Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 89%
| The White Ribbon (2009) | "
While crisply shot and loaded with symbolism, chances are your intrigue will be snuffed out well before the credits eventually roll." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 77%
| Harry Brown (2009) | "
A gritty and exceedingly violent revenge thriller set in Broken Britain. It may be dour at times, but [Caine] turns in a very respectable performance." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 20%
| Amelia (2009) | "
This limp biopic may inspire you to reach for the air sickness bag." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
While the idea's neat, there's no attempt to explore the weighty implications. It's a likeably quirky movie, mind, with Giamatti's hangdog features meaning a smile's never too far from your lips." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| 2012 (2009) | "
The effects ring curiously hollow since the human side of the film is so undeveloped... Heed my warning and avoid this massive turkey." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
A near-perfect blend of looks and heart." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 83%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
[Bright Star] may have inspired some beautiful poetry but, here, provokes mere yawns." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
There are amusing moments, but you'll need extra-sensory powers to spot the plot." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 45%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
While George A Romero certainly won't be losing any sleep, failsafe ingredients - gore, guts and hotties making out with each other - make this a movie bound to appeal to teenagers everywhere." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 69%
| Coffin Rock (2009) | "
While produced by the Wolf Creek team, the comparisons end there since it's more a humdrum hybrid of Cape Fear and Fatal Attraction, let down by few surprises and even less tension." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 42%
| Colin (2009) | "
Maddeningly slow and relying too much on shaky handycam footage - probably an economy measure - it's a promising debut from filmmaker Marc Price." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
Its high production values - not to mention the world's cutest poisonous spider - can't paper over a tepid and drawn-out plot." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) | "
Like a dodgy old motor, this smutty comedy about car salesmen roars with life to begin with but putters to a stop all too soon." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Cove (2009) | "
This documentary is also as well made as anything released all year, blending hard facts, cold scientific reason plus the thrills of a Hollywood spy movie to terrific effect." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Johnny Mad Dog (2008) | "
Never letting up for a moment, you should go see - but prepare to be shocked." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
A stop-motion masterpiece sure to delight both children and adults alike." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 10%
| Dead Man Running (2009) | "
Alongside football hooliganism, mad cow disease and Joss Stone, the modern British crime movie may be the export of which we're least proud." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 56%
| 9 (2009) | "
While you long to root for 9 and his pals, it's hard to emotionally connect with such under-developed characters." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Veteran journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of a teenage romance makes a pleasing transition to the big screen. Yet, while it's well acted and tautly paced, you never quite shake the feeling you're watching a two-parter on BBC2." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 47%
| The Horseman (2008) | "
Get Carter meets Death Wish in an absurdly violent but lean and tense Aussie revenge thriller." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
As an exercise in wringing every last penny from Jackson's legacy, the movie may be a success. But if you're looking for a tribute to the man who once took pop to its absolute zenith, this most certainly isn't it." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
A comedy deserving to be buried up to its head in sand, drizzled in cooking oil and then left to fry until crispy." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 84%
| Pontypool (2009) | "
Too much jaw, not enough gore." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| Thirst (2009) | "
A fresh spin on the vampire myth resulting in a wildly inventive and blackly comic horror. Pity it's got more padding than the average fat suit." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 81%
| Triangle (2009) | "
The real mystery, mind you, is how a film this dreadful ever got made." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 65%
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) | "
A visually inventive fantasy romp that's big on imagination, but almost impossible to follow." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Katalin Varga (2009) | "
An eerie, intelligent drama lifted into the realm of must-see territory thanks to Péter's gently nuanced performance, plus a haunting soundtrack." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
While zombie comedies have been done, ahem, to death after the success of Shaun Of The Dead, this time the laughs - and blood - flow thick and fast." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| Love Happens (2009) | "
In Jennifer Aniston's latest feeble romantic drama, almost nothing happens. Certainly not love or, indeed, much in the way of excitement." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
So expertly put together, so beautifully written and filled with such brilliant and believable characters, it's no exaggeration to say we're in the throes of a golden age of animation not seen since Disney's heyday from the 1930s to the 1950s." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 10%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Turgid, sappy and utterly failing to utilise a cast including Richard Dreyfuss, it's bad enough to make you smash plates over your own head." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 27%
| Pandorum (2009) | "
Derivative but mostly just dull, what we have here is an entertainment blackhole able to suck all joy out of a trip to the cinema." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 56%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
One of the lamest comedies of the year." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 39%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Asimov it isn't but, for crash bang wallop, Surrogates hits most of the right buttons." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| White Lightnin' (2009) | "
A surreal but searing biopic." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Management (2009) | "
Doing nothing to disprove the so-called Curse Of Friends is haphazard rom-com Management." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
This veers a little too haphazardly between being a message movie and one of those films about an unlikely friendship. In the end, it fails to work as either." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 59%
| Creation (2009) | "
Intelligent, touching and, just maybe, a film to grab gongs come awards season." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| Fame (2009) | "
But its well-intentioned message and some likeable characters mean the teenage target audience should find plenty to enjoy." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Gamer (2009) | "
While packed with guns, girls and gore, there's none of the gleeful knowingness that made their earlier films such guilty pleasures." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Three Miles North Of Molkom (2009) | "
One of the funniest, most enjoyable documentaries we've seen in many a year." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| The Firm (2009) | "
While The Firm is slick, evocative and very violent, Love supplies yet further proof that hooligan movies have gone about as far as they can." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
A mouth-wateringly magnificent comedy that's as good as any toon made in the last five years." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
Superbad director Greg Mottola casts an affectionate eye over the 1980s with a gentle but effective comedy." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
Hobbled by a ruinously slow start, an utter lack of excitement and a twist ending that everyone will see coming, we're left with one of the year's worst." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
While both actresses deserve credit, it's Streep who dominates and deserves to be put in contention for her third Oscar. Deftly playing the dotty masterchef - complete with a brilliantly squawking laugh - it's an amusing but respectful imitation." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Fish Tank (2009) | "
Fish Tank takes you to places you never expected and, with pitch-perfect performances all round, makes for a beguiling and very real picture that conjures hope amid the most hopeless of surroundings. The best British film of the year." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
Despite being entertaining, The September Issue fails to find out what makes Wintour tick, with the woman behind those ever-present shades remaining infuriatingly elusive." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
While a solid actioner, what makes it so special is a human heart that propels this wham-bam sci-fi film straight into deepest six-star territory." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
An energetic, enjoyable affair with plenty to say about unrequited love." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
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