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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. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
    At least it's a pleasant walk, with attractive people and nice conversation
  2. 50 First Dates
    A chick flick for guys, with a pH balance in perfect equilibrium between the crass and the sweet.
  3. Bang Rajan
    A wartime epic in the most flamboyant, operatic tradition of the genre.
  4. 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.
  5. Joe the King
    Leads you through a miserable childhood without sentimentality or relief. The effect is torturous.
  6. 24 Hour Party People
    The manic swirl of characters (most speaking in thick Northern accents that are sometimes muffled and incomprehensible) may leave you exhausted and confused.
  7. October Sky
    Paint-by-numbers feel-gooder, in which Homer and his friends decide to win a national science fair for their little town and, ultimately, for America.
  8. Barbershop 2: Back in Business
    What separates Calvin and Eddie from the typical comic hero -- and each "Barbershop" movie from the standard yuk-fest -- is that these folks know how to back up all the hot air with meaningful action.
  9. Veronica Guerin
    Does a respectable job of showing how a journalist constructs a story, the small exchanges, endless wheedling and occasional veiled threat. But most of all, it captures an impressive performance from Blanchett.
  10. Six Days Seven Nights
    Romantic comedies don't get more formulaic than this bouncing-screwball valentine, but then they don't get much more delightful, either.
  11. Daddy Day Care
    If you attend the movie with your expectations lowered by Murphy's recent films, you'll be reasonably amused.
  12. The Green Mile
    From its deceptively easygoing beginning to the heart-wrenching finale, The Green Mile keeps you wonderfully high above the cynical ground.
  13. Almost Peaceful
    There's something rather lovely about the mood and intentions of Michel Deville's French movie.
  14. The Dancer Upstairs
    It's not a great film, but in its reckless audacity -- an American director working from a British novel set in Latin America, dealing with the largest themes of Latin American art, politics and history -- it's reassuring. Someone's still willing to take a big chance.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Breakfast Club
    Their conversations give The Breakfast Club its snap, crackle and pop. And this is that rare movie that could benefit from another half hour of talking time. [15 Feb 1985]
    • Washington Post
  16. Nicotina
    A gimmick film, but it's brought off with such verve it's great fun.
  17. 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.
  18. Deep Blue Sea
    This movie's entire raison d'etre (that's French for "shark meat") is to toy creatively with the "rules."
  19. Rosenstrasse
    A modest yet moving fact-based drama.
  20. The Holy Land
    The acting of the main cast is uniformly nuanced, and, except for some bad makeup on Mendy's father, the film never looks as low-budget as it must have been.
  21. Chasing Liberty
    Will probably win over as many fuddy-duddy fathers as fillies with its mixture of sweetness tempered with genial cynicism.
  22. Laws of Attraction
    A tame, fitfully amusing and generally inoffensive romantic comedy.
  23. The Wedding Singer
    Adam Sandler is surprisingly likable as Robbie, a struggling musician who is left at the altar early in this modest romantic comedy.
  24. Pretty Woman
    But it's Roberts's memorably comic performance that is the most distinguishing aspect of the movie. As the gawky professional companion, she's ticklishly appealing.
  25. Maryam
    High on melodrama. But it's emotionally engrossing, too, thanks to strong, credible performances from the whole cast.
  26. The Princess Diaries
    Fitfully amusing comedy from director and one-time sitcom king Garry Marshall, the fantasy is alive and well among little girls of all ages.
  27. Rat Race
    And even though the jokes keep on coming, not all are side-splitters. But before it's all over, they will have viewers howling at one or more pants-wettingly silly moments.
  28. Quills
    Rush is too sinfully good for the drama he's in.
  29. Road Trip
    It satisfies your appetite for totally tasteless but deliciously flaky boy movies.
  30. It Runs in the Family
    Much to my surprise and delight, the movie is nothing like its marketing.
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