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For 17,760 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: 9,121 out of 17760
  2. Mixed: 7,003 out of 17760
  3. Negative: 1,636 out of 17760
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  1. The Brothers
    Pic's complete lack of cinematic verve, along with bland tech work, do much to drain the juice out of what should have been a fierce, fun battle of the sexes.
  2. Heartbreakers
    Overstays its welcome by at least a half-hour after never getting very high off the ground in the first place.
  3. Say It Isn't So
    Even dumb farce has to be built on logic, but that crumbles in the face of a set of tired routines playing off of stock types.
  4. Too Much Sleep
    The material is slender, the characters not sufficiently engaging or eccentric for a feature-length movie.
  5. Exit Wounds
    Viewers who sit through Exit Wounds should at least do themselves the favor of staying for the end credits, which feature some truly funny off-color banter between Anderson and Arnold on the latter's ostensible talkshow.
  6. Memento
    Deconstructs time and space with Einstein-caliber dexterity in the service of a delectably disturbing tale of revenge.
  7. Enemy at the Gates
    Shows a consistent inability to generate any kind of drama when characters open their mouths.
  8. The Dish
    A feel-good comic ensembler that's hard to resist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kissing Jessica Stein
    Pure pleasure. A fresh take on sex and the single girl, this buoyant, well-crafted romantic comedy blends pitch-perfect performances with deliciously smart writing.
  10. When Brendan Met Trudy
    Intermittently funny movie. Almost every scene recreates or alludes to a Hollywood or foreign classic.
  11. Long Night's Journey Into Day
    Demonstrates the impossibility of separating the private from the public dimensions of politics, and the pain involved in trying to account for behavior that cannot withstand rational examination.
  12. 15 Minutes
    A thriller more contrived than it is exciting.
  13. Get Over It
    A mildly diverting, largely inoffensive teen laffer that's long on cartoonish high school hijinks but short on dramatic concentration and crucial story details.
  14. Blow Dry
    Limp comedy-drama.
  15. Carman: The Champion
    Modestly engaging but thoroughly formulaic drama about a boxer turned preacher who returns to the ring to fund a community-outreach center.
  16. See Spot Run
    Gruff and downright smelly, especially when star David Arquette is forced at one point to flop around in a pile of doggy doo.
  17. The Mexican
    An intensely whimsical shaggy-dog crime story that ricochets between goofy violence and some endearing personal moments.
  18. Monkeybone
    It's equal parts wacky, sappy and sniggery.
  19. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    If drive-ins still existed, this film would rule there for weeks.
  20. Too Tired to Die
    Has a jaunty, cosmopolitan air that proves appealing for considerable stretches, and Chin's love of cinema and mostly humorous approach to weighty themes will win points with buffs who have seen the same films the director has.
  21. Company Man
    A consistently silly, occasionally funny but mostly forced account of how a mild-mannered teacher from Connecticut unwittingly triggered the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
  22. Down to Earth
    A very earthbound comic fantasy, a racially flip-flopped "Heaven Can Wait" redo stuck in a purgatory with just enough meager laughs to keep it from a more fiery fate.
  23. Sweet November
    A contrived but entirely workable premise is given a well-tooled treatment in Sweet November, a femme-slanted doomed romance with a heavily calculated feel to it.
  24. Recess: School's Out
    Animation is dull and characterless, and vocal talent has evidently received blanket direction to, when in doubt, shout.
  25. The Price of Milk
    Full of surreal occurrences and bizarre, sometimes overly precious humor that may make it too rarefied an exercise for wide acceptance.
  26. Hannibal
    The continuing saga of one of contemporary literature and cinema's most fascinating villains, as played once again with exquisite taste and riveting force by Anthony Hopkins.
  27. Saving Silverman
    Misbegotten, unimaginative buddy pic.
  28. Valentine
    Looking good but lacking much in the way of personality or gray matter -- rather like its characters -- Valentine is a straightforward slasher pic that's acceptably scary until a weak finale.
    • 27 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Head Over Heels
    A mildly amusing trifle.
  30. Left Behind
    Might be extremely effective while preaching to the converted, but it's no great shakes as secular entertainment.
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