The Films of 1999
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The AboutFilm.Com critics rating the movies of 1999 are: AT = Alison Tweedie-Perry; CC = Carlo Cavagna; DK = Dana Knowles; JV = Jeff Vorndam; JW = Jen Walker; KC = Kris Campbell.
Film | Genre | Director | Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
The Acid House | drama |
Paul McGuigan
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Ewen Bremner, Gary McCormack, Jemma Redgrave | |||||||
The Adventues of Elmo in Groucholand | family |
Gary Halvorson
|
Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Mandy Patinkin | |||||||
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | comedy |
Tod Williams
|
Adrian Grenier, Clark Gregg, Aleksa Palladino | B | B | |||||
After Life (Japan) | drama/ fantasy |
Horokazu Kore-eda
|
Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naito |
B+ | B+ | A | A | A- | ||
Agnes Browne | comedy |
Anjelica Huston
|
Anjelica Huston, Marion O'Dwyer, Niall O'Shea | |||||||
All About My Mother (Spain) | drama |
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz | A- | A- | A- | A- | C | B+ | |
All the Little Animals | drama |
Jeremy Thomas
|
Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, John Hurt | |||||||
American Beauty | satire |
Sam Mendes
|
Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley | A | A- | A | A- | A | B+ | A- |
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern | docum. |
Chris Smith
|
Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels | B+ | B+ | B | B+ | |||
American Pie | comedy |
Paul Weitz,
Chris Weitz |
Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan | B | B- | B- | B | B+ | D | B- |
Among Giants | romance |
Sam Miller
|
Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Griffiths, James Thornton | |||||||
Analyze This | comedy |
Harold Ramis
|
Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow | B- | D+ | C | C | C+ | D | C |
Angela's Ashes | drama |
Alan Parker
|
Robert Carlyle, Emily Watson, Shane Murray-Corcoran | C+ | C+ | |||||
Anna and the King | drama |
Andy Tennant
|
Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling | B | B- | B- | B- | |||
Any Given Sunday | drama |
Oliver Stone
|
Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz | B- | C+ | C- | C- | B- | C+ | |
Anywhere but Here | drama |
Wayne Wang
|
Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman | B | B | B- | B | |||
Arlington Road | thriller |
Mark Pellington
|
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack | C+ | C- | D+ | C- | D | C- | |
The Astronaut's Wife | SF thriller |
Rand Ravich
|
Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Nick Cassavetes | D- | D | D | ||||
At First Sight | drama |
Irwin Winkler
|
Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis | C | C | |||||
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | comedy |
Jay Roach
|
Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Seth Green | C | D+ | C- | C- | C | C- | |
Autumn Tale (France) | drama |
Eric Rohmer
|
Marie Rivière, Béatrice Romand, Alain Libolt | B+ | A- | B+ | B+ | B+ | ||
B. Monkey | thriller |
Michael Radford
|
Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett | |||||||
Baby Geniuses | family |
Bob Clark
|
Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall | F | F | |||||
The Bachelor | comedy |
Gary Sinyor
|
Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Brooke Shields | |||||||
Bandits (Germany) | comedy |
Katja von Garnier
|
Katja Reimann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz | B | C | B | C+ | |||
Bats | horror |
Louis Morneau
|
Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer | |||||||
Bedrooms and Hallways | comedy |
Rose Troche
|
Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle | |||||||
Beefcake | docum. |
Thom Fitzgerald
|
Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman | |||||||
Being John Malkovich | satire |
Spike Jonze
|
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener | A- | B | A- | A- | A- | B+ | B+ |
Besieged | drama |
Bernardo Bertolucci
|
David Thewlis, Thandie Newton, Claudio Santamaria | B+ | B+ | B | B+ | |||
Best Laid Plans | thriller |
Mike Barker
|
Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin | C+ | C+ | C+ | ||||
The Best Man | drama |
Malcolm D. Lee
|
Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut | B | B | |||||
Better than Chocolate | comedy |
Anne Wheeler
|
Christina Cox, Karyn Dwyer, Wendy Crewson | C+ | C+ | |||||
Bicentennial Man | fantasy |
Chris Columbus
|
Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz | |||||||
Big Daddy | comedy |
Denis Dugan
|
Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart | D- | D | D | ||||
Black Cat, White Cat (Yugoslavia) | comedy |
Emir Kusturica
|
Bajram Severdzan, Florijan Ajdini, Branka Katic | |||||||
Black Mask (Hong Kong) | action |
Daniel Lee
|
Jet Li, Patrick Lung Kang, Lau Ching-Wan | |||||||
The Blair Witch Project | horror |
Daniel Myrick,
