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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. Monster-in-Law
    Ultimately one flat-footed beast.
  2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    To watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which continually sacrifices its potential for sophisticated fun on the altar of style and physical stunts, is to realize how far we've come from the great movies of, say, George Cukor or Howard Hawks.
  3. High Tension
    It can only be said that if you like this sort of thing, then this is the sort of thing you like.
  4. Land of the Dead
    Too bad the plot held no surprises and the acting no revelations. No actor could be said to stand out and the movie never acquires much tension or momentum.
  5. Four Brothers
    Loud, stupid, unrealistic, overdone, without a thought in its ugly little head and kind of enjoyable.
  6. The Baxter
    With The Baxter, Showalter's begging his way into the ranks of the safe and the mediocre.
  7. In Her Shoes
    There'd be nothing wrong with this if the film 'fessed up to its kitschy soul. Instead, it pretends to be the high-minded drama it's not.
  8. Domino
    It's like a ferret on crystal meth that belatedly discovers ecstasy, and it's a tiresome trip either way.
  9. Where the Truth Lies
    Canadian director Atom Egoyan delivers a rare misfire with Where the Truth Lies, a shockingly fatuous murder mystery with pseudo-intellectual pretensions.
  10. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
    This is definitely a family trip to stay home and skip.
  11. The White Countess
    Despite its brilliant evocation of this great city at this most provocative time in history, the movie just gets sillier and sillier.
  12. The Ringer
    More than predictable. It plods along with the inevitability of a doomed soldier going off to war.
  13. The Promise
    The movie is full of invasions, assassination attempts, chases and escapes in seemingly random order, the result being completely chaotic.
  14. Nanny McPhee
    Even Thompson, the one you look forward to watching, is disappointing.
  15. When a Stranger Calls
    When a Stranger Calls never manages to convey the primal, almost atavistic terror that has earned John Carpenter's movies and the "Scream" franchise their places in the teen horror canon. The most lasting psychological effect of this pulp non-classic will most likely be limited to a deep pathological fear of Architectural Digest.
  16. Firewall
    Flagging energy isn't the only issue here; Ford has become enslaved in his own cliches.
  17. Winter Passing
    Winter Passing is one dull, extended encounter session among hackneyed characters -- although Deschanel gets the most points for almost imitating a human.
  18. Ask the Dust
    One of the most eagerly awaited cinematic projects of 2006, which may be why it lands with such a curious thud.
  19. Adam & Steve
    Strikes an unsatisfying balance between serious romantic texture and outright farce.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Take the Lead
    The young cast members are full of attitude and heart. But the film is long on flashy dance sequences and short on depth, character and craft.
  21. The Sentinel
    Sentinel is a medium-dumb thriller that starts out with momentary promise but gets progressively sillier.
  22. An American Haunting
    Tries -- and fails -- to evoke that whoa-did-this-really-happen edge.
  23. Goal! The Dream Begins
    The trouble with Goal!, which -- horror of horrors -- is the first of a trilogy, is that it's neither a persuasive story nor a satisfying display of soccer.
  24. The King
    Director and co-writer James Marsh clearly thinks he has made a grim and telling satire about fundamentalist hypocrisy. But he and co-writer Milo Addica display such contempt for their characters and religious conviction in general, they reduce everything to one-note banality.
  25. The Break-Up
    Nobody likes a fixed fight, except the backroom boys making the deal. Which is why The Break-Up may have its share of laughs, but isn't much fun.
  26. The Lake House
    The Lake House has the sensibility of something conceived by Stephen King after an overdose of chocolate-covered cherries and valentine cards. In other words, it's sugary sweet and based on a premise that's just -- no other word will do -- ridiculous.
  27. John Tucker Must Die
    But despite doing its best to jiggle, giggle and ogle its way into a niche somewhere between "Heathers" and "American Pie," it becomes just another forgettable pastiche of sight gags and pop-culture references.
  28. The Night Listener
    Aiming to blur the distinctions between truth and illusion, it simply blurs its own effectiveness by relying on predictable and not particularly convincing mystery-thriller formula.
  29. Brothers of the Head
    Ultimately, Brothers is a flashy, stylistic show of emptiness, intended to protest emptiness. But that's clear almost from the outset.
  30. Poster Boy
    Although audiences will admire the film's do-it-yourself energy and commitment, Poster Boy finally collapses of its own contrived weight, deflating just when it should soar into madcap -- or at least thoughtful -- satire.
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