Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 4%
| Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) | "
...the comedy half doesn't work without the intrigue half, and director Mayfield doesn't look like he would know intrigue if Martin Scorsese brought it to him wrapped in butcher paper with a bow on top." Posted Jan 5, 2007 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 16%
| Eragon (2006) | "
Its formula is so vanilla that it could be an early draft of almost any other science fiction or fantasy story." Posted Dec 15, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 64%
| Apocalypto (2006) | "
Rather than sprawling into far-reaching epic mode, this carefully contained script zooms in on one man's drive to protect his family against the backdrop of a civilization on the point of collapse." Posted Dec 11, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
Hardwicke takes scripture that is at once deeply troubling ... and filled with profound hope, and renders it inert on both counts by playing things so safely that the result is almost irreverent." Posted Dec 1, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Deck the Halls (2006) | "
I'm tired of filmmakers, screenwriters, directors and studios that believe every holiday is its own excuse for making films." Posted Nov 22, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 74%
| Happy Feet (2006) | "
The long march across the Antarctic wasteland ... sometimes feels just as arduous as the real thing." Posted Nov 18, 2006 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 72%
| Stranger Than Fiction (2006) | "
When I left the theater, I got in my car, turned off my perpetually running radio, and thought for a long time before I moved. It's been a while since a film has done that." Posted Nov 11, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| Flushed Away (2006) | "
This is a stunning example of a dumb concept that an ingenuous team of screenwriters, animators and voice actors turned squarely on its head. And there's scarcely a potty joke to be found." Posted Nov 4, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 25%
| Saw III (2006) | "
It induces squirming not because the filmmakers are good at creating suspense, but because they are expert sadists with a $12 million budget." Posted Oct 28, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| Flags of Our Fathers (2006) | "
This film seems dangerously close to embracing the same kind of selective storytelling that it condemns." Posted Oct 21, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 10%
| The Grudge 2 (2006) | "
Shimizu has mastered the American art of pandering to a target demographic." Posted Oct 14, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 37%
| The Guardian (2006) | "
At 135 minutes, I expect more than the usual trainer-turned-father-figure story." Posted Oct 1, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 74%
| Fearless (2006) | "
Fearless is a visual juggernaut." Posted Sep 23, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 42%
| Gridiron Gang (2006) | "
The film misses the chance to showcase these actors with a deeper exploration of their changing relationship." Posted Sep 16, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 3%
| The Covenant (2006) | "
Limitless powers, and all we get are some spiders, some Blobs, and some supernatural hair gel." Posted Sep 9, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Crank (2006) | "
Borrows pages from Quentin Tarantino, the Atari 2600 game console, and, most of all, British action junkie Guy Ritchie, in a deliciously absurd, rollicking rampage through Los Angeles." Posted Sep 1, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 12%
| Pulse (2006) | "
What's the point in warning of the perils of the information age by creating a scareless, formulaic film that fits so snugly into the thoughtless consumerism of the culture you're trying to criticize?" Posted Aug 11, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Night Listener (2006) | "
(Stettner) sets up a rule that the movie is about the psychological conditions of its characters, and what they can teach us about ourselves. He then switches games and asks us to believe the spook is its own excuse." Posted Aug 5, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 47%
| Miami Vice (2006) | "
Mann can't be faulted for his visual take on the grit and the glitter of high stakes cocaine rustling, but at 146 minutes he could have found more room for the psychological nuances..." Posted Jul 29, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
Though originating as a bedtime story for his children, it functions less as a morality tale and more as an egotistical salvo toward his critics." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 13%
| Little Man (2006) | "
The film turns to that old reliable standard, commedia dell'gassy." Posted Jul 14, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| Waist Deep (2006) | "
A film teetering on the edge of importance." Posted Jun 24, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 39%
| Nacho Libre (2006) | "
As a certain tenacious rocker once intoned, you barely passed the test, Jack. You know what you got? F plus. Click." Posted Jun 16, 2006 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 75%
| Cars (2006) | "
A uniquely American experience in a uniquely American setting ... And it's a heck of a lot of fun." Posted Jun 12, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Break-Up (2006) | "
