Here's how our reviewer and other film critics from across the country grade these current movies. AMERICAN ME

B Peter Travers Rolling Stone - Mike Clark USA Today B Gene Siskel Gene Siskel B+ Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert B Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. B- Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer C+ Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=B

ARTICLE 99

C- Peter Travers Rolling Stone D- Mike Clark USA Today D Gene Siskel Gene Siskel D- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C- Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. C+ Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer C Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=D+

BASIC INSTINCT

B Peter Travers Rolling Stone C+ Mike Clark USA Today C Gene Siskel Gene Siskel - Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert - Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. - Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer B- Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=B-

GLADIATOR

F Peter Travers Rolling Stone D Mike Clark USA Today C Gene Siskel Gene Siskel B- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert C Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. B- Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer B- Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=C+

THE LAWNMOWER MAN

D Peter Travers Rolling Stone D+ Mike Clark USA Today C Gene Siskel Gene Siskel C- Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert D- Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. D Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer C Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=D+

THE MAMBO KINGS

A- Peter Travers Rolling Stone B Mike Clark USA Today B- Gene Siskel Gene Siskel B+ Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert - Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. - Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer B Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=B

MY COUSIN VINNY

C+ Peter Travers Rolling Stone B Mike Clark USA Today B Gene Siskel Gene Siskel C+ Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert - Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. - Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer C+ Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=B-

SHADOWS AND FOG

C+ Peter Travers Rolling Stone B Mike Clark USA Today B Gene Siskel Gene Siskel C+ Roger Ebert Siskel & Ebert B- Eleanor Ringel Atlanta Journ. & Con. C Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer C+ Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly AVERAGE=B-