Eduardo Sánchez |
Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard | B+ | D+ | A- | B+ | A- | A- | B |
Blast from the Past | comedy |
Hugh Wilson
|
Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken | C | C+ | B- | C | |||
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane | action |
Joe Carnahan
|
Joe Carnahan, Dan Leis, Hugh McCord | |||||||
Blue Streak | comedy |
Les Mayfield
|
Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, David Chappelle | C+ | C+ | |||||
Body Shots | drama |
Michael Cristofer
|
Tara Reid, Brad Rowe, Jerry O'Connell | |||||||
The Bone Collector | thriller |
Phillip Noyce
|
Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah | B- | B- | C+ | B- | |||
Bowfinger | comedy |
Frank Oz
|
Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham | C- | C | B | C | C | ||
The Boys | drama |
Rowan Woods
|
Devid Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran | |||||||
Boys Don't Cry | drama |
Kimberly Peirce
|
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard | A- | A | B | B+ | B+ | ||
Breakfast of Champions | satire |
Alan Rudolph
|
Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney | F | F | |||||
Bringing Out the Dead | drama |
Martin Scorsese
|
Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman | B- | B | C- | B+ | B+ | B | |
Brokedown Palace | drama |
Jonathan Kaplan
|
Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman | C | C | |||||
Broken Vessels | drama |
Scott Ziehl
|
Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal | |||||||
Buena Vista Social Club | docum. |
Wim Wenders
|
Luis Barzaga, Ry Cooder, Ruben Gonzalez | B+ | B+ | B | B+ | |||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Cabaret Balkan (Yugoslavia) | drama |
Goran Paskaljevic
|
Sergej Trifunovic, Mirjana Jokovic | |||||||
The Castle | comedy |
Rob Sitch
|
Michael Caton, Eric Bana, Stephen Curry | B+ | B+ | |||||
Children of Heaven (Iran) | drama |
Majid Majidi
|
Amir Farrokh Hashemian, Fereshte Sarabandi | |||||||
Chill Factor | thriller |
Hugh Johnson
|
Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, David Paymer | D | D | |||||
The Cider House Rules | drama |
Lasse Hallström
|
Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine | B | B | B | B | B | ||
The City (aka La Ciudad) | drama |
David Riker
|
Fernando Reyes, Marcos Martinez Garcia | |||||||
Cookie's Fortune | drama |
Robert Altman
|
Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler | B | C+ | B | C+ | B | B- | |
A Cool Dry Place | drama |
John N. Smith
|
Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams | B- | B- | |||||
The Corruptor |
drama |
James Foley
|
Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young | C | D+ | D+ | C- | |||
Cradle Will Rock | drama |
Tim Robbins
|
Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, John Cusack | A- | C- | D- | D+ | C | ||
Crazy in Alabama | comedy |
Antonio Banderas
|
Melanie Griffith, Lucas Black, David Morse | |||||||
Cruel Intentions | drama |
Roger Kumble
|
Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon | D+ | B- | B- | C+ | D+ | C | |
Deep Blue Sea | action |
Renny Harlin
|
Samuel Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ | |||
The Deep End of the Ocean | drama |
Ulu Grosbard
|
Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg | C- | D+ | C- | ||||
Desert Blue | comedy |
Morgan J. Freeman
|
Brendan Sexton Jr, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci | B | B | |||||
Detroit Rock City | comedy |
Adam Rifkin
|
Edward Furlong, Natasha Lyonne, Sam Huntington | F | F | |||||
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | comedy |
Mike Mitchell
|
Rob Schneider, Oded Fehr, Amy Poehler | |||||||
Dick | comedy |
Andrew Fleming
|
Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya | C+ | B- | B | B- | |||
The Dinner Game (France) | comedy |
Francis Veber
|
Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster | B | B | |||||
A Dog of Flanders | family |
Kevin Brodie
|
Jesse James, Jack Warden, Jon Voigt | |||||||
Dog Park | comedy |
Bruce McCulloch
|
Luke Wilson, Natasha Henstridge, Janeane Garofalo | C- | C+ | C | ||||
Dogma | comedy |
Kevin Smith
|
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino | B- | D+ | B- | B- | C+ | D+ | C |
Double Jeopardy | thriller |
Bruce Beresford
|
Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood | C | C+ | C- | C | C | ||
Doug's 1st Movie | anim./family |
Maurice Joyce
|
Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Constance Shulman | C+ | C+ | |||||
Dreaming of Joseph Lees | drama |
Eric Styles
|
Rupert Graves, Samantha Morton, Lee Ross | C | C | |||||
The Dreamlife of Angels (France) | drama |
Erick Zonca
|
Élodie Bouchez, Natacha Régnier, Grégorie Colin | B- | B+ | B+ | A- | B+ | ||
Drive Me Crazy | comedy |
John Schultz
|
Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Keram Malicki-Sanchez | |||||||
Drop Dead Gorgeous | satire |
Michael Patrick Jann
|
Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards | C+ | C+ | F | D+ | |||
Dudley-Do-Right | family |
Hugh Wilson
|
Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina | C- | C- | |||||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Earth (India) | drama |
Deepa Mehta
|
Maia Sethna, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna | |||||||
Edge of Seventeen | drama |
David Moreton
|
Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych | |||||||
EDtv | satire |
Ron Howard
|
Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson | D+ | B | C | C | |||
8MM | thriller |
Joel Schumacher
|
Nicholas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Catherine Keener | D | D- | D- | D- | |||
Election | comedy |
Alexander Payne
|
Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein | A- | A- | A- | A- | A | A | A- |
The Emperor and the Assassin (China) | drama |
Kaige Chen
|
Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Xuejian Li | B | B- | B- | ||||
Encounter in the Third Dimension | docum. |
Ben Stassin
|
Stuart Pankin, Cassandra Peterson, Harry Shearer | |||||||
End of Days | horror |
Peter Hyams
|
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney | C+ | C+ | D | D+ | C- | C- | |
The End of the Affair | drama |
Neil Jordan
|
Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea | A | A- | B+ | A- | A- | ||
Endurance | docum. |
Leslie Woodhead
|
Haile Gebrselassie, Yonas Zergaw | |||||||
Entrapment | thriller |
Jon Amiel
|
Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames | C | C+ | C | B- | C+ | ||
Eternity and a Day (Greece) | drama |
Theo Angelopoulos
|
Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Renauld, Achileas Skevis | |||||||
eXistenZ | SF |
David Cronenberg
|
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm | B | D | B- | B | C+ | ||
Eyes Wide Shut | drama |
Stanley Kubrick
|
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sidney Pollack | A- | A- | B+ | A- | B | B+ | |
Felicia's Journey | drama |
Atom Egoyan
|
Elaine Cassidy, Bob Hoskins, Peter McDonald | B+ | B | B | ||||
Fever Pitch | comedy |
David Evans
|
Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Aikman | C+ | B- | C+ | ||||
Fight Club | satire |
David Fincher
|
Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter | A | A | B+ | A | A | A | A |
Finding North | comedy |
Tanya Wexler
|
Wendy Makkena, John Benjamin Hickey | |||||||
Flawless | drama |
Joel Schumacher
|
Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega | |||||||
Floating | drama |
William Roth
|
Norman Reedus, Will Lyman, Chad Lowe | |||||||
Following | thriller |
Christopher Nolan
|
John Nolan, Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw | B | B | |||||
Foolish | drama |
Dave Meyers
|
Eddie Griffin, Master P, Amy Petersen | |||||||
For Love of the Game | drama |
Sam Raimi
|
Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly | B | B- | B- | B- | |||
Forces of Nature | comedy |
Bronwen Hughes
|
Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney | C | C | C- | D | C- | ||
42 Up | docum. |
Michael Apted
|
Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett | B | B | |||||
Free Enterprise | comedy |
Robert Meyer Burnett
|
Eric McCormack, Rafer Weigel, William Shatner | C | C | C | ||||
Frogs for Snakes | comedy |
Amos Poe
|
Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Hamlin | |||||||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Galaxy Quest | comedy |
Dean Parisot
|
Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman | B | B- | A- | B | B | ||
The Gambler | bio |
Károly Makk
|
Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker | B- | ||||||
The General's Daughter | thriller |
Simon West
|
John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods | C+ | C+ | D+ | C+ | C | ||
Genghis Blues | docum. |
Roko Belic
|
Paul Rena | |||||||
Get Bruce | docum. |
Andrew J. Kuehn
|
Bruce Vilanch | C | C | |||||
Get Real | drama |
Simon Shore
|
Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain | |||||||
Girl | drama |
Jonathan Kahn
|
Dominique Swain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix | |||||||
A Girl Called Rosemarie (Germany) | drama |
Bernd Eichinger
|
Nina Hoss, Neienr Lauterbach, Mathieu Carrière | |||||||
Girl, Interrupted | drama |
James Mangold
|
Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg | C | B | B | B- | B | B- | B- |
Gloria | drama |
Sydney Lumet
|
Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam | D+ | D | D+ | ||||
Go | comedy |
Doug Liman
|
Sarah Polley, Taye Diggs, Jay Mohr | B | B | A- | B | B | B+ | B |
Goodbye Lover | comedy |
Roland Joffé
|
Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneris | |||||||
The Grandfather (Spain) | drama |
José Luis Garci
|
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso | |||||||
The Green Mile | drama |
Frank Darabont
|
Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clark Duncan | B+ | B- | C- | C- | B- | C+ | C+ |
Grizzly Falls | adventure |
Stewart Raffill
