Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| My Blueberry Nights (2008) | "
Right from the beginning, there's a discomforting sense of banality blanketing the film: the journey, the pie motif, the faith in "new beginnings."" Posted Apr 4, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
More technically marvelous than Citizen Kane; more epic than Treasure of the Sierra Madre; more thrilling than any Malick film (yes, even Badlands)." Posted Jan 3, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Atonement (2007) | "
Champions of the novel who oppose the imbalanced adaptation will find no wrongdoing with the look of the film." Posted Dec 6, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| I'm Not There (2007) | "
Forget the six impersonations of Bob Dylan. Ultimately, I’m Not There is all about Todd Haynes trying to be Jean-Luc Godard." Posted Nov 21, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| The Darjeeling Limited (2007) | "
Each scene feels like its own little Hotel Chevalier, contrived for the mere purpose of seduction and nothing more." Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| Evening (2007) | "
Vanessa Redgrave pursuing a poorly CGI-ed butterfly, with this incredibly idiotic look on her face, reminded me of a time I saw a retarded dog chasing a tree." Posted Jun 28, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| Copying Beethoven (2006) | "
Ed Harris' performance is, for lack of better words, odd." Posted Apr 3, 2007 |
N/A | Fresh 71%
| Inland Empire (2006) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Reacting to a casual observation by his star, Laura Dern, David Lynch bellows: "There are no political intentions in this! Zero!"" Posted Jan 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | "
The only part where Pan errs is in its marketing, via a top-of-the-poster blurb that proclaims it a “fairy tale for grown-ups.”" Posted Dec 28, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Inland Empire (2006) | "
She’s a wife in the suburbs. She’s a whore. She’s a damsel in distress. She’s everything but an actress." Posted Dec 15, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Babel (2006) | "
The ending is cowardly, mawkishly idealistic and, worst of all, panders to the upbeat-ending demands of Hollywood (Babel is the largest financed Iñárritu film)." Posted Oct 27, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Little Children (2006) | "
As a husband obsessed with porn, Gregg Edelman enacts one of the more interesting instances of masturbation in the history of the cinema." Posted Oct 12, 2006 |
N/A | Fresh 69%
| The Science of Sleep (2006) | "
Filmmaker Interview - When it comes to the science of his own sleep, French filmmaker Michel Gondry says, "I’m a bad sleeper. It’s like dying in some ways."" Posted Sep 27, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| The Science of Sleep (2006) | "
The most definitive, most expressive, most imaginative, most thorough, most beautiful cinematic cogitation of romance, ever. And a big middle finger to everyone who disagrees." Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
N/A | Rotten 34%
| The Black Dahlia (2006) | "
Actor Interview - Our reporter went into the press conference enraptured by the femme fatale qualities of Scarlett Johansson. He came out slight less enthralled." Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| The Black Dahlia (2006) | "
If you’ve heard anything about this movie, from the floating film festival persiflage to the test and press screening whispers, you know one thing: it climaxes strangely." Posted Sep 14, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Lucky # Slevin (2006) | "
All in all, Slevin is as good a metaphor as any for Josh Hartnett’s unpredictable acting career." Posted Sep 11, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Hollywoodland (2006) | "
Director Allen Coulter’s vision does the real Hollywood of that time justice, bequeathing a gauche garishness to the landscape and a guttural voice to the interiors." Posted Sep 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Illusionist (2006) | "
Even when you feel the story slipping - which does occur halfway through - Burger rips your eyes away from any possible digressions and averts them back to the movie." Posted Aug 24, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| Scoop (2006) | "
One thing is for sure: Scarlett Johansson has never been worse. And yes, that means worse than The Island." Posted Jul 27, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006) | "
I’m not a scientist; I’m not an activist; I’m not a super liberal or a super conservative or political really in any absurd way. I’m a film critic." Posted Jun 28, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 81%
| A Prairie Home Companion (2006) | "
Instead of giving us something forceful or poignant, Altman seems to prefer a sort of objective curtain, shrouding the story and the characters." Posted Jun 9, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 24%
| Peaceful Warrior (2006) | "
While speaking with Millman recently about Peaceful Warrior, the author confirmed that my Chicken Soup Theory had severely plagued the many versions of script." Posted Jun 1, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The King (2006) | "
Let's get one thing straight: I do not like Gael Garcia Bernal." Posted May 19, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Brick (2006) | "
Forget the media-saturated affectations that surrounded Brokeback Mountain and Crash. The real vicious truth is the state of the American teenager." Posted Mar 31, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Duck Season (2006) | "
Not even half a year since Baumbach’s gem The Squid and the Whale, another film has emerged conveying similar themes of domestic discomfort and disenchantment." Posted Mar 15, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| Waiting... (2005) | "
McKittrick neglects to realize that his target audience (males, ages 18-25) presumably aren’t interested in seeing or hearing about the male genitalia at any time..." Posted Feb 7, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 48%
| Hoodwinked (2006) | "
Certainly a nobler attempt in the animated feature genre than the likes of Robots, Shark Tale and Chicken Little.
