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Reads about 25 points warmer than the Filmi Score on the same films (1 compared).
1 review read since 2003 · how we read Lawrence
Lawrence Van Gelder doesn’t give stars. We read each review and place it on one scale; the reading is ours, not theirs, and every row links to the piece.
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