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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. The Matrix Reloaded
    Salvaged by its rally, Reloaded seems less tired than "X2," its current sequel rival. But since its creators have said it's only half of a movie, we won't really know until The Matrix Revolutions arrives Nov. 5 whether this chunk is fizzle or sizzle.
  2. Daddy Day Care
    You know something is wrong when a preschooler's unwitting ad-libs are funnier than anything seasoned comedy writers can come up with. Kids say the darnedest things. Too bad the grown-ups don't.
  3. The Shape of Things
    Though the writing is often sharp, one is reminded repeatedly by the actors' theatrical delivery of some lines and by the confined settings that the movie's origins were on stage.
  4. Only the Strong Survive
    The No. 1 thing Only the Strong Survive will have to survive is being overshadowed by "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." Less focused than last fall's slam-dunk Funk remembrance, Survive is a more modest soul review.
  5. Down with Love
    Dragging on too long is a more serious flaw in a romantic comedy than it might be in a complex drama. We don't ask much of a movie like this, but we do require it to be snappy, clever and quick.
  6. The Dancer Upstairs
    It has an elusive, haunting quality, but it's too long at 133 minutes, and there aren't many movies these days that get more involving as they progress.
  7. Owning Mahowny
    There are some effectively suspenseful moments in the movie, particularly during the gambling sequences, but one longs for more context and probing into the psyche of an ordinary man with an extraordinary compulsion.
  8. X2: X-Men United
    The longer the movie goes, the more its 133 minutes prove wearing. The story tries to develop a love angle between Jackman and Janssen, but it doesn't begin to take. And the finale is particularly weak.
  9. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    The movie is sure to appeal to fans of the show. But when quality family films, such as "Holes" and "Bend It Like Beckham," are also in theaters, why waste your time on this drivel? The answer, of course, is the kids will insist on it.
  10. Blue Car
    Blue Car is like an unpolished sapphire, at once harshly realistic and resplendent.
  11. Spellbound
    Casts a potent spell.
  12. Identity
    With moments of mind-bending creepiness, the film has potential, but eventually it devolves into merely a head-scratcher.
  13. Confidence
    Even with Burns' smoothest performance yet as a lead, Confidence is on a level with Steven Soderbergh's blah remake of "Ocean's Eleven." But because no one is expecting much, it seems a little better.
  14. It Runs in the Family
    Father and son Kirk and Michael Douglas' moments together are among the movie's best.
  15. People I Know
    It won't be a waste of time to watch these people — on cable, and probably not too far in the future.
  16. The Real Cancun
    Those who sit through this mindlessness get the booby prize.
  17. Malibu's Most Wanted
    Think of a B-grade "Bulworth" with lesser talents than A-listers Warren Beatty and Halle Berry.
  18. Holes
    It's great to see an action-adventure family film with heart as well as humor, whimsy alongside wisdom, and a compelling narrative.
  19. Bulletproof Monk
    Action star Chow Yun-Fat's latest is as thin as the buzz cut he sports in Bulletproof Monk.
  20. Chasing Papi
    Imagine a movie so broadly conceived that it was written, directed and all parts were played by Charo — billed in her '70s heyday of Love Boat gigs as the "Cuchi-Cuchi Girl." That's what you get here.
  21. A Mighty Wind
    Like the first half of "Best in Show," the movie is so deadpan that sometimes you have to pinch yourself to realize how potently satirical it is.
  22. Anger Management
    Only a smattering of the potential is realized in this tolerable disappointment, which is so unworthy of getting angry about that it will still become a knee-jerk hit.
  23. XX/XY
    Some moments in XX/XY ring true, and the honesty exposed is revelatory. But, like some relationships, this drama can be tough to endure.
  24. Better Luck Tomorrow
    Well-crafted, Tarantino-esque story.
  25. DysFunktional Family
    This film highlights some of the best, and raunchiest, of his humor.
  26. Levity
    It's an intriguing movie, and Thornton's performance is both fascinating and maddening.
  27. What a Girl Wants
    There's nothing wrong with fairy tales, but they don't have to be formulaic. A movie like this would have benefited from a blending of the fanciful and the inventive.
  28. Phone Booth
    Superficially gritty yet soullessly slick melodrama.
  29. A Man Apart
    It's all fast and furious up to its draggy finale, and yes, it could spark a sequel. Prepare yourself for coming dread in 18 months: "A Man Together."
  30. The Good Thief
    For a movie that earns its R-rating for drug content and violence atop language and sexuality, it leaves you with the next thing to a mellow smile.
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