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For 12,897 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: 6,604 out of 12897
  2. Mixed: 5,128 out of 12897
  3. Negative: 1,165 out of 12897
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  1. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
    Kill Bill-Vol. 2 puts to shame doubts entertained about aesthetic strategies or structural imbalance provoked by "Kill Bill-Vol. 1." Now that the entirety of Quentin Tarantino's epic revenge melodrama is on view, "Kill Bill" emerges as a brilliant, invigorating work, one to muse over for years to come.
  2. The Punisher
    A tone-deaf muddle that shifts moods more often than its lone wolf vigilante rubs out bad guys, clocking in at a punishingly paced two hours and change.
  3. Gypsy 83
    Rue plays her with just the right combination of sweetness, sexuality and sass.
  4. Connie and Carla
    Veteran TV director Michael Lembeck slides the movie into a sitcom mode that only further deadens the thin material. While Vardalos and Collette shine in the musical numbers, why didn't he bother to give the musical sequences a bit of pizzazz?
  5. A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky
    Hernandez's desire to utilize all the armaments of the filmmaker hits the viewer with a visceral force. What could have been a mess turns out to be a success.
  6. The Middle of the World
    In the depiction of this unlikely journey -- it is supposedly based on a real-life story -- the film awkwardly veers between naturalism and a striving for poetic myth.
  7. Shade
    A dramatic thriller with a large cast playing the hell out of some very juicy roles. Nieman's script shuffles nimbly among an array of colorful characters and offers unexpected twists that keep you off-balance.
  8. Showboy
    Unlike such similar efforts as "A Mighty Wind," this would-be satire isn't funny enough to be entertaining, nor is it clever enough to fool us.
  9. Twentynine Palms
    Ultimately a hollow and pointless exercise.
  10. The Girl Next Door
    Sharp, vivacious comedy.
  11. The Whole Ten Yards
    Things spin swiftly out of control with uneven acting and misfired physical gags.
  12. The Alamo
    A respectable and at times an exciting film that should appeal to males of all ages, history buffs and -- yes, it's inevitable -- patriots.
  13. Ella Enchanted
    Nothing un-beguiles a fairy tale more than forced whimsy and labored magic, which is precisely what plagues Ella Enchanted.
  14. Johnson Family Vacation
    Mild in both humor and impact, this well-cast comedy should provide welcome diversion during the holidays for audiences looking for a somewhat lighter experience than the crucifixion of Christ or the massacre at the Alamo.
  15. Walking Tall
    The cast acquits itself well, with the Rock evincing a quiet balance between humor and brawn.
  16. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
    Kim Ki-duk keeps dialogue to a minimum and actions simple in what is virtually a two-character piece. Humor arrives organically, often resulting in hearty laughs.
  17. The Prince and Me
    An unremarkable romantic comedy that gives short shrift to both romance and comedy.
  18. Adored
    Tries to be too many things, none very convincingly: plea for tolerance, docu-style character study, old-fashioned weepie.
  19. Hellboy
    Standard-issue superhero movie -- except that writer-director Guillermo del Toro, taking his cue from "Hellboy" comic book creator Mike Mignola, brings a wicked sense of humor to this particular monster mash.
  20. Home on the Range
    This amiable, Western-themed animated effort from the Walt Disney Co. is a clear attempt to return to the more lighthearted cartoon style that was so prevalent before its onslaught of stately musical epics.
  21. Son frère
    While its two credible leads are certainly up to the challenge, there's a relentless claustrophobia that prevents the film from taking on a fully dimensional life of its own.
  22. The United States of Leland
    A complex and often compelling melodrama, at times almost verging on soap opera.
  23. Marathon
    The film is nearly unendurable.
  24. Two Men Went to War
    A wobbly comedy-drama.
  25. Never Die Alone
    Alas, this is just film ugly.
  26. Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    By the time they're done with all the tinkering, "Scooby-Doo" ends up bearing as much a resemblance to Hanna-Barbera as the recent "Cat in the Hat" did to Dr. Seuss.
  27. The Ladykillers
    Where the best Coen brothers comedy is a matter of finely tuned tone, diction, attitude and visual rhythms, everything in The Ladykillers feels out of kilter. With Tom Hanks delivering -- arguably -- one of the most perplexing performances of his career.
  28. Jersey Girl
    Smith stumbles setting up dramatic confrontations and strains credibility a time or two with implausible moments.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ned Kelly
    Expertly combining the personal and the epic, Jordan has crafted an excellent historical saga that doesn't collapse under the weight of too much history.
  30. Raja
    Doillon never lets his characters slide into cliche. They act and react from a wealth of contradictory impulses and long-standing prejudices in this masterful tale of frustrated desire.
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