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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. U-571
    The submarine goes deep but the story never does in U-571, a good old-fashioned WWII picture that is exciting in only the most superficial way.
  2. The Virgin Suicides
    Humor prevails throughout, but it doesn't deflate the disturbing elements of the tale, which miraculously manages to stay droll, heartfelt and poignant to the end.
  3. Love & Basketball
    The pic is so well directed and lead performance by Sanaa Lathan so charismatic that audiences will overlook the script's flaws and root for the central duo.
  4. Where the Money Is
    Newman's charismatic, multishaded performance elevates the hodgepodge caper comedy a couple of notches above its preposterous plotting and self-consciously movieish texture.
  5. Keeping the Faith
    Norton directs with assurance.
  6. East Is East
    A sprightly acted, warm and often extremely funny ensemble comedy.
  7. American Psycho
    Pace is sleek, airless and apt.
  8. Return to Me
    A simplistic, highly contrived romantic comedy about the mysterious workings of fate.
  9. Rules of Engagement
    A broad and obvious approach to ambiguous material that's virtually all plot mechanics with little nuance or characterization.
  10. Est - Ouest
    Too often caught between trying to be a sweeping period drama and intimate love story at the same time, with a script that's never fully satisfying on either count.
  11. Ready to Rumble
    Rates a notch below the KISS-centric "Detroit Rock City" and a couple above Jerry Springer's "Ringmaster" -- in other words, closer to stupid-fun than stupid-toxic.
  12. Price of Glory
    May hold some appeal for Latino auds in the Southwest but will fold after a couple of rounds in the big arena.
  13. The Road to El Dorado
    A strained and pallid concoction that won't fire the collective imaginations of modern children.
    • 24 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Skulls
    A silly, hackneyed college suspenser put across with all the contrived banality of a bad '70s TV movie.
  15. High Fidelity
    Trenchantly witty and acutely insightful.
  16. Here on Earth
    Young teen girls will flock to pic in droves, dragging their boyfriends or other girlfriends.
  17. Whatever It Takes
    Makes little impression and is sure to leave few memories for a teen.
  18. Erin Brockovich
    Snappy and unusually funny under fundamentally serious circumstances, without being contrived or sitcomy.
  19. Final Destination
    Generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory.
  20. Beyond the Mat
    A gently and genuinely observed film whose subject is a garish, artificial display of mayhem.
  21. The Disappearance of Finbar
    Brit filmmaker Sue Clayton's muddled feature bow is full of intriguing ideas and incidental charms that fail to come together into a cohesive whole.
  22. Mission to Mars
    In outer space, no one can hear you scream -- of boredom.
  23. The Ninth Gate
    This is really a shaggy devil story whose giddy, ironic tone may throw viewers expecting a scary movie.
  24. The Next Best Thing
    Likely lack of much critical enthusiasm or positive word-of-mouth will induce quick theatrical falloff, with better news likely down the line for rental merchants.
  25. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
    The gambits in Ghost Dog seem simply like literary and cinematic games devoid of any larger meaning.
  26. Drowning Mona
    A white-trash black comedy, a caustic working-class whodunit in which the solution to the murder mystery takes a distant back seat to countless barbs and jibes tossed in the direction of the mostly imbecilic cast of characters.
  27. What Planet Are You From?
    Good for a few lascivious titters but quite lacking in the sort of comic bite and social satire one hopes for in the work of Mike Nichols.
  28. 3 Strikes
    Exuberantly rude and crude, but generally more frantic than genuinely funny.
  29. Judy Berlin
    Numerous lovely, quirky moments.
  30. Reindeer Games
    With a far-fetched script that might barely have passed muster at the B units in the old studio days, this Dimension release will command a certain up-front attention due to cast topliners.
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