Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 66%
| Ping Pong Playa (2007) | "
Very broad humor and sloppy storytelling pave the way to a requisite Rocky ending." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Boy A (2008) | "
In director John Crowley's wrenching drama, "moving on" proves to be an illusion." Posted Jul 25, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Irina Palm (2008) | "
Remember Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull as a youthful rock ‘n’ roll power couple in 1960s London? Now both wrinkly, he’s still singing and prancing; she’s become an accomplished actress, judging by her role in Sam Garbarksi’s ironic Irina Palm." Posted Mar 21, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Holly (2007) | "
Gritty and wrenching, Holly is fiction with the heart of an expose." Posted Nov 9, 2007 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Body of War (2008) | "
Almost by definition, documentaries about Iraq are gut-wrenching reminders of the unaccomplished mission. Body of War transcends even that tough standard." Posted Nov 3, 2007 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| New York City Serenade (2009) | "
Prinze's limited range as an actor drags down a spirited performance by Klein, but the script is too awful to give either of them much hope." Posted Oct 6, 2007 |
Rotten
| Fresh 92%
| Caramel (2008) | "
Feminist issues that may be dangerous to tackle in the conservative Middle East are rendered silly by uneven performances and soap-opera overkill." Posted Oct 6, 2007 |
— | N/A | Deficit (2007) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 6, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Married Life (2008) | "
delves into the subtext of conventional American society before progressive politics and the counterculture changed everything." Posted Oct 6, 2007 |
— | Rotten 38%
| Les Chansons d'Amour (2007) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 6, 2007 |
— | Rotten 13%
| Slow Burn (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 22, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Shoot 'Em Up (2007) | "
Bang! An instant cult hit..." Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 12%
| Slow Burn (2007) | "
A derivative mess." Posted Apr 13, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| The Page Turner (2007) | "
Dercourt’s subtle waiting game holds surprises for even the most seasoned fan of revenge thrillers." Posted Mar 23, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006) | "
This sad but intriguing premise wanes in a mish-mash of attempted Russian accents and clumsy storytelling." Posted Dec 7, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Ever Since the World Ended (2007) | "
It's The Blair Witch Project with brains and a social conscience." Posted Nov 23, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 39%
| Bonneville (2006) | "
Bonneville goes nowhere fast." Posted Sep 19, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Bobby (2006) | "
A Nashville wannabe without Robert Altman’s subtle wit, Bobby is an ambitious attempt by writer-director Emilio Estevez to capture a turbulent era through a single historic event." Posted Sep 19, 2006 |
— | Fresh 63%
| The 4th Dimension (2006) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 16, 2006 |
— | N/A | Just Like The Son (2006) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 16, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| The Namesake (2007) | "
The cast as a whole excels, in fact, and the sumptuous cinematography by Frederick Elmes helps rescue a movie that should have been better than it is." Posted Sep 14, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| Saint of 9/11 (2006) | "
... a muddled enterprise." Posted Sep 8, 2006 |
— | N/A | Boxed () |
Click here to read article Posted Aug 19, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 35%
| 3 Needles (2006) | "
The [AIDS] virus knows no boundaries, and chaos easily overcomes social order. With breathtaking cinematography by Thomas M. Harting, Thom Fitzgerald's take on this dilemma does not offer much hope." Posted Jun 24, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 35%
| Wassup Rockers (2006) | "
[An] overlong but endearing culture-clash movie." Posted Jun 23, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| 12 and Holding (2006) | "
Cuesta's overkill approach to black comedy, reminiscent of the hyperrealism Gregg Araki uses in Mysterious Skin, allows cheap laughs to subvert understanding and compassion for his troubled tweens." Posted May 27, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) | "
It's really a compelling homage with insight into the creative process." Posted May 6, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Transamerica (2005) | "
Emmy-winning Felicity Huffman leaves the desperate housewives behind to create a memorable bigscreen presence in Duncan Tucker's Transamerica." Posted Dec 2, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| Christmas in the Clouds (2005) | "
Periodically in danger of becoming too self-consciously quirky, this otherwise enjoyable indie effort bills itself as 'the first Native American screwball romantic comedy.'" Posted Oct 30, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 85%
| Pride and Prejudice (2005) | "
Schmaltz doesn't quite eclipse the book's critique of British class snobbery and male dominance." Posted Oct 15, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| Thank You For Smoking (2006) | "
A comedy likely to delight both mainstream and art-house audiences." Posted Oct 15, 2005 |
— | N/A | Antares (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 10, 2005 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 17%
| Now & Forever (2005) | "
Heaven help us avoid saccharine sentiments, especially if they're wrapped in a candy-colored package like Now & Forever." Posted Aug 9, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 23%
| I Love Your Work (2005) | "
When Gray begins spying on a presumably normal couple (Joshua Jackson and Marisa Coughlan), the movie goes over the top. Perhaps that's the point. Who knows? Who cares?" Posted Jul 5, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Mysterious Skin (2005) | "
Undermined by a startling change in tone a quarter of the way through the narrative." Posted Apr 30, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Saraband (2005) | "
The venom remains strong; however, since Bergman has vowed this will be his last film, cineastes probably won't mind the sting." Posted Apr 23, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| My Summer of Love (2005) | "
[Pawlikowski] coaxes brilliant performances from all three actors and keeps the audience nicely off balance in this bittersweet portrait." Posted Apr 23, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 35%
| Eros (2005) | "
Offers mostly wan eroticism." Posted Apr 2, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Head-On (2005) | "
As much a cautionary tale about obsession as it is a sociological commentary on the clash of cultures." Posted Jan 21, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 52%
| A Letter to True (2004) | "
More a quasi-autobiographical meditation than a conventional documentary, A Letter to True continues Bruce Weber's scrapbook approach to cinema." Posted Dec 12, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004) | "
Guerrilla, though a bit less seamless than similar docs such as The Weather Underground, is an absorbing glimpse of some rather strange American history." Posted Nov 29, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Hotel Rwanda (2004) | "
An effective example of social conscience on the screen." Posted Nov 14, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| Overnight (2004) | "
In the fascinating Overnight, director/cinematographer Mark Brian Smith chronicles this tragicomic arc as a cautionary tale for aspiring young filmmakers in the cultural kingdom." Posted Nov 11, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| Primer (2004) | "
The oomph in this clever conceit comes from the intensity of its lead characters." Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 29%
| Around the Bend (2004) | "
True to the male-bonding genre template, Around the Bend is a road movie that churns up everything required for a good laugh and a good cry." Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) | "
Butler makes the case that Kerry fought bravely as commander of a swift boat, then mustered another kind of courage -- no less patriotic--in protesting the futility of that conflict." Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 72%
| Zelary (2003) | "
The picture employs an epic sweep in recounting the intimate experiences of a woman caught up by terrible wartime disruption." Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Red Lights (2004) | "
Even normally radiant Bouquet can't save Red Lights from its flawed logic and uneven tone." Posted Aug 19, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 94%
| Cowards Bend the Knee (2004) | "
Although only an hour long, the movie -- which uses intertitles to convey dialogue -- may seem endless to those who have not acquired a taste for Maddin's surreal mayhem." Posted Aug 13, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 55%
| Remember Me, My Love (2004) | "
Cinematographer Marcello Montarsi's crisp images make all the sturm und drang a pleasure to observe." Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
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