Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
a densely constructed, immensely entertaining 114 minutes" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| Missing Person (2009) | "
neither the existential 70s crime thriller it wants to be nor the apocalyptic fever dream it could have been" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
As the lonely, complex and friendly Stone, Harrelson evokes the experience of The Messenger as sturdily as a freshly pinned medal of valor." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
one of this year's must-see films" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 47%
| The Box (2009) | "
as it was with Kelly's last film, the widely despised, decade-defining Southland Tales, The Box never allows you to get your hands completely around it" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| The House of the Devil (2009) | "
skims away so much of the noisy and excessive clichés of today's terror flicks that it feels like a breath of fresh air" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| Night and Day (2009) | "
touches on such diverse subjects as religion, North Korea, and the world of dreams" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 26%
| Motherhood (2009) | "
gets stuck in the starting gate, unsure of what kind of film it wants to be." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
There's nothing innovative about The Damned United, but it does exactly what it sets out to do with a clear sense of character and purpose, helped immeasurably by Morgan's rich dialogue and crafty structure" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 34%
| St. Trinian's (2009) | "
indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 26%
| Shrink (2009) | "
It's an impressively convoluted piece of writing, but it loses it shine when it becomes clear that neither Moffett nor Pate know where they are going with these stories" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Yes Men Fix the World (2009) | "
The Yes Men are dissidents of such fearless ingenuity that you want to believe them at face value" — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Moore's most personal film since Roger & Me: a lone, passionate man's hopeful search for answers to the very root of all of our socioeconomic problems" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| Bronson (2009) | "
animalistic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Burning Plain (2009) | "
transitions so fluidly from an unremarkable multi-narrative to abhorrently over-sentimentalized trash" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
a smart, visual dialectic on the ease of showing certain creative processes and the impossibility of documenting others." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
about as formidable and entertaining as a case of blue balls." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| 35 Shots of Rum (2009) | "
This deep devotion to physicality and wordless expression has been part of Denis' repertoire for some time but it has never been so soulful and seductive." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 33%
| The Painter Sam Francis (2009) | "
Perkins' film doesn't form as fluidly from its parts but it is, for the most part, far less interested in gazing at its subject as a tortured genius or a hero of the art world" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 56%
| 9 (2009) | "
In its first half, 9 pulls you in with the promise of discovery and the thrill of action but its endgame becomes muddier as it trudges along." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Liverpool (2009) | "
comes off as indecisive" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| American Casino (2009) | "
an angry film for an angry country" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| We Live in Public (2009) | "
may not say enough about modern life on the web and on camera, but ignore what it does say at your own peril." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 74%
| Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) | "
comes off as somewhat heavy-handed, if not outright pointless." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| A Woman in Berlin (2008) | "
evokes the meaninglessness of trying to find morals in war" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) | "
Simultaneously absorbing and alienating" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 59%
| The Headless Woman (2009) | "
I have seen the film three times now and each time I find myself concentrating more closely" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Taxidermia (2009) | "
Pálfi's fascination with the body -- its daily excretions and emanations -- borders on obsession" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 79%
| Disgrace (2009) | "
a slight, crude metaphor for South Africa's shame." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
comes from a great line of Miyazaki heroines" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | The Reckless Moment (1949) | "
a rather original take on what is usually a very pedestrian setup" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Seven Days to Noon (1950) | "
an odd and upending entertainment, one that concludes that those on the opposite side of the world are nothing compared to those at home" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Yasukuni (2009) | "
It's impossible to watch Ying's film and not think of our own monuments towards heroism, which also come at the expense of blood" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| I'm Gonna Explode (2009) | "
captures the danger, uncertainty, and overwhelming vitality of youth complicated by an inability to react to the world with anything but intense emotions" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Hell is a City (1960) | "
harkens back to the pulp serials where noir was birthed" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| I Sell the Dead (2009) | "
Who knew you could make graverobbing boring?" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Beeswax (2009) | "
surpassingly fascinating" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
inarguably Kaufman Lite, but I'm not sure if that's something to bemoan" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Johnny Guitar (1954) | "
A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 82%
| Thirst (2009) | "
Overlong by a half-dozen blood spurts and tonally frantic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Lorna's Silence (2009) | "
feels like a summation of the Dardenne's work so far" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Cove (2009) | "
Self-aware and just a little too coy" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Dog Days (2002) | "
lewd and lurid" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 59%
| Set It Off (1996) | "
Despite Gray's galvanic ability with action sequences, there are very few surprises to be found in Set It Off" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| You, the Living (2009) | "
Andersson is, at heart, an expert absurdist; to him, there is meaning in the meaningless and salvation in the ridiculous" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Deadgirl (2008) | "
It's a tasteless film but it doesn't seem to even enjoy any of the politically correct totems it so openly sprays its bodily fluids over" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Answer Man (2009) | "
about as memorable as the proverbial stock picture that came with the frame" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Made in U.S.A. (1966) | "
The fresh bombast of U.S.A.'s abnormal groove may not measure up to the other elaborate, beautiful contraptions that were made in Godard's peak years, but it makes many current films look stagnant, if not outright dated." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 58%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
Believable and engaging, Fanning nearly renders the ensuing bore watchable" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Hang 'Em High (1968) | "
Though not high-minded debate, Hang 'Em certainly counts as a solid victory lap" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 16, 2009 |
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