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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. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
    While the jokes are obvious and the romance formulaic, a good-natured sensibility saves the film from being too hokey. The individual parts may not work, but the sum remains entertaining.
  2. Because of Winn-Dixie
    A sweet, family-friendly retelling of a touching and funny Newbery Award-winning children's book.
  3. Constantine
    Couldn't be murkier or less emotionally involving if it were "The Matrix 8," a natural observation because Keanu Reeves stars in both.
  4. Son of the Mask
    Icky and incompetent (special effects aside) in equal parts, this groaner makes 1994's "The Mask" look like something you'd study in a film graduate course at NYU.
  5. Downfall
    Powerfully disturbing.
  6. Bride & Prejudice
    A Hollywood take on a Bollywood movie. But the Bollywood portions - echoing over-the-top Indian movie musicals - are far more entertaining than the Hollywood segments.
  7. Hitch
    For much of its length, the premise seems less wilted than you'd guess. This is because, for one thing, Mendes gives as good as she gets.
  8. Inside Deep Throat
    Inside Deep Throat, an NC-17 documentary that deftly chronicles the fallout -- with about 15 seconds of hard-core footage -- has some surprise credits.
  9. Pooh's Heffalump Movie
    A charmingly sweet experience.
  10. The Wedding Date
    The movie goes wrong from the start.
  11. Rory O'Shea Was Here
    Buddy movies are a Hollywood staple, but Rory O'Shea Was Here puts a new and profoundly affecting spin on the tired genre.
  12. Hide and Seek
    There's not a cliché that isn't nailed.
  13. Are We There Yet?
    Not worth the ride.
  14. Assault on Precinct 13
    Serviceable, occasionally compelling but often formulaic.
  15. Coach Carter
    2-1/4 hours of MTV-produced tough love, with a dance break and pool party to relieve -- momentarily -- a series of motivational rants from lead Samuel L. Jackson.
  16. Elektra
    Her (Garner) grace and mystical abilities make for a lonely burden, and we are supposed to feel her pain. Instead, we feel our own for having to sit through this silly movie.
  17. Racing Stripes
    Almost everyone in this has done better, and those who haven't, like young Ms. Panettiere, have plenty of time to do so.
  18. The Chorus
    An enchantingly beautiful and moving film.
  19. White Noise
    White Noise is the celluloid equivalent of a bad cell phone connection.
  20. In Good Company
    Gives Dennis Quaid one of his best screen showcases.
  21. The Merchant of Venice
    Given the story's focus on religion and the intolerance that still rages in today's world, The Merchant of Venice remains deeply meaningful.
  22. A Love Song for Bobby Long
    Even in the junky potboilers that John Travolta has persisted in making since his "Pulp Fiction" comeback (all 5,000 of them), you usually get the sense that he's acting in his bailiwick.
  23. The Assassination of Richard Nixon
    Even if audiences can get by the tasteless shock title, it's tough to figure who will ever watch this movie - even when it's on cable.
  24. Meet the Fockers
    It's a silly good time, and that's something these days.
  25. The Phantom of the Opera
    Scotsman Gerard Butler does a fine job as the charismatic, ghostly character.
  26. Hotel Rwanda
    Emerges as an African version of "Schindler's List."
  27. The Aviator
    Despite the film's sporadic lulls, both director and star are on full beam. The first and third hours of this 20th-century epic are as dazzling as big-scale movies get.
  28. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
    A visually arresting and entertaining romp, but it lacks some of the sardonic humor of the popular children's books on which the movie is based.
  29. Spanglish
    The one movie families search for every Christmas for an outing, the way "Something's Gotta Give" was last year and "Jerry Maguire" was in 1996.
  30. Flight of the Phoenix
    There's nothing like dumbing down a movie grown-ups love so it can be "sold" to teens who aren't going to go anyway. The savvy flyer will proceed to the gate marked The "Aviator" instead.
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