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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 5.4 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. Impostor
    Isn't really a movie, it's only impersonating one.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time
    The trouble with this art movie is that it's more a movie than it's art.
  3. Charlotte Gray
    Those who do go with the fantasy are probably hopeless romantics.
  4. I Am Sam
    The movie that Disney uses to explore this premise drips with so much corporate good-neighbor syrup, you might want to wear something waterproof. And Penn's performance is, at best, ripe for discussion.
  5. Dark Blue World
    The movie's ambitions (to pay tribute to the Czech pilots who fought for their country only to be interned later) are not matched by the actual story.
  6. Black Hawk Down
    You're drawn in, like it or not. You can't get away from the immediacy. Or the feeling that you're getting sucked in, too.
  7. Gosford Park
    It's a very funny movie in that sniffy Brit way.
  8. Monster's Ball
    The movie's stroke of sheer genius is its wondrous ending.
  9. The Shipping News
    Awash in hackneyed old-time secrets and hydrophobic metaphor, never consumes us as it should.
  10. Ali
    Watching Ali, you can be sure of experiencing two opposing things: a sterling performance from Will Smith as Muhammad Ali and a bewilderingly punch-drunk movie from Michael Mann.
  11. The Majestic
    It can't fake sincerity. It tries ever so hard, but it doesn't have a single believable second. Every word in it is a lie.
  12. Kate & Leopold
    Is Meg Ryan going to play the goofy romantic gal forever?
  13. A Beautiful Mind
    Instead of an originally conceived movie that reflects Nash's troubled but brilliant mind, we have one of those formulaically rendered Important Subject movies -- the kind that seem exclusively designed for Best Picture nominations.
  14. A Song for Martin
    August, who also made "Pelle the Conqueror" and "House of the Spirits," steers this story to its stirring conclusion with firm lack of sentimentality.
  15. How High
    The drug-fueled romp turns ugly, sexist and misogynistic, as so many rap-star vehicles do.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
    Frenetic and uninvolving.
  17. Joe Somebody
    It's not great; it's also not idiotic.
  18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    With its spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope, is a dream come true.
  19. Kandahar
    That's the movie: It's taking us inside the burqa to the woman.
  20. Lantana
    Perceptive, powerfully acted psychodrama.
  21. Piñero
    This character was an abusive swine. Perhaps it would be best to let his art stand on its own.
  22. Iris
    Not just a fitting document of a life brilliantly lived but a vibrant, almost palpitating piece of cinema.
  23. Not Another Teen Movie
    If there is a Hell, Not Another Teen Movie will be playing for all eternity on every screen there.
  24. 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.
  25. Vanilla Sky
    Overblown and idiotic, this new "erotic thriller" is neither erotic nor thrilling; it's long, boring and self-indulgent.
  26. In July
    Unabashedly, un-graphically romantic.
  27. Baran
    Majidi has discovered a wonderful cast of players to bring this gentle allegory to life, especially Naji as the irascible but generous Memar, who displays nearly perfect comic timing.
  28. Last Orders
    The movie's pace is unhurried by Hollywood standards, but it's all the richer in character detail.
  29. The Business of Strangers
    After an hour of brilliant, bitchy dialogue and deceit, it simply runs out of energy; or possibly the budget ran out.
  30. No Man's Land
    A well-mounted, macabre seriocomedy with passing punchlines. And for about half the movie, it's compelling stuff.
  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. Texas Rangers
    Maybe it's me, but I find it difficult to dislike any movie that has horses, guns and big hats in it.
  33. 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.
  34. In the Bedroom
    Short of good, better than awful, it opens brilliantly, then just goes on, toward self-negating absurdity.
  35. Black Knight
    This time-travel scenario is by now shopworn, and the normally riotous Lawrence, a manic and gifted clown, is hamstrung in his efforts to eke humor from the anemic script.
  36. Sidewalks of New York
    Dramatically and conceptually, the movie sits there, flat, naked and trying too hard with too little.
  37. The Devil's Backbone
    This film is much more atmospheric; it builds, not so much logically as viscerally, until you feel you can't escape. Lurid and overdone as it is, it's still a real disturber of the peace.
