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For 20,313 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: 9,401 out of 20313
  2. Mixed: 8,446 out of 20313
  3. Negative: 2,466 out of 20313
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  1. The Affair of the Necklace
    Drags and meanders when it wants clarity and clockwork, and bogs down in hazy, vague emotions.
  2. Behind Enemy Lines
    As intense an immersion in military ambience as a Hollywood movie could hope to provide in just over 90 minutes.
  3. Trouble Every Day
    Ultimately seems naïve. In developing the comparison of sex and cannibalism, it never goes beyond the standard Draculian symbol of blood to include other bodily substances.
  4. Bangkok Dangerous
    Some of the nonstop commotion of Bangkok Dangerous is funny and inventive -- but much more of it is simply irritating and obfuscating.
  5. In the Bedroom
    When a film as profoundly quiet as In the Bedroom comes along, it feels almost miraculous, as if a shimmering piece of art had slipped below the radar and through the minefield of commerce.
  6. Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin
    Essential viewing for anyone who desires a sense of the finer human grain of a war that now commands the attention of the world as never before.
  7. Black Knight
    A movie that knows its audience. Its underlying philosophy might be: why try harder when this is all they expect?
  8. Sidewalks of New York
    The time is right for a breezy, captivating New York romantic comedy. Sidewalks of New York is not an especially good movie, but it will do.
  9. The Devil's Backbone
    Mr. del Toro provokes your screams and shudders, but he also earns your tears.
  10. Spy Game
    The problem lies in the calculating pretentiousness of using human misery to make shallow entertainment seem serious. It's worth comparing Spy Game with "The Tailor of Panama," John Boorman's far superior exercise in post-cold-war spycraft.
  11. Out Cold
    A ski party movie in which the clothes are a little more revealing than they were 35 years ago, the practical jokes are a little more tasteless, and the uncertainty over sex is pretty much nonexistent.
  12. Così ridevano
    The movie is powerfully acted. Mr. Lo Verso's passionate, fiery-eyed Giovanni is an incandescent star turn by an actor with world class charisma.
  13. Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
    Entertaining, lightly mocking documentary.
  14. The Fluffer
    Moves nimbly from behind-the-scenes comedy to melodrama, with occasional stumbles into pop psychology and film-noir violence.
  15. Novocaine
    Nothing is particularly believable here, but there are still a few moments of silly, sinister fun.
  16. The Simian Line
    Might be described as a muddy, cliché-ridden sudsfest that lurches uncertainly between comedy and soap opera without finding its emotional or visual footing.
  17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Given that movies can now show us everything, the manifestations that Ms. Rowling described could be less magical only if they were delivered at a news conference.
  18. Bombay Eunuch
    The film offers a concise history of hijras, who used to officiate at births, weddings and other religious rituals.
  19. The Wash
    Isn't much of a movie (it'll play much better on the small screen), but the likable chemistry between Dre and Snoop counts for a lot.
  20. I Remember Me
    An intrepid sleuth, Ms. Snyder seems to have left no stone unturned in her search for answers.
  21. Maze
    This mishmash of emotional tones can't be redeemed by the performers' considerable investment in their work.
  22. King of the Jungle
    Mr. Rosenfeld is a writer whose talent shines through in the way he harvests minute pearls.
  23. Heist
    Heist is a pleasure to watch, and the greatest pleasure is to watch Mr. Lindo and Mr. Hackman steal it.
  24. Shallow Hal
    The most shocking thing about it may be its unabashed sincerity.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Otomo
    A bleak and powerful work, one we probably need more than ever these days.
  26. Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
    The movie's relentless comic excess is ultimately a little exhausting. But the longer the series endures, the more likely it is to achieve classic cult status.
  27. Happenstance
    Perhaps it's all a bit too much, and perhaps it doesn't add up, but the loose ends give the picture a jaunty, improvised feeling that, while it leads to some confusion, is ultimately part of its whimsical charm.
  28. Tape
    In portraying this threesome, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard and Uma Thurman give the most psychologically acute performances of their film careers.
  29. Domestic Disturbance
    Jettisoning any ambition toward thrillerhood, Domestic Disturbance becomes a plodding, obvious angry-dad melodrama, ambling toward the final, fatal showdown between parent and usurper.
  30. Everything Put Together
    A finely acted expressionistic critique of the suburban baby culture and its joys, fears and fetishes.
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