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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. Boys and Girls
    As the couple stand on the bluffs overlooking San Francisco Bay, you may find yourself wishing Forlani would push Prinze in.
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  2. Pathfinder
    All cinematic creativity seems to have focused on devising the most repellent ways to maim and murder.
  3. Fool's Gold
    The jewels in the buried treasure, once sighted, look fake. But the bigger problem is how artificial the whole story feels.
  4. Red Riding Hood
    The best that can be said is that the production design is striking. Otherwise, it's a foolish story, marred by a strange blend of overacting and bland, offhand performances.
  5. Rock the Kasbah
    In its favor: a breakout performance from Palestinian newcomer Leem Lubany and maybe the most apropos use of Peace Train ever.
  6. Hector and the Search for Happiness
    An awkward blend of fable, travelogue and relationship drama, it's the story's hybrid style, vapid message and predictable arc that disappoint.
  7. Just My Luck
    An occasionally entertaining, always fluffy teen romantic comedy with some moderately funny physical comedy by gadabout star Lindsay Lohan.
  8. Snow Dogs
    The best actor in Snow Dogs is a glowering Siberian husky named Demon. In fact, all the dogs in the movie do a better job than their human counterparts.
  9. The King and I
    No abomination but forgettably mediocre. [19 March 1999, Life, p. 13E]
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  10. The Best of Me
    What makes it slightly better than the others is an affable, low-key chemistry between James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan as star-crossed lovers.
  11. You Again
    As the girl fights and rivalry play out, flashes of wit are obscured by the plot's contrivances.
  12. I Am Sam
    Drawn out and dishonest in equal measure, Sam fights it out with "The Majestic" for the title of worst "important" movie of the year.
  13. Stigmata
    The scariest thing about this appalling and seemingly endless movie is that you paid for your ticket and now have to sit through it.
  14. The Other Sister
    Consider The Other Sister emotional quicksand. [26 February 1999, Life, p.5E]
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  15. Return to the Blue Lagoon
    It'll be 30 years this Thanksgiving since Elvis starred in Blue Hawaii. Polynesian kissy-face has been going downhill on screens ever since. [02 Aug 1991, p.5D]
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  16. A Good Day to Die Hard
    The best thing about A Good Day to Die Hard is its title.
  17. 47 Ronin
    While the visuals are lovely to behold, this unremarkable version of the classic 18th century Japanese legend is stiff and uninvolving.
  18. Graveyard Shift
    No one put in any creative overtime on this Shift, the 16th Stephen King story made into a film. About as clever as it gets is calling the mill owner Bachman - King's pseudonym. [29 Oct 1990, p.4D]
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  19. Passion of Mind
    Pretty hard to buy into at all.
  20. Just Married
    Not without some stupidly funny moments.
  21. The Big Wedding
    Forced, formulaic and never believable. It's a particularly unholy combination.
  22. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    What do you have to smoke to understand this?
  23. Drop Dead Gorgeous
    Allison Janney is tacky incarnate as Barkin's good-time gal pal. When she shows up, Drop Dead Gorgeous comes most to life. [23 July 1999, Life, p.12E]
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  24. Happily N'Ever After
    Who would have thought an animated comedy satirizing the predictable nature of fairy tales could be so grim?
  25. House on Haunted Hill
    Fun for less than 30 of the 80-minute running time.
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  26. Season of the Witch
    A mishmash of horror and history genres that's not as bad as its trailers but ultimately is dragged down by, of all things, its star.
  27. The Ugly Truth
    Despite its appealing stars, The Ugly Truth is a charmless romantic comedy.
  28. Gentlemen Broncos
    If you didn't know otherwise, you'd swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student – and not a particularly talented one.
  29. Rage
    A picture that isn't as terrible as its title suggests now as deep as its story aspires to be.
  30. Head Over Heels
    At least the models' avarice and teasing provide a chuckle or two, as their dates line up panting at the door. Purely by default, their contribution makes this a slightly better working-woman romance than "The Wedding Planner."
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