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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. An Everlasting Piece
    The movie finds charming humor in a world full of sectarian strife between Protestant and Catholic.
  2. Malèna
    Feels more like "Porky's" with marinara sauce than "Summer of '42."
  3. The House of Mirth
    Although the cast is uniformly strong, the real revelation here is "The X-Files' " Anderson, who plays Lily with subtle gradations of emotional depth unexpected from someone who has made a career out of deadpan.
  4. Miss Congeniality
    The jokes are lame, the set-up is stupid and Bullock, occasionally a winsome comedienne and here a co-producer, is annoying as heck.
  5. State and Main
    Relentlessly funny satire.
  6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    As a Coen brothers fan I hate to say this, but the movie's a collection of great bits and pieces rather than a complete work.
  7. Cast Away
    If there's anyone who can make this ordeal -- and when you're plumb out of characters, it can be an ordeal -- tolerable, and even entertaining, it's Hanks.
  8. The Family Man
    Nothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit.
  9. Finding Forrester
    Manages to take the cerebral act of literary creation and make it exciting, sexy even.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Gift
    So chock-full of stereotypes as to be a filmic Southern Country Safari.
  11. The Visit
    Unfortunately, the actors seem overqualified for their parts, delivering earnest monologues that come across as clumsy transplants from the proscenium stage.
  12. The Emperor's New Groove
    A hip, hilarious new animated feature.
  13. What Women Want
    Gibson and the overexposed Hunt don't exactly burn up the screen, not that it much matters. The charm isn't in the relationship, it's in Gibson's puckish appeal.
  14. Chocolat
    I can only bestow this adaptation of Joanne Harris's bestselling novel with such faint praise as "pleasant" and "mildly disarming."
  15. Vertical Limit
    The characters are as thin as the air at 26,000 feet, and the story as silly as anyone willing to assault K2 in a punishing blizzard.
  16. Dungeons & Dragons
    Stinketh like the breath of a dyspeptic dragon.
  17. Proof of Life
    Proof of Life isn't a movie. It's an overpriced scrapbook.
  18. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Magnificently nonchalant about its magic.
  19. Spring Forward
    You realize this is a story about the life beyond this movie, about the great changes in life we never give ourselves time to consider. And for a moviegoing experience, that's a lot of bang for your buck.
  20. 102 Dalmatians
    So dull and formulaic, it ought to be leashed and led directly to the doghouse.
  21. Unbreakable
    I was hooked from beginning to end.
  22. Quills
    Rush is too sinfully good for the drama he's in.
  23. Bounce
    It's a love story, yes, but one whose sweetness is cut by honest performances, a sharply drawn supporting cast and a fairly serious, yet never self-pitying, tone.
  24. La bûche
    A confection that is ultimately better because of its bitterness.
  25. One Day in September
    The film, built of interviews with participants, is fast-paced, utterly absorbing and ultimately tragic.
  26. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II
    Your children are almost certain to have a great time.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The 6th Day
    Neither smart nor exciting enough to justify the effort.
  28. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    It's not Christmas that's being stolen here. It's the spirit of Dr. Seuss.
  29. Red Planet
    Pfarrer's screenplay feels older than the Martian hills.
  30. Men of Honor
    Storytelling like this weighs heavier than a standard diving suit, and it's really up to you, if you're ready to take the plunge.
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