  38. Spy Game
    With its cast of back-stabbing functionaries and desk jockeys, Spy Game makes the sport and hard work of espionage seem chillingly real.
  39. Out Cold
    I can't imagine why anyone would pay money to see this sorry excuse for a film, which plays more like a home movie than something from cinema professionals.
  40. The Fluffer
    More tasteful, sensitive and original than you might imagine.
  41. Novocaine
    A coarse, witless and stunningly violent black comedy.
  42. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Potter-philes are sure to get what they want -- if what they want is, in fact, an exacting version of J.K. Rowling's charming children's fantasy. If it's enchantment they are after, that's quite another matter.
    • 18 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    The Wash
    There's precious little to listen to, laugh at or ogle in The Wash, a sudsy slog that gets sidetracked by, of all things, a plot.
  44. Heist
    Mamet doesn't just give us an enthralling heist flick, he makes the language something to savor. You're biting your nails with your ears peeled.
  45. Shallow Hal
    Nothing could save this movie. These guys make a fortune off the comedy of cruelty. How dare they climb on a soapbox?
  46. Happenstance
    Utterly delightful fable of romantic destiny.
  47. Tape
    A typical student film with its arty angles, bad lighting and pretentious observations.
  48. Domestic Disturbance
    The most surprising thing about the movie is that somebody bothered to make it in the first place.
  49. Monsters, Inc.
    Marvels of animation abound in Monsters, Inc. -- when it comes to irreverent humor and real heart, Monsters doesn't quite measure up.
    • Washington Post
  50. Amélie
    Amelie is joie de vivre in a nougat.
  51. The One
    Whatever the title of the next installment, this movie is certainly One best forgotten.
  52. The Man Who Wasn't There
    It's the latest and one of the best entries in a genre whose highest philosophical expression is the whiplash realization that the universe doesn't play fair.
  53. On the Line
    Harmless romantic and musical high jinks abound, and sentimentality prevails.
  54. K-PAX
    Entertaining for so long it's a downer to sit through the dumbed-down finale.
  55. Life as a House
    Built with fine materials and boasts a gorgeous ocean view. Unfortunately the family dramedy's design is overblown and the construction is pretty flimsy.
  56. Thirteen Ghosts
    Tries to combine humor with ghostly horror but excels at neither.
  57. Donnie Darko
    Appealingly, the movie has a certain lightness -- like the aforementioned butterfly -- which makes its foreboding qualities surprisingly user-friendly.
  58. Bones
    Too much of Bones feels transplanted from genre staples like "Hellraiser," "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Evil Dead."
  59. Trembling Before G-d
    Short but emotionally effective movie.
  60. Focus
    The topic certainly suits the times, but the director's approach is as alienating as it is old-fashioned.
  61. Riding in Cars with Boys
    Hardly out of the driveway before director Penny Marshall loses control.
  62. The Last Castle
    Robert Redford does everything but wear a crown of thorns as the selfless war hero of The Last Castle, a heavy-handed military prison melodrama.
  63. From Hell
    Feels razor thin. None of the characters is particularly noteworthy. And the revelations of deep-seated conspiracy in the usual privileged, closed circles are hackneyed and tired.
  64. Waking Life
    It's a cult movie in search of a cult. It'll probably find one. It certainly looks and feels like no other movie ever made.
  65. Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana
    You probably never dreamed a charming romantic movie could be staged against a backdrop of Scud attacks from Saddam Hussein.
  66. My First Mister
    The movie is fussy and organized rather than moving. It follows a pattern so precisely, it's as if Lahti thought points would be taken off if she colored outside the lines.
  67. Iron Monkey
    Showcases its cast's athleticism and Ping's kinetic high-wire artistry. But unlike similar Western-made fare, it doesn't take itself seriously.
  68. Corky Romano
    It's depressing enough to sit through an unfunny comedy, but it's worse to watch Falk, Penn and Berg having to earn a living like this.
  69. Bandits
    As for Billy Bob, they all steal the money, but he steals the show.
