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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. Series 7: The Contenders
    The suspense may be fraudulently manufactured but it captivates us nevertheless, and by the end we're reduced to the bloodlusting anonymity of the true culprits in all this jaded junk, and that is the TV audience.
  2. Monkeybone
    The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension.
  3. Last Resort
    Compelling, if sometimes grittily depressing, viewing.
  4. 3000 Miles to Graceland
    I suggest you think of this movie as another bad sausage from the Warner Bros. meat-packing factory. And you should think of this review as a government health warning. Eat this thing at your peril.
  5. The Widow of Saint-Pierre
    A compelling French Canadian drama.
  6. Down to Earth
    For a comedy, there are precious few real laughs. Three to be exact.
  7. Sweet November
    Shamelessly manipulative in a crude, bullying way.
  8. Recess: School's Out
    The movie's great fun, particularly for kids used to that satirically hard-edged kind of kid show.
  9. The Price of Milk
    Like nothing else that's played in months.
  10. Hannibal
    It is not bad on its own terms, and it is certainly engrossing, but it comes nowhere near the power and sordid glory of the original.
  11. Saving Silverman
    One thing the makers of Saving Silverman do not have to worry about: Hannibal Lecter will never visit them to eat their brains. That is because they have no brains.
  12. The Taste of Others
    Though its attitudes are decidedly French, this intelligent film goes a long way toward explaining America's obsession with Martha Stewart Living, fake designer labels and TV talk show makeovers.
  13. Head Over Heels
    Here's my favorite part: It's only 87 minutes long. But for the most part, this movie is just another bland, fair-to-middling vehicle for two emerging, fledgling stars.
  14. Left Behind
    A blundering cringefest, thanks to unintentionally laughable dialogue, hackneyed writing and uninspired direction.
  15. In the Mood for Love
    The sexiest movie of the year.
  16. Nico and Dani
    Touching, funny, unflinching and true.
  17. Trolösa
    Held together by the intensity of its focus.
  18. The Wedding Planner
    I suggest you RSVP in the negative to this "Wedding" invitation, unless you consider yourself a friend of the obvious bride to be, Ms. Lopez. But even then, you'll have to focus on her presence, rather than the silly ceremony around her.
  19. The Pledge
    Cares not a whit for such arbitrary concepts as justice, crime or punishment. It understands the relativism of right and wrong and takes a kind of perverse pleasure in reminding us that there are some things we'll never know.
  20. Snatch.
    Although the plot is crucial, it's the interaction among characters that makes Snatch percolate. Ritchie knows when to stop and smell the comedy.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Panic
    Anyone interested in serious film should absolutely not miss it.
  22. Antitrust
    It's too bad we don't have red, glowing DELETE buttons next to those soda cup holders. I could have done the world a favor.
  23. Double Take
    Most of the comedy, such as it is, consists of the uppity Chase acting "street" and the ghetto-fabulous Tiffany putting on moneyed airs. But, if you've seen the trailers, you already know that.
  24. Save the Last Dance
    Takes its cues from the musical dramas of the '70s, but this otherwise engaging young-adult romance never quite catches Saturday night fever.
  25. Chunhyangdyun
    Demonstrates that sometimes the simplest stories are the most profound, and certainly possess the most moral authority. It's a film that emphasizes loyalty and sacrifice, values that have become jokes in most other films these days.
  26. The Claim
    The film feels inauthentic, a cardboard version of other epics that's cast for distribution to various world markets.
  27. 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.
  28. Traffic
    Sinfully watchable ensemble movie.
  29. All the Pretty Horses
    Thornton, writer-director of the superb "Slingblade," has a gift for depicting down-and-dirty scenes among men. And when our three principal characters go riding from Texas to Mexico, this is the best part of the movie.
  30. Thirteen Days
    Like President Kennedy, director Donaldson (who made "No Way Out," another pretty good Washington-seat-of-power thriller) has found a perfect balance of often-opposing forces: between recorded history and the demands of plain old entertainment.
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