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For 7,979 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Badlands
Lowest review score: 0 Terror Firmer
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,504 out of 7979
  2. Mixed: 3,561 out of 7979
  3. Negative: 914 out of 7979
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mr. Jones
    The film pretends to be seriously concerned about the intersection of madness and identity, but never explores who these people really are. Instead of showing two people developing genuine intimacy through tenderness and slow, hard-won honesty, we see hysterical behavior generating hysterical responses. This is less psychodrama than Harlequin romance.
  2. The Passion of the Christ
    The film is never dull -- no mean feat, given that it spends two hours telling a story whose end is widely known -- and features performances that range from coarsely effective to phenomenal.
  3. Just Friends
    Ironically, Faris' Samantha is the most convincing personality in the mix: She's a grotesque caricature of Courtney Love by way of Nancy Spungen, a vulgar, selfish monster of unbridled id, but you always know where she's coming from.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    The Disappearance of Finbar
    The beautiful ice-blue landscapes are really the only reason to sit through this rambling and rather silly first feature by writer-director Sue Clayton.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
    The original The Bad News Bears was a home run, but the sequels are little more than weak trips back to the mound.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    History of the World: Part I
    Despite cameos by many superior comic actors and well-known celebrities, this episodic would-be laughfest comes up wanting as many of Brooks' elaborate gags fall flat.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Manitou
    This is silly stuff, and the gooey special effects make it ever sillier. Director Girdler--who died in a helicopter crash before the film was released--does a respectable job of making it all look rather slick and professional, but the big budget and all-star cast only add to the overall absurdity.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bobby Deerfield
    This gorgeously shot film is a trifle long at just over two hours; much of the racing footage could have been dispensed with, along with the sudsiest of the emotions.
  9. Secret Society
    Too daft by half -- it might have been better if Ken were less loony, especially because his nuttiness verges on implying that loons love large women -- but supremely good natured.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    The Other Side of the Bed
    Lame and inane, but a huge hit in Spain.
  11. Hey Arnold! The Movie
    Essentially a feature-length episode of the popular Nickelodeon animated series, this faithful expansion is savvy enough to stay put.
  12. Anything But Love
    Sweet-natured charmer in its own right.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    3 Dancing Slaves
    No matter that the setting is one of the most picturesque on the planet: cinematographer Jean-Max Bernard's camera would much rather linger all the skin and muscle Morel contrives to put on display.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Secret Admirer
    This cross between theatrical farce and teen sex comedy is a moronic package that liberally insults the intelligence of both its viewing audience and the hapless adult actors locked into career low points.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Predator 2
    The film's energy and style are enough to recommend it. Lovers of the original should be pleased with this effort, as should most fans of the genre.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
    Home Alone 2 pales next to its predecessor.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    For the Love of Benji
    A great one for the kids.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    The Tenants
    Harkening back to a time when race relations in New York City were even worse than they seem today.
  19. Forces of Nature
    Make no mistake: This slackly paced picture doesn't gel.
  20. Hellraiser: Hellseeker
    Fans of the series may be disappointed to see so little of Barker's sadistic Cenobites, but while they're used sparingly, they're used to good effect.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Thing Called Love
    Despite her underwritten character, Mathis easily takes top acting honors with equal parts toughness and tenderness.
  22. Around the Bend
    An awkward amalgam of road movie, buddy comedy and melodramatic conventions, first-time writer-director Jordan Roberts' male weepie ricochets between affecting scenes and insufferably maudlin ones.
  23. Autumn
    The film looks great, but there's nothing under the high-gloss veneer.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Newsies
    Sumptuous production values and fitfully impressive choreography notwithstanding, Newsies was a major misfire for Disney Studios.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 63 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Typhoon
    The action come fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches near-operatic proportions.
  26. Maybe Baby
    Atkinson's painfully unfunny turn as an insensitive gynecologist is eclipsed by Hollander's scathingly funny portrayal of belligerent auteur Proclaimer, whose wears his pretenses with such scabby aplomb that they achieve high style.
  27. Payback
    It careens from coarse comedy to smart-ass stylization to vicious violence without ever becoming convincing on any level.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Miss Julie
    A torrid and surprisingly cinematic chamber piece.
  29. Dr. Dolittle
    Small children should be delighted by the menagerie of chatty critters, but their parents may be less than thrilled by what the animals have to say.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Dead Pool
    Fifth entry in the "Dirty Harry" series, a definite step backwards from the fascinating and ultimately disturbing progression of Eastwood's character in Sudden Impact.
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