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For 17,847 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: 9,172 out of 17847
  2. Mixed: 7,036 out of 17847
  3. Negative: 1,639 out of 17847
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  1. Left Luggage
    A well intentioned but uneven and overly sentimental film.
  2. Tigerland
    A tautly focused, well-executed drama. Demonstrates that it's still possible to make small, intimate and personal movies within the Hollywood studio system.
  3. Dancer in the Dark
    A 2½-hour demo of auteurist self-importance that's artistically bankrupt on almost every level.
  4. Twilight: Los Angeles
    The camera's closer scrutiny doesn't flatter this unique theatrical reportage.
  5. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    Heartbreaking yet truly inspirational.
  6. A Piece of Eden
    A collection of sentimental and emotional moments in search of a movie.
  7. Duets
    Lack of much substance or dramatic payoff makes the whole significantly less than sum of its parts.
  8. Urbania
    A darkly intriguing drama that probes the very nature of love and the lasting effects of loss.
  9. Human Resources
    A cogent human drama.
  10. Goya in Bordeaux
    Feverish, elegant movie.
  11. Bait
    A B movie in A-grade clothing.
  12. The Price of Air
    Wallows in the deviant proclivities of the rich, wearing its rancor like a merit badge.
  13. Paragraph 175
    The definitive screen chronicle to date of homosexual persecution under the Third Reich.
  14. Almost Famous
    More gentle and modestly insightful than it is exhilarating or revelatory.
  15. Pola X
    An often intriguing, sometimes hypnotic work, but one that quickly starts to unravel in the final hour as it becomes clear there’s not much beneath the emperor’s clothes.
  16. The Watcher
    Emerges as a formulaic thriller that plays more like direct-to-video fare than a megaplex-worthy feature.
  17. Backstage
    Lacks sufficient appeal beyond niche aficionados of its featured performers.
  18. Nurse Betty
    Few actresses can convey the kind of honesty and humanity that Zellweger does here -- it's hard to imagine the film without her dominant, thoroughly credible performance.
  19. Ça commence aujourd'hui
    A warm, often invigorating and ultimately moving ode to community values.
  20. Anatomy
    A fantastical romp with a buoyant pace, exotic locations, a finger-popping score, appealing leads and spicy cooking demonstrations.
  21. The Way of the Gun
    Each of the talented thesps has some good moments, but, ultimately, none can rise above the limitations of the material and filmmaking.
  22. Turn It Up
    Patently absurd in both the details and larger aspects, the ultraserious pic is undermined by poor casting.
  23. Highlander: Endgame
    The sheer raggedness of the plotting -- and the pic's cynical disdain toward audiences -- is staggering.
  24. Whipped
    Grotesquely smutty and obnoxiously overbearing, this is a pitiful excuse for a comedy.
  25. Titanic Town
    Walters brings real heart to the role.
  26. Dark Days
    Intimate and engrossing.
  27. The Art of War
    Almost every element in Art of War is slightly off.
  28. Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
    Though intermittently engaging and decently acted, the movie suffers from a repetitive format, with too many shifts in time that prove disruptive.
  29. Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire
    Boasts a perceptive script, rich performances and date-movie appeal.
  30. The Crew
    The sentimentality is gently but firmly restrained in a potentially treacly subplot.
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