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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. Planet of the Apes
    The longer I take to review this movie, the more the absurdities loom. So let me finish before I think about the story's stupidly plotted structure or recall how tiring it was to watch apes perpetually pushing humans to the ground or sending them pirouetting into the air.
  2. The Last Castle
    Robert Redford does everything but wear a crown of thorns as the selfless war hero of The Last Castle, a heavy-handed military prison melodrama.
  3. Great Expectations
    Hardly a real pip (indeed, it has been rendered Pip-less), but then this loosey-goosey adaptation isn't aimed at those of us with library cards.
  4. Committed
    Should have never made it up the distribution aisle.
  5. The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
    Never asks its target audience of self-referential baby boomers and their littles bundles of joy to take it more seriously than it takes itself.
  6. Muriel's Wedding
    Hogan seems skittish about going all the way with the darker side of his material...It's a bright, buoyant comedy about a very sad young woman -- and, regrettably, the mix just doesn't work.
  7. Insomnia
    In this film, Nolan seems overwhelmed by the budget, the egos of the stars, the thinness of the script, and he doesn't impose much personality on the picture. It's all Pacino.
  8. U.S. Marshals
    By the time it winds down, U.S. Marshals has all but destroyed itself. It's gone pffft! in the night.
  9. Bread and Tulips
    A little too shopworn and pokey to be more than a respectable European diversion.
  10. Groove
    The best thing about this movie? It's short.
  11. Whatever It Takes
    It's still got some panache.
  12. The Bone Collector
    You may have as much fun tearing it apart in its aftermath as you do watching it, but the fun is still genuine.
  13. Who Is Cletis Tout?
    Cletis Tout is both in love with and able to laugh at the conventions it adopts, which is exactly where it goes wrong. It's just a little too self-satisfied.
  14. Palmetto
    This adaptation of James Hadley Chase's "Just Another Sucker" isn't so bad you'd want to roast it over the coals, but it ain't much good either.
  15. Heartbreakers
    Trust me, you'll want to leave these people to get on with their tedious scams alone.
  16. Johnson Family Vacation
    Cedric the Entertainer is the best (and probably only) reason to take this "Vacation."
  17. Angel Eyes
    The audience hasn't the slightest idea what is going on.
  18. The Wedding Planner
    I suggest you RSVP in the negative to this "Wedding" invitation, unless you consider yourself a friend of the obvious bride to be, Ms. Lopez. But even then, you'll have to focus on her presence, rather than the silly ceremony around her.
  19. Hollywood Ending
    It feels old, tired and given-up-on, maybe three drafts shy of minimal production level.
  20. The Claim
    The film feels inauthentic, a cardboard version of other epics that's cast for distribution to various world markets.
  21. SLC Punk!
    Ultimately, SLC Punk! doesn't have enough dimension to maintain dramatic interest.
  22. The Safety of Objects
    Although it has moments of charm and poignancy -- this is one of Glenn Close's best hours -- the scheme and scope of the movie are just too darned obvious.
  23. Apocalypse Now
    The finished film remains a mess of tangled, turgid continuity and florid, mock-operatic style -- at best a collection of production numbers and set pieces waiting in rain for a story capable of accumulating suspense and meaning.
  24. Girl, Interrupted
    Tired conventions, hoary themes and obvious conclusions.
  25. Undercover Brother
    Some of it is funny in a Zucker brothers slapstick way. And as the Man's geeky lieutenant, Chris Kattan has some amusingly kooky business. But there's not enough to sustain the comedy. Ultimately, the movie's short running time becomes its finest quality.
  26. The Other Sister
    The humor works beautifully until Marshall decides to beat the comedy over the head and drum us, once again, with this relentless message: "Mentally challenged people in love say the darndest things!"
  27. Snow Dogs
    The movie's gentle and friendly, but nowhere close to exciting. It would be hard to believe that anyone involved with this production --considers Snow Dogs anything more than phoned-in business as usual.
  28. The Waterboy
    Another film about . . . a cretinous, grating loser.
  29. Simon Birch
    A magical child movie in which the child is magical, yes, but the movie is not.
  30. Six Days Seven Nights
    When the danger subsides and the sparkless romance returns to the foreground, the vehicle comes sputtering back to earth with a thud, weighed down by the inertia of its leaden leading lady.
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