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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 Wild Thornberrys Movie
    Outstanding entertainment for little ones but just as rewarding for their adult companions.
  2. The Cup
    A chalice of unpretentious delight, flowing over with goodwill, a cheeky love for soccer and, uh, Buddhist humor.
  3. Little Voice
    The trick of this movie is that it's so changeable: You think you've got it nailed and it slithers away to become some other new, fabulous thing.
  4. Pauline and Paulette
    In this good-natured film, even the smallest efforts at kindness yield positive results.
  5. Lovely & Amazing
    Holofcener is honest enough to present human foibles, not just as weaknesses but as unexpected sources of humor and strength.
  6. Under the Sand
    Charlotte Rampling takes you so far inside the pain of Marie Drillon it leaves you stirred, shaken and a little in awe.
  7. The Brothers McMullen
    One of the most enjoyable experiences of the year.
  8. 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.
  9. Autumn Tale
    A movie that dares you to slow down and enjoy the subtleties of life.
  10. Heaven
    Unusual, unexpected and strangely refreshing. For this movie to have resorted to a familiar action-flick finish with everything explained, pressed and dry-cleaned would have rendered it banal.
  11. Himalaya
    The dance between authenticity and storymaking works beautifully.
  12. The Trials of Henry Kissinger
    Makes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing. You can draw your own conclusions.
  13. 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.
  14. The Son's Room
    Surprisingly powerful and universal: the search for meaning and small blessings in the face of life's utter randomness.
  15. Secret Ballot
    As much as any earnest historical drama, Secret Ballot serves as an eloquent argument for civic life, showing its human elements to be no less flawed for being so necessary.
  16. The Tao of Steve
    Warmhearted, wonderfully witty.
  17. The Importance of Being Earnest
    The real importance of "Earnest" is the thrill of brilliant repartee. And as we laugh, an amazing thing happens: Oscar Wilde comes alive.
  18. Scotland, Pa.
    It's simple, sizzly and very funny.
  19. Naqoyqatsi
    Filmmaking at its purest and most visceral – a tale full of sound and visual fury, signifying, if not exactly nothing, then something not so readily articulated in words.
  20. Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
    What songs, what people and what a triumph that their music won in the end.
  21. The Blue Angel
    The Blue Angel it's clear to Von Sternberg, and to us, that he's connected with some pure being of cinema, whose power to ignite an audience was unstoppable. She became a great star.
  22. Quai des Orfèvres [re-release]
    It is in fact a traditional mystery more reminiscent of Agatha Christie than the reigning film noir aesthetic of 1947. But it's fabulously entertaining.
  23. Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary
    Makes for fascinating cinema.
  24. The Mothman Prophecies
    One truly, madly, deeply satisfying creep-out.
  25. The House of Mirth
    Although the cast is uniformly strong, the real revelation here is "The X-Files' " Anderson, who plays Lily with subtle gradations of emotional depth unexpected from someone who has made a career out of deadpan.
  26. Chunhyangdyun
    A three-ring circus of visual pleasure, showing us the beauty of Korean garment, custom and national character.
  27. Spring Forward
    You realize this is a story about the life beyond this movie, about the great changes in life we never give ourselves time to consider. And for a moviegoing experience, that's a lot of bang for your buck.
  28. Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
    A gift for those already in the fold, for those who get the joke and just want to savor it with other like-minded fans.
  29. Late Marriage
    A canny (and profoundly sexy) movie.
  30. Stuart Little 2
    A wonderful thing to snuggle into, as full of heart and pep and innocence as the title character himself.
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