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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. The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'
    Mr. Hamzeh's film is responsible and intelligent, though, and important as a record of a disturbing incident.
  2. Nobody Knows
    Not for the faint of heart, though it has no scenes of overt violence, and barely a tear is shed. It is also strangely thrilling, not only because of the quiet assurance of Mr. Kore-eda's direction, but also because of his alert, humane sense of sympathy.
  3. Boogeyman
    The filmmakers are smart enough to keep the monster out of sight for a long time and then to show only glimpses, but a similar tactic of providing only glimpses of plot and character is disastrous.
  4. The Wedding Date
    Struggles from beginning to end to capture the charm and ebullience of "Four Weddings." The new movie's effort is mostly unsuccessful, but there are bright spots.
  5. Emile
    While most films in which the angry past confronts the guilty present degenerate into mawkish reconciliations, Emile errs on the side of restraint.
  6. Harry + Max
    There are brave, boundary-breaching movies, and there are mad, foolhardy ones. Harry and Max belongs to the latter breed.
  7. The Nomi Song
    An affectionate portrait, not only of Nomi, but also of the long-gone days when downtown Manhattan was an affordable enclave for creative misfits.
  8. Rory O'Shea Was Here
    Better than the usual three-stage journey of courage, heartbreak and redemption. In this case, the triumph of the human spirit comes with a small bitter chaser.
  9. Swimming Upstream
    The role, one of the meatiest of Mr. Rush's career, is equal in flash and complexity to his turns as the pianist David Helfgott in "Shine" and the Marquis de Sade in "Quills."
  10. Sunset Story
    One of the strengths of Sunset Story is that it introduces us to a pair of extraordinary women who have kept their dignity and independence in a world that conspires against them having either. The story of Lucille and Irja may break your heart, but it will also make your day.
  11. Assisted Living
    May be a comedy, but its images of physical frailty are inescapably unsettling. As the camera fixates on frail, spotted trembling hands unsteadily reaching out, it is impossible not to imagine a future in which those hands could be yours.
  12. Daybreak
    If Daybreak weren't so powerfully acted, its accumulating anguish would be too much to bear. As it is, all three couples, especially Knut and Mona, verge on caricature.
  13. Freak Weather
    Like its heroine, Freak Weather is courageous but disorganized; its loopy, screwball tone feels at odds with the gravity of the scenes of chaos and violence it depicts.
  14. Fear X
    Grimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through Fear X like a toxic mist.
  15. Travelers and Magicians
    As he did in "The Cup," Mr. Norbu provides a lot of ingratiating comic moments. His Buddhism is the laughing, playful kind, and does not ask the Western audience - for whom the film is clearly intended - to deal with any uncomfortably complex religious issues.
  16. Alone in the Dark
    So inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn't release it straight to video, or better, toss it directly into the trash.
  17. Hide and Seek
    That Mr. De Niro and especially Miss Fanning manage to register through all this murk is a testament to their talent, which however squandered does nonetheless shine.
  18. Aliens of the Deep
    A visual adventure worthy of that much degraded adjective, awesome.
  19. Lost Embrace
    This is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying.
  20. Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
    This one-sided account brings some lesser-known offenses to light and advances a scenario that is bold and detailed. But it is hardly dispassionate.
  21. Army of One
    Puts a bitterly ironic spin on the Army's best-known recruiting slogan, "Be all that you can be."
  22. Are We There Yet?
    The always charismatic Ice Cube makes Are We There Yet? watchable.
  23. Beautiful Boxer
    A rare hybrid: an underdog sports picture that's also a transgender fairy tale.
  24. Head-On
    Despite the tears, the blood and the booze, Head-On is a hopeful film.
  25. Monsieur N.
    If it all adds up to too much for one film to encompass with ease, Monsieur N, is certainly richer than most of what you'll find on the History Channel.
  26. Watermarks
    A moving documentary that approaches the Holocaust from a fresh, intimate perspective.
  27. She's One of Us
    Handsome but empty film.
  28. Arakimentari
    More of a sketch than a fully developed portrait.
  29. Assault on Precinct 13
    The main thing this "Assault" lacks is a point. Mr. Carpenter's film still resonates with the political paranoia and social unease of the era. Mr. Carpenter's cynical refusal to distinguish clearly between good guys and bad guys feels freshly unsettling, while Mr. Richet's "modernization" looks like something we've seen a hundred times before.
  30. Machuca
    Both sweet and stringent, attuned to the wonders of childhood as well as its cruelty and terror.
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