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For 4,670 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 Amos & Andrew
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,963 out of 4670
  2. Mixed: 1,021 out of 4670
  3. Negative: 686 out of 4670
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  1. Angel Eyes
    A wisp of ghost story that promises insight but is strictly soft focus.
  2. Random Hearts
    Likely one-week box office wonder.
  3. Pleasantville
    Glum and preachy.
  4. Journey to the Center of the Earth
    Not so much a movie as an amusement park ride.
  5. Northfork
    The cinematic equivalent of an elaborate and poetically constructed non sequitur.
  6. Love Happens
    Love Happens is an oddly upbeat title for a movie that is surprisingly sad.
  7. The Vanishing
    Too langorously European for slasher fans, and too dopey for others, Vanishing 2 may fall between the cracks. See it to savor Bridges playing a heavy. [05 Feb 1993, p.5D]
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  8. Teaching Mrs. Tingle
    Mirren is about the only reason this slow-moving revenge tale tingles at all.
  9. Lucy in the Sky
    Instead of being an intriguing look at an emotional breakdown, “Lucy” is more interested in being a sporadically trippy (and ultimately forgettable) soap opera that by the end has the camp factor of your average Lifetime revenge thriller.
  10. Killer Joe
    The bone-crunchingly violent film has luridly entertaining moments. But by its resolution, this sleazy Southern Gothic nightmare has simply gone off the rails.
  11. Life
    Spend 60 years in jail with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and you'll understand why they call it the pokey. [16 April 1999, Life, p.5E]
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  12. 1492: Conquest of Paradise
    One thrilling shot of land's discovery - so good it's reprised at the end - hints at what might have been. But despite production values that advertise a first-class journey, 1492 is a long haul in steerage. [09 Oct 1992, p.8D]
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  13. Wuthering Heights
    The new Wuthering Heightsis all gloomy moors and muck, but not much convincing passion.
  14. Coming 2 America
    The follow-up is a toothless, fleetingly funny revisit with some moments of greatness yet too much of the same old story to feel fresh.
  15. Home
    Home could have fashioned a more original story, dug deeper into a theme of cultural understanding and jettisoned the toilet humor.
  16. The Internship
    Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the worst interns since Monica Lewinsky.
  17. In the Name of the Father
    But the film's emotional core is father-son reconciliation, and Pete Postlethwaite is very sympathetic as Dad. [29 Dec 1993 Pg. 01.D]
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  18. Bad Lieutenant
    It's the first film to include both a cameo appearance by Jesus and a full-frontal nude shot of Harvey Keitel dancing in a drugged stupor. [20 Nov 1992, Life, p.4D]
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  19. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    What do you have to smoke to understand this?
  20. Love! Valour! Compassion!
    Even the nasty zingers here seem tiresomely windy. [16May1997 Pg 02.D]
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  21. Lovelace
    Lovelace is a lackluster, skin-deep biopic.
  22. Running with Scissors
    Running With Scissors lacks the edge of Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir. The result is an inconsistent tragicomedy that attempts to be cut from the same darkly humorous cloth as "American Beauty," but fails.
  23. Decoding Deepak
    Has a near-impossible mission: its title.
  24. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
    Starts out with promise but staggers under the weight of trying to take on too much. The tone is murky: The story attempts to blend adolescent angst with fantasy adventure, and the result is rather clunky.
  25. Jack Reacher
    Despite a terrific cast, Jack Reacher comes up empty-handed.
  26. The Wolfman
    What emerges is a banal horror film and a tepid action-adventure.
  27. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
    While Mission: Impossible has found a popular way to reimagine an old show for modern times, Man is immersed in all things retro — from the ginchy fashion to a jazzy score — but for an action adventure, it’s a mostly tedious affair with fleeting moments of cool.
  28. The DUFF
    If you've seen "Mean Girls" or "Easy A," you've seen a far better version of The DUFF.
  29. How Do You Know
    How Do You Know must have started with a good idea that got lost in the translation from concept to screen.
  30. Final Analysis
    Final is a bad-line hoot-a-rama. Gere after aiding an Hispanic criminal: ''If Pepe is safe, then we are all safe.'' Basinger on her marriage: ''We share an apartment - emphasis on apart.'' But every joke needs a punchline. Alas, the finale of Final Analysis - the worst case of Vertigo sickness since Mel Brooks' High Anxiety - is just punch-drunk. [7 Feb 1992, p.5D]
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