|
Bryan Brown, Richard Harris | |||||||
Guinevere | drama |
Audrey Wells
|
Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart | B | B- | B- | C | B- | ||
Happy, Texas | comedy |
Mark Illsley
|
Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam, Ally Walker | C+ | B | C- | B | C- | C+ | |
The Harmonists (Germany) | drama |
Joseph Vilsmaier
|
Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen | |||||||
The Haunting | horror |
Jan de Bont
|
Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor | C- | C+ | C | C | |||
Head On | drama |
Ana Kokkinos
|
Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner | |||||||
Heaven | thriller |
Scott Reynolds
|
Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Patrick Malahide | |||||||
Hell's Kitchen | crime |
Tony Cinciripini
|
Rosanna Arquette, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer | |||||||
Hideous Kinky | drama |
Gillies MacKinnon
|
Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui, Bella Riza | D- | C+ | C+ | C- | |||
Holy Smoke! | drama |
Jane Campion
|
Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton | C+ | D- | B | C- | B | C | |
The House on Haunted Hill | horror |
William Malone
|
Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs | F | F | |||||
The Hurricane | bio/drama |
Norman Jewison
|
Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon | C+ | B | B | B | B- | ||
I Stand Alone (France) | drama |
Gaspar Noé
|
Philippe Nahon, Frankye Pain, Blandine Lenoir | |||||||
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | satire |
Aris Iliopulos
|
Billy Zane, Karen Black, John Ritter | |||||||
An Ideal Husband | comedy |
Oliver Parker
|
Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam | B | C+ | C+ | B- | B | B | B- |
Idle Hands | comedy/ horror |
Rodman Flender
|
Devon Sawa, Jessica Alba, Seth Green | F | F | |||||
Illuminata | comedy |
John Turturro
|
John Turturro, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken | |||||||
In Dreams | thriller |
Neil Jordan
|
Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr, Aidan Quinn | D+ | C- | C- | ||||
In Too Deep | drama |
Michael Rymer
|
LL Cool J, Omar Epps, Pam Grier | |||||||
Inspector Gadget | family |
David Kellogg
|
Matthew Broderick, Joely Fisher, Rupert Everett | |||||||
Instinct | thriller |
Jon Turteltaub
|
Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr, Donald Sutherland | D | D | |||||
The Iron Giant |
family |
Brad Bird
|
Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston | B+ | C | A- | B | |||
The Insider | drama |
Michael Mann
|
Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer | B+ | A- | A- | A- | A- | B+ | A- |
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Jakob the Liar | drama |
Peter Kassovitz
|
Robin Williams, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Liev Schreiber | |||||||
Jawbreaker | comedy |
Darren Stein
|
Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz | D+ | D | D | D | |||
Joe the King | drama |
Frank Whaley
|
Noah Fleiss, Ethan Hawke, Val Kilmer | C+ | C+ | |||||
Judgement Day 1 | action |
John Terlesky
|
Suzy Amis, Ice T, Mario Van Peebles | F | F | |||||
Julien Donkey-Boy | drama |
Harmony Korine
|
Ewen Bremner, Werner Herzog, Chloë Sevigny | |||||||
Just a Little Harmless Sex | comedy |
Rick Rosenthal
|
Alison Eastwood, Robert Mailhouse, Jonathan Silverman | F | F | |||||
The King and I | anim./family |
Richard Rich
|
Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Darrell Hammond | |||||||
The King of Masks (China) | drama |
Tian-Ming Wu
|
Zhigang Zhang, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu | B | B | |||||
Kiss the Sky | drama |
Roger Young
|
William Petersen, Gary Cole, Sheryl Lee | |||||||
Lake Placid | horror |
Steve Miner
|
Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt | C | C | C+ | C | |||
The Last Days | docum. |
James Moll
|
Dr. Randolph Braham, Bill Basch | B+ | B+ | |||||
Last Night | drama |
Don McKellar
|
Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, David Cronenberg | B+ | A- | B | B | |||
Late August, Early September (France) | drama |
Olivier Assayas
|
Mathieu Almaric, Virginie Ledoyen, François Cluzet | |||||||
The Legend of 1900 | drama |
Giuseppe Tornatore
|
Tim Roth, Bill Nunn, Melanie Thierry | D+ | D+ | |||||
L'Ennui (France) | drama |
Cédric Kahn
|
Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Arielle Dombasle | |||||||
Liberty Heights | drama |
Barry Levinson
|
Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, Adrien Brody | B- | B- | |||||
Life | comedy |
Ted Demme
|
Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Ned Beatty | |||||||
Light It Up | drama |
Craig Bolotin
|
Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Judd Nelson | |||||||
Limbo | drama |
John Sayles
|
David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kris Kristofferson | C+ | C+ | C+ | ||||
The Limey | drama |
Steven Soderbergh
|
Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren | B+ | B+ | A- | A- | B- | B+ | B+ |
