Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Secondhand Lions (2003) | "
Even without handicapping for the limitations of its gentle genre, the film has moments of whimsical humor and thoughtful plotting that soar tantalizingly close to something that could be enjoyed on its own merits." Posted Sep 19, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Underworld (2003) | "
A loud and relentlessly overstated B-movie, and yet not entirely stupid." Posted Sep 18, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 22%
| Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) | "
After a few initial pratfalls, the humor gives way to a saccharine pathos as Dickie is supposed to be growing up emotionally and becoming mutually attached to the family. Unbelievable conversations and stupid dance numbers replace the humor." Posted Sep 5, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 23%
| Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) | "
A stark regression from the intelligence of the Scream franchise, this teen horror sequel is about as satisfying as low-budget food that's been under the heat lamps too long." Posted Aug 29, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 18%
| The Medallion (2003) | "
The Medallion exposes Jackie Chan as a shrunken master." Posted Aug 22, 2003 |
Fresh 2/4
| Rotten 48%
| XXX (2002) | "
This is a movie that wants to do nothing more than show its hero blowing things up, punching bad guys and wooing PG-13 hotties. For what it is trying to be, it's good." Posted Aug 8, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 2%
| The Master of Disguise (2002) | "
The Master of Disguise is full of jokes, but just about the only one that provokes widespread giggles from the short-pants set is the villain's tendency to have his maniacal laughing fits cut short by inadvertent toots of flatulence." Posted Aug 2, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 9%
| Juwanna Mann (2002) | "
A sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply." Posted Jun 21, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 35%
| Bartleby (2002) | "
Though this film can be clumsy, its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial." Posted Jun 7, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 7%
| The New Guy (2002) | "
This is nothing but familiar territory." Posted May 9, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 27%
| Life or Something Like It (2002) | "
The quirky potential of Herek's background and Jolie's charismatic persona ought to have been shaped into something more interesting than such pseudo-profound fluff." Posted Apr 26, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 19%
| National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) | "
The problem is not that it's all derivative, because plenty of funny movies recycle old tropes. The problem is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material." Posted Apr 4, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| Resident Evil (2002) | "
Such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show." Posted Mar 15, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 38%
| 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) | "
The material may be lightweight, but it's been shaped into a film that deserves to become a classic in an admittedly lightweight genre." Posted Mar 7, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 17%
| The Queen of the Damned (2002) | "
Aaliyah rarely dampens her diva persona enough to spark genuine chemistry with Townsend. When she speaks, her creepy Egyptian demigod voice is as computer processed and overproduced as it was in her music." Posted Feb 22, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Big Fat Liar (2002) | "
The result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel." Posted Feb 7, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) | "
The film excels at the small touches." Posted Jan 24, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| Orange County (2002) | "
The essential problem in Orange County is that, having created an unusually vivid set of characters worthy of its strong cast, the film flounders when it comes to giving them something to do." Posted Jan 11, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Joe Somebody (2001) | "
There's plenty of ABC After School Special dialogue here, along the lines of 'You've gotta find people in life who are there for you whether you're somebody or not.'" Posted Dec 21, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| How High (2001) | "
Most of the movie is simply a series of sex-and-drug adventures as Method Man and Redman romp through campus and play pranks on the dean." Posted Dec 20, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Not Another Teen Movie (2001) | "
Like the generations it entertains, the vitality of the teen movie genre waxes and wanes." Posted Dec 13, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Behind Enemy Lines (2001) | "
Moore, just up from television commercials, relies too heavily on a pastiche of stylistic elements cribbed from others." Posted Nov 29, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| The One (2001) | "
When one actor plays both hero and villain, the viewer knows that what is being shown is not an authentic dance." Posted Nov 1, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Thirteen Ghosts (2001) | "
The set design of Thirteen Ghosts may have been expensive, but its thrills are cheap." Posted Oct 25, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Baise Moi (2001) | "
The movie's only value is in unwittingly defining more clearly how played out the whole transgressing-boundaries- as-art thing has become." Posted Oct 19, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Iron Monkey (1993) | "
Its production values may not be as good as when Ang Lee or the Wachowski brothers are behind the camera, but the creative vigor of its originality, distilled in a pure and unadulterated form, is simply exhilarating." Posted Oct 11, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| The Musketeer (2001) | "
Muddled where it should be exciting, The Musketeer presents most of its action in dark interiors with far too many cuts and blurry close-ups." Posted Sep 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| Bubble Boy (2001) | "
Once the juggling balls have hit the floor, Bubble Boy must simply be endured until the lights come up. It seems that in the movies, at least, there is a limit to how far low expectations can take you." Posted Aug 23, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Rush Hour 2 (2001) | "
Action and comedy are more impressive here than in the first film." Posted Aug 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Kiss of the Dragon (2001) | "
The Hollywood action genre, sliding into a lazy dependence on computer-generated fakery, needs this authentic kick to the head delivered by Jet Li." Posted Jul 6, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 12%
| Double Take (2001) | Once past the insanity, the movie achieves a strange sort of brilliance. Posted Jan 12, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 10%
| Dungeons & Dragons (2000) | A splashy, silly movie that inexplicably stars Jeremy Irons but will delight 10-year-old boys across the realm. Posted Dec 8, 2000 |
Fresh
| Rotten 26%
| Bait (2000) | Stands out for refusing to settle for the narcissism of Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence movies, instead addressing human vulnerabilities. Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) | Gone in 60 Seconds, a car theft caper starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie's lips, is slickly produced pornography for the sports car lover, and little more. Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| Pokémon the Movie 2000 (2000) | Japanese anime can rise to a legitimate art form, as with the intricate and haunting post-apocalyptic classic Akira, but the disposable Pokémon 2000 is far lazier stuff. Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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