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For 17,765 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 52% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 63
Highest review score: 100 IMAX: Hubble 3D
Lowest review score: 0 Divorce: The Musical
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,125 out of 17765
  2. Mixed: 7,004 out of 17765
  3. Negative: 1,636 out of 17765
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  1. Life
    Careens from decade to decade, and from relative dramatic realism to frequent hilarity, in often-winning fashion.
  2. SLC Punk!
    Energetic but poorly structured.
  3. Shuang long hui
    Ticket buyers get two Jackie Chans for the price of one in Twin Dragons, but the pic itself is no great bargain.
  4. Go
    An overly calculated concoction that nonetheless delivers a pretty good rush.
    • Variety
    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Never Been Kissed
    A likable romantic comedy with an engaging premise and strong cast.
  6. Metroland
    A witty script and strong performances hoist Metroland beyond the confines of its rather standard, TV-style approach.
  7. Cookie's Fortune
    May or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable.
  8. The Out-of-Towners
    Lightweight but likable entertainment.
  9. Following
    Climactic triple-cross is a satisfying payoff, though scenarist-helmer Nolan doesn’t really sock across any possible point of emphasis – black humor is soft-pedaled, suspense just middling, and the character writing keeps classic fall guy Bill a bit too blank-slate to incur much sympathy.
  10. 10 Things I Hate About You
    10 Things doesn't take much time before ditching its pitch idea in favor of a mishmash of newer formulas, never quite settling on a cogent game plan or directorial tone.
  11. The Matrix
    An eye-popping but incoherent extravaganza of morphing and superhuman martial arts.
  12. Edtv
    A certain staleness hangs over the proceedings despite the best efforts of the cast and the fun-minded creative team.
  13. The Mod Squad
    Feels like the most shameless effort yet in the renewed exploitation of the youth market.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A Walk on the Moon
    Despite strategic references to Joan Baez and pot, pic's sense of time and place feels synthetic.
  15. Forces of Nature
    An extremely enjoyable neo-screwball comedy about attractive opposites on the road.
  16. Ravenous
    Essentially approaches its subject seriously, but does take stabs both at horror and grotesque comedy, neither with much success.
  17. The King and I
    Broadway musical purists will shudder in horror, but parents will be whistling a happy tune that there's at least one acceptable pic out there for their kids.
  18. True Crime
    Eastwood's latest picture boasts tight storytelling, sharp acting and an eye for unexpected, enlivening detail.
    • 21 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Wing Commander: Space Will Never Be the Same
    Formulaic, humdrum and sometimes unintentionally laughable.
  20. The Deep End of the Ocean
    Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams give such magnetic performances that they elevate the film way above its middlebrow sensibility and proclivity for neat resolutions.
  21. Trekkies
    A largely affectionate look at the weird and the wonderful subculture that's ensued and endured since the sci-fi series first beamed up in 1966.
  22. The Rage: Carrie 2
    As generic in every aspect as Brian De Palma's original was inventive.
    • 7 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Baby Geniuses
    A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film that proves you shouldn't beat a dead horse.
  24. The Corruptor
    It's to the filmmakers' credit that, as an actioner, The Corruptor is a character-driven movie, with several plot twists and turns involving the interactions among the gangs, cops, FBI and Internal Affairs.
  25. With Friends Like These...
    The perennially insecure world of two-bit character actors is humorously and knowingly explored in With Friends Like These.
  26. Analyze This
    The gradual dilution of fresh humor is further undercut by a queasy sense that the picture, in the end, is quietly endorsing all the psychoanalytical mumbo jumbo that it has been poking fun at all along.
  27. Cruel Intentions
    Nasty, profane and wickedly entertaining for the most part.
  28. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    Though Ritchie’s screenplay scores a 10 for sheer complexity and cleverness, it rates much lower down the scale for comprehensibility and audience involvement.
    • Variety
  29. The School of Flesh
    A skillful blend of fire and ice that subtly conveys the emotional extremes fraught in the relationship.
  30. 20 Dates
    Blurring the lines between cinema verite and fiction, writer-director Myles Berkowitz has created a winning entertainment.
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