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels | thriller |
Guy Ritchie
|
Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran | A- | B | B+ | B | B+ | B+ | |
The Loss of Sexual Innocence | drama |
Mike Figgis
|
Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi | B- | B- | |||||
Lost & Found | comedy |
Jeff Pollack
|
David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Martin Sheen | F | F | F | ||||
The Love Letter | romance |
Peter Chan
|
Kate Capshaw, Tom Selleck, Ellen DeGeneris | B- | B- | |||||
Love Stinks | comedy |
Jeff Franklin
|
French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson, Tyra Banks | |||||||
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Spain) | drama |
Julio Medem
|
Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo | C | C | |||||
The Lovers on the Bridge (France) | romance |
Leos Carax
|
Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Marie Trintignant | B | B | |||||
Lucie Aubrac (France) | drama |
Claude Berri
|
Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chéreau | B- | B- | |||||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Magnolia | drama |
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Jason Robards, Philip Seymour Hoffman | B | C+ | A+ | A- | D+ | B | |
Man of the Century | satire |
Adam Abraham
|
Gibson Frazier, Cara Buono, Susan Egan | |||||||
Man on the Moon | bio |
Milos Forman
|
Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love | C+ | D+ | B- | C+ | C | ||
Mansfield Park | drama |
Patricia Rozema
|
Frances O'Connor, Johnny Lee Miller, Embeth Davidtz | B+ | B | B- | B+ | B | ||
A Map of the World | drama |
Scott Elliot
|
Sigourney Weaver, David Strathairn, Julianne Moore | C | D | C+ | C- | |||
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human | satire |
Jeff Abugov
|
Carmen Elektra, MacKenzie Astin, David Hyde Pierce | |||||||
The Matrix | SF action |
The Wachowski Bros.
|
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss | A | A | A- | B+ | A | A- | A- |
Men Cry Bullets | drama |
Tamara Hernandez
|
Jeri Ryan, Steven Nelson, Honey Lauren | |||||||
Message in a Bottle | romance |
Luis Mandoki
|
Robin Wright Penn, Kevin Costner, Paul Newman | F | D- | D | D- | |||
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | bio/drama |
Luc Besson
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Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway | C- | D | F | D | |||
Metroland | drama |
Philip Saville
|
Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross | B | C+ | B- | ||||
Mickey Blue Eyes | comedy |
Kelly Makin
|
Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan | D- | D- | |||||
A Midsummer Night's Dream | fantasy |
Michael Hoffman
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Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett | B | B | |||||
The Minus Man | drama |
Hampton Fancher
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Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Mercedes Ruehl | C+ | B- | C+ | C+ | |||
Miss Julie | drama |
Mike Figgis
|
Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy | |||||||
The Mod Squad | thriller |
Scott Silver
|
Clare Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps | |||||||
Molly | drama |
John Duigan
|
Elisabeth Shue, Aaron Eckhart, Jill Hennessy | |||||||
A Moment of Innocence (Iran) | satire |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
|
Mirhadi Tayebi, Ali Bakhshi, Ammar Tafti | |||||||
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. | docum. |
Errol Morris
|
Fred A. Leuchter Jr (directed by Errol Morris) | B+ | A- | B+ | B+ | B+ | ||
Music of the Heart | drama |
Wes Craven
|
Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan | C+ | C+ | |||||
Mumford | dramedy |
Lawrence Kasdan
|
Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Alfre Woodard | B | C+ | B+ | B | B | B | |
The Mummy | adventure |
Stephen Sommers
|
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah | C+ | C+ | C- | B- | C+ | C+ | |
Muppets from Space | family |
Tim Hill
|
Frank Oz, Jeffrey Tambor, David Arquette, Ray Liotta | C+ | C+ | |||||
The Muse | comedy |
Albert Brooks
|
Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie McDowell | C | C | B- | C | C | ||
My Best Fiend (Germany) | docum. |
Werner Herzog
|
Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog | B | B | |||||
My Favorite Martian | comedy |
Donald Petrie
|
Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Hurley | |||||||
My Life So Far | drama |
Hugh Hudson
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Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irene Jacob | B- | A- | B | ||||
My Name Is Joe | drama |
Ken Loach
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Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay | B+ | B+ | |||||
My Son the Fanatic | drama |
Udayan Prasad
|
Om Puri, Akbar Kurtha, Rachel Griffiths | B+ | B+ | |||||