  70. Mulholland Dr.
    Mulholland Drive is an extended mood opera, if you want to put an arty label on incoherence.
  71. Fat Girl
    The kind of stunning and contentious work of art that will leave a lot of folks speechless.
  72. Grateful Dawg
    Think of this movie as a glorified home video rather than a bitingly insightful documentary. But for Garcia and Grisman, this soft-shoe approach couldn't be more appropriate.
  73. Joy Ride
    In noir, everybody's guilty, and that's one of the pleasures of Joy Ride. The three youngsters aren't exactly innocent.
  74. The Debut
    It is also, despite the all-too-rare focus on the Filipino American community, a creakily familiar take on an age-old family dynamic.
  75. Serendipity
    Insipid, by-the-numbers romance.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Training Day
    A taut, high-velocity film that departs from the action flick template by having actual ideas.
  77. Max Keeble's Big Move
    It's a clever plot with a minimum of the already tired standard kids-on-computers sequence and a maximum of silly face-to-face deflation.
  78. Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
    It yields surprisingly unspectacular results.
  79. Hearts in Atlantis
    Yes, it's corny and reemerging cynics need not apply. But it is blissfully heartwarming.
  80. Zoolander
    A sometimes inspired but sputtering parody of the fashion industry. It's desperate to please, yet never unzips the fancy pants of haute couture.
  81. Don't Say a Word
    The movie isn't exactly providing entertaining escape. In fact, the only escape on your mind is going to be the exit door.
  82. Diamond Men
    Genuine, amusing and, best of all, humanly scaled and humanely oriented.
  83. Liam
    It is through the genius of Frears, screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and this talented cast that Liam lets no one off the hook, least of all the audience.
  84. Vampire Hunter D
    If you appreciate fine animation and edgy material, this blood's for you.
  85. The Endurance
    An engrossing chronicle.
    • 14 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Glitter
    We don't have much space to tell you about Glitter, so we'll be blunt. This star vehicle for singer Mariah Carey is primarily a showcase for her breasts.
  87. Haiku Tunnel
    Let's not waste any time: This movie is just awful. Prime problem: Josh Kornbluth, the chubby, wild-haired, bug-eyed star.
  88. The Glass House
    It is surprising that no matter how much we know what will happen, we never stop watching.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hard Ball
    It is only when Reeves meets up with his incredibly cute baseball team that this movie comes to life.
  90. Two Can Play That Game
    Doesn't anyone get sick of this same old routine?
  91. The Musketeer
    Rollicks and rolls, thanks mainly to Roth's over-the-top depravity and Xiong's swingin', "Crouching Tiger"-style choreography.
  92. L.I.E.
    In a role that challenges our very notion of morality, Cox comes across as both predatory and fatherly, sometimes at once, in an acting turn as astonishing as it is stomach-turning.
    • Washington Post
  93. Our Lady of the Assassins
    The grimness of the movie becomes not only too unbearable, its point is clear about halfway through. After that, everything comes across as redundant retreading of the same perspective. But for atmosphere, great cinematography and eye-opening directness, this movie can't be beat.
  94. Rock Star
    The most unlikely of undertakings: an energetic feel-good movie about sex, drugs and other rock-related depravities.
  95. Vengo
    Feels like a song you may have heard before, but one whose aching beauty makes it endlessly listenable.
  96. O
    Everything has been modernized except for the characters, and that's this movie's tragic flaw.
  97. Jeepers Creepers
    After introducing a provocative opening, the movie settles in for some pretty cheap scare effects, as well as by-the-numbers computer graphic imagery for the actual marauder.
  98. Tortilla Soup
    Overwhelmingly predictable despite its cute surprise ending, Tortilla Soup is a filling but unoriginal dish.
  99. Summer Catch
    A trite, bantamweight "Bull Durham," hasn't a single line, gibe, gesture or twist that hasn't already been chewed up and spat out in many a movie baseball dugout.
  100. Together
    Moodysson's cornball sentimentality about the many shapes of the human family is tempered by his honesty about personal frailty and the silliness of utopian living experiments.
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