Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 28%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
It's brisk and exciting and exuberantly obvious filmmaking, but it knows how to light up every bloodthirsty pleasure center in your brain, and does so with gusto." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
There's something in the way that Old Dogs is brazenly, proudly lazy that makes it truly reprehensible" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
It's all about the action." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 30%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
Weitz's efforts result in a movie that's a little less insular and self-involved, though in the end, still probably one only the true fans could love." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| 2012 (2009) | "
A soothing bath of Hollywood tropes and cliches." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Fantastic Mr. Fox is Anderson's best film since The Royal Tenenbaums, and perhaps his funniest ever." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
No amount of Clooney mugging or priceless Spacey glowering can fill in the gaps left by this meandering screenplay." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
The film escapes its own grimness and becomes truly astonishing thanks to the performances." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
The Hesses could not be bothered to separate the wheat from the chaff, presenting a movie that's a jumble of ideas and pastiches, none of them paying off." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Even without the glitzy appeal of Jackson, there's a story about artistic collaboration in there that's worth seeing." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| Amelia (2009) | "
A cast full of actors who seem to believe that playing people who lived in the past requires affectations that make them all sound like newsreel announcers." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 42%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
Not every story is cliche, of course, just as not all are bad, but the rotten apples have a tendency to spoil the bunch." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
A movie with no use for logic, or realism, or basic rules of what is and is not possible within our world." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 70%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
All of the beautifully executed moments of love or anger or joy never come together as any kind of whole." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
An Education is the rare period piece that has a real heart beating underneath it." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Barrymore has given the world something wonderful-- a brazenly feminist film that's a tremendous amount of fun." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
The Coens are at their oddest, most inscrutable, and perhaps most elegant with A Serious Man." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
What director Oren Peli manages to accomplish with moving sheets, baby powder tracks and a swinging chandelier is truly remarkable." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 39%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Half-baked and generic, Surrogates is entertaining enough for what it is, but a bland take on what could have been truly special." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 22%
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) | "
In a world in which The Hangover exists, there's no purpose to this movie whatsoever." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) | "
It's not just clever writing, but the kind of ballsy, caricature-pushing animation that the Warner Bros. shorts mastered decades ago. Chuck Jones would probably be proud." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
The brains are there, and even if Jennifer's Body turned out a little muddled and lifeless in parts, it's a good thing that it's out there at all." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) | "
Newcomers willing to go along for the ride may be surprised at how good it feels to be spoonfed all this hope and love." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Gamer (2009) | "
A dull slog of endless action and sex, trying so hard to push the pleasure centers on the brains of its adolescent male audience that it wears itself, and the audience, out" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 6%
| All About Steve (2009) | "
An interminable series of gags based around the shrillest, most obvious characters imaginable." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 49%
| Taking Woodstock (2009) | "
A gentle and largely enjoyable way to tell a story, but also one that never leaves much of an impression." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Big Fan (2009) | "
In its lack of big moments, of soliloquies explaining deep hurts and connections between characters who never understood each other before, Big Fan feels refreshingly real." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
There's a twinkle of hope lurking behind the dark misery of World's Greatest Dad" — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 9%
| Post Grad (2009) | "
A classic turkey, the kind of movie you'll look back on at the end of the year and realize you've forgotten about entirely." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
Shorts jumps right over the line between energetic and frenzied and zooms right on by." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
A loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid that's full of fantastic visuals and genuine whimsy, but a little lax when it comes to plot logic or meaningful themes." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
The quirk occasionally walks right up to the line of unbearable, but it's Paper Heart's unabashedly bared soul that saves it in the end." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
Occupies some strange middle ground for people in the mood for not much thinking and a little action, but not too much." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
The single best reason to see the film is Streep and Tucci together, turning their Devil Wears Prada rivalry into a funny, deeply romantic marriage, full of quips and sex and lots of amazing food." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
Neill Blomkamp's visceral and thumping debut presents a fascinating and effective vision of the future, and of humanity itself." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
Sweet without being overbearing, boasting delectable visuals and a strong pair of lead performances, Adam is much better than what it could have been but still not quite a home run." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
It's impossible to relate to George Simmons' crisis of being too rich and too famous for his own good." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 15%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
Mike has proven that all his dating theories, which treat women as easy-manipulated magpies, are correct. That's the ugly truth this movie is selling." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Scenes slide in and out, musical montages lift your heart, and the frequent witty jokes and well-timed edits earn some of the most genuine laughs of the summer." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 15%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
I've got no sympathy for Panettiere, who dives into her first star vehicle with minimal charm or effort." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
By far one of the best of the series, and absolutely the funniest and most human." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Humpday (2009) | "
It's also hilarious, which makes all that unspoken relationship drama a lot easier to explore." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Public Enemies is a series of theses, not a story, and nothing in Mann's bag of tricks makes it cohere." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
Wailing and screaming and fighting with everyone else onscreen, Cameron Diaz is giving a powerhouse performance her character doesn't warrant." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 47%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
Whatever Works is a fun and funny sit, a dose of old-school Allen ladled on top of a new New York that, after all these years, still needs him." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
I was inspired as much by the movie's egghead take on science ficiton as the bravura performance from Sam Rockwell at the center." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Imagine That (2009) | "
The poor little girl's imaginary friends are so boring that they give stock tips." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
A call to arms that slips into you slowly, until at the end you're convinced you'll never eat another french fry that you didn't see cooked with your own eyes." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
Comedies this good don't happen by accident, even if a little organization could have made The Hangover much better than what it is." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 10%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
My Life in Ruins is as torturously mediocre as Wedding was winning, an unending collection of hackneyed stereotypes." — CinemaBlend.com Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
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