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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. Fast & Furious
    The reunion is fun and frantic, like the original on double nitro.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Song of Sparrows
    At times tedious but ultimately beguiling, Song of Sparrows morphs from a sly dramedy about running a household into a fable about two ways of life (urban and rural) that can't coexist.
  3. American Violet
    What sticks in my craw -- just a bit -- is the way the film doesn't fully trust the true story's inherent power.
  4. Lemon Tree
    Riklis has made a powerful film, but can a powerful film change anything about the fatalistic culture of powerlessness that is felt throughout Palestine and Israel? The irony of Lemon Tree is that what it achieves adds, in the end, to the sense that nothing can unravel this mess.
  5. Earth
    A gorgeously photographed storybook.
  6. The Soloist
    Hollywood loves the heroics of good intentions, but this movie is just as interested in the road to hell.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outrage
    A crisp, efficient, sometimes petty but often infuriating documentary about alleged gay politicians who actively campaign and vote against gay rights.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    O'Horten
    Depending on your patience for oddball mood pieces, you will either sleep through O' Horten or be oddly captivated. Either way, it'll be like dreaming.
  9. Management
    Zahn is the single biggest reason why Management is a delightfully screwball romantic comedy and not a crazed-stalker film. And why it works. Like watching a puppy chase its own tail, it's a pleasure watching Mike try to win Sue over.
    • 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.
  11. Imagine That
    It's refreshing that in effects-happy Hollywood, Evan and Olivia only imagine their travels, rather than run a gantlet of computerized hallucinations. This may turn out to be one of the more endearing aspects of Imagine That to its younger audiences.
  12. $9.99
    A charming, poetic and at times surreal stop-motion animation co-written with Etgar Keret and based on the Israeli writer's short stories.
  13. The End of the Line
    The movie does present solutions, including its urging of consumer demand for more accountability from restaurants and the building of marine reserves.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
    As is, this generally excellent portrait does much to fill the void, restoring an unfortunately forgotten figure to her rightful place among broadcasting's trailblazers.
  15. Adam
    At its best, Adam makes the viewer understand the frustration of living in a world in which everyone is a stranger -- not least by making us work as hard to understand its hero's feelings as Adam himself must work to understand Beth's.
  16. Earth Days
    Feels like a prolonged campfire conversation, filled with weathered, measured talk about holistic thinking and finding a new perspective.
  17. It Might Get Loud
    One needn't have a Stratocaster moldering in the closet at home to get a kick out of It Might Get Loud.
  18. No Impact Man: The Documentary
    You know what they say: Behind every successful, self-flagellating environmental activist is a woman. And that's what saves both Beavan and the movie.
  19. The Brothers
    A lively, affectionate and well-acted romantic comedy, takes a raunchy look at relationships from the black male perspective.
  20. Armageddon
    It might make you tense, it might make you nauseous, and its clangorous roar could well give you a migraine headache.
  21. Cowboys & Angels
    It's a sweet but slight film whose undeniable appeal is largely due to the performances of its flat-out adorable leads.
  22. Skins
    As coherent storytelling, Skins isn't that tightly wrapped, but as an excoriating look at the plight of the modern American Indian, it bites hard.
  23. The Same River Twice
    If you can get past the "Big Chill" setup, there is a fine piece of moviemaking here.
  24. The In-Laws
    This is a movie that starts silly and just gets sillier -- at one point Candice Bergen shows up with a Buddhist monk -- but its laughs are sweet-natured, and Heaven knows the lead players earn every one.
  25. All the Pretty Horses
    Thornton, writer-director of the superb "Slingblade," has a gift for depicting down-and-dirty scenes among men. And when our three principal characters go riding from Texas to Mexico, this is the best part of the movie.
  26. The Cider House Rules
    The movie is pure pro-choice agitprop, as it tracks Homer's conversion to the cause of choice and posits the heroism of the abortionist. Pro-lifers will hate it on that point alone.
  27. Biker Boyz
    It will all look pretty ridiculous to grown-ups, but to 13-year-old boys (and adults with well-tended inner versions thereof), Biker Boyz will be the perfect testosterone-fueled, flash-edited, music-driven joy ride.
  28. Just Visiting
    If you saw the French version, well, here it is, in Disney language, with John-Hughes-style slapstick.
  29. Down to Earth
    Rock is such a consistent delight, and so powerfully amused at the profound pleasure of being Chris Rock, that he shares the wealth with all of us.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
    There are entertaining little anachronisms, amusing lines and enough wacky frenzy to please the little ones. The movie clearly comes from a Christian perspective, but without being overly preachy.
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