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83%
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
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David Poland
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88%
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
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"Take the superpowers out and you have a pretty good foundation for a Bond or Mission:Impossible. And that's a pretty revolutionary idea for the comic book niche."
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David Poland
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100%
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The Big Parade (1925)
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Andy Klein
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79%
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Following (1999)
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Andy Klein
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53%
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Save the Last Dance (2001)
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"A Teen Dance Movie you don't have to remove your brain or be obsessed with getting-down to actually like."
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Susannah Breslin
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12%
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Double Take (2001)
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"A witless, derivative buddy comedy that squanders whatever talent was unlucky enough to be drawn into its doom-bound gravitational pull."
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Andy Klein
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24%
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Antitrust (2001)
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"A huge amount of fun -- the Showgirls of cyberthrillers -- entertaining in ways its creators never intended."
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Andy Klein
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81%
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
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"The performances and the basic strength of the premise make Shadow of the Vampire a relatively diverting ninety minutes."
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Andy Klein
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92%
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Traffic (2000)
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"It's two-thirds of a terrific movie."
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Andy Klein
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48%
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An Everlasting Piece (2001)
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"There is nothing worse than forced whimsy and this is forced whimsy at its worst."
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Andy Klein
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86%
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State and Main (2000)
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"There is enough funny stuff here to make State and Main passably entertaining, despite its complete predictability."
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Andy Klein
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56%
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The Gift (2000)
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"While not precisely the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in our collective stocking, this isn't precisely what we wanted."
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Andy Klein
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77%
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
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"This is by no means one of the Coens' best, but it's a reasonably entertaining little exercise in a manner of screwball comedy that is sadly rare these days."
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Andy Klein
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86%
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State and Main (2000)
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"Mamet has his work cut out for him by making egotistical stars and exploitative directors seem funnily new. But State and Main engages nonetheless."
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Susannah Breslin
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53%
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The Family Man (2000)
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"[The] playfully woven combination of cool comedy and realistic romance provides audiences across the board with one of the few films this season that is likely to entertain almost everyone."
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Susannah Breslin
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90%
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Cast Away (2000)
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"Even those who perceived Gump as nothing but a smug affirmation of mealymouthed platitudes, and thus hated it, may well be surprised at the subtleties and emotional depth that Cast Away eventually reaches."
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Andy Klein
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42%
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Miss Congeniality (2000)
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"Gracie isn't just unattractive outside, she's unattractive on the inside, and the whole point of Makeover Movies is you're supposed to want to identify with Cinderella."
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Susannah Breslin
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63%
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Chocolat (2000)
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"Chocolat will go straight to your heart."
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Andy Klein
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54%
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What Women Want (2001)
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"It's as caught up in despising macho men as it is disgusted with modern women."
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Susannah Breslin
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85%
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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
|
"Really is pretty hysterical."
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Andy Klein
|
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97%
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
|
"A first-rate Chinese action film that can stand with the best."
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Andy Klein
|
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40%
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Proof of Life (2000)
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"It's an effective, often gripping film that is likely to satisfy a broad range of viewers."
|
Andy Klein
|
|
10%
|
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
|
"Solomon brings absolutely nothing to the party, besides a level of directorial incompetence that one rarely sees in major studio films."
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Andy Klein
|
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19%
|
The Next Best Thing (2000)
|
"Dry dialogue, too many contrived situations and a frightfully wooden performance by Madonna."
|
John Schlesinger
|
|
93%
|
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
|
"Star Wars remains a cinematic benchmark and a greater fantasy than its countless imitators of the past 20 years."
|
Christopher Brandon
|
|
80%
|
Bowfinger (1999)
|
"Bowfinger is a smart and often hysterical film!"
|
M. Meghan McCarthy
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27%
|
Hollow Man (2000)
|
"The film becomes so much urgent nonsense, its killing spree [is] neither cheaply thrilling nor even more cheaply cathartic."
|
J. Rentilly
|
|
43%
|
Center Stage (2000)
|
"It is so bad, it actually made me realize that life doesn't hold try-outs and I should use my time doing better things than watching Center Stage."
|
Susannah Breslin
|
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49%
|
The Corruptor (1998)
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"The Corruptor is as close as Hollywood's going to get to copying Hong Kong action style!"
|
Christopher Brandon
|
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30%
|
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
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"If all history lessons were this stylish, elementary school would have been a better place."
|
Matt Kelsey
|
|
13%
|
Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 (2000)
|
"Is it scary? Sad to say, no, not very often."
|
Andy Klein
|
|
75%
|
Rugrats in Paris - The Movie (2000)
|
"It was all so cute, I couldn't help but enjoy it."
|
Margueritte Pelissier
|
|
71%
|
The Best Man (1999)
|
"This film oversimplifies the concept of unrequited love, and over-romanticizes the notion of everlasting love."
|
A. Scott Walton
|
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94%
|
Three Kings (1999)
|
"It's full of energy and drops an emotional bomb with its unexpected tale of reluctant heroes."
|
Daysun Chang
|
|
78%
|
The Thin Red Line (1998)
|
"The greatest war movie ever made!"
|
Graham Verdon
|
|
33%
|
Final Destination (2000)
|
"The intentions of this film are to be a clever, dark, horror picture, but it manages only to elevate itself to the level of sheer idiocy."
|
Tom Cappello
|
|
65%
|
Dinosaur (2000)
|
"Dinosaur does exactly what it should: Take the wee ones on a vicarious trip through an adventure both visually terrifying and emotionally thrilling at the same time."
|
Susannah Breslin
|
|
22%
|
Lucky Numbers (2000)
|
"The jokes simply aren't there; and, while some individual scenes work, the overall pacing is uneven."
|
Andy Klein
|
|
48%
|
Bamboozled (2000)
|
"Whereas Do the Right Thing left audiences stimulated, at the end of Bamboozled we feel exhausted and confused."
|
Andy Klein
|
|
61%
|
Return to Me (2000)
|
"I could almost recommend Return to Me to the more saccharine of my acquaintances were it not for a sugary denouement."
|
Erin Podolsky
|
|
31%
|
28 Days (2000)
|
"The saddest part about 28 Days is it's more fun when it's drunk."
|
J. Rentilly
|
|
57%
|
Godzilla 2000 (2000)
|
"Godzilla 2000 is the one movie this summer that every parent of a child under 30 must take their kid to go see as a living example of what the joy of movies is all about."
|
David Poland
|
|
17%
|
I Got The Hook-Up (1998)
|
"Personally, I found it in the same league as Clerks, and people call Kevin Smith a genius."
|
Andy Jones
|
|
78%
|
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
|
"Requiem wants to be about more than drug addiction ... Alas, Requiem is only about drug addiction."
|
J. Rentilly
|
|
40%
|
The Replacements (2000)
|
"Mind-achingly mediocre in every regard."
|
J. Rentilly
|
|
56%
|
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
|
"A silly no-brainer!"
|
Christopher Brandon
|
|
39%
|
Black and White (2002)
|
"A flagrant waste of an all-star cast."
|
Pauline Adamek
|
|
96%
|
Chicken Run (2000)
|
"What makes Chicken Run so successful is the filmmakers' obvious love for clay animation."
|
Heather Feher
|
|
14%
|
Red Planet (2000)
|
"The characters have the depth of an algae pool."
|
Andy Klein
|
|
81%
|
Wonder Boys (2000)
|
"Wonder Boys is more wonderful, and pleasantly weirder, than the publicity suggests."
|
Curtis Hanson
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44%
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