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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. Syriana
    A gripping and fascinating tale of political intrigue that spans three continents, its focus trained on the volatile Middle East. It's a global portrait of danger, deception and disillusionment, with no dearth of human casualties.
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    It's hard to beat the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and this film is not better, but it has much to recommend it.
  3. Walk the Line
    A Johnny Cash biopic equally packed with music and frustrated love, Walk the Line goes from compelling to enthralling.
  4. Breakfast on Pluto
    Murphy's breathy, high voice as Kitten feels forced, but not nearly as much as the film's efforts to be both whimsical and weighty.
  5. Derailed
    Clumsy, miscast thriller.
  6. Zathura: A Space Adventure
    Tim Robbins plays the working dad, and the movie misses him once he bails out early.
  7. Pride & Prejudice
    This Pride & Prejudice is a stellar adaptation, bewitching the viewer completely and incandescently with an exquisite blend of emotion and wit.
  8. Bee Season
    Based on the captivating novel by Myla Goldberg, Bee Season is evocative and superbly acted.
  9. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
    She has been compared to Lenny Bruce because of her incendiary topics, but Silverman's style, capitalizing on her innocent smile and good looks, is her own.
  10. Get Rich or Die Tryin'
    Movie stardom is seductive, but 50 Cent and his fans will be best served if he sticks to to his day job.
  11. Chicken Little
    With one of the year's busiest scripts, Little launches 76 zippy minutes.
  12. Jarhead
    What we're left with is solid if not exceptional, though it's good to see Mendes expanding as a filmmaker.
  13. The Legend of Zorro
    Of all things, this movie has the same problem "Ghostbusters 2" had, which is this: You can't take bigger-than-life screen types and toss them into everyday, regular-folk situations.
  14. Prime
    Despite its title, Prime is not a cut above. This romantic comedy's predictability and rather dull love story make it the cinematic equivalent of a slightly stale hamburger.
  15. 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.
  16. The Weather Man
    This is one glum outing, with occasional pings of wry wit and hearty chuckles.
  17. Doom
    For a big-screen disposable, Doom has a few jolts, a few good laughs and an attractive female lead to whom you want to say, "What's a nice girl like you doing on a Mars like this?"
  18. Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
    Fanning and Russell make this watchable family entertainment, if not necessarily at today's prices.
  19. Shopgirl
    The film ultimately lets Mirabelle down and leaves the viewer dissatisfied. A "Lost in Translation" drained of its wryly observed humor, Shopgirl is worth a browse. But it isn't always easy to buy.
  20. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    All three actors give it their all, but Monaghan stands out with a sexy yet oddly down-to-earth variation on the Midwest girl gone wrong, thanks partly to a dark dysfunctional family secret.
  21. Domino
    You can't accuse this film of bogging down in cheap psychology, yet you come out dissatisfied and without a clue about what made this person tick.
  22. Elizabethtown
    Though it's no fiasco -- there's nothing mythic about its disjointed story -- it is a failure.
  23. Where the Truth Lies
    Stilted film squanders an intriguing premise.
  24. North Country
    The milieu here is unforgiving, which makes fighting for basic rights important. You get a sense of why Bob Dylan -- who performs on this soundtrack -- wanted to bolt this frigid part of the map.
  25. Innocent Voices
    Not for the faint-hearted.
  26. Good Night, and Good Luck.
    The only things missing from making this showdown worthy of a Western is Murrow's sheriff's badge, a dusty street and maybe a spittoon for McCarthy's infamous invectives.
  27. In Her Shoes
    This is the most enjoyable film of its type in recent memory.
  28. Two for the Money
    McConaughey will never be an actor who lets you into his soul, but he's credible as a good ole boy.
  29. Waiting...
    Geared to 16-year-olds who can't name the governor of their state, this movie ought to be closed down by the health department.
  30. The Squid and the Whale
    The young actors' performances are particularly haunting.
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