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For 12,932 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lowest review score: 0 Dirty Love
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6,624 out of 12932
  2. Mixed: 5,140 out of 12932
  3. Negative: 1,168 out of 12932
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  1. How to Train Your Dragon
    A 3D movie that will intrigue kids and adults alike but might play raggedly in both camps.
  2. Waking Sleeping Beauty
    Surprisingly hard-hitting and revealing. The topic is a bit specialized to draw a wide audience, but those who see the movie will definitely enjoy the intrigue depicted.
  3. Clash of the Titans
    A popcorn movie that reaches back to the fantasy epics of old and forward into the digital future, where the word "unimaginable" no longer exists.
  4. Around the Bend
    Slick, well-packaged emotional drama.
  5. End of the Century
    The first half of the film is a by-the-numbers rock docu. But at the halfway mark, the personalities and psychoses of the performers become as interesting as the history, and the documentary morphs into an involving human drama.
  6. Won't Anybody Listen
    A valuable cautionary tale that serves as a handy correlative to the many fictional films in which the biggest problems depicted about the music biz are the pitfalls of having too much drugs and sex.
  7. Martin & Orloff
    A wacky comedy involving a suicidal marketing executive and his highly irreverent shrink, Martin & Orloff ultimately doesn't fully succeed in its comedic aspirations, but it does offer some genuine laughs along the way.
  8. Madame Satã
    An intensely realized, beautifully shot drama.
  9. After the Life
    The strongest film.
  10. Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero
    The performances by the highly attractive cast are terrific all around, and the directors have well managed to convey the literally and metaphorically sultry aspects of a hot summer day.
  11. WTC the First 24 Hours
    The film lacks narration or music, but the devastating images speak for themselves.
  12. My Life Without Me
    Successfully surmounts nearly all the challenges of making a film about a young person dying. Which means the writer-director avoids pitfalls. It is not cloying or sentimental or falsely optimistic. It avoids bathos and exaggerated emotions. Instead, the film affirms life in surprising and gratifying ways.
  13. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    Lacks the wonder, surprises and supercool attitude Cameron achieved. "T3" is no weak sister, though. With Arnold Schwarzenegger back as the iconic title character and an often witty, fast-paced script by John Brancato, Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian, audiences worldwide will embrace the new film.
  14. The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John
    This well-made epic boasts carefully researched production values and the talents of classically trained actors, but by literally playing it by the book, the picture loses something dramatic in the translation.
  15. Field of Dreams
    It's Costner's eye-on-the-ball exuberance that carries Dreams past its often mechanical aesthetic paces.
  16. Good Boy!
    Mostly, Good Boy! exists for the middle section where youngsters and dogs speak the same language. These escapades, all taking place under the adults' radar, generate many sound laughs.
  17. Calendar Girls
    It's a real-life story adapted into a grown-up comedy that is warm, winning and sexy. Call it "The Full Auntie."
  18. The Clay Bird
    Ultimately stronger on characterization and atmosphere than narrative. But its portrait of a society torn apart by, among other things, religious fundamentalism, is all too currently resonant.
  19. Le divorce
    Utterly charming and not without those subtle insights into character and culture that mark their (Merchant Ivory) best films.
  20. Prey for Rock & Roll
    While the story line often comes uncomfortably close to melodrama, Prey for Rock and Roll"... is an entertaining and sometimes even moving portrait of a veteran band that never quite hits the big time.
  21. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
    The most damning account of the failure of the criminal justice system in America anyone is ever likely to see.
  22. The Princess Blade
    Original and thrilling martial-arts choreography, a lean, hard-driving story and solemn atmosphere make The Princess Blade -- a futuristic tale -- stand way above the pack.
  23. The Seagull's Laughter
    Flirting intriguingly with film noir conventions, the film never really achieves a coherent tone in its depiction of the complicated and sometimes fatal series of events that arise.
  24. Yossi & Jagger
    The film ambles along at a relaxed pace, well depicting the uneasy relationships among the soldiers and the mixture of boredom and danger that marks their daily existence.
  25. Osama
    Ends up being of greater historical significance than of any lasting artistic merit.
  26. Shattered Glass
    Although the substance could have used more visual style, Ray tells an uncluttered story and draws strong performances from his actors.
  27. My Mother Likes Women
    Comes across as Almodovar lite, but the film, from director-screenwriters Ines Paris and Daniela Fejerman, offers some pleasures along the way, including an engaging performance by Leonor Watling ("Talk to Her").
  28. He Got Game
    As a director, Lee continues to hone his considerable craft and is unafraid to take creative risks along the way. But after leaving the scripting to others for his past few feature outings, he has returned to the word processor — and it's evident his screenwriting abilities haven't kept pace.
  29. Knafayim Shvurot
    A sensitive and well-observed drama that, while not breaking new ground, marks its director-screenwriter as someone to watch.
  30. Greendale
    Like "Dogville," Neil Young's Greendale uses the deceptively simple "Our Town" foundation on which to build a platform for some highly personal sociopolitical criticisms, but unlike the contentious von Trier picture, the Young variation gets the job done in roughly half the time with a notable absence of histrionics, plus you can tap your toes to it.
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