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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. The Black Dahlia
    The Black Dahlia captivates with its dark style. But as with the particulars of the yet-unsolved case, the movie is frustratingly convoluted. What it accomplishes with its stunning cinematography and set design is undercut by a lack of coherence.
  2. Everyone's Hero
    A sweet, inspirational movie that doesn't offer any surprises, but entertains youthful audiences in a gentle, almost old-fashioned way.
  3. Gridiron Gang
    The best thing about Gridiron Gang is the performance of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is engaging, affable and wholly believable as a former football star turned officer in a juvenile detention center.
  4. The Last Kiss
    The movie occasionally reveals truths about relationships that, while not earth-shattering, are nonetheless entertaining and worth considering.
  5. Confetti
    Overall, Confetti is agreeable and appropriately daft, though occasionally tepid and contrived.
  6. Hollywoodland
    Hollywoodland explores an intriguing bit of Hollywood history, and through the strength of its performances keeps us engaged and entertained.
  7. SherryBaby
    There is nothing flashy about these performances, but Gyllenhaal, Dillon and Gosling fully inhabit their characters, giving haunting portrayals. Watch for these names to emerge on the short list for Academy Award consideration.
  8. Crossover
    Much as they would like it to, basketball can't save the youthful inner-city players here. Nor does the ultra-fast-paced street version of the sport save this movie from predictability and tedium.
  9. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
    There is no question that the organization is a riveting subject for a film.
  10. Beerfest
    Ultimately, Beerfest plays like a party that's gone on too long, when the buzz has worn off and the hangover starts to set in.
  11. Idlewild
    The music by Outkast is great, and the rowdy, randy en masse dance sequences are riveting. The story, however, is rather thin and lacks focus.
  12. How to Eat Fried Worms
    The worms, the real stars of the film, are fairly impressive, looming large, plump and slimy as they are boiled, fried, served with sauce and added to omelettes and smoothies.
  13. Invincible
    Invincible doesn't offer any surprises. But it is a well-made, fairly exciting movie that, like its hero, has heart.
  14. Snakes on a Plane
    Cheesy, campy B-movie fun, thanks mostly to the cadre of cobras and their ilk and also to Jackson (probably the only actor alive who could pull off this save-the-day bad ass movie role).
  15. Accepted
    Mostly, it wallows in partying with a capital P.
  16. The Illusionist
    The Illusionist casts an exquisitely bewitching spell with its dreamy atmosphere and pervasive sense of suspense.
  17. Trust the Man
    Trust-- and the genre itself -- needs to dump the stale formula and embrace reality and reinvention.
  18. Step Up
    For a movie about dancing, Step Up is pretty clumsy on its feet.
  19. Half Nelson
    A compelling drama that establishes Ryan Gosling as one of the finest actors of his generation.
  20. World Trade Center
    Where "United 93" was a superb example of masterful storytelling, World Trade Center is a more conventional rendering.
  21. The Descent
    It's made expressly for fans of unmitigated gore.
  22. Barnyard
    It's a sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders.
  23. The Night Listener
    This unconventional psychological drama weaves a fascinating tale, and Collette and Williams give two of the summer's best performances.
  24. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
    Like "Anchorman," the secret to the inspired absurdity of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is in the improv.
  25. Quinceañera
    Quinceañera is a spirited and poignant exploration of the bonds and challenges facing a Latino family and the pains of a community undergoing a transition of its own.
  26. Miami Vice
    All this movie has in common with its ancestor are speedboats, shotguns and drug-dealing Colombians.
  27. Scoop
    Johansson is not Allen's new Diane Keaton. She's closer to Mariel Hemingway -- though even Allen couldn't attempt to pull off a romance between his septuagenarian self and a girl in college.
  28. John Tucker Must Die
    The movie starts out cleverly enough but grows insipid as the girls' antics become more predictable.
  29. The Ant Bully
    Ant Bully, while not wildly fresh or inventive, is entertaining and energetic.
  30. Little Miss Sunshine
    It has been a while since we've seen such a consistently funny and entertaining road movie.
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