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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. Quai des Orfèvres [re-release]
    It is in fact a traditional mystery more reminiscent of Agatha Christie than the reigning film noir aesthetic of 1947. But it's fabulously entertaining.
  2. Frida
    Ultimately, the movie's biggest crime is its inability to convey the delicate, damaged texture of Kahlo's life, but also the triumph of her will over intimidating defeat.
  3. The Truth About Charlie
    At once listless and overheated, giddy and utterly zipless, the current incarnation lacks not just the savoir-faire of its stylish predecessor but also the sex appeal.
  4. Paid in Full
    The direction has a fluid, no-nonsense authority, and the performances by Harris, Phifer and Cam'ron seal the deal.
  5. All or Nothing
    Will probably appeal only to the most committed of Leigh fans.
  6. Roger Dodger
    Takes both its characters and the audience to the depths, but it's a journey Kidd redeems with wit and fluency and, ultimately, a deeply persistent humanism.
  7. Ghost Ship
    Doesn't orchestrate the scares with much finesse.
  8. Fidel
    Castro remains the star of the show. You can't stop watching him.
  9. Le bossu
    Great sword fights, great acting, fabulous sword fights and, of course, really cool sword fights.
  10. Naqoyqatsi
    Pretentious, ponderous and redundant -- You may not need linear narrative to create a great movie, but you do need some original ideas.
  11. Real Women Have Curves
    Handsomely shot by cinematographer Jim Denault, the film immerses the audience in Ana's world, its mosaic of colors and sounds and people, to create a vivid cinematic portrait not only of one girl but of an entire community.
  12. Abandon
    Consider the title your best advice.
  13. The Grey Zone
    Nelson certainly passes muster for sincerity but, unfortunately, his movie doesn't have the same clear-cut quality.
  14. Auto Focus
    It never answers the key question: Why should we care?
  15. The Ring
    Has its creepy moments, but also its cliches.
  16. Formula 51
    Stars Samuel L. Jackson in the worst role of his career -- one hopes.
  17. Stealing the Fire
    The documentary makes an effective and rather chilling case that there is an almost unbroken chain between Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein.
  18. Comedian
    Despite amazing access to Seinfeld backstage, we don't get a peek into the real man.
  19. Brown Sugar
    Isn't much more than another conveyer-belt romantic comedy.
  20. Pokémon 4: The Movie
    A fairly straightforward, if preachy, tale about environmentalism.
  21. Knockaround Guys
    Will satisfy only those who can't tell the difference between the good, the bad and the ugly.
  22. Below
    It just never began to work for me, and the sub story behind the ghost story is far more interesting than the ghost story in front of the sub story.
  23. The Rules of Attraction
    Oddly compelling.
  24. The Transporter
    Sadly, the last 40-odd minutes are essentially one fight, pushed to the point of absurdity.
  25. Punch-Drunk Love
    The outlandish story and exaggerated colors ... swirl together to create an ethereal, sometimes sinister dreamscape.
  26. Tuck Everlasting
    Rather than sparkle and dance, it plods.
  27. White Oleander
    The worst mistake is the screenplay, which not only cuts everything into superficial pieces but fails to make authentic moments of anything. In the end, White Oleander isn't an adaptation of a novel. It's a flashy, star-splashed reduction.
  28. Bowling for Columbine
    The only thing wrong with Bowling for Columbine is Moore himself.
  29. Swept Away
    The film turns out to have nothing going for it at all, except a small charge for soul-deep Madonna haters.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
    There are entertaining little anachronisms, amusing lines and enough wacky frenzy to please the little ones. The movie clearly comes from a Christian perspective, but without being overly preachy.
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