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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. A Perfect World
    Ultimately, World comes down to two inherently appealing icons in an imperfect casting fit. Costner modifies his Louisiana accent from JFK, and again we're forced to accept it on good faith. He's never quite believable, but he is tolerable in a role that demands a star presence. [24 Nov 1993, p.4D]
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  2. Sunshine
    This movie doesn't make you think you are watching art. It's closer to a high-end TV movie with lots of familiar faces.
  3. Get On Up
    The musical numbers, with Brown's remixed vocals and Boseman re-creating his signature dance moves, are mesmerizing.
  4. Shazam!
    While genre tropes are very much in play, there's a certain magic in this “Big”-meets-Superman affair where an ancient wizard transforms a troubled teenager into a buff, god-like guy with a light-up suit.
  5. Mrs Henderson Presents
    It says something that during a scene in which nude chorines are turned into a fleshy backdrop, you spend as much time looking at your watch as what's on screen.
  6. Into the West
    Some will lazily compare West to the ever-magnificent The Black Stallion, but just for starters, it hasn't the same exquisite outdoor photography. Instead, it's been shot in varying degrees of rust, with varying masses of grain floating around the image. [17 Sep 1993, p.4D]
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  7. Light Sleeper
    Sleeper is the best Schrader-directed film since the dashed promise of his Blue Collar debut in 1978. [21 Aug 1992, p.4D]
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  8. Prisoners
    Prisoners is infused with a poetic intensity that's rare in American thrillers. The closest cinematic comparisons would be "Zodiac," "In the Bedroom" and "Mystic River."
  9. Year of the Dog
    An engaging tragicomedy, exploring the consequences of single-minded fervor in a humorous and humane fashion.
  10. The Tao of Steve
    This quirky, winning sleeper from first-time director Jenniphr Goodman has its pokey moments, but it's no insult to say that it is as pleasantly easygoing as its slacker hero.
  11. Quills
    Uniformly robust acting puts still more feathers in the caps of Rush, Winslet and Caine.
  12. Amélie
    Irresistibly endearing, with a visual verve all its own.
  13. Hamlet
    But all the devices and upgrades do little to bring the poetry's meaning into clearer and more relevant focus for today's audiences.
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  14. Batman Begins
    The early going -- say, an hour -- is spent in a fatigued daze. A few powerful jabs eventually punch things up.
  15. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
    The movies are so much fun that even detractors of Charlton Heston (Cardinal Richelieu) and Raquel Welch (taking pratfalls as "Constance") readily admit that both carry more than their load here. [01 May 1998]
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  16. Standard Operating Procedure
    It may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time.
  17. Star Trek: First Contact
    Note this in your Starlog: Tacky toupees are out. Chrome domes are in. And not only is the future in safe hands, so is the "Star Trek" franchise. [22 Nov 1996 Pg.05.D]
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  18. I Love You, Man
    There are ribald jokes and gross-out episodes, but the movie works because everything hinges on the camaraderie and undeniable chemistry between Rudd and Segel.
  19. The Walk
    For those who want to feel like they're 110 stories up and living in the clouds, Hollywood does its job conjuring movie magic with a breathtaking Walk to remember.
  20. The Barbarian Invasions
    Despite a slight tendency to be overly pleased with itself, this is a smart piece of work that got Arcand's screenplay an award at Cannes.
  21. A Complete Unknown
    Director James Mangold’s biopic wonderfully keeps him a mysterious minstrel, studying a complex artist reaching the early heights of his talents when times were a-changin'.
  22. The Paper
    Ron Howard's The Paper starts out as a seductively overstuffed edition with breezy stories, a diverting layout, color-packed supplements and a strong editorial viewpoint. Eventually, it becomes more like the Jumble Puzzle on page 64G. [18 March 1994, p.4D]
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  23. Friday Night Lights
    One of the best football movies ever, Nights in the end celebrates the game.
  24. Narc
    This may be the most uncompromisingly raw police drama since "Across 110th Street," starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto.
  25. Galaxy Quest
    Skirts dangerously close to being the thing it parodies: a second-rate space opera.
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  26. Swimming Pool
    With a little sex, some mystery, a little sex, an appealing title and a little sex, France's Swimming Pool has what it takes to become an art house audience magnet, especially amid the heat of summer.
  27. Sweet and Lowdown
    It's all very slight and only sporadically amusing, and it makes Allen's "Celebrity" from last year look even more underrated than it already is.
  28. 1900
    Haphazard in its narrative but consistently mesmerizing until an overdose of communist rah-rah in the late going. [08 Dec 2005, p.4E]
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  29. Rosewood
    It's as disturbing a movie as you are likely to witness this year. [21Feb1997 Pg.04.D]
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  30. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    As exhilarating, captivating and enjoyable as a summer romance in an exotic city.
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