Mystery, Alaska | comedy |
Jay Roach
|
Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds, Mary McCormack | B- | D | C+ | C | |||
Mystery Men | spoof |
Kinka Usher
|
William H. Macy, Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Kinnear | C- | C+ | C- | B+ | C+ | ||
Film | Genre |
Director
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Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
The Nephew 2 | drama |
Eugene Brady
|
Pierce Brosnan, Hill Harper, Donal McCann | C+ | C+ | |||||
Never Been Kissed | comedy |
Raja Gosnell
|
Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Molly Shannon | D+ | D- | D | ||||
Notting Hill | comedy |
Roger Michell
|
Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans | B+ | B+ | C+ | B- | B | B+ | B |
October Sky | drama |
Joe Johnston
|
Jacob Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern | A- | B+ | B | B | C- | B | |
Office Space | comedy |
Mike Judge
|
Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman | B | B- | B+ | C+ | C+ | B- | |
The Omega Code | thriller |
Robert Marcarelli
|
Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside | |||||||
One Man's Hero | drama |
Lance Hool
|
Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo | |||||||
Open Your Eyes (Spain) | thriller |
Alejandro Amenábar
|
Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera | B | B+ | B | ||||
The Other Sister | drama |
Garry Marshall
|
Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton | C | C | |||||
The Out-of-Towners | comedy |
Sam Weisman
|
Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese | D- | C- | D+ | ||||
Outside Providence | comedy |
Michael Corrente
|
Shawn Hatosy, Jon Abrahams, Alec Baldwin | C- | C- | |||||
Oxygen | thriller |
Richard Shepard
|
Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, Terry Kinney | |||||||
Pariah | drama |
Randolph Kret
|
Damon Jones, Dave Owen Ward, Aimee Chaffin | C+ | C+ | |||||
Payback | thriller |
Brian Helgeland
|
Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello | B- | C+ | C+ | C- | C+ | C+ | |
Playing by Heart | drama |
Willard Carroll
|
Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Angelina Jolie | B | B- | B- | B- | B- | ||
Plunkett and MacLeane | comedy |
Jake Scott
|
Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler | D | D | |||||
Pokemon: The First Movie | anim./family |
Michael Haigney
Kunihiko Yuyama |
Ikue Ootani | |||||||
Portraits Chinois (France) | drama |
Martine Dugowson
|
Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer, Marie Trintignant | |||||||
Princess Mononoke (Japan) | anim./family |
Hayao Miyazaki
|
Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton | B | B | B | ||||
Private Confessions | drama |
Liv Ullmann
|
Pernilla August, Samuel Fröler, Max von Sydow | |||||||
Pushing Tin | comedy |
Mike Newell
|
John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie | C | B | C | D+ | C | ||
The RageCarrie 2 | horror |
Katt Shea
Robert Mandel |
Emily Bergl, Jason London, Amy Irving | |||||||
Random Hearts | drama |
Sydney Pollack
|
Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas | D | C- | D+ | ||||
Ravenous | drama |
Antonia Bird
|
Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies | |||||||
The Red Dwarf (France) | comedy |
Yvan Le Moine
|
Jean-Yves Thual, Anita Ekberg, Dyna Gauzy | |||||||
The Red Violin | drama |
François Girard
|
Samuel Jackson, Carlo Cecchi, Greta Scacchi | C+ | C- | C | C | |||
Regret to Inform | docum. |
Barbara Sonneborn
|
Directed by Barbara Sonneborn | B+ | B+ | |||||
Relax...It's Just Sex | comedy |
P.J. Castellaneta
|
Jennifer Tilly, Mitchell Anderson, Cynda Williams | |||||||
Resurrection 2 | thriller |
Russell Mulcahy
|
Christopher Lambert, Leland Orser, Barbara Tyson | C+ | C+ | |||||
Return with Honor | docum. |
Freida Lee Mock
Terry Sanders |
Ev Alvarez, Jim Stockdale, John McCain | C+ | C+ | |||||
Ride with the Devil | drama |
Ang Lee
|
Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright | C+ | B- | B- | A- | B- | ||
Romance (France) | drama |
Catherine Breillat
|
Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stevenin, Rocco Siffredi | B- | C- | D+ | C | |||
Rosetta (France/Belgium) | drama |
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne |
Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux | |||||||
Rosie (Belgium) | drama |
Patrice Toye
|
Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft | B | B | |||||
Run Lola Run (Germany) | thriller |
Tom Tykwer
|
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | A | B | B+ |
Runaway Bride | comedy |
Garry Marshall
|
Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo | D | B- | C | C | |||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
Safe House 1 | thriller |
Eric Steven Stahl
|
Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Williams, Hector Elizondo | |||||||
She's All That | comedy |
Robert Iscove
|
Freddie Prinz Jr, Rachel Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard | D | D | D | ||||
