Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Wonderful coming-of-age story in 1961 London with a breakout performance." Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| Spread (2009) | "
For this kind of film to work it's necessary to like or at least feel sympathy for the characters." Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| Good Dick (2008) | "
Alternately compelling and dramatically limp, the film scores points for exploring unfamiliar territory but lacks the emotional depth to make some very strange behavior believable." Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| N/A | The Last Word (2008) | "
Pushes the eccentric without creating believable characters." Posted Feb 5, 2008 |
Rotten
| N/A | Birds of America (2008) | "
Not very convincing or funny." Posted Feb 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| The Order of Myths (2008) | "
Editors Michael Taylor, Geoffrey Richman and [director Margaret Brown] have stitched the material together to make a lively and revealing portrait of life in the New South." Posted Jan 30, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| The Wave (2008) | "
Seductive and horrifying at the same time...The film opens with a rush of energy and doesn't let up." Posted Jan 30, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 24%
| Incendiary (2008) | "
Michelle William's riveting performance as the young mother makes it imminently watchable." Posted Jan 28, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
Whimsical tale of a sex addict is good for some laughs but ultimately doesn't rise to the occasion." Posted Jan 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Sugar (2009) | "
The immigrant experience has been seen many times on film before but rarely with the authenticity, wit and intelligence of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's Sugar." Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo (2008) | "
With the eye of a veteran documentarian, [Lisa] Jackson sees the innocence, colorfulness and spirit of the Congo in the background, but what she presents is a country that clearly will not be whole until its women are protected." Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| N/A | North Starr (2008) | "
The film has a great energy and means what it says." Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Patti Smith - Dream of Life (2008) | "
A unique record of an artist's journey." Posted Jan 23, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| In Bruges (2008) | "
Just when you think you've seen every possible variation on the hit-man genre, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh in his feature debut has fashioned an audacious combination of Old World grace and modern ultraviolence." Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Live-In Maid (2004) | "
The small, well-acted chamber drama is a genre that has virtually disappeared from American screens, which is too bad when you see one as accomplished as Live-in Maid." Posted Jul 18, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) | "
In this sub-genre of Gen Y comedies, quirky has somehow come to mean dumb. Perhaps teens, especially guys, enjoy seeing people on screen who are not as smart as they are. It's the real revenge of the nerds." Posted Feb 6, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Interview (2007) | "
While it is never dull, and occasionally sparks, material fails to ignite." Posted Feb 6, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| The Good Life (2007) | "
While The Good Life is stylistically ambitious and heartfelt, it feels more forced than authentic." Posted Jan 30, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Once (2007) | "
Wonderful and winning Irish musical." Posted Jan 30, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Banished: How Whites Drove Blacks Out of Town in America (2007) | "
Enlightening docu about an unknown chapter in the history of racism." Posted Jan 30, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Nanking (2007) | "
Indispensable, beautifully crafted account of a little-known Japanese massacre." Posted Jan 30, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Ghosts (2006) | "
Veteran documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield makes an impressive leap to features with Ghosts." Posted Jan 27, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 16%
| Hounddog (2008) | "
Fanning projects a strange mix of innocence and awareness. The triumph of her performance is her ability to turn it on and off in the same scene, sometimes even in the same shot." Posted Jan 26, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Weapons (2007) | "
These are not characters most people can sympathy with. One tends to watch dispassionately as the inevitable plays out." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Starting Out in the Evening (2007) | "
Complex and satisfying New York literary drama." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| On the Road with Judas (2007) | "
Clever and moderately entertaining, film is a puzzle that will find some supporters as surely as it will sharply divide audiences." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007) | "
Not only does the film thoroughly and skillfully explain the context in which something as heinous as Abu Ghraib could happen, it attempts to understand the psychology of those involved." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| A Very British Gangster (2008) | "
The film is beautifully shot by Mike Turnbull and Nick Manley, including a moody black and white scene in the cemetery and a lovely crane shot looking out at the doomed neighborhood." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| My Kid Could Paint That (2007) | "
Skillfully shot and edited." Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 41%
| Dedication (2007) | "
One big asset is his excellent use of music, including the child-like plaintive wailing of a group called Deerhoof. Other smart choices include songs by Cat Power and the Stokes, all expertly edited into the flow of the story." Posted Jan 24, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| The Guardian (2006) | "
That the film doesn't rise above the formulaic is a particular disappointment as these stunningly brave Rescue Swimmers deserve a film as daring as they are." Posted Sep 29, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 42%
| Gridiron Gang (2006) | "
... about as inspirational as a yawn." Posted Sep 14, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| Loverboy (2006) | "
Loverboy may have been better suited to the page where it could have the subtlety and resonance missing on screen. As a film it works on only one level -- crazy love." Posted Jun 15, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Police Beat (2005) | "
Experiment in film form is interesting but doesn't quite pay off." Posted Apr 11, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 22%
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006) | "
Predictable and decidedly old-fashioned in its sensibility, the film is likely to win over audiences if not critics." Posted Apr 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Illusionist (2006) | "
The Illusionist is like a dreamscape existing between sleep and consciousness, the old world and the new." Posted Feb 1, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| House of Sand (2005) | "
An intriguing meditation on aging, the impermanence of time and man's place in nature." Posted Jan 31, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Half Nelson (2006) | "
Ryan Gosling establishes himself as a major talent and one of the finest young actors around." Posted Jan 31, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| The Darwin Awards (2006) | "
Taylor and his friends seem to be having a great time but could have let the audience in on the joke." Posted Jan 31, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| God Grew Tired of Us (2007) | "
An incredibly powerful story of renewal, commitment and the resiliency of the human spirit." Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| The Hawk Is Dying (2007) | "
Loaded with obtuse symbolism, the film is not only hard to understand, it isn't much fun trying to figure it out." Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Flannel Pajamas (2006) | "
A thoughtful dissection of the courtship and marriage of two ultimately mismatched New Yorkers." Posted Jan 24, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| In Between Days (2006) | "
A satisfying and very skillful piece of filmmaking." Posted Jan 24, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Quinceanera (2006) | "
Life-affirming without being saccharine and enormously entertaining." Posted Jan 24, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Steel City (2006) | "
A family drama that is the visual equivalent of a Bruce Springsteen song, Steel City offers several standout performances and a satisfying low-key story." Posted Jan 23, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Wide Awake (2006) | "
The film plays like an open window on the mind of an obsessed and tortured artist." Posted Jan 23, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| The Ground Truth (2006) | "
A stunning statement on how we mistreat our best and bravest young men." Posted Jan 22, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| The Aristocrats (2005) | "
The funniest dirty joke you'll ever hear." Posted Jul 18, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 18%
| This Revolution (2006) | "
It's the kind of engaged, political filmmaking that is rarely seen today, and it's a welcome and powerful addition to the canon." Posted Jun 28, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) | "
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is not only a great cautionary tale, it's a civics lesson that should be seen by every concerned citizen." Posted Apr 22, 2005 |
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