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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 4.9 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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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    The War Zone
    Actor Tim Roth's austere directing debut is one of the most difficult, emotionally wrenching experiences you're likely to have in a movie theater any time soon.
  2. The Cider House Rules
    Hallstrom's leisurely adaptation of John Irving's unconventional coming-of-age novel is so well crafted and intelligent that it feels churlish to point out that it's easier to admire than actually like.
  3. Cradle Will Rock
    Stunningly cinematic and audacious on every level, writer/director Tim Robbins's look at the collision of the Depression-era art world and politics may well be a masterpiece.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 40 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Diamonds
    It's painfully corny and surprisingly vulgar, but this embarrassing attempt at a father-son heart-warmer just happens to feature two Hollywood legends, and they're both in terrific form.
  5. The Green Mile
    Modest, on-the-money performances, which look effortless because they're so meticulously thought out, make the hours fly by.
  6. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
    It's actually a sweet, often very funny story about a schlemiehl redeemed by love.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Miss Julie
    A torrid and surprisingly cinematic chamber piece.
  8. Stir of Echoes
    A scary, intelligent thriller that remains haunting long after it's over...features what has to be one of the creepiest first half-hours in recent film history.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Agnes Browne
    Huston, with a flawless Irish accent, is simply wonderful as the tough, foul-mouthed and very funny Agnes Browne.
  10. The End of the Affair
    Rests on three excellent performances, of which the most difficult is Stephen Rea's.
  11. A Map of the World
    All the right intentions but never overcomes the essential problem of showing what's going on inside people's heads.
  12. Holy Smoke
    Winslet and Keitel are perfectly matched, go-for-broke actors handed dramatic license to do a psychic striptease.
  13. Sweet and Lowdown
    Affectionate, melancholy and anchored by a well thought-out performance from Sean Penn.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Tumbleweeds
    This far more modest production is a much more interesting film (than "Anywhere But Here").
  15. Ride with the Devil
    A moving, gorgeously filmed look at one of the Civil War's more obscure chapters, the quasi-official combat that divided friends along the Missouri-Kansas border.
  16. End of Days
    Lacks a sense of bone-chilling dread.
  17. Toy Story 2
    The story is simple enough for young children to follow, and the computer-animated images are both bright and surprisingly complex. Adults won't find the action heart-stopping.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Flawless
    This surprisingly grim comedy-drama is about as good as director Joel Schumacher gets.
  19. The World Is Not Enough
    Bond spends an awful lot of time being rescued from peril by supporting characters.
  20. Sleepy Hollow
    A triumph of genre filmmaking.
  21. All About My Mother
    Classic melodrama given a thoroughly modern, utterly Almodovarian face-lift.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Mansfield Park
    An engaging bit of entertainment.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Liberty Heights
    Levinson brings it all back home to Baltimore and delivers his funniest and most heartfelt film since "Diner."
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    42: Forty Two Up
    Where this still vital series was once about what sets us apart, it now seems to be turning towards the things that, in the end, render us all equal.
  25. Dogma
    Say what you will about (Smith's) sense of humor, genuine faith is rare enough in popular culture to make any sighting worthy of note.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Felicia's Journey
    Newcomer Cassidy is excellent, and Hoskins gives a flawless performance.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Anywhere But Here
    Lacks the real emotional wallop these two fine actresses...seem ready to provide.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Where's Marlowe?
    This smart spoof of film noir and filmmaking is very clever and riotously funny.
  29. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
    Bresson's vision of the miseries of 15th century life -- which was undeniably nasty, brutish and short -- comes dangerously close to the comic squalor of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
    • 43 Metascore
    • 50 Reviewed by
      Ken Fox
    Light It Up
    It's a bit of 60s idealism wedged in what basically looks like a hip-hop music video.
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