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For 11,478 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 60
Highest review score: 100 Oppenheimer
Lowest review score: 0 Dolittle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6,014 out of 11478
  2. Mixed: 3,069 out of 11478
  3. Negative: 2,395 out of 11478
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  1. The Game
    It's formulaic, yet edgy. It's predictable, yet full of surprises. How far you get through this tall tale of a thriller before you give up and howl is a matter of personal taste.
  2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Start lining up now, bring a bullwhip -- and maybe some d-Con. Indiana will do the rest.
  3. Minority Report
    Spielberg's dark side may not be where everyone wants to live, but it's somehow encouraging to know that he has one.
  4. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    A considerable kick, though it would have helped if one of the boys had wiped off the lens of the camera once in a while.
  5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Pirates of the Caribbean moves easily from sunny 18th-century seafaring adventure to creepy zombie flick and back again.
  6. Super Size Me
    This is a compelling cautionary tale hot-wired to your gag reflex.
  7. The Take
    It never smirks or condescends as does, say, a Michael Moore; it never seems smug and superior, only committed and compassionate.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freaky Friday
    Terrific at capturing what teenage behavior would look like on a grown-up.
  9. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Doesn't just bring you to the edge of the hopeless zone, it takes you right into its homes where the children play.
  10. Almost Famous
    This is wonderful stuff, as far as it goes.
  11. The Clearing
    It stays in character, small, human, bitter and sad.
  12. Control Room
    May be most valuable for its depiction of the strength of democratic ideals, even in the most precarious and contradictory of circumstances.
  13. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    The strongest magnet in this psychedelic morass is Johnny Depp who, as the story's antic, disgusting and seductive spirit guide, is impossible to look away from.
  14. Ed Wood
    Making a movie about the life of Ed Wood certainly qualifies as an impossible dream, but Burton has pulled it off with wit, imagination and something amazingly close to grace.
  15. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Retains (and in many cases, boosts) as much of the spirit [of the book] as you could reasonably expect. And it makes a worthy attempt to duplicate Rowling's engaging sense of humor.
  16. Old School
    In terms of sheer belly-laugh count, this one's in the same plentiful company as "There's Something About Mary" and "Road Trip."
  17. Never Been Kissed
    Drew Barrymore has figured out what works, and what works for Drew Barrymore is this: Cinderella stories.
  18. The Perfect Storm
    As a movie, this is exciting stuff.
  19. Rush Hour
    A sturdily entertaining vehicle, easily the little guy's best American-made film.
  20. Signs
    For filmgoers whose idea of a good time is getting the stuffing scared out of them (who are you guys, anyway?), Signs should prove to be time well spent.
  21. The Royal Tenenbaums
    This is not a movie that wraps up its story in a tidy bow, but it's a lot more fun than most of the ones that do.
  22. Dawn of the Dead
    The movie has many of the elements that made the first "Dawn" so darkly entertaining.
  23. Leaving Las Vegas
    Doesn't go down smooth, but it doesn't promise to.
  24. The Matrix
    One big, fat, honking comic book of a sci-fi-martial-arts adventure flick.
  25. The Way of the Gun
    It's good fun for bad boys.
  26. Wonderland
    A film whose effects are as hard to wash away as blood.
  27. Spirited Away
    Old myths and wonder tales spun afresh.
  28. The Taste of Others
    Though its attitudes are decidedly French, this intelligent film goes a long way toward explaining America's obsession with Martha Stewart Living, fake designer labels and TV talk show makeovers.
  29. Blade II
    Ghastly yet wonderful at the same time.
  30. City of Angels
    Though far from a seamless work, the film is gorgeously crafted, and Silberling obviously has a passion for angels. But then these days, who doesn't?
  31. Ocean's Eleven
    Soderbergh won't hit the Oscar jackpot with Ocean's Eleven, but he has come up with a stylish winner.
  32. Blood Work
    Eastwood's instinct for creating efficient, adult, mainstream entertainment is virtually unerring. He's still a class act, not to mention craggy, suave, laconic and very, very cool.
  33. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    Kitano the filmmaker makes sure that everything is beautiful, from the wonderful colors and passing tableaux to the intricate fighting choreography. This blind swordsman, you realize, has vision to spare.
  34. The Price of Milk
    Like nothing else that's played in months.
  35. The Age of Innocence
    Though lovely to behold, this film isn't meant to send you home with a song in your heart.
  36. The Big Lebowski
    The movie is as visually inventive and wildly eccentric as the Coens' earlier movies, but it lacks the emotional maturity and moral clarity of 1996's "Fargo."
  37. Clueless
    Ultimately, [Heckerling's] portrait is affectionate and, in places, even sweet, enabling us to laugh at them and embrace them at the same time.
  38. Notre musique
    A film about war and reconciliation, is deeply Christian, a study in humility and the moral uncertainty at the core of the Christian message.
  39. We Don't Live Here Anymore
    The movie may leave its audience feeling a little battered (some might say betrayed) as well. Still, the film's honesty, along with its refusal to pander to Hollywood happy endings, is well worth the beating.
  40. Kitchen Stories
    May, at times, be deadpan to the point of stiffness, but it's far from dead.
  41. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    Proves to be a whiz-bang kick in the pants.
  42. Behind Enemy Lines
    War is hellishly entertaining, especially in Behind Enemy Lines, a 21-gun salute to the commitment and preparedness of the U.S. military.
  43. The Others
    A tantalizing spine-tingler.
  44. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    The movie's a treasure of small gems.
  45. Jackie Brown
    The film occasionally drags -- a money transfer scene set in a department store lasts longer than several geologic epochs -- but it's so funny and the plot twists are so sudden and violent it's great fun.
  46. The Merchant of Venice
    To watch this movie is to not only appreciate the majesty of Shakespeare's poetics but to engage in a profound, subtextual dialogue with bigotry.
  47. Meet the Parents
    Roach knows to play to the movie's twin strengths: Stiller and De Niro. Throw these guys together, turn up the intensity.
  48. Dead Poets Society
    It's a literate though strained uplifter.
  49. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    Doesn't try to be more than what it is: a romantic fantasy caper.
  50. 40 Days and 40 Nights
    It's funny! It's not Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" or anything, but it's pretty darned good!
  51. Akira
    The most expensive animated feature ever made in Japan (over 1 billion yen) and it's easily the most impressive, as well.
  52. Before Sunset
    Anything that inspires that many whoops, gasps and groans with only two actors and a few choice words has earned its place at the summertime box office trough.
  53. Baadasssss!
    Does a terrific job of capturing the outlaw energy of the original production.
  54. Coffee and Cigarettes
    Jarmusch's use of yin/yang, dark/light and good/evil symbolism makes glorious if goofy sense.
  55. Flight of the Phoenix
    This is high-carb filmmaking at its finest. When it's all over, you'll have a knot in your stomach.
  56. Ice Age
    Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.
  57. Kinsey
    If it lacks a certain fuzzy warmth, Kinsey makes up for the shortfall with spirited and (for a commercial movie) amazingly candid vigor. It's an alert, lively movie with a crackling performance by Liam Neeson.
  58. Mean Girls
    Smart, funny, well-acted and visually lively.
  59. Mulholland Dr.
    Lynch's new movie, Mulholland Drive, is a trip and a half: It's like playing Twister and Scrabble simultaneously while high on LSD. Oh, and it's dark out.
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