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For 7,291 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 The Red Turtle
Lowest review score: 0 The Mod Squad
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,349 out of 7291
  2. Mixed: 1,826 out of 7291
  3. Negative: 1,116 out of 7291
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  1. Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
    The best gal wrestlers had their signature moves: Ida May Martinez, with her flying drop kick; Ella Waldek, with the "short-arm scissor lift." Filmmaker Leitman, for all her good work, is in need of a close-out manoeuvre of her own.
  2. Oldboy
    This is a movie about draining, tenderizing and chopping up the audience emotionally.
  3. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
    Formula sequel right down to its zany subtitle -- Armed and Fabulous. Bullock deserves better. We deserve better. Rev up that '57 Chevy.
  4. Mondovino
    A sprawling personal journey, filled with an array of fascinating characters, through the world of wine.
  5. Ice Princess
    Trachtenberg gives a sweetly compelling performance as Casey, as does the wonderfully kooky Cusack as her mother, but their charms are not enough to save this painfully unoriginal movie from coming out of a triple toe loop and landing flat on its bottom.
  6. The Ring Two
    Watts evokes a classic Hitchcockian virgin-whore duality.
  7. Melinda and Melinda
    Allen's best effort since 1999's "Sweet and Lowdown," but that's not saying a lot.
  8. Steamboy
    The narrative here may be strictly nuts and bolts, but as an achievement in graphic design, Steamboy is first class.
  9. Hostage
    On the plus side, bloated narratives make for a busy action star, and Bruce is quite the workaholic on this outing, clearly eager to rekindle memories of his "Die Hard" glory days.
  10. Robots
    Sure, it's a bit mechanical, but what did you expect? The important thing is that the characters and jokes don't prevent you from grooving on the pleasures of the moving parts.
  11. The Upside of Anger
    Meant to explore anger, all this picture does is manufacture it.
  12. Millions
    The film is small-scale, cleverly crafted and feels like a more expensive version of the sort of "dramedy" they produce by the truckload at the BBC.
  13. In My Country
    Although In My Country is charged with moments of grace and feeling, the film is ultimately betrayed by the clunky Jackson-Binoche romance.
  14. The Boys & Girl from County Clare
    There will be occasional tears, there must be frequent laughs and the whole contrived structure has the calculated quaintness of Ye Olde Pub at a EuroDisney theme park.
  15. Don't Move
    Don't Move comes to seem as static as its title -- we just don't learn enough to compensate for feeling so little.
  16. Be Cool
    To reduce Leonard to shtick makes about as much sense as using a scalpel for a butter knife — even when the job gets done, it's just such a dull waste of a sharp implement.
  17. The Jacket
    Memo to screenwriters cranking out murky existential thrillers: Do not have various characters repeat on several occasions: "I know this doesn't make any sense."
  18. The Pacifier
    Director Adam Shankman pushes together scenes with little rhythm or flow. Writers Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant ignore credibility, throw in pointless sight gags, treat humiliation as comedy and use tiresome ethnic stereotypes. In short, Diesel doesn't get the help he needs.
  19. Dear Frankie
    Very well crafted and superbly acted. Whatever you may think of the idea, its execution is admirable.
  20. Gunner Palace
    Sorry, but this level of insight is readily available from daily news reports.
  21. Walk on Water
    The Israeli film works best in isolated spots early on as a series of intriguing character studies. Upon reaching to become a lesson to the world, however, Walk on Water goes off the deep end.
  22. The Best of Youth
    If you've got six hours to invest watching superior television in a movie theatre, then spend the time wisely with The Best of Youth.
  23. Cursed
    The problem lies with Williamson's script, which feels as if it has been torn from different places and glued back together like a ransom note.
  24. Man of the House
    This one is headed straight for star Tommy Lee Jones's career-blooper reel.
  25. Up and Down
    Uneven and erratic and far too busy, its flashes of brilliance dimmed by overambitious meanderings.
  26. Because of Winn-Dixie
    The problem is that director Wayne Wang seems deaf to the tonal differences between coming-of-age, magic realism and children's comedy.
  27. Constantine
    Every time you think you grasp the concept, another layer of outlandish supernatural gobbledygook is laid on top, leaving the viewer feeling as spun-out as Linda Blair's head.
  28. Son of the Mask
    While not as edgy or funny as "The Mask," the popular 1994 "original" starring Jim Carrey, the movie offers eye-popping animation high-jinks and a warm-and-fuzzy story that reinforces what some would call family values.
  29. Alexandra's Project
    Actress Helen Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger.
  30. Nabbeun namja
    Low, mean and depressingly plausible.
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