Show Me Love (Sweden) | drama |
Lukas Moodysson
|
Alexandra Dahlstrom, Rebecca Liljeberg, Erica Carlson | A- | B+ | B+ | ||||
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | docum. |
Brett Leonard
|
Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Anthony Hopkins (voice) | |||||||
The Silence (Iran) | drama |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
|
Tahmineh Normatova, Nadereh Abdelahyeva | |||||||
Simon Sez | crap |
Kevin Elders
|
Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, John Pinette | |||||||
Simpatico | drama |
Matthew Warchus
|
Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte | |||||||
Six Ways to Sunday | comedy |
Adam Bernstein
|
Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Adrien Brody | |||||||
The Sixth Sense | drama/ horror |
M. Night Shyamalan
|
Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Haley Joel Osment | B | A- | A- | B- | B+ | B+ | B+ |
SLC Punk! | comedy |
James Merendino
|
Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish | C+ | C+ | |||||
Sleepy Hollow | horror |
Tim Burton
|
Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson | B+ | B+ | B+ | B- | B | B | B |
Snow Falling on Cedars | drama |
Scott Hicks
|
Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Rick Yune | D+ | D+ | |||||
Soft Toilet Seats | drama |
Tina Valinsky
|
Sammi Davis, David Rosen, Alexa Jago | |||||||
Some Girl 1 | comedy |
Rory Kelly
|
Marrisa Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Jeremy Sisto | C- | D- | D | ||||
The Source | docum. |
Chuck Workman
|
Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro | |||||||
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | animated |
Trey Parker
|
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman | B | C+ | A- | B | B+ | B | |
Sparkler | comedy |
Darren Stein
|
Park Overall, Veronica Cartwright, Freddie Prinze Jr. | |||||||
Splendor | comedy |
Gregg Araki
|
Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar | D+ | D+ | |||||
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | fantasy |
George Lucas
|
Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman | C+ | C- | C- | C+ | B- | C- | C+ |
The Sticky Fingers of Time | SF |
Hilary Brougher
|
Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, James Urbaniak | |||||||
Stiff Upper Lips | spoof |
Gary Sinyor
|
Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates | |||||||
Stigmata | horror |
Rupert Wainwright
|
Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce | D+ | D+ | |||||
Stir of Echoes | horror |
David Koepp
|
Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Kathryn Erbe | B- | C+ | B- | B | B- | ||
The Story of Us | drama |
Rob Reiner
|
Michelle Pfeiffer, Bruce Willis, Rita Wilson | C | D+ | C- | C- | |||
The Straight Story | drama |
David Lynch
|
Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek | B+ | B+ | A | A | B+ | B+ | A- |
Stuart Little | family |
Rob Minkoff
|
Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Michael J. Fox | B | B | B | ||||
The Suburbans | comedy |
Donal Lardner Ward
|
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Amy Brenneman, Will Ferrell | |||||||
Sugar Town | comedy |
Allison Anders,
Kurt Voss |
Rosanna Arquette, John Taylor, Jade Gordon, Michael Des Barres, Ally Sheedy | B | B | B- | B | |||
Summer of Sam | drama |
Spike Lee
|
John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino | B | C | B- | C+ | C+ | ||
Superstar | comedy |
Bruce McCulloch
|
Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix | |||||||
Sweet and Lowdown | comedy |
Woody Allen
|
Sean Penn, Uma Thurman, Samantha Morton | C+ | B | A- | B | |||
Sweethearts 1 | comedy |
Aleks Horvat
|
Janeane Garofalo, Mitch Rouse, Bobcat Goldthwait | F | F | |||||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | drama |
Anthony Minghella
|
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett | B | A- | A- | A | A- | A- | |
Tarzan | anim./family |
Chris Buck,
Kevin Lima |
Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosie O'Donnell | C- | C- | |||||
The Taxman | drama |
Avi Nesher
|
Joe Pantoliano, Wade Dominquez, Elizabeth Berkley | |||||||
Tea with Mussolini | drama |
Franco Zeffirelli
|
Cher, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith | C | C- | C | ||||
Teaching Mrs. Tingle | horror |
Kevin Williamson
|
Hellen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan | |||||||
Telling You | comedy |
Robert DeFranco
|
Peter Facinelli, Andy Berman, Robert De Franco | |||||||
10 Things I Hate About You | teen comedy |
Gil Junger
|
Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik | C+ | B- | C+ | C+ | |||
The Theory of Flight | drama |
Paul Greengrass
|
Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Gemma Jones | C+ | C+ | |||||
The Third Miracle | drama |
Agnieszka Holland
|
Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl | C | C | |||||
The Thirteenth Floor | sci-fi |
Josef Rusnak
|