A rare category of date movie: We wish it played more like other date movies." Posted Jun 2, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 33%
| Poseidon (2006) | "
Equal parts summer pleasure and plodding exercise in stop-and-go suspense..." Posted May 13, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 26%
| Hoot (2006) | "
Unrelentingly sweet, and dull as driftwood." Posted May 5, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 23%
| RV (2006) | "
Invariably, each summer vacation movie can be judged by the quality of its obligatory gag related to going to the bathroom in the wilderness or amid the complications of foreign plumbing." Posted Apr 28, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Silent Hill (2006) | "
Striking visuals tell a story where words aren't necessary ... until that turning point, when dull dialogue, a complicated plot and cheesy graphics start to muddle things." Posted Apr 22, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 18%
| The Wild (2006) | "
A hit-and-occasionally-miss journey." Posted Apr 14, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 12%
| The Benchwarmers (2006) | "
This film has no idea who it wants to reach ... you just kind of shake your head and hope the PG-13 rating will be strictly enforced." Posted Apr 8, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) | "
Whenever Larry isn't pensively biting on his chaw, he's barking out obscene one-liners in a guttural, noxious stream of little nasty explosions. He's a greasy, oil-burning joke jalopy." Posted Mar 24, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 27%
| The Shaggy Dog (2006) | "
They've created a virus that can turn people into dogs so they will learn important life lessons." Posted Mar 11, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 6%
| Doogal (2006) | "
No one expects intense character development from a tale aimed at the youngest of youngsters ... but parents who take their kids will grow bored with the lack of dimension." Posted Feb 24, 2006 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 6%
| Date Movie (2006) | "
Cat flatulence, worn-out jokes about Jennifer Lopez's anatomy ... did I say there was a movie here?" Posted Feb 20, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| The New World (2005) | "
A poetic, fluid painting..." Posted Feb 13, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 16%
| Underworld: Evolution (2006) | "
I suppose bloodlust is enough excuse for anyone willing to endure 105 minutes of monster derby, but really: Who are these characters?" Posted Jan 20, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Hoodwinked (2006) | "
The Edwards show immense creative potential; they just didn't find it all in this particular forest." Posted Jan 14, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 59%
| Hostel (2006) | "
A steady, grueling, suspenseful march to a raucous finish that is likely to give it a devoted cult following." Posted Jan 7, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 52%
| The Family Stone (2005) | "
This year's lump of cinematic coal has a diamond blazing inside." Posted Dec 16, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 72%
| Syriana (2005) | "
The plots are not so much carefully interwoven as they are frantically blended, like a dubious cocktail whose true ingredients the bartender would like to hide." Posted Dec 9, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 10%
| Aeon Flux (2005) | "
Aeon Flux isn't about how cool or weird or geeky it can be, but about the potential endgame of a contemporary social debate, and that is its best asset." Posted Dec 3, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Rent (2005) | "
In a stagy way, Chris Columbus' adaptation captures this Generation-X attitude toward relationships with pinpoint accuracy -- even if it captures little raw emotion." Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Walk the Line (2005) | "
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon should go on tour." Posted Nov 18, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 17%
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) | "
...Too few answers as to how 50 Cent became who he is." Posted Nov 14, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 25%
| The Legend of Zorro (2005) | "
An overproduced yarn that, at more than two hours, leaves Antonio Banderas looking a little bored in his boots." Posted Oct 28, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 27%
| Stay (2005) | "
Was the conclusion unforeseen? Definitely. Did it make me think about or learn something about the human condition? Not really." Posted Oct 21, 2005 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 87%
| A History of Violence (2005) | "
A tense, tight and pithy thriller with such superb restraint that almost every detail matters -- and therefore shouldn’t be spoiled." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 30%
| Waiting... (2005) | "
Not razor-sharp with its satire of the corporate restaurant culture as Office Space was with corporate office culture." Posted Oct 8, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 21%
| Into the Blue (2005) | "
The film’s ethos clashes with Jessica Alba’s tan lines and loses the battle." Posted Oct 1, 2005 |
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