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For 3,942 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 62
Highest review score: 100 Les Misérables
Lowest review score: 0 The Limits of Control
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,101 out of 3942
  2. Mixed: 1,197 out of 3942
  3. Negative: 644 out of 3942
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  1. The Luzhin Defence
    An attractive, intelligent film that's intractably at odds with itself.
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  2. Bridget Jones's Diary
    The worst part of Ms. Zellweger's plight is that she, along with others in the cast, has fallen victim to a first-time feature director whose vocabulary doesn't seem to include the word "simplicity."
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  3. The Circle
    A stunning drama about the desperate state of women in Iran.
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  4. Joe Dirt
    Redefines the notion of a feature film another notch downward.
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  5. Blow
    A textbook case of a film that's befuddled by its subject.
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  6. Along Came a Spider
    Mr. Freeman, a superb actor, creates the illusion of drama even when there is none.
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  7. Beautiful Creatures
    Pretty bad, and pretty funny.
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  8. Booye kafoor, atre yas
    Mixes whiffs of Woody Allen and Federico Fellini with Mr. Farmanara's distinctive, mordant wit.
  9. The Tailor of Panama
    Only Le Carre fans with tin ears and clouded eyes will fail to note the film's sour tone, crude performances and drab look.
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  10. Amores Perros
    One of the great films of our time, or any other.
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  11. Someone Like You...
    Another dim adaptation of a bright comic novel.
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  12. Too Much Sleep
    Mr. Maquiling's gotta learn more about dramatic arcs, but he has an infectious interest in how the world looks and works, and he can make you laugh unexpectedly. I look forward to his next film.
  13. Heartbreakers
    There's nothing wrong with the structure of Heartbreakers, but David Mirkin's direction is woefully clumsy -- and the movie's tone is nasty.
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  14. Say It Isn't So
    A few clumps of very funny stuff (including a quick tonsorial reference to "Mary") can't hide all the spots that are bald instead of bold.
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  15. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
    For him (Schneebaum) it's a journey of stunning rediscovery. For us it's the discovery of a brave soul.
    • Wall Street Journal
  16. Enemy at the Gates
    Most of the prime goofiness is given over to Vassili and Konig sharpshooting at each other while the battle rages. The movie's a red elephant.
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  17. American Desi
    Mr. Pandya tells a story of conflicted assimilation that's been told before, but he and his exuberant cast invest it with fresh energy and winning humor.
  18. Memento
    Operates in an orbit somewhere between Oliver Sacks and Lewis Carroll. I can't remember when a movie has seemed so clever, strangely affecting and slyly funny at the very same time.
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  19. The Dish
    Apollo 11's mission was a singular chapter in the story of mankind; The Dish finds a whimsical, winning way of telling it anew.
    • Wall Street Journal
  20. Kissing Jessica Stein
    A small independent feature that's everything an independent feature -- small or big -- should be.
    • Wall Street Journal
  21. When Brendan Met Trudy
    It's hard to stop quoting from a movie this good.
  22. Long Night's Journey Into Day
    A magnificent documentary.
  23. 15 Minutes
    If Detroit had produced an equivalent lemon, we might have been seeing the world's first one-wheeled, square-tired car with no cooling system, steering wheel or brakes.
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  24. Series 7: The Contenders
    The result is heavy and humorless, despite a smart, skillful performance by Brooke Smith.
    • Wall Street Journal
  25. See Spot Run
    Beyond being entertained, I was delighted by the movie's outpouring of slapstick invention (one crazed sequence in a pet store has all the pawmarks of a classic), and the genial energy of its star, David Arquette.
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  26. The Mexican
    Can't lift the double curse of too little genuine action, as opposed to quixotic events, and too many fancy words.
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  27. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    Nothing but miscalculation from clumsy start to chaotic finish, an action thriller with a cynical, shriveled soul.
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  28. Monkeybone
    Adds up to one numbingly unfunny comedy.
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  29. Last Resort
    A huge delight.
  30. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    For the director, Mr. Leconte, and for the usually volcanic Mr. Auteuil, the quiet, cumulative power of this film is a striking departure from the dazzling energy of their previous collaboration in "Girl on the Bridge."
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