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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. A Home at the End of the World
    Farrell looks so stymied we feel for the guy -- and when the door closes on A Home at the End of the World, that's the only feeling in town.
  2. Ju-on: The Grudge
    At least as perplexing as it is creepy, with a time-jumping narrative, a chain of barely connected characters and an enraged shape-shifting ghost.
    • 25 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    A Cinderella Story
    A Cinderella Story has little of the smarts that distinguished this spring's big teen hit, "Mean Girls", which starred Duff's arch-rival, Lindsay Lohan. Whereas that film presented a genuinely complex and enjoyably snarky portrait of modern teen life, this effort is content to be another candy-coloured fantasy.
  4. I, Robot
    A movie of its kind and of its time -- functional, professional, slickly manufactured and slouching toward consciousness -- I, Robot is a perfect slave to mechanical convention.
  5. Maria Full of Grace
    A fantastic film.
  6. Touch of Pink
    Tasty and sweet, if a little on the mild side.
  7. Zhou Yu de huo che
    Lyrical, dreamy and too complicated for its own good.
  8. The Door in the Floor
    Single-handedly, Bridges gives the film what it otherwise lacks -- energy and emotion invested in this damaged man, naked beneath his ballooning caftan, at once sadly ridiculous and ridiculously sad.
  9. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    Will Ferrell is a scream, no doubt about it. And Anchorman contains some of his best work. But, Knights of Columbus! Wouldn't it be great if TV-based comedians weren't afraid of making movies that were funnier than they are?
  10. Sleepover
    Think of Sleepover as a girl gang movie with training wheels.
  11. Riding Giants
    Too long by about 20 minutes, and arguably too obsessed with the lineage of names only of interest to other surfers, this is a vicarious kick.
  12. King Arthur
    There, in its midst, stands a freeze-dried Arthur -- stripped of his legend, shivering in the cold and wondering, like the rest of us, where in hell the magic went.
  13. Before Sunset
    This is a sequel just as intriguing as the original.
  14. Spider-Man 2
    Raimi doesn't make the mistake of over-thinking the flimsy psychology of the genre. All this conflicted-hero stuff isn't meant to be profound; instead, it's there for the same reason as everything else -- to give the action (the interior action in this case) a healthy shot of pop energy.
  15. The Notebook
    The Notebook is meant to be a romantic weepy, and you will shed tears - but only from the consistent and exhausting effort of trying to control your gag reflex. Even a body that welcomes a sugar fix will repel a sugar invasion.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Two Brothers
    The kind of movie that kids used to flock to on Saturday afternoons in the forties and fifties.
  17. White Chicks
    White Chicks could and should be a much more mischievous movie. A half-dozen writers have managed to create a succession of thin sketches that add up to "Some Like It Warmed Over," with a touch of stink.
  18. Fahrenheit 9/11
    Aesthetically, this isn't a great documentary, although, during the first half, there are great moments in it. But the latter part is scattered and frenzied, rather like an excited dog tearing off after too many rabbits at once -- a thematic hunt that's all chase and scant context.
  19. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    Much of Dodgeball feels competent but lazy. The nerds are barely distinguishable, except for one who thinks he's a pirate and says arghh a lot to no humorous effect.
  20. The Terminal
    The net result is a few shaky laughs and one unwavering sensation -- that The Terminal is interminable.
  21. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
    Apparently, the faith that can move mountains is detectable in the microscopes that can track electrons. If so, the metaphoric is real and, to me, that thought is as scary as it is thrilling -- but what the bleep do I know?
  22. Facing Windows
    Girotti is especially evocative, his face an alternating current that switches from emptiness to alarm and back again.
  23. Around the World in 80 Days
    The major problem with Around the World is that there's just not quite enough Chan, or at least the Chan we want to see, which is the acrobatic clown.
  24. The Chronicles of Riddick
    The script is terrible - a confounding mish-mash of action-thriller chases, sci-fi travelogue and phony political intrigue.
  25. The Stepford Wives
    There is no tonal consistency from scene to scene, swinging from domestic drama to farce. Most of the actors -- especially Matthew Broderick -- look lost.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    It takes more than a fan to analyze the legacy of a period. But a fan is just what it takes to indulge in that legacy, which is exactly what Broadway: The Golden Age is all about.
  27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    From my doddering perspective - rheumy with a view - Volume 3 puts plenty of cinema into the picture but leeches all the charm out of the tale.
  28. The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Plays like a sophisticated children's story.
  29. The Day After Tomorrow
    I'm not saying that a date with this picture is all pleasure; but it's not all guilt either.
  30. Soul Plane
    A third of the way into Soul Plane, maybe earlier if you're in the right mood or with the wrong company, you might actually start to enjoy disliking the movie. Like, say, Prince's "Purple Rain," certain Joan Crawford movies, and Leslie Nielsen at his best worst, the film inspires cathartic ridicule.
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