Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
This is a great movie." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
I was, I’m afraid, a little lost at times." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Bandslam (2009) | "
There is really just a lot to like here." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
This is a seriously provocative film." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) | "
This was funny in the beginning, no question, but then it turned into I thought a sort of a very stale comedy." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
I thought really very little in the film worked." Posted Aug 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
It felt completely inauthentic." Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
I just don’t think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie." Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
I found myself thinking about this movie for a long time after I got out of the theater." Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Fragments (2009) | "
The film is quite literally fragmented. Too much story -- and too little about each character." Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
If it weren’t for the sheer brilliance of Streep and on-screen husband Stanley Tucci, this would be an easy skip." Posted Aug 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
A sweet, atypical love story." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
Every movie that clearly tells us how we marched toward the war, through bullying, intimidation, and making opponents seem crazy is worth seeing." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
It walks a perfectly fine line between being funny and tragic." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
I think Goldthwait wrote a terrific script here and I think it manages to stay funny after it takes its rather dark turn." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Thirst (2009) | "
There were moments where I was genuinely scared and moments where I was genuinely moved." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| Shrink (2009) | "
I felt it felt forced from the first moment into the last moment." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
It’s bloody, you should be warned, but in the end it is worth it." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Humpday (2009) | "
Those conversations were really memorable and really well executed." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 31%
| The Answer Man (2009) | "
You have a likable cast, an engaging enough story with a few moments of both humor and emotional honesty." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 24%
| G-Force (2009) | "
I don’t think kids will find it funny, [and] their parents will find it unbearable." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
The Ugly Truth has a nice moment here and there, but there is much more ugliness than truth." Posted Jul 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Conventional? Not at all." Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
The story quickly -- and I mean quickly -- devolves into an unimaginative high school retread." Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
It’s certainly not that there aren’t a few funny moments in the film. There are, but overwhelmingly, Bruno’s stunts are demeaning, they are insulting and they are really cruel." Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
This is a big summer movie that meets expectations." Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 84%
| Soul Power (2009) | "
This has no contextual structure at all. It is essentially the archive footage slapped together." Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
I do think this is a film worth seeing, so obviously, I say see it." Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Local Color (2009) | "
I suspect Local Color will lose those unfamiliar with the jargon and subtleties of the art world. Skip it." Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | "
Certainly not terrible, but ultimately forgettable and that means you should skip it." Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 16%
| I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) | "
Everyone who's ever seen a movie knows where this is headed... but getting there is breezy, fun, and most importantly, well-executed." Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 47%
| The Girl From Monaco (2009) | "
It was a perfect blend of satire and tension." Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Afghan Star (2009) | "
If you think American Idol is a cultural phenomenon here, imagine its impact on a country devastated by 30 years of internal strife, religious intolerance, civil war and foreign invasion." Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Cheri (2009) | "
Michelle Pfeiffer is quite good, but the script leaves Kathy Bates -- talented as she is -- with a bit of a cartoonish performance." Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Outstanding performances across the board, but I thought Anthony Mackie in particular really, really nailed it." Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
It is as if Michael Bay was saying "You think I've blown stuff up before? Ha-ha. Wait till you see this."" Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
I have a heart. I just don’t want schlock." Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Sloppy and lazy." Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 47%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
It’s consistently very funny, sharp and observant." Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Surveillance (2009) | "
When Surveillance is good, it’s a gory, pleasurable ride. When it’s not -- it’s just gory. But more often than not, it delivers on the camp." Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| Dead Snow (2009) | "
It felt formulaic from start to finish." Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Year One (2009) | "
[Year One has] some very funny moments but not enough of them." Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Washington demonstrates his really remarkable ability to make us forget he’s a movie star and completely believe he’s a flawed but noble civil servant." Posted Jun 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
A powerful, muckraking documentary on the big business of what we eat." Posted Jun 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| Imagine That (2009) | "
This is a fairly likable family comedy." Posted Jun 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Very inventive." Posted Jun 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 68%
| Tetro (2009) | "
It is long and slow and, most importantly, lacking in dramatic tension." Posted Jun 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski carry this movie." Posted Jun 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Tennessee (2009) | "
It is a brooding, heavy story that has moments of visual beauty, but is ultimately imbued with a permanent glumness." Posted Jun 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Danny McBride is funny in the movie, not nearly often enough." Posted Jun 8, 2009 |
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