Rotten C-
| Rotten 15%
| Saw V (2008) | "
Saw V is dead on the table." Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 34%
| Pride and Glory (2008) | "
A tightly acted and emotionally bruising corrupt-cop family drama that feels like the kind of serious, slow-burn NYPD movie nobody -- not even Lumet -- makes anymore." Posted Oct 22, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 73%
| Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) | "
Six graphic artists contribute tales of gloom, but only one -- about a boy and his insect-infested girlfriend, drawn by distinctive American artist Charles Burns (Black Hole) -- gets under your skin." Posted Oct 22, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 62%
| The Express (2008) | "
Has Dennis Quaid really never played a college football coach before? With his handsome, craggy face and likable intensity, he was born for the job." Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 15%
| My Best Friend's Girl (2008) | "
The actors (especially Alec Baldwin, as Tank's horndog dad) elevate the material slightly, but such piffle will just fill you with longing... for a better movie." Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 47%
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) | "
Unfortunately, Jackson is the best thing here.
The rest of Lakeview is cravenly engineered to make Wilson's squishy liberal hero a man, and the only surprise is that Neil LaBute directed it for hire." Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 51%
| Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008) | "
As usual, the villains are very bad, and the good guys are very noble -- until they get mad and clock their wives." Posted Sep 15, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 40%
| The Longshots (2008) | "
The most surprising thing about the inspirational sports movie The Longshots is not that there isn't already an inspirational sports movie with that exact name. The big shock is that the director Fred Durst -- and he doesn't do half bad." Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 64%
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) | "
Even cynics might concede that, again, four capable actresses have pulled off a relatively rare thing: They've convinced us they're an honest-to-God movie sisterhood." Posted Aug 6, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 31%
| Chaos Theory (2008) | "
Chaos Theory peddles the usual carpe diem movie bunk." Posted Apr 24, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 37%
| Dark Matter (2008) | "
Liu Ye is too inexpressive for his role's demands, and the movie doesn't build to his downfall: It just zaps itself there." Posted Apr 16, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 48%
| Doomsday (2008) | "
[Director] Marshall cribs whole sections from other movies (Aliens and The Road Warrior, most blatantly) so baldly that you have to wonder how he'd like it if someone ripped off The Descent this egregiously." Posted Mar 19, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 24%
| Never Back Down (2008) | "
Movie is dopey. And with its emphasis on stupid violence, xylophone abs, and getting yourself on YouTube, it's yet another product that makes you feel bad about today's youth culture." Posted Mar 19, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 26%
| Step Up 2 the Streets (2008) | "
It doesn't skimp on cool pretzel moves." Posted Feb 13, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 21%
| Day Zero (2008) | "
As the pals, Elijah Wood, Jon Bernthal, and especially Chris Klein mope around noncommittally, as if it were an upcoming trip to the in-laws' they were dreading -- not a potentially one-way ticket to a war zone." Posted Jan 17, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 60%
| What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) | "
If Gary Busey ever played Elmer Gantry, he'd look like Reverend Billy, the real-life fire-and-brimstone preacher who embarks ''on a mission to save Christmas from overconsumption."" Posted Nov 28, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 31%
| Martian Child (2007) | "
The problem with Martian Child is that it wants to be a story about outcasts, but Dennis doesn't come off as a cute little rebel." Posted Oct 31, 2007 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 9%
| The Comebacks (2007) | "
The Comebacks is probably the worst movie that's sludged across my professional eyeballs -- worse than Daddy Day Camp, Baby Geniuses 2, and BloodRayne." Posted Oct 24, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 56%
| Weirdsville (2007) | "
Half-funny and half-obvious, Weirdsville gets a little tiresomely silly, but Bentley still has a glare that burns through metal, and his rapport with Speedman is agreeable." Posted Oct 17, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 13%
| The Seeker (2007) | "
A movie that should've been made shortly after its source material -- Susan Cooper's Newbery winner -- debuted in 1973. As is, it feels entirely too generic to work today." Posted Oct 10, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 73%
| I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007) | "
Garlin's the first director to really exploit the menace behind Silverman's funny-hot-chick persona; if only for a scene or two, the results cut surprisingly deep." Posted Sep 5, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 52%
| Romance & Cigarettes (2007) | "
With Walken around, hair up high, of course there are fleeting moments of fascinating weirdness, but even then, you're still moderately embarrassed for the cast." Posted Sep 5, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 82%
| Exiled (2007) | "
One of those wearisome Hong Kong action movies where characters engage in Mexican standoffs not so much to ratchet up excitement or generate tension but rather to look cool for as long as possible." Posted Aug 29, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 1%