" Posted Jan 16, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| The Matador (2005) | "
For a much better attempt at this kind of storytelling, make a mental note to some day check out Israeli writer-director Eytan Fox’s Walk on Water." Posted Dec 30, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 75%
| The Matador (2005) | "
Brosnan may no longer be Bond, and he may have missed The Da Vinci Code. But there’s always The Matador and the fun of finding a new Remington Steele." Posted Dec 28, 2005 |
Rotten
| Fresh 69%
| Christmas in the Clouds (2005) | "
While it’s understandable some might appreciate Christmas in the Clouds merely for what it attempts to be, it’s inexplicable to extol the film on that basis alone." Posted Dec 23, 2005 |
N/A | Rotten 45%
| The Ice Harvest (2005) | "
With his latest cinematic enterprise, Chicago native Harold Ramis adds to a long list of credits that have kept him in the good graces of both Cubs and White Sox fans." Posted Dec 2, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Syriana (2005) | "
The standout of this already brilliant bunch of actors is Alexander Siddig, who before this starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Posted Nov 30, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| The Ice Harvest (2005) | "
A hodgepodge of uninspired acting, unfocused thematic intentions and flawed storytelling." Posted Nov 22, 2005 |
N/A | Rotten 48%
| The Dying Gaul (2005) | "
Much like Todd Haynes’ 2002 indie smash, The Dying Gaul team of Patricia Clarkson and Craig Lucas take great delight in their romantic drama’s subversive themes." Posted Nov 9, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| I Love Your Work (2005) | "
You know you’re in trouble when a movie arrives in theatres in the fall of 2005 right after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in the fall of 2003." Posted Nov 3, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 48%
| The Dying Gaul (2005) | "
It’s a very poor man’s version of Closer, with four characters chopped down to three, and Peter Sarsgaard and Campbell Scott standing in for Clive Owen and Jude Law." Posted Nov 3, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 95%
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) | "
Wallace & Gromit's latest bit of mayhem has been bested critically in the last five years only by Spirited Away, The Incredibles and Aardman Animation’s own Chicken Run." Posted Oct 11, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) | "
Stylistically, Good Night, and Good Luck is a tough film to watch. Thematically, it’s a must-see fall offering." Posted Oct 6, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Capote (2005) | "
While much of the action is subtle, the impact is as searing and visceral as any film currently in theaters." Posted Oct 3, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| An Unfinished Life (2005) | "
The problem with An Unfinished Life is it tries too hard to be the
equivalent of Million Dollar Baby, notwithstanding the fact that it was actually made before Clint's opus." Posted Sep 13, 2005 |
N/A | Rotten 11%
| The Man (2005) | "
Celebrity Interview - When the bum slapping scene was first posted on the Internet, slapee Samuel L. Jackson says it generated millions and millions of hits." Posted Sep 9, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| The Man (2005) | "
The stunts are shamefully executed and lack any depth or significance. The camera angles amount to some of the most uninspiring cinematography in recent years." Posted Sep 9, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The Blues Brothers (1980) | "
Aykroyd’s unforgettable Chicago accent and John Belushi’s off-kilter mannerisms still resonate at the same level of comedy with the best of today." Posted Aug 30, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| 2046 (2005) | "
The camera achieves striking beauty... Each smile, each tear, each lit cigarette achieves a sort of luminescent stature unmatched by even Wong’s previous films." Posted Aug 5, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 73%
| Sky High (2005) | "
Celebrity Interview - Ever wonder what an actor might really want to say to journalists at those ubiquitous Hollywood press junkets?" Posted Aug 2, 2005 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| Sky High (2005) | "
Although it aims for Spy Kids and The Incredibles territory, this family entertainment is strictly for those too young to attend the titular institution." Posted Jul 28, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Devil's Rejects (2005) | "
All told, it’s fair to say The Devil’s Rejects is one of the most disappointing films of the year thus far." Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The Beautiful Country (2005) | "
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland, possibly sacrificing any hope for financial success, ensures that the film proceeds proportional to the speed of a real-life journey." Posted Jul 20, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Murderball (2005) | "
The level of humanity and truth in Murderball are more breathtaking than any summer-blockbuster special effects." Posted Jul 10, 2005 |
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