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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. Monster-in-Law
    Doesn't make the movie worth watching -- even if you're monstrously bored.
  2. Legends of the Fall
    Long, lumbering, pretentious and for some a possible laff riot. [23 Dec 1994]
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  3. How to Deal
    Moore and Ford rise above the hackneyed story, infusing the proceedings with their own chemistry and appeal. If only the adults responsible for this film could learn how to deal.
  4. Human Traffic
    Someone has seen "Trainspotting" too many times, and it's writer/director Justin Kerrigan.
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  5. Only God Forgives
    God may forgive you for seeing this needlessly brutal film. But you won't forgive yourself.
  6. The Fountain
    Overflows with pretensions and absurdity.
  7. All About Steve
    Manages to be both toothless and tasteless in its satire of TV news sensationalism.
  8. North
    Under the guise of delivering one of the most overworked of messages - adults are dolts, kids rule - North fails such basics as a compelling story, fleshed-out characters and a brisk, bright pace. [22 Jul 1994, p.5D]
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  9. Girl Most Likely
    A failure from start to finish.
  10. Toys
    Broken Toys is beyond repair [18 Dec 1992, p.6D]
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  11. Saw II
    Whether we're talking this go-round, the original or the second sequel the finale seems to promise, I'd rather try standing drunk on a see-saw (though maybe not over dirty syringes) than see Saw.
  12. The Happytime Murders
    Stuffed full of rampant badness, the scattershot comedy isn’t nearly as clever or subversive as it thinks it is.
  13. Machine Gun Preacher
    Machine Gun Preacher has a lot more wrong with it than a bullet-riddled premise. It is yet another iteration of the big, strong white man who comes to save legions of poor anonymous black Africans.
  14. The Rocker
    If you're a Rainn Wilson fan, catch a rerun of "The Office."
  15. 21 and Over
    Despite its collegiate setting, 21 and Over is pretty much for people with an IQ of 21 and under.
  16. Ravenous
    This movie is a howler as well -- possibly even intentionally -- but if it is a black comedy, the joke is overextended by far too many arms and legs. [19 March 1999, Life, p. 13E]
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  17. Rock of Ages
    Don't stop believing. Just avoid clichéd musicals that try to capture the anarchic spirit of rock with trite commercial re-treads.
  18. Paradise Road
    It settles for the recycled emotions of the past despite the fact "Schindler's List" has forever made such treatment shamefully passe. [18Apr1997 Pg.03.D]
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  19. Racing Stripes
    Almost everyone in this has done better, and those who haven't, like young Ms. Panettiere, have plenty of time to do so.
  20. Jack Frost
    The movie's opening half-hour is merely dull, but the final hour is brain-damaging. [11 Dec 1998]
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  21. Little Nicky
    Don't put yourself through this hell.
  22. Hall Pass
    It's almost impressive when a movie can manage to be both repellently vulgar and sickeningly sweet in the span of a mere two hours. Almost.
  23. House on Haunted Hill
    Fun for less than 30 of the 80-minute running time.
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  24. Beastly
    It's dogged by awkward dialogue, a ridiculous plot and lackluster performances, especially by the leads.
  25. Scooby-Doo
    It's unclear why the writers bothered to update the cartoon, unless it was to expand the possibilities for quips and jokey ideas. If so, they failed in their mission, as the movie elicits few laughs.
  26. Cop Out
    Director Kevin Smith's tweets, jokes and sharp commentary after being denied a seat aboard a Southwest Airlines flight because of his girth were a lot more engaging than Cop Out, his new movie.
  27. Enough
    Too much. The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone.
  28. Clash of the Titans
    There's nothing worse than a boring behemoth.
  29. National Treasure
    Ten minutes into the picture, you're searching the screen for life-support machines.
  30. Madame Web
    If only a psychic could have warned us about these wretched Spider-Man spinoffs.
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