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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 Cockettes
    An absorbing primer in one of the most fascinating chapters in American social history.
  2. Notorious C.H.O.
    A raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted Korean American stand-up's "I'm the One That I Want."
  3. Hey Arnold! The Movie
    Neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well drawn.
  4. Pumpkin
    A brain and a heart, two things that, along with a good story, believable characters and anything resembling style or flair, Pumpkin is fatally missing.
  5. Mr. Deeds
    The projectors in the theater practically shut down with boredom.
  6. Juwanna Mann
    If this sounds like "Tootsie" with a ball, well, it is. Screenwriter Bradley Allenstein should be hauled up in writer's court for his shameless cribbing of that far superior comedy. Someone call a foul.
  7. Sunshine State
    Part of the joy of watching a John Sayles film is to see how he knits together so many people and stories into a densely layered, always absorbing whole.
  8. Lilo & Stitch
    Fresh and rainbowy as a midday Hawaiian sun shower.
  9. 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.
  10. The Emperor's New Clothes
    Charming but slight.
  11. Windtalkers
    For all this potential, and the appealing presence of Nicolas Cage and newcomer Adam Beach, Windtalkers remains almost obstinately flat.
  12. Scooby-Doo
    The gratuitous vulgarity is just one more reason that Scooby-Doo should never have left the pound.
  13. The Bourne Identity
    As for Damon, this may not be a performance so much as an appearance. But he cares so utterly, it works.
  14. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
    Sharp, lively, funny and ultimately sobering film.
  15. Bad Company
    A longwinded, predictable scenario.
  16. Cherish
    This is a downbeat, indulgent and self-consciously quirky little movie.
  17. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
    What is perhaps most disappointing about this ham-handed film, though, particularly since it was directed by the screenwriter of the righteously raging "Thelma and Louise," is its crypto-misogyny.
  18. The Sum of All Fears
    Surprisingly uninvolving, the least effective of Neufeld's Clancy-based movies. Surely he was not looking for this kind of film: one that bombs literally and figuratively.
  19. Undercover Brother
    Some of it is funny in a Zucker brothers slapstick way. And as the Man's geeky lieutenant, Chris Kattan has some amusingly kooky business. But there's not enough to sustain the comedy. Ultimately, the movie's short running time becomes its finest quality.
  20. Elling
    Charming but slight comedy.
  21. Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
    Those who are only mildly curious, I fear, will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals.
  22. CQ
    A charming, spirited movie for cinephiles, or those who aspire to be. It's the kind of movie every kid in film school wanted to make but didn't have the father to produce.
  23. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
    In this movie, only one thing is certain: No one remains the same.
  24. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    The movie's big action scenes, at times, make you forget you're even watching animation. There's an in-your-face sequence involving a runaway, crashing train that will make you squirm in your seat trying to get out of the way.
  25. Enough
    In terms of actual social conscience, the movie gets a demagogic, rabble-rousing F. It also gets a failed grade for honest writing.
  26. Insomnia
    In this film, Nolan seems overwhelmed by the budget, the egos of the stars, the thinness of the script, and he doesn't impose much personality on the picture. It's all Pacino.
  27. The Importance of Being Earnest
    The real importance of "Earnest" is the thrill of brilliant repartee. And as we laugh, an amazing thing happens: Oscar Wilde comes alive.
  28. Late Marriage
    Late Marriage is a closely observed, somewhat funny, ultimately very sad movie.
  29. About a Boy
    Hilarious, touching and wonderfully dyspeptic.
  30. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    It's too long, it's too dull, it's too lame.
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