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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 5.3 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. Ghost Town
    A sweet and hilarious romantic comedy featuring a breakout performance by British comic genius Ricky Gervais, inspires viewers to pause, reflect and praise one of the most rare and wondrous occurrences in contemporary cinema: the Good Movie.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pressure Cooker
    Pressure Cooker may not get the royal, Conde Nast-magazine hype accorded that upcoming Julia Child movie (starring, who else, Meryl Streep), but it merits a place of honor at the table.
  3. Escapes
    Escapes is an eccentric portrait of a not especially eccentric — or even terribly interesting — subject: Hampton Fancher.
  4. Tiny Furniture
    A funny, affecting movie about growing up in the shadow of a formidable mom.
  5. Bringing Out the Dead
    Doesn't pack the punch of Schrader and Scorsese's career-best collaborations ("Raging Bull," "Taxi Driver").
  6. The Closet
    The French originals are always much breezier, the characters more genuine and the actors subtler even if the situations are just as silly.
  7. Mostly Martha
    A sweet, even delectable diversion from the more explosive cinematic fare of the season.
  8. In Search of Greatness
    The film lacks the very imagination it touts, along with another trait that it links to exceptional athleticism. That’s obsession.
  9. Walk the Line
    Unfortunately, for all its good music and admirable vocal impersonations, Walk the Line slides -- very, very slowly -- downhill.
  10. Six Degrees of Separation
    The relationships feel contrived, less a drama than an exercise in cuteness.
  11. When Marnie Was There
    There is a quality of enchantment to When Marnie Was There that can’t be faked, and that the studio behind this animated feature is justifiably famous for.
  12. Control
    Visually stylish surrealist drama.
  13. Terri
    Tender, observant coming-of-age comedy.
  14. The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
    British documentarian Mark Cousins’s The Storms of Jeremy Thomas is a fine introduction to the 70 or so films produced by the titular London-born impresario. It’s barely an introduction at all, however, to Thomas himself.
  15. Obit
    It is fascinating to watch the writers in “Obit” strive to do right by their subjects, warts and all.
  16. Nas: Time Is Illmatic
    The movie is inspiring and tragic, and, directed by street artist One9, it’s captured in an artful, emotional way that will speak to an audience beyond rap fans.
  17. Match Point
    A sort of romance noir -- spruced up in pressed white linens -- this British-made film is elegant, uncompromising and oh-so- veddy nasty.
  18. Still Alice
    The filmmakers invite the audience to get close enough to feel the pain without having to relive the depths of the real-life horror.
  19. My Donkey, My Lover & I
    With its easy pace and genial company, “My Donkey, My Lover & I” is a journey worth taking, even if, at the end of the day, there’s no cozy French inn waiting for you.
  20. Siddharth
    The story itself never wavers when it comes to portraying the truth.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Truly Madly Deeply
    In Truly, Madly, Deeply comparisons with "Ghost" are inevitable. But this British production, starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman, takes a wide berth around the kind of button-pushing found in "Ghost." It presses with lighter fingers.
  22. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
    It’s crazy and ridiculous at times. But I can’t help agreeing with Assaf, who observes, of his companions’ rescue plans, “I like it. It has the logic of a dream.”
  23. Manifesto
    It’s a treat to watch an actress at the top of her game, flexing her interpretive muscles in a showcase that is inventive and thought-provoking.
  24. Strictly Ballroom
    It practically celebrates convenience of plot, over-the-top acting and follow-the-footprints dialogue, but mostly it is a salute to sequins and sashay. With just a hint of sarcasm.
  25. Surfwise
    Insightful, free-roaming but tautly constructed.
  26. Step Into Liquid
    This is pretty much a feel-good film for committed fans and moviegoers looking for some spectacular combination of travelogue, athleticism and slo-mo grace.
  27. Mulan
    Mulan may be exotic, but it's hardly a risky enterprise, what with its sentimental show tunes, wholesome morals and plucky teen heroine.
  28. Despicable Me
    Hang in there and Despicable Me turns into an improbably heartwarming, not to mention visually delightful, diversion.
  29. Salad Days
    While the movie is best viewed as an examination of a specific place and time, it also can be seen as a celebration of a larger, more generic cultural phenomenon that one might call creative foment.
  30. Donald Cried
    Donald Cried succeeds on its own modest terms, but watching its title character can be painful. This is not a movie for people who’d just as soon forget their own teenage mortifications.
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