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For 20,335 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 49% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 61
Highest review score: 100 Short Cuts
Lowest review score: 0 Gummo
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,412 out of 20335
  2. Mixed: 8,455 out of 20335
  3. Negative: 2,468 out of 20335
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  1. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
    As the latest tribute -- Jim Brown’s loving documentary, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song -- makes clear, he’s still busy, still angry, still hopeful, still singing.
  2. Great World of Sound
    I found Mr. Zobel’s film touching and amusing, but it also left me a bit queasy.
  3. 3:10 to Yuma
    More likely to be recalled as a moderately satisfying entertainment than remembered as a classic.
  4. Fierce People
    When F. Scott Fitzgerald remarked that the rich “are different from you and me,” he might have been thinking of someone like the moody billionaire from Fierce People.
  5. Hatchet
    Horror without suspense is like sex without love: you can appreciate the technicalities, but ultimately there’s no reason to care.
  6. In the Shadow of the Moon
    In the Shadow of the Moon is such a morale booster. The power of its archival images hasn’t diminished with familiarity.
  7. Romance & Cigarettes
    There is more raw vitality pumping through Romance & Cigarettes, John Turturro’s passionate ode to the sensual pulse of life in a working-class neighborhood of Queens, than in a dozen perky high school musicals. This is a movie in which a dirty mind is a good thing. Call it “The Singing Id.” Prudes, be forewarned.
  8. Shoot 'Em Up
    A worthless piece of garbage.
    • 32 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Brothers Solomon
    A deranged, sometimes desperate parody of an inspirational losers-make-good comedy. Three gags miss for every one that hits.
  10. The Bubble
    Mr. Fox may be a romantic, but he understands that love is rarely all you need.
  11. The Hunting Party
    A misfired, misguided would-be satire.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Inner Life of Martin Frost
    A late appearance by a supporting character -- a pushy plumber and aspiring writer named Jim Fortunato (Michael Imperioli), who offers his mentally damaged young ward (played by Mr. Auster’s own daughter, Sophie) as a servant and possible concubine -- pushes the movie from bland pretension into distastefulness.
  13. Milarepa
    There are stunning locales but not much subtlety on display in Milarepa, a straight-as-an-arrow mythical-historical telling of a mystic’s early life.
  14. The Unknown Soldier
    The reckoning with the past, which has occupied West German society since the 1960s, has been painful and divisive, which makes the calm, empirical spirit of this film all the more impressive.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
    Laid back and affectionate, “Cheese” is the movie version of a dear friend you could spend all day with.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Death Sentence
    Aside from a stunning three-minute tracking shot as the gang pursues Nick through a parking garage, and Mr. Bacon’s hauntingly pale, dark-eyed visage, Mr. Wan’s film is a tedious, pandering time-waster.
  17. Freshman Orientation
    On one level, a stereotypical mash of Greek cruelty, queer poetry slams and rabid activist rhetoric. But beneath the tired crudeness and college-romp clichés, the movie is gently perceptive about the malleable nature of sexuality and the barriers we construct to hide our confusion.
  18. Ladrón que roba a ladrón
    An effervescent comedy coasting on the charisma of its stars.
  19. The Nines
    Think of it as a kind of “Twilight Zone 2007” in which the paranoia endemic to an industry that runs on illusion, hype and extravagant grandiosity comes home to roost.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Halloween (2007)
    The new Halloween has sympathy for the Devil, but not enough.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Exiled
    The movie is consistently engrossing and sometimes touching, thanks to its hard yet subtle characterizations and Mr. To’s refusal to condescend.
  22. Self Medicated
    Though buoyed by Anthony Marinelli’s moody score and Denis Maloney’s gutsy cinematography, Self-Medicated suffers from severe dramatic droop.
  23. Balls of Fury
    Raunchier and somewhat more imaginative than “Hot Rod.”
  24. The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun
    Despite some pretty seasonal photography and evocative scenes of the nuns’ rigorous daily rituals, which involve many hours of prayer, The Monastery is a flighty, disorganized film with a blurry timeline and a wandering attention span.
  25. Dedication
    A movie that reveals its toxic intentions only gradually. Until it does, there is much to enjoy in the prickly odd-couple relationship of Henry (Billy Crudup) and Rudy (Tom Wilkinson), successful writing partners and longtime friends.
  26. Deep Water
    Again and again you want to shout at the screen: “Turn back. All will be forgiven.” This tale of risk, though, ends not with man conquering nature but in calamitous failure.
  27. Illegal Tender
    Luridly earnest and laughably immoral, Illegal Tender is an old genre movie with a new look. Call it Hispanixploitation.
  28. Mr. Bean's Vacation
    The kids at my screening loved it. Besides, at its heart, Mr. Atkinson’s movie, a huge hit overseas, speaks in an international language.
  29. The Nanny Diaries
    Because The Nanny Diaries is essentially a two-character story whose supporting players are wooden props, it would help if the actors playing the two were evenly matched. But Ms. Johansson’s Annie, who narrates the movie in a glum, plodding voice, is a leaden screen presence, devoid of charm and humor.
  30. Resurrecting the Champ
    For Mr. Lurie, who specializes in political subjects, Resurrecting the Champ is an encouraging return to film following the rise and fall of his television series "Commander in Chief."
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