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For 4,677 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: 2,969 out of 4677
  2. Mixed: 1,022 out of 4677
  3. Negative: 686 out of 4677
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  1. 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.
  2. Innocent Voices
    Not for the faint-hearted.
  3. 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.
  4. In Her Shoes
    This is the most enjoyable film of its type in recent memory.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. The Squid and the Whale
    The young actors' performances are particularly haunting.
  8. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
    This adorable exercise in whimsy should give "Corpse Bride" a good fight for best-animated-film Oscar.
  9. Into the Blue
    There will always be an audience for the escapist rewards this type of movie always dangles.
  10. Serenity
    The dialogue, delivered mostly in Southern accents, is intended to be funny and fresh, but much of this Western-influenced sci-fi adventure story feels reheated.
  11. Capote
    In Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant transformation into the mannered writer takes your breath away.
  12. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
    An engaging film bolstered by the stellar performance of Julianne Moore.
  13. Flightplan
    This B-list thriller portrays air crews as inept, at best, and callous and cruel at worst.
  14. Roll Bounce
    Roll Bounce rates a friendly nod. If it doesn't exactly kick out the jams, it does move them around a little bit.
  15. Dear Wendy
    It may sound like a Peter Pan spinoff, and Dear Wendy does involve lost boys in a stagey setting, but the film is closer to "A Clockwork Orange" than a tale of lasting youth.
  16. A History of Violence
    Violence is in the spirit of the hardest-hitting film noir offerings from the '50s, but far more explicit. It's also in the spirit of the Western.
  17. Oliver Twist
    The big surprise in Polanski's Oliver is the lack of a discernible personal stamp, especially from such a directorial master of the macabre.
  18. Proof
    Proof proves undeniably that the intimacy of a stage play can be re-created powerfully on screen.
  19. Just Like Heaven
    Garnering a chuckle or two, but no more, are Donal Logue from "The Tao of Steve" (now there's a comedy) -- and, as a desperate magnet for both the slacker and "dude" demographics, Jon Heder from Napoleon Dynamite.
  20. Lord of War
    Intelligent but not particularly involving.
  21. Everything Is Illuminated
    Though not as far-reaching as the book from which it was adapted, Everything Is Illuminated is a movie with wit, warmth and unabashed emotion.
  22. Corpse Bride
    Features the season's most tragic heroine along with some of the liveliest dead people ever seen on film.
  23. Thumbsucker
    The movie and its theme of self-acceptance has an honesty, undercut by occasional preciousness, that makes it worth seeing.
  24. Separate Lies
    This morally ambiguous tale of dangerous liaisons and bewildering choices amounts to one of the year's most intriguing dramas.
  25. The Man
    In Roy Orbison terms, enduring this movie is like working for The Man.
  26. An Unfinished Life
    Poignant and well-acted, it offers heartfelt moments leavened by subtle humor.
  27. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
    Fashioning a hybrid of a courtroom drama and a horror film that is suspenseful and scary requires a clear vision and directorial finesse. Rose lacks both. But the performances are topnotch.
  28. Transporter 2
    But certainly this is a movie for fans of Willis-style action with a little James Bond and probable instant obsolescence thrown in.
  29. A Sound of Thunder
    The cliché-laden dialogue, schlocky special effects and predictable plot are derivative; the movie is overwrought and lacks suspense.
  30. Underclassman
    That sound you hear is from jet engines gassing up, about to zoom Underclassman to DVD-ville.
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