed cues of a laugh track.
  14. All the Queen's Men
    Stultifying.
  15. 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
    Zany antics of the most painful sort.
  16. You've Got Mail
    Takes almost two self-infatuated, smarmy, condescending, cringe-inducingly sentimental hours to reach its pre-ordained conclusion.
  17. Sorority Boys
    A shockingly inane college comedy that accomplishes the nearly impossible feat of being far worse than it looks.
  18. The Other Sister
    Contrived, clueless, reprehensible.
  19. 8MM
    That 8MM fails miserably as a psychological thriller is forgivable. The fact that it is nearly as creepy, sleazy, and manipulative as the pornographic films it so cluelessly and hypocritically condemns is not.
  20. The Avengers
    It's almost fascinating to witness just how lousy The Avengers really is.
  21. Baby Geniuses
    A horrible, horrible film that wears out its welcome before its opening credits.
  22. From Justin to Kelly
    More than anything, From Justin To Kelly needs Simon Cowell, the fork-tongued Idol judge who gives the show its only sliver of tension.
  23. Bruce Almighty
    Even the most narcissistic jerk, like the one played by Jim Carrey in the loathsome comedy Bruce Almighty, would be expected to dream up untold pleasures for himself, acting as a self-serving genie with infinite wishes.
  24. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
    Does this even count as a movie?
  25. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
    The most perversely unnecessary sequel in recent memory.
  26. A Life Less Ordinary
    At the very least, this film should hush those who insist that Diaz has talent beyond visual appeal, but it's unfair to single out her relatively minor offenses when there's so much else to hate about A Life Less Ordinary, an embarrassment for all concerned.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Speed 2: Cruise Control
    But like De Bont's awful "Twister", Speed 2: Cruise Control somehow manages to fail in every way.
  28. Jonah Hex
    Every once in a while, a film limps into theaters so stitched together, it's a wonder it doesn't rip apart in the projector. Jonah Hex is such a film.
  29. The Ten Commandments
    It fails on every conceivable level.
  30. The Last Airbender
    The Last Airbender isn't that much different from the rest of this summer's generally dire multiplex fare-from "The A-Team" to "Jonah Hex"... But it is remarkable in one respect: It's the worst of them.
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