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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. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    Proves to be a whiz-bang kick in the pants.
  2. Behind Enemy Lines
    War is hellishly entertaining, especially in Behind Enemy Lines, a 21-gun salute to the commitment and preparedness of the U.S. military.
  3. The Others
    A tantalizing spine-tingler.
  4. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    The movie's a treasure of small gems.
  5. Jackie Brown
    The film occasionally drags -- a money transfer scene set in a department store lasts longer than several geologic epochs -- but it's so funny and the plot twists are so sudden and violent it's great fun.
  6. The Merchant of Venice
    To watch this movie is to not only appreciate the majesty of Shakespeare's poetics but to engage in a profound, subtextual dialogue with bigotry.
  7. Meet the Parents
    Roach knows to play to the movie's twin strengths: Stiller and De Niro. Throw these guys together, turn up the intensity.
  8. Dead Poets Society
    It's a literate though strained uplifter.
  9. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    Doesn't try to be more than what it is: a romantic fantasy caper.
  10. 40 Days and 40 Nights
    It's funny! It's not Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" or anything, but it's pretty darned good!
  11. Akira
    The most expensive animated feature ever made in Japan (over 1 billion yen) and it's easily the most impressive, as well.
  12. Before Sunset
    Anything that inspires that many whoops, gasps and groans with only two actors and a few choice words has earned its place at the summertime box office trough.
  13. Baadasssss!
    Does a terrific job of capturing the outlaw energy of the original production.
  14. Coffee and Cigarettes
    Jarmusch's use of yin/yang, dark/light and good/evil symbolism makes glorious if goofy sense.
  15. Flight of the Phoenix
    This is high-carb filmmaking at its finest. When it's all over, you'll have a knot in your stomach.
  16. Ice Age
    Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.
  17. Kinsey
    If it lacks a certain fuzzy warmth, Kinsey makes up for the shortfall with spirited and (for a commercial movie) amazingly candid vigor. It's an alert, lively movie with a crackling performance by Liam Neeson.
  18. Mean Girls
    Smart, funny, well-acted and visually lively.
  19. Mulholland Dr.
    Lynch's new movie, Mulholland Drive, is a trip and a half: It's like playing Twister and Scrabble simultaneously while high on LSD. Oh, and it's dark out.
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