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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. Spartan
    Is Spartan a perfect, or even a great, movie? Probably not. But in its prickly irascibility and deeply unsettling intelligence, it makes for a very, very good one.
  2. The Agronomist
    Has important things to tell viewers about global politics, and in an eerily resonant way.
  3. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    A compelling French Canadian drama.
  4. The Full Monty
    Along with witty, appropriately rough-hewn repartee and genuine poignancy, writer Simon Beaufoy manages to sustain suspense to the last gyration.
  5. Miracle
    Reproducing every bruise, blowup and body-check and getting right up on the ice and into the fray, the movie brings the audience back to 1980 with bone-crunching verisimilitude.
  6. Seabiscuit
    Although nowhere near the class of its equine hero, is quite a satisfying ride.
  7. The War of the Roses
    Director DeVito, who never did know when to quit, manages to be as clever as he is vicious. His first movie, "Throw Momma From the Train," seems almost lyrical in comparison to the ruthlessness of this vehicle.
  8. Monty Python's Life of Brian
    Given the current heightened tenor of religious rhetoric and paranoia, it may well wind up pushing brand-new buttons today. To quote Michael Palin quoting Jesus, "There's just no pleasing some people."
  9. Looney Tunes: Back in Action
    Delightful, delicious and destructive.
  10. Mayor of the Sunset Strip
    An elegy for an aging rock pixie.
  11. The Italian Job
    It is, as with any cinematic joy ride, not the destination that matters, but the rush of getting there.
  12. The Business of Strangers
    The dynamic between Channing and Stiles is as compelling as a freeway wreck.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manhunter
    Based on the ingenious novel "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris, it keeps the nerves racing on fear-fuel until its oddly anticlimactic climax. [15 Aug 1986, p.N29]
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  14. Wonderland
    Grim, yes, and great viewing.
  15. The Anniversary Party
    Although the movie -- falls occasional prey to pretension, it's a classic guilty pleasure.
  16. The Guru
    A joyous genre-blender guaranteed to crank up your karma.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Raising Victor Vargas
    As fresh -- and as restorative -- as a lemon ice on a hot day.
  18. October Sky
    It makes a great point: Love, honor and respect your father, but then get the hell out of town.
  19. In & Out
    Hilarious ... It's dishy, but not swishy.
  20. Unbreakable
    I was hooked from beginning to end.
  21. The Vertical Ray of the Sun
    There are scenes that simply ask the audience to drink in the details, to enjoy the repast, just as much as follow the plot.
  22. Spellbound
    Could hardly be more suspenseful if it were scripted.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Secretary
    Initially cold and perverse to its core, the film transmutes into something warm and uplifting. Normal, even.
  24. Undercover Brother
    May well wind up being the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer.
  25. Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
    Moormann deserves credit, not only for choosing a wonderful and deserving subject for a film, but for doing him proud.
  26. Anger Management
    Miller time for the funny bone.
  27. Barbershop 2: Back in Business
    It's a warm, often funny reunion of the sassiest, chattiest characters ever to buzz a brother's head. You'll like this one more than you'd expect.
  28. A Beautiful Mind
    A greatly ambitious undertaking, but from the commercial point of view quite insane. The movie is ridiculously fragile: It's like a Faberge egg, and even a twitch of foreknowledge will destroy the magic of the movie utterly.
  29. Matchstick Men
    Let it swindle you; it's part of the fun. In fact, it's all of the fun.
  30. The Terminator
    When Terminator is not taking itself seriously -- and sometimes even when it is -- it's lots of fun. And filmmakers James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd don't drown us in blood, though it's not for the squeamish.
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