Miami Herald's Scores

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For 2,663 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 61
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
2,663 movie reviews
  1. A joyous, amazingly detailed paean to imagination and personal expression that dares -- and succeeds -- to illustrate one of the most mysterious enigmas of all: the creative process.
  2. This playful, immensely entertaining movie knows that art is in the eye of the beholder.
  3. The rapturous power of music has rarely been captured as purely and joyously as it is in Calle 54.
  4. It's an eye opener to how quickly a society can switch from being open and tolerant to pointing fingers -- and worse -- at those deemed different.
  5. A dreamy, passionate ode to freedom -- of thought, of expression, of every person's innate right to simply be.
  6. As magical as "The Wizard of Oz," the film leaves its spare setting and blooms into action in a colorful springtime world to tell the story of an epic romance lush with silken costumes, giggling courtesans, comic servants and rulers cruel and compassionate.
  7. If you like guessing games, don't miss it.
  8. Without a hint of sanctimony, it is a love story as much about soul as heart.
  9. In a film overstuffed with tragedy, the most painful one might be the gradual transformation of Fernando's moral and intellectual indignation into a weary, cynical detachment.
  10. Brings the viewer up close and personal with the face of evil.
  11. More than once during The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat), it's easy to forget you're watching a movie.
  12. One of the most rewarding and engaging movies of the year. Don't miss it.
  13. American Splendor reminds you that sometimes, simply getting out of bed each morning can be the most heroic of acts.
  14. That broad range of subject matter is indicative of the messy, meandering structure of the movie. But if Moore fails to tie this unwieldy movie into a lucid thesis, at least every tangent he chases down has its own payoff.
  15. Movies like Monsters, Inc. literally make you feel like a kid again, marveling at the joyously inventive sights before you, and that's a feat that should not be taken lightly.
  16. An overwhelmingly tactile experience. Scott brings you so close into the action, the grit and smoke and blood seem to spill off the screen and into your head.
  17. Once you're among them, the Tenenbaums -- and Anderson -- cast quite a spell.
  18. An exuberant, appropriately cynical reinvention of the stalwart Broadway hit that deftly straddles the line between old-fashioned Hollywood musicals and experimental concoctions like last year's "Moulin Rouge."
  19. Sharp, witty and decidedly different.
  20. There's nothing in the utterly enchanting Raising Victor Vargas you haven't seen before; you'd just be hard-pressed to name another movie that did it as well.
  21. Even in its most tedious scenes, Russian Ark is mesmerizing.
  22. Puts you on edge about what goes on behind the closed doors of the White House. Even if the case against Kissinger is not fully convincing, the documentary keeps you glued to your seat and thinking long after you've left the theater.
  23. The result is a gripping psychological thriller that, while lacking the power of "Funny Games," is still the work of a master.
  24. For now, The Two Towers feels like the second installment in what next year, when Frodo finally reaches Mount Doom and the story draws to a close, we'll surely be hailing as a masterpiece.
  25. The Exorcist has lost none of its ability to invade your nightmares.
  26. Raucous look at an equally raucous phenomenon.
  27. A searing, heartbreaking metaphor for the futility of war.
  28. The results, for the most part, aren't pretty. The newly expanded Balseros, which adds an hour of footage to the previous film, is an even more compelling, if grimmer, work than the original.
  29. At two hours, the movie is probably 15 minutes too long -- the final half-hour in particular could have used some trimming -- but complaining about having too much of a good thing makes one sound like a grouch.
  30. If The Pianist isn't quite as devastating as "Schindler's List" -- the movie with which all other Holocaust movies must be compared -- it's because Polanski isn't interested in an expansive view of the war.