BIG FISH B JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News B TY BURR Boston Globe A- MIKE CLARK USA Today B- JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer C+ ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times B LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail C MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle C+ TODD McCARTHY Variety B CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer B RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B- CRITICS' AVERAGE
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN -- JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News C TY BURR Boston Globe D MIKE CLARK USA Today C+ JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer B- ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times C LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail -- MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle -- TODD McCARTHY Variety C CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer C RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY C CRITICS' AVERAGE
COLD MOUNTAIN C JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News B TY BURR Boston Globe A- MIKE CLARK USA Today A+ JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer B ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times A- LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail B MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle B TODD McCARTHY Variety B CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer B- RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B CRITICS' AVERAGE
THE FOG OF WAR A JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News A TY BURR Boston Globe A MIKE CLARK USA Today A- JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer A ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times A LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail A MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle A- TODD McCARTHY Variety A CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer -- RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald A ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A CRITICS' AVERAGE
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG B JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News B+ TY BURR Boston Globe A MIKE CLARK USA Today A- JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer A ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times B+ LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail C+ MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle B TODD McCARTHY Variety B CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer B+ RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B+ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B+ CRITICS' AVERAGE
MONA LISA SMILE C+ JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News C+ TY BURR Boston Globe C- MIKE CLARK USA Today C+ JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer B ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times C+ LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail B MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle -- TODD McCARTHY Variety C+ CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer C RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald D ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY C+ CRITICS' AVERAGE
MONSTER B+ JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News B+ TY BURR Boston Globe B MIKE CLARK USA Today -- JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer A+ ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times B+ LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail B MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle C+ TODD McCARTHY Variety B CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer -- RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B+ CRITICS' AVERAGE
PAYCHECK -- JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News -- TY BURR Boston Globe D- MIKE CLARK USA Today -- JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer C ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times C+ LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail C+ MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle -- TODD McCARTHY Variety -- CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer C- RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald C+ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY C CRITICS' AVERAGE
PETER PAN -- JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News B TY BURR Boston Globe C+ MIKE CLARK USA Today B JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer B+ ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times C LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail B MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle B- TODD McCARTHY Variety B- CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer C RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald B ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B- CRITICS' AVERAGE
THE RETURN OF THE KING A+ JAMI BERNARD N.Y. Daily News A- TY BURR Boston Globe A- MIKE CLARK USA Today A JOANNA CONNORS Cleveland Plain Dealer B+ ROGER EBERT Chicago Sun-Times B+ LIAM LACEY Toronto Globe and Mail B+ MICK LASALLE San Francisco Chronicle A- TODD McCARTHY Variety A- CARRIE RICKEY Philadelphia Inquirer A+ RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald A ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A- CRITICS' AVERAGE
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HELL AT THE BREECH Tom Franklin (Perennial, $12.95) This tough yet nuanced and intermittently beautiful historical drama didn't quite make our Best Books of 2003 list last month, but it was close. Set in 1897 Alabama and starring guys named Mack and Tooch, it's about a wicked posse gone out of control and a pair of young brothers mired in the trouble.
ALL HE EVER WANTED Anita Shreve (Back Bay, $14.95) Awful marriage, bad husband, better wife, good book -- the latest from the superselling author of The Pilot's Wife is a reliably gripping page-turner.
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE Ben Mezrich (Free Press, $14) ''The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions,'' according to the subtitle, is Mezrich's tense best-seller about brilliant blackjack cheaters.
WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA Carlos Eire (Free Press, $14) Eire's memoir of growing up in Cuba -- until 1962, when he was airlifted out, three years after Castro took power -- just won the National Book Award for nonfiction.
