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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. Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
    Too mild-mannered and fuzzily focused for its own good.
  2. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
    Be prepared to laugh less at a lot more of the same thing in this overbearing but underwhelming sequel.
  3. Girl on the Bridge
    The gleefully assured tale of a professional knife-thrower who finds a quirky new target... hits the bull's-eye.
  4. The Wind Will Carry Us
    Takes the refined work of Iranian helmer Abbas Kiarostami up another notch to ever more metaphoric ground.
  5. Thomas and the Magic Railroad
    All mish-mash.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    $pent
    Covers familiar territory unevenly, but Gil Cates Jr. directs his freshman feature with a mostly assured hand.
  7. Alice et Martin
    All the main characters make a telling contribution to the claustrophobic web of feelings the drama comprises.
  8. Loser
    This tepid comedy-drama is, lamentably, aptly titled.
  9. Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    A much more intense action vehicle for hero Ash Ketchum and his band of pocket monster trainers than its leaden, sometimes claustrophobic predecessor.
  10. What Lies Beneath
    A thriller that tries aggressively, but not entirely successfully, to deliver the goods of three genres -- suspense, supernatural and horror.
    • 14 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    The In Crowd
    Murky, unappealing The In Crowd is a femme-centered melodrama that makes an awkward stretch into thriller territory.
  12. The Wisdom of Crocodiles
    Starts intriguingly but ends up thrashing around as a toothless wonder.
  13. X-Men
    Plays like a so-so middle chapter of an epic series rather than a fitting kickoff.
  14. But I'm a Cheerleader
    A shallow, only mildly entertaining satire
  15. The Kid
    Director Jon Turteltaub's insistence upon hammering every point home with giant closeups and relentless musical underlining makes this insufferably cloying and sickly sweet.
  16. Scary Movie
    Manages an impressively huge score in the hit-or-miss gag ratio.
  17. The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    Scarcely seems worth the expenditure of time, money and talent.
  18. The Perfect Storm
    The yarn's emotional undercurrents never take hold, resulting in a picture that leaves one thinking less about the fates of the characters than about how the actors had to spend most of their working days soaking wet.
  19. The Patriot
    Has some emotional pull and isn't stuffy and dull.
  20. Me, Myself & Irene
    Funny as much of the action is, however, the approach feels rather less fresh, and the gross-outs seem more gratuitous.
  21. Praise
    A feature debut that packs a knockout punch.
  22. Chicken Run
    Technically superb and witty in an old-fashioned, veddy British way that will delight many adults but will sail over the heads of young audiences.
  23. Boricua's Bond
    At the most basic level, Boricua's Bond is at war with itself.
  24. Marcel Proust's Time Regained
    Engrossing despite its chaotically fragmented form.
  25. Titan A.E.
    Despite occasional awkwardness in character motion, viewers will be swept away by the luxuriant creation of alternate universes.
  26. Shaft
    Samuel L. Jackson instantly takes the mantle from Mr. Shaft himself, Richard Roundtree, and runs with it on pure style and charisma.
  27. Boys and Girls
    As generic as its title.
  28. Jesus' Son
    An intermittently compelling and occasionally hilarious road movie.
  29. Sunshine
    Well-intentioned but never entirely engaging chronicle.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Gone in Sixty Seconds
    Perfectly dreadful in every respect.
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