CRITICAL MASS

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

B+ Cinemascore across the U.S A Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert A Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert A+ Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate B+ Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate A Mike Clark USA Today A Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. A

JASON'S LYRIC (Gramercy)

- Cinemascore across the U.S B Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C+ Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert - Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate B+ Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate - Mike Clark USA Today C Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. B-

THE NEW AGE (Warner Bros.)

- Cinemascore across the U.S A Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert B- Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert C Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate B Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate D- Mike Clark USA Today B Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. B-

PULP FICTION (Miramax^

- Cinemascore across the U.S A+ Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert B+ Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert A+ Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate B+ Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate A Mike Clark USA Today A Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. A

QUIZ SHOW (Hollywood)

A- Cinemascore across the U.S A- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert A Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert A+ Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate A Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate A Mike Clark USA Today A Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. A

THE RIVER WILD A- Cinemascore across the U.S C Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C+ Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert B+ Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate B+ Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate B- Mike Clark USA Today C+ Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. B-

THE SCOUT (20th Century Fox)

B Cinemascore across the U.S D- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert C Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate C+ Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate C- Mike Clark USA Today B- Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. C

SECOND BEST (Warner Bros.)

- Cinemascore across the U.S B- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C Gene Siskel Siskel & Ebert - Jami Bernard Knight-Ridder Syndicate - Carrie Rickey Knight-Ridder Syndicate D Mike Clark USA Today B- Owen Gleiberman/Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly AVG. C