| Daddy Day Camp (2007) | "
Because he's an Oscar winner with a rep now for headlining turkeys, watching Cuba Gooding Jr. in trash like Daddy Day Camp almost hurts." Posted Aug 9, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 7%
| Bratz: The Movie (2007) | "
M&M-colored high school fantasia for aspirational 10- and 12-year-old girls who'll be shocked (or, hopefully, delighted) when they get to ninth grade and find out life isn't so super-Bratz-fabulous." Posted Aug 2, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 38%
| Hot Rod (2007) | "
Wait until the best parts pop up on YouTube." Posted Aug 2, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 62%
| Arctic Tale (2007) | "
It's a respectable attempt to get kids who like cuddly animals thinking about death and destruction on a global scale." Posted Jul 25, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 34%
| DOA: Dead or Alive (2007) | "
If you only ever see one bad movie about warrior chicks who meet on a tropical isle for a fight contest, make it DOA: Dead or Alive." Posted Jun 20, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 62%
| Day Watch (2007) | "
If you don't take it seriously -- i.e., if you're able to laugh at the notion of a piece of chalk that undoes time -- the sequel is a minor wackjob head trip." Posted May 30, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 71%
| Golden Door (2007) | "
Despite a few welcome bits of whimsy, Door feels as long as a transatlantic voyage." Posted May 23, 2007 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 18%
| The Ex (2007) | "
What if Zach Braff acted in one more quarter-life-crisis movie, and instead of Sundance it went straight to video? If only that's what had happened to The Ex." Posted May 16, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 69%
| Everything's Gone Green (2007) | "
The story -- a guy (Paulo Costanzo) who works for the lottery gets mixed up in money laundering -- is slight, but an appealing cast and lots of scenic leafery make Green feel fresh." Posted Apr 11, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 39%
| Firehouse Dog (2007) | "
[The dog] looks like a cross between a rat and a llama. And he burps, farts, and even poops on dinner." Posted Apr 5, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 8%
| Are We Done Yet? (2007) | "
Atrocious." Posted Apr 5, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 11%
| The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) | "
A retro horror-comedy featuring quick deaths and cheapo-looking gore, with a few dorky laughs and gross-outs but not so many scares." Posted Mar 28, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 33%
| TMNT (2007) | "
This all-CG reboot is missing the goofy excitement of the old TMNT." Posted Mar 21, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 32%
| The Ultimate Gift (2007) | "
The Ultimate Gift is kind of like a feel-good Saw for churchgoers, minus the sadistic games of death." Posted Mar 14, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 71%
| Amazing Grace (2007) | "
It leaves the blood unstirred." Posted Feb 21, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 85%
| Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | "
In Bridge to Terabithia, the two middle schoolers who stumble onto a whole new world don't seem all that wowed. And the movie ... never decides if it's a fantasy or coming-of-age story." Posted Feb 14, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 11%
| The Messengers (2007) | "
The Asian-horror-movie moment feels long since passed, both here and abroad. Let our zombies walk or even sprint again! Give our creepy kids back their pupils!" Posted Feb 7, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 21%
| Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) | "
Luc Besson has made a fair share of artfully bad movies. Arthur and the Invisibles -- half-live-action, half-CG kid's adventure -- is (by a hair) more bad-bad, like The Fifth Element, than good-bad, like The Big Blue." Posted Jan 17, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 4%
| Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) | "
Get Lucy Liu better roles!" Posted Jan 10, 2007 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 4%
| Happily N'Ever After (2007) | "
The press notes boast that the total production time was only 15 months, 'unheard of for a first-class computer animated movie.' Maybe there's a reason why that's unheard-of." Posted Jan 3, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 17%
| Black Christmas (2006) | "
It's old-school stupid." Posted Jan 3, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 16%
| Eragon (2006) | "
Give Eragon a few years: By then, it might be delightfully bad." Posted Jan 3, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 69%
| The Secret Life of Words (2006) | "
Can a single scene save a movie? An hour and 20 minutes into The Secret Life of Words, Sarah Polley delivers a halting, evocative 10-minute monologue that finally unlocks the mystery behind her guarded character." Posted Dec 13, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 28%
| Unaccompanied Minors (2006) | "
Anyone old enough to go see this without a parent or guardian will have seen it all before." Posted Dec 6, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 67%
| Off the Black (2006) | "
We haven't heard much from Nick Nolte since he took that wild 2002 Hawaiian-shirt mug shot. Off the Black proves he's still a great leading actor." Posted Dec 6, 2006 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 10%
| Let's Go to Prison (2006) | "
It's hard to get laughs out of stuff that devolved into parody 10 or 20 years ago." Posted Nov 23, 2006 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 15%
| The Return (2006) | "
Mellow -- nay, snoozy -- atmospherics trump actual scares, and it makes almost zero sense." Posted Nov 15, 2006 |
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