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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. Vanity Fair
    Thackeray said that he wanted "to leave everybody dissatisfied and unhappy at the end of the story." Nair may have had other intentions, but by film's end, audiences are bound to be left dissatisfied with the choppy and confusing storytelling style and unhappy about the missed opportunity.
  2. Hero
    A movie just good enough to keep nurturing rooting interest as you watch it.
  3. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
    At least director Dwight Little (Free Willy 2) gives us enough B-movie speed to keep Orchid from becoming a fountain of aging.
  4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
    Here's a late-August dog-days atrocity from the "aren't farts funny?" school of filmmaking.
  5. Suspect Zero
    The movie's premise is as dopey as they come: A serial killer with a conscience is killing other serial killers.
  6. Without a Paddle
    In a summer filled with dumb comedies, this might prove to be the dumbest. Think "Road Trip" meets "City Slickers." Then dial the humor down a few notches, and you're left Without a Paddle.
  7. Benji: Off the Leash!
    Falls flat, enlivened only by the performances of its two charismatic lead dogs. The story is heavy-handed, and the human performances are, at their worst, caricatured.
  8. Mean Creek
    A promising debut by young writer/director Jacob Estes, this story of a botched revenge plot still isn't likely to break out even in multiplex August dog days.
  9. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    A revelation. One rarely sees American-made movies that are so unafraid to explore emotional cruelty and portray the consequences without positing easy answers or attaching happy endings.
  10. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    We all love a good fairy tale, but the enchantment is missing in this predictable sequel.
  11. Danny Deckchair
    This handsome movie works thanks to its lack of pretension and an atmosphere somewhat akin to the gentle wackiness of director Bill Forsyth's better works.
  12. Collateral
    Shake it all up and you get Collateral, a movie with only one conceivable flaw: its disinclination to break new ground, though no one held that against "The Fugitive" more than a decade of Augusts ago.
  13. Little Black Book
    Hunter is far too talented to waste her time with such mediocre material, as is co-star Kathy Bates, who plays Kippie Kann, an overbearing talk-show host.
  14. Code 46
    For at least half the movie, you need a code book a few inches thick to decipher Code 46.
  15. Open Water
    There's more terror than entertainment here, though. I've seen a lot of movies in my life I couldn't wait to see end; this may be the first good one.
  16. The Manchurian Candidate
    A case of smart and talented people trying to jam a Cold War square into a Gulf War circle. You can feel the chafing, to say nothing of the burden this capably crafted shrug has taken on.
  17. Thunderbirds
    Fun at times and tedious at others, it's an action-adventure fantasy aimed particularly at gadget-loving boys.
  18. The Village
    The Village emerges as a victim of its own ambitions. At one point, Edward advises Ivy: "Do your very best not to scream." That doesn't require much restraint on our part.
  19. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
    The recent model for this kind of surreal jazz-riff comedy is Doug Liman's 1999 "Go," a neo-classic. But you know already from the director (Dude, Where's My Car?'s Danny Leiner) if this movie is for you. Leiner has cornered the recent market on low-rent farces.
  20. Garden State
    Though unlikely to have the lasting quality of "The Graduate," it feels a bit like that seminal film for today's generation.
  21. She Hate Me
    This 140-minute I-don't-know-what-it-is unravels like a ball of yarn after a bout with a tiger on Colombian catnip. Lee exhaust me.
  22. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    This incarnation is funny, quirky and clever, with some mesmerizing action sequences.
  23. The Bourne Supremacy
    Taut, tightly paced and thrilling, with some of the best chase sequences -- whether by foot, taxi or Jeep -- in recent memory.
  24. Catwoman
    Hisses for Catwoman. Unfortunately for Oscar winner Halle Berry, this movie belongs in the litter box.
  25. A Home at the End of the World
    The movie is really a lovely ensemble piece. Beautifully conceived and written by Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours), the film has a distinctly novelistic and literate style.
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  26. A Cinderella Story
    Desperately conceived by even the most insipid standards of contemporary teen-queen cinema, A Cinderella Story operates under a rotting pumpkin of a supposition.
  27. I, Robot
    Performances, plot and pacing are as mechanical as the hard-wired cast.
  28. Maria Full of Grace
    Gracefully acted, and the story packs a powerful punch straight to the gut.
  29. The Door in the Floor
    Jeff Bridges has enough demons in The Door in the Floor to jam a crowd scene, but the actor's sheer likability remains undiminished.
  30. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
    That he can make his anchorman chauvinistic, deluded and ridiculous but still manage to give him some humanity is testimony to Ferrell's comic talents.
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