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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. De-Lovely
    The movie drains Cole and Linda Porter of blood and fills them with embalming fluid.
  2. Spider-Man 2
    This movie, directed with precision and an appreciation for (relatively) rich character texture by Sam Raimi, remembers all the fine elements of the original film (and the comic book story). It reprises them perfectly, including wonderfully choreographed, skyscraper-hanging fights.
  3. The Notebook
    May be one hundred percent sap, but its spirit is anything but cloying, thanks to persuasive performances, most notably from Rachel McAdams.
  4. Time of the Wolf
    I would rather have a more interesting group of desperate people to spend my post-apocalyptic time with.
  5. Two Brothers
    The story, which features an apparently lobotomized Guy Pearce as an opportunistic explorer and hunter who learns the errors of his ways, is deeply dull.
  6. White Chicks
    Laugh? I thought I'd never start.
  7. Fahrenheit 9/11
    In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore largely stays out of the picture, and the film is the better for it. But otherwise his style hasn't changed.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Hunting of the President
    Something far more consequential looms in the wings. And that renders The Hunting of the President the feel of a sideshow
  9. Facing Windows
    There's something diverting but not wildly stirring about this Italian drama.
  10. Seducing Doctor Lewis
    Most important, the film has a terrific supporting character in St. Marie herself, portrayed by the real Canadian island of Harrington Harbour (pop. 300).
  11. Father and Son
    Here was my question for most of this movie: Wha-? I was clueless. Did not understand. Count me among the stupid.
  12. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    It has great mood and a sense of the toughness of the London underworld, but it never really gets into gear.
  13. The Terminal
    Hanks is great; the movie isn't.
  14. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
    On the whole, it feels like a cross between a PBS special hosted by a series of low-rent Deepak Chopras and an infomercial for self-help audio tapes.
  15. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    Modestly amusing teen summer comedy.
  16. Around the World in 80 Days
    The gags are physical but rarely funny.
  17. My Sister Maria
    A heartfelt but eccentric, pseudo-documentary tribute to his sister Maria.
  18. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    If you love the theater, you've got to see the film.
  19. The Chronicles of Riddick
    The muddy, convoluted story revolves around the star's cool-guy poses and one-liners.
  20. The Stepford Wives
    None of it appears to be well thought out, or thought through, and it's consequently never remotely believable.
  21. Garfield
    Bland, workmanlike and instantly forgettable.
  22. Napoleon Dynamite
    I laughed. And I laughed primarily over Heder's hilarious performance. You ain't seen nothing till you've seen Napoleon attack that tether ball.
  23. Imelda
    But even though Marcos, in this film, provides enough material for a few hundred giggles and head-shakings, she also shows a pathetically human side.
  24. The Story of the Weeping Camel
    Strangely moving film.
  25. The Corporation
    This is another unhelpful screed, uncontaminated by sense or perspective, that preaches loudly to the choir.
  26. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Put delicately, this is one long sit, made all the more so by a turgid story, a dour visual palette and uninspiring action.
  27. I'll Sing for You
    It never really feels like we've gotten to know the man himself, leaving the figure at the heart of I'll Sing for You a cipher.
  28. Bukowski: Born into This
    About as good a picture of a writer's real life as we are likely to get. It is wide-ranging, it is fair, it is thorough, and although it admires, it is also tough enough to condemn.
    • 33 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Soul Plane
    An hour and a half of real airplane turbulence is better than sitting through the bad, offensive material that makes up Soul Plane.
  30. Saved!
    If you're mocking holier-than-thou-ness, you can't very well strike a hipper-than-thou tone.
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