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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. The Triplets of Belleville
    Overflowing with madcap visual flair and following a rambling thread of a plot that seems, at times, more the product of free association than an actual script, The Triplets of Belleville is a triumph of animated style over substance.
  2. America's Sweethearts
    Terrifically funny romantic comedy, is a slam-dunk for Julia Roberts, the Michael Jordan of cuteness.
  3. Bread and Roses
    There's every reason to watch Bread and Roses for what Loach really does best: He involves us directly in the desperate lives of his characters, who are forced to live without security and who have to compromise to make ends meet. And, above all, who feel as real as moviemaking allows.
  4. Suzhou River
    A Chinese film whose simple surface belies greater mysteries.
  5. Alien: Resurrection
    So drippy and slippery you'll feel that you're hiding in Kevin Costner's nasal passages during the filming of "Waterworld."
  6. A Knight's Tale
    Savvy without being smug, cute without being saccharin, and funny without slipping into over-the-top goofiness, this is a 14th-century good time.
  7. Postmen in the Mountains
    It's a love letter to the myriad ways, large and small, that mail handlers change lives the world over.
  8. Primary Colors
    Its palette isn't primary at all: It's full of secondary shadings.
  9. Bruce Almighty
    Carrey is so gifted a physical comedian that even mediocre material shines in his talented hands, not to mention his talented feet, face, elbows, ears, hair and, ahem, derriere.
  10. Treasure Planet
    Boasts the purest of Disney raptures: It unites the generations, rather than driving them apart.
  11. Girlfight
    Luminously understated.
  12. Dreamcatcher
    I think you can say that almost everyone watching this will be spellbound, whether they're stupefied by its insanity, more conventionally compelled by the various horrors in store or a combination of both.
  13. Eyes Wide Shut
    It's painstakingly paced, but it's also entrancing.
  14. In America
    In Sheridan's warm and glowing treatment, the moral of the story feels less like a reheated fable than like something utterly, indescribably original.
  15. Shadow of the Vampire
    Diabolically amusing without plunging into the Mel Brooks zone, and it's smart without being pedantic. And it's genuinely scary at times.
  16. Being Julia
    Bening makes the movie into something finer still.
  17. The Devil's Advocate
    Unlike so many pagan entertainments that seem to have no moral center as they blow things up, this one in fact does. It's very small, but it's there.
  18. Jackpot
    It's a movie full of quietly assured flourishes: elegant camera compositions, wonderful uses of silence and an entertainingly eclectic cast, including Peggy Lipton as a sensitive bartender.
  19. Nico and Dani
    Touching, funny, unflinching and true.
  20. Liar Liar
    Carrey is not only under control, but funnier than ever.
  21. The Game
    It's formulaic, yet edgy. It's predictable, yet full of surprises. How far you get through this tall tale of a thriller before you give up and howl is a matter of personal taste.
  22. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Start lining up now, bring a bullwhip -- and maybe some d-Con. Indiana will do the rest.
  23. Minority Report
    Spielberg's dark side may not be where everyone wants to live, but it's somehow encouraging to know that he has one.
  24. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    A considerable kick, though it would have helped if one of the boys had wiped off the lens of the camera once in a while.
  25. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    Pirates of the Caribbean moves easily from sunny 18th-century seafaring adventure to creepy zombie flick and back again.
  26. Super Size Me
    This is a compelling cautionary tale hot-wired to your gag reflex.
  27. The Take
    It never smirks or condescends as does, say, a Michael Moore; it never seems smug and superior, only committed and compassionate.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freaky Friday
    Terrific at capturing what teenage behavior would look like on a grown-up.
  29. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Doesn't just bring you to the edge of the hopeless zone, it takes you right into its homes where the children play.
  30. Almost Famous
    This is wonderful stuff, as far as it goes.
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