Fresh
| N/A | The Other Side of Paradise (2010) | "
Displays enough talent in front of and behind the camera to compensate for its sluggish pacing and general air of familiarity." Posted Jan 5, 2010 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) | "
Not even the estimable comic chops of Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker can lift it above the level of ordinary." Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| The Vicious Kind (2009) | "
Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera." Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Breaking Point (2009) | "
From its generic title to its overly familiar plot line to its B-list cast, Breaking Point has the feel of a late-night entry on Cinemax, which no doubt will be its fate sooner rather than later." Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| The Strip (2009) | "
A trip to a strip mall would be more entertaining." Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Transylmania (2009) | "
Lame vampire spoof has no bite." Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| That Evening Sun (2009) | "
Hal Holbrook shines in this leisurely paced drama about a stubborn octogenarian." Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
The relentlessly (and overbearingly) quirky imagination of filmmaker Jared Hess yields diminishing returns in his third feature." Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 45%
| Saw VI (2009) | "
After six installments, it's not exactly cutting edge." Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| Stan Helsing (2009) | "
If there's one thing of which the cinematic world doesn't need more, it's horror movie spoofs." Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Good Hair (2010) | "
This entertaining exploration of black hair issues will get your dander up." Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Pandorum (2009) | "
A grizzled Quaid and an intense Foster do their best to keep straight faces, but this is not an effort likely to figure prominently on their resumes." Posted Sep 27, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) | "
Speaking generously for the sake of everyone involved in this mess, let's hope the title proves prophetic." Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Sorority Row (2009) | "
There's little to distinguish this from the rest of the entries coming down the horror film assembly line." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 4%
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) | "
There are plenty of reasonable doubts about his mediocre legal thriller remake." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Halloween II (2009) | "
You didn't think Michael Myers was dead, did you?" Posted Sep 1, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
Not that the characters matter, because the screenwriters and director Stephen Sommers are determined to mainly deliver one high-octane, heavily CGI-laden action set piece after another, to ultimately deadening effect." Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| Ghosted (2009) | "
Lesbian and supernatural themes combined to less-than-stellar effect." Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Year One (2009) | "
Just because the picture's setting is ancient doesn't mean the humor has to be, too." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Séraphine (2008) | "
Moving historical drama brings a fascinating chapter of art history to life." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| The Art of Being Straight (2009) | "
The title is the cleverest thing about this minor indie portrait of sexual confusion." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
Outrage more than lives up to its title and should spark vociferous debate." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
While Allen's screenplay features plenty of amusing one-liners...its tired handling of so many overly familiar themes eventually proves enervating." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
As usual, Statham anchors the proceedings with his simmering charisma and impressive physicality." Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| Alien Trespass (2009) | "
By the time the tedious proceedings reach their conclusion, one has long begun wishing for a little Mel Brooks-style comic anarchy." Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 4%
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | "
Yet another video game crashes and burns upon its translation to the big screen with this cinematic rendition of the venerable franchise." Posted Mar 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Dark Streets (2008) | "
An unwieldy combination of film noir and film musical, Dark Streets doesn't manage to be effective on either level." Posted Dec 22, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008) | "
It's hard not to wish that the novel had instead been newly adapted into a real film by a director with the requisite daring and imagination." Posted Dec 4, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
If at first you don't succeed, punish, punish again." Posted Dec 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| House of the Sleeping Beauties (2007) | "
Based on an acclaimed novella by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata, the film is one of those self-consciously atmospheric literary adaptations that suffer from a surfeit of symbolism and pretentiousness." Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) | "
Relates a powerful story with intelligence, concision and a minimum of distracting stylistic flourishes." Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 45%
| Soul Men (2008) | "
The late Bernie Mac scores big laughs in this raucous, music-filled comedy." Posted Nov 4, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 3%
| The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) | "
The cinematic equivalent of a razor blade hidden in an apple." Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Saving Marriage (2008) | "
Equally effective as a human interest story and political thriller." Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Saw V (2008) | "
The creatives behind the franchise clearly have taken pride in their stylistic consistency throughout the series, but here they even fail to deliver enough of the cleverly gruesome Rube Goldberg torture devices that are its raison d’etre." Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Quarantine (2008) | "
This derivative horror flick can be confined along with its numerous inspirations." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 46%
| Breakfast with Scot (2008) | "
A feel-good tale with undeniably good intentions, this Canadian comedy-drama doesn't really manage to convince on any level." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| An American Carol (2008) | "
Although it's refreshing to encounter a parody that doesn't use tired movie genres for inspiration, An American Carol squanders its comedic potential with a near-total absence of laughs." Posted Oct 6, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Virtual JFK (2008) | "
A compelling history lesson that offers an insightful primer on the Kennedy presidency even while proving sadly germane to our current times, Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived spells out its provocative premise in its title." Posted Oct 6, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Fireproof (2008) | "
While hardly sophisticated in its approach and certainly not polished in its technical elements, the film does get its heartfelt message across with undeniable sincerity." Posted Oct 1, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| My Best Friend's Girl (2008) | "
Eventually the conventions of romantic comedy take hold, with the humor declining precipitously." Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2008) | "
This lame-brain romantic comedy strives hard for a shambling charm, but is unlikely to prove appealing to even the most undemanding of audiences." Posted Sep 8, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 5%
| College (2008) | "
This low-rent frat house comedy is at once far more vulgar and decidedly less anarchic than its obvious inspiration and should flunk out of theaters before this year's crop of freshman students even finish unpacking their bags." Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| Mirrors (2008) | "
This remake of a South Korean movie ultimately provides fewer scares than the average aging baby boomer feels every time they look into a reflective surface." Posted Aug 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| Take (2008) | "
Stylistically as well as thematically complex." Posted Aug 13, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| What We Do Is Secret (2008) | "
Feels distressingly familiar and never quite manages to elevate the material with the sufficient drama to make it of interest to those not already passionate about the subject matter." Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) | "
The third entry in the series starring Brendan Fraser ups the ante in terms of special effects and action, but there's an undeniably tired air to the enterprise." Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Bustin' Down the Door (2008) | "
[An] insightful account of the rise of a, pardon the pun, new wave of surfers that transformed the sport in the mid-1970s." Posted Jul 30, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 39%
| The Rocker (2008) | "
This satire about an aging heavy metal drummer finds a good comic rhythm." Posted Jul 28, 2008 |
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