Craig Bierko, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gretchen Mol | B- | D- | B- | C | |||
The 13th Warrior | adventure |
John McTiernan,
Michael Crichton |
Antonio Banderas, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich | C+ | C+ | B- | C+ | |||
This Is My Father | drama |
Paul Quinn
|
Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea | |||||||
The Thomas Crown Affair | romance |
John McTiernan
|
Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary | B- | C+ | B+ | B | B- | ||
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (France) | drama |
Patrice Chéreau
|
Pascal Greggory, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | B+ | B+ | |||||
Three Kings | drama |
David O. Russell
|
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube | B+ | B- | A- | B+ | A- | B- | B+ |
Three Seasons | drama |
Tony Bui
|
Harvey Keitel, Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep | B+ | B+ | |||||
Three to Tango | comedy |
Damon Santostefano
|
Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott | B- | B- | |||||
Titus | drama |
Julie Taymor
|
Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Harry Lennix | B- | C+ | B | B | B- | ||
Topsy-Turvy | bio |
Mike Leigh
|
Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Jonathan Aris | B- | B- | A- | B | |||
Toy Story 2 | family |
John Lasseter
|
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammar, Joan Cusack | A- | A- | A- | ||||
Train of Life (Belgium/France) | war/romance |
Radu Mihaileanu
|
Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Clément Harari | B | B | |||||
Trekkies | docum. |
Roger Nygard
|
Denise Crosby, Denis Bourguignon | |||||||
Trick | comedy |
Jim Fall
|
Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling | B- | B- | |||||
Trippin' | comedy |
David Raynr
|
Deon Richmond, Donald Faison, Maia Campbell | C | C | |||||
True Crime | drama |
Clint Eastwood
|
Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, James Woods | C+ | C+ | |||||
Tumbleweeds | drama |
Gavin O'Connor
|
Janet McTeer, Kimberly Brown, Jay O. Sanders | B | C+ | C+ | B+ | B- | ||
20 Dates | docum. |
Myles Berkowitz
|
Myles Berkowitz, Elisabeth Wagner, Tia Carrere | D- | B- | D | D+ | |||
Twice Upon a Yesterday | comedy |
María Ripoll
|
Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penélope Cruz | B | B | |||||
Twin Falls Idaho | drama |
Michael Polish
|
Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Michele Hicks | B+ | B+ | B+ | B- | B+ | B+ | |
200 Cigarettes | comedy |
Risa Bramon Garcia
|
Courtney Love, Paul Rudd, Ben Affleck, Christina Ricci, Kate Hudson | C+ | C+ | D | C | |||
The Underground Comedy Movie | comedy |
Vince Offer
|
Vince Offer, Gena Lee Nolin, Slash | |||||||
Universal Soldier: The Return | action |
Mic Rodgers
|
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White | |||||||
Varsity Blues | drama |
Brian Robbins
|
James Van Der Beck, Jon Voigt, Paul Walker | C+ | C+ | C+ | ||||
The Velocity of Gary | drama |
Dan Ireland
|
Vincent D'Onofrio, Thomas Jane, Salma Hayek | D | D | D | ||||
The Very Thought of You | comedy |
Nick Hamm
|
Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewell | B- | B- | |||||
Virus | action |
John Bruno
|
Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland | D+ | D+ | |||||
Film | Genre |
Director
|
Cast | AT | CC | DK | JV | JW | KC | Avg |
The War Zone | drama |
Tim Roth
|
Ray Winstone, Lara Belmont, Tilda Swinton | A- | A- | A- | A- | A- | ||
A Walk on the Moon | drama |
Tony Goldwyn
|
Diane Lane, Liev Schreiber, Anna Paquin | B | B | B | C+ | B- | ||
West Beirut (France/Lebanon) | drama |
Ziad Doueiri
|
Rami Doueiri, Joseph Bou Nassar, Carmen Lebbos | |||||||
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (Japan) | comedy |
Koki Mitani
|
Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura | |||||||
Where's Marlowe? | satire |
Daniel Pyne
|
Miguel Ferrer, Mos Def, John Livingston | |||||||
Whiteboys | comedy |
Marc Levin
|
Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber | |||||||
Wild Wild West | adventure |
Barry Sonnenfeld
|
Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh | D- | C- | D+ | ||||
Wing Commander | action |
Chris Roberts
|
Freddie Prince Jr, Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows | |||||||
The Winslow Boy | drama |
David Mamet
|
Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam | B+ | B+ | A- | A- | B+ | B+ | |
Women (aka Elles) (France/Portugal) | drama |
Luís Galvão Teles
|
Marisa Berenson, Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura | |||||||
The Wood | drama |
Rick Famuyiwa
|
Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones | |||||||
The World Is Not Enough | action |
Michael Apted
|
Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle | C | C- | C | ||||
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (China/U.S.) | drama |
Joan Chen
|
Lu Lu, Lopsang, Qian Zheng, Gao Jie | B- | B- |
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