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For 12,900 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: 6,607 out of 12900
  2. Mixed: 5,128 out of 12900
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 12900
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  1. My Summer of Love
    Some of the metaphors are a bit too literal but the director largely succeeds with his story and the surprises are convincing. Best of all the film has a terrific sense of humor and the young actresses exploit it delightfully.
  2. The Talent Given Us
    An engaging portrait of a functionally dysfunctional family.
  3. King of the Corner
    King of the Corner has been adapted from Gerald Shapiro's "Bad Jews and Other Stories" and suffers from an odd, disjointed quality.
  4. Batman Begins
    For Christopher Nolan to turn Batman Begins into such a smart, gritty, brooding, visceral experience is astonishing. Truly, Batman does begin again.
  5. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    Expertly tossing off the type of well-sharpened banter that was the domain of Gable and Lombard and Tracy and Hepburn, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- no matter what their off-camera status -- make one swell combative couple.
  6. The Honeymooners
    A lackluster affair, devoid of laughs and just about anything else one might construe as entertainment.
  7. High Tension
    That outrageous third-act reveal proves to be a major deal-breaker.
  8. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D
    An often imaginative though less than magical family feature.
  9. Howl's Moving Castle
    Though it's difficult to work out what's going on, it's never boring.
  10. Slutty Summer
    Lacks the finesse to attract significant attention beyond its target audience.
  11. The Bridge of San Luis Rey
    Ultimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Café Lumière
    This poetic portrait of simple Japanese life immerses you in the elegance of the ordinary.
  13. Chrystal
    A grand story of redemption, laced with barbecued wit and slopped with intrigue, Chrystal is a high heaping of brilliant storytelling.
  14. Cinderella Man
    Ron Howard and Russell Crowe bring the Braddock story to vivid life in a superbly acted, beautifully shot, highly engaging drama that ranks as one of Howard's best efforts.
  15. Lords of Dogtown
    Takes a surprisingly gritty approach that gives the material some gravitas but also robs it of some of its fun.
  16. Rock School
    Rock School rips out in the gritty-underdogs-conquer-the-world story progression. In this real-life scenario, Green whips them into shape for a triumphant performance at a Zappa Festival in East Germany.
  17. Apres Vous (After You)
    The story itself is silly and exaggerated.
  18. Caterina va in città
    Ultimately neither funny nor touching enough to make much of an impact, but it does offer many small, insightful moments along the way.
  19. The Story of an African Farm
    This adaptation of South African writer Olive Schreiner's cult novel is too cute by far, sapping emotional resonance from a story that was in its original incarnation apparently far darker.
  20. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    Despite a few design flaws, "Pants" should wear well with its young female demo.
  21. The Longest Yard
    This agreeable remake still manages to go the distance.
  22. Madagascar
    It's frustrating to see this wonderful-looking, laugh-out-loud funny survival tale fall short of its potential.
  23. Bomb the System
    Should attract some interest in urban theatrical situations before settling into cult video status.
  24. The Ninth Day
    The film is thought-provoking but not terribly involving.
  25. A League of Ordinary Gentlemen
    Browne keeps it amusingly involving.
  26. Saving Face
    A juicy Chinese-American romance about preserving "face" at the sacrifice of your whole being. This Sony Pictures Classics release is a comic gem.
  27. A Common Thread
    Sequins will tax the patience of most viewers not enthralled with endless close-ups of beads and brocades.
  28. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
    Awfully dull, with scant evidence of the sort of things that make horror movies attractive -- like mounting suspense and spine-tingling creepiness and, oh yeah, the element of horror.
  29. Fixing Frank
    A thought-provoking and involving film.
  30. Second Best
    Pantoliano brings his usual degree of wily, understated humor to his role and is ably supported by the terrific ensemble, but he's unable to elevate a film that is ultimately as directionless as its protagonist.
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