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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 point 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. Slackers
    There are laughs here, but easily as many groans.
  2. The Son's Room
    Stands apart for its raw, quiet emotion and its shattering sense of truth.
  3. The Count of Monte Cristo
    For younger audiences drawn by the attractive actors, this might be their introduction to the Dumas epic. At least it's an effective and rousing version.
  4. The Mothman Prophecies
    Compellingly watchable horror-spectacle.
  5. A Walk to Remember
    Goo oozes without mercy in A Walk to Remember.
  6. 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.
  7. Italian for Beginners
    This charming but slight tale has warmth, wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed.
  8. Orange County
    Every performer puts vigor into an otherwise limp exercise, as if word were out that this would be the last comedy ever made about late-adolescent concerns.
  9. Brotherhood of the Wolf
    Must we import the rubbish we export?
  10. Impostor
    The only good thing about Impostor is the appropriateness of its title for a film posing as the first 2002 release.
  11. Black Hawk Down
    Black Hawk turns nightmare into great cinema.
  12. Charlotte Gray
    Displays so much promise with its beautiful cinematography and superb portrayal by Cate Blanchett that you scarcely notice (or even care) that the story is a bit thin.
  13. 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.
  14. Gosford Park
    The movie is so fun that it wouldn't need the mystery to be top-notch entertainment.
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  15. Ali
    Ali is no disgrace, but it's not much of a performer, especially considering that it is one of the few hyped year-end releases that coulda been a contender.
  16. The Shipping News
    Watching the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by E. Annie Proulx on the big screen is like being on an ocean liner stuck on a glacier.
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  17. Kate & Leopold
    Lacking in originality.
  18. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    After "Monsters, Inc.," this movie may be a bit of a letdown, but there are some scenes that will delight elementary-school-age children and older preschoolers -- notably the gross-out moments.
  19. How High
    Enough low-grade laughs to entertain significantly more than some of the more prestigious year-end releases.
  20. A Beautiful Mind
    This is one inspiring movie despite extremely tricky subject matter -- better than "Shine" and among the most affecting ever made about co-existing with mental demons.
  21. The Majestic
    A pale imitation that challenges credulity and tries too hard to win our hearts with schmaltz.
  22. Joe Somebody
    A lot of this goes down surprisingly well, even if Panettiere, through no fault of her own, is saddled with phony precocious dialogue that makes her sound like an ancient sage.
  23. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    Rings has moments of edge-of-the-seat excitement, too, such as when the dark riders come looking for Frodo. But it's occasionally tedious when it should be captivating.
  24. Iris
    Despite the sad denouement, it's still the love story of the year.
  25. The Royal Tenenbaums
    The film grows on you, but more substance and less calculated quirks would have been a royal treat.
  26. Vanilla Sky
    What works in a quirky foreign film can look silly with expansive Hollywood treatment. Crowe is smart enough to know this, so it's baffling he chose Vanilla over richer cinematic tastes.
  27. Behind the Sun
    This tale is both redemptive and tragic, if occasionally melodramatic.
  28. Baran
    Majidi tells his simple story with dazzling vision.
  29. No Man's Land
    Land has a lot of funny moments, which are no less serious for being so, especially when the script turns politically prickly.
  30. Ocean's Eleven
    Despite dashes of droll dialogue from screenwriter Ted Griffin, the remake aims for cool but instead gets chilly.
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