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For 20,323 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: 9,408 out of 20323
  2. Mixed: 8,448 out of 20323
  3. Negative: 2,467 out of 20323
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  1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    The picture is more fun than it has a right to be.
  2. Hillbrow Kids
    The blithe cruelties of outdoor living mount up, but the filmmakers refuse to exaggerate or sensationalize their material.
  3. Strippers
    Cheesy, amateurish film.
  4. Moon Shadow
    A modest and thoughtful movie, and if it doesn't quite break new ground in addressing its difficult subject, it at least does not cheapen it.
  5. A Good Baby
    The characters' faces reveal more about them than any words that come out of their mouths.
  6. Boys Life 3
    Pallid compared with the flaming id of television's "Will and Grace," the happy swizzle stick Jack, who's all appetites. When series television is more entertaining than a series of short independent films, that's something to worry about.
  7. Spring Forward
    Two very fine actors, Ned Beatty and Liev Schreiber, engaged in an intense contest to see who can give the more understated performance.
  8. The Trench
    What lifts The Trench above the run of the mill is the intensity of its disgust.
  9. 102 Dalmatians
    May have had the unintended effect of obscuring the original it meant to honor.
  10. Unbreakable
    Mr. Shyamalan may be the only mainstream director hankering for success with a need to understate; he is like Shaq without the tattoos. The result is a mastery of craft that may leave some hungry for more.
  11. Quills
    Occasionally becomes pretentious and shrill -- sometimes Mr. Wright isn't aware that his material is so good that he doesn't need to comment on his characters.
  12. Lies
    The daring but only partly successful Korean film Lies is built around voyeurism.
  13. Bounce
    Bounce may be far from a great film, but its pleasures are consistent enough to remind you of how few movies nowadays come anywhere close to matching it in intelligence and emotional balance.
  14. La bûche
    It unfolds with the verve and clarity of a piece of music, carefully composed and passionately played.
  15. Billy Liar (re-release)
    One of the great movies of the 1960's, but it has been, in this country at least, maddeningly elusive. In spite of its bitter edge, Billy Liar is pure Ambrosia.
  16. Sasayaki
    There's a little more sex than you'll see on WB, but mostly there's an atmosphere of brooding psychodrama and erotic cruelty that falls somewhere between "Cries and Whispers" and "Say Anything."
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One Day in September
    Given the power of its story, One Day in September seems at times to be pushing too hard.
  18. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II
    A one- way ticket to infantile heaven.
  19. The 6th Day
    Plays like something picked up at a vintage store; you can see all the greasy fingerprints from those who have handled it before.
  20. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    So clogged with kooky gadgetry and special effects and glitter and goo that watching it feels like being gridlocked at Toys "R" Us during the Christmas rush.
  21. Rebels with a Cause
    (Garvy) has helped advance our understanding of a difficult and exhilarating time.
  22. Restless
    For all its demureness, Restless captures some of the excitement of youthful romance in which the partners aren't just separate individuals but the products of divergent cultures.
  23. Non-Stop
    A breathless dash to nowhere in particular, doesn't feel bad.
  24. Red Planet
    A leaden, skimpily plotted space-age Outward Bound adventure with vague allegorical aspirations that remain entirely unrealized.
  25. Men of Honor
    Until its unbearably hokey ending, acquits itself reasonably well.
  26. Looking for an Echo
    Corny, suds-drenched movie. The kindest way of looking at this roughly patched-together story is as the cinematic equivalent of the music it memorializes.
  27. Little Nicky
    It's a clever idea bogged down in sophomoric sloppiness. Sitting through it doesn't feel like eternal damnation, but it's not exactly heaven, either. It's a $9.50 tour of adolescent purgatory.
  28. You Can Count on Me
    Melancholy little gem of a movie.
  29. Suzhou River
    Mr. Lou lets it play on for too long. Suzhou River offers impeccable attitude and captivating atmosphere, but little emotional or intellectual impact.
  30. Blue Moon
    Although the odds are against them, Mr. Gazzara and Ms. Moreno succeed in cutting through the forced sitcom banter to create a credible and touching portrait of a marriage of two proud individuals who respect each other even in moments of strife.
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