Here's how a sampling of critics and movie audiences from across the country grade 10 current releases.

THE BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST (Paramount)

-- CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S. C+ ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert C+ GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert B+ JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate -- CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate -- MIKE CLARK USA Today C+ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B- AVERAGE*

BEVERLY HILLS NINJA (TriStar)

B+ [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.] -- [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert] -- [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]F [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]C- [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]D [MIKE CLARK USA Today]D+ [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]D [AVERAGE*]

GRIDLOCK'D (Gramercy)

-- [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]B [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]B- [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]B+ [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]A- [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]B [MIKE CLARK USA Today]B [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B [AVERAGE*]

IN LOVE AND WAR (New Line)

B+ [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]D [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]C [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]C- [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]B- [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]D [MIKE CLARK USA Today]D [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]C- [AVERAGE*]

METRO (Touchstone)

B+ [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]B [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]B- [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]D [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]C+ [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]D- [MIKE CLARK USA Today]D- [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]C- [AVERAGE*]

SHADOW CONSPIRACY (Hollywood Pictures)

B [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]D [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]D [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]F [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]C- [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]C+ [MIKE CLARK USA Today]D [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]D+ [AVERAGE*]

STAR WARS (20th Century Fox)

-- [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]A [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]A- [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]A- [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate]A [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]B [MIKE CLARK USA Today]A [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]A- [AVERAGE*] SUBURBIA (Castle Rock)

-- [CINEMASCORE Audiences across the U.S.]B [ROGER EBERT Siskel & Ebert]B+ [GENE SISKEL Siskel & Ebert]B [JAMI BERNARD Knight-Ridder Syndicate] -- [CARRIE RICKEY STEVEN REA Knight-Ridder Syndicate]B [MIKE CLARK USA Today]B [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B [AVERAGE*] TROUBLESOME CREEK (Artistic License)



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