Rotten
| Rotten 2%
| Meet the Spartans (2008) | "
It’s only about an hour and a quarter long, although a closing dance number stretches it out another few minutes. Brevity, it turns out, is also the soul of stupidity." — Canada.com Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 17%
| A Problem With Fear (2003) |
Click here to read article — National Post Posted Nov 4, 2003 |
— | Rotten 15%
| I Spy (2002) |
Click here to read article — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 16, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 7%
| Dragonfly (2002) | "
Becomes a bit of a mishmash: a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Mar 9, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Black Knight (2001) | "
The humour is 90 minutes of the same joke." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Spy Game (2001) | "
It needs twice the tradecraft and half the music." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Thirteen Ghosts (2001) | "
Beck ... is very good on volume but not much for tension, suspense or frightening anyone." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Chicken Run (2000) | "
Delightful Chicken Run pure poultry." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| K-Pax (2001) | "
Becomes sappier and more obvious as it works towards its solutions." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
— | Fresh 91%
| The Celebration (1998) |
Click here to read article — Ottawa Citizen Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Shrek (2001) | "
There is so much to enjoy all the way along that you'd have to be an ogre not to have a good time." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Oct 15, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| The Deep End (2001) | "
An intensely focussed piece of work, told quietly and with great texture." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Aug 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) | "
The whole planet looks like a WWF Halloween special. It's The Night of the Living Martians!" — Ottawa Citizen Posted Aug 24, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) | "
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is what happens when a smart filmmaker decides that it's all right to get really stupid." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Aug 24, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| The Closet (2001) | "
It never forgoes the human moments for the farce, and the speed of the storytelling ensures that it is believable enough to work." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Aug 17, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| American Pie 2 (2001) | "
Has an ear for adolescent humiliation and clunkiness." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Aug 10, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Lost and Delirious (2001) | "
Bogged down in a wearying tone of longing, intense heartbreak and mad symbolic flights of Shakespeare." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 27, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 34%
| The Center of the World (2001) | "
Parker ... enters the role with a naked abandon that fulfils the promise she showed in Kissed and Wonderland." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 13, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| The Anniversary Party (2001) | "
Contains the undeniable fascination of the movie star world that is compelling even if you like to pretend that you couldn't care less." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 13, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| The Score (2001) | "
The film has a very long buildup for what turns out to be rather pedestrian robbery. It is the scenes among De Niro, Brando and Norton that are the most interesting." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 13, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Legally Blonde (2001) | "
A perfect little summer film, and it's exactly what is wrong with Hollywood." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 13, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| The Claim (2001) | "
The emotional possibilities pretty well freeze to death in the snowbound landscapes." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Kiss of the Dragon (2001) | "
[Jet's] great to watch as an action hero, but Kiss of the Dragon ties him up with its silly plot and its ridiculous ultraviolence." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| Scary Movie 2 (2001) | "
What exactly is being satirized when a priest has diarrhea?" — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jul 5, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Baby Boy (2001) | "
For the most part, though, Baby Boy tells a provocative and original story." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 29, 2001 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) | "
A mixed bag of science-fiction contemplations." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 29, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| The Fast and the Furious (2001) | "
It's all pretty dopey, but there are some exciting races, a great sequence involving a truck hijacking gone wrong, and the opportunity to watch Vin Diesel." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 22, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 40%
| Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) | "
Messy and listless." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 22, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 37%
| Beautiful Creatures (2001) | "
Always surprising and the performances are carefully calibrated." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 20, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Baise Moi (2001) | "
Not all of the killings are related to sex: the movie is more a catalogue of heartless vengeance." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 20, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) | "
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a movie in need of a joystick and an off button." — Southam Newspapers Posted Jun 15, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 42%
| Evolution (2001) | "
If this is Evolution, put me down for creationism." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 8, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Swordfish (2001) | "
Computers that flash 'Access Denied' until the last possible second, then say 'Access Granted,' are not quite the hair-raising suspense vehicles that screenwriters seem to believe." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 8, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| The Circle (2001) | "
A quiet indictment and a quiet tribute as well." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 1, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001) | "
Mildly amusing, if unusually stuffy." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 1, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| The Animal (2001) | "
Its creativity is all used up in its idea and Schneider's various animal impressions are all pretty much the same." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Jun 1, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| A Knight's Tale (2001) | "
Helgeland wrote L.A. Confidential and directed Payback, but this is his first stab at full auteurism, and A Knight's Tale comes with a coherent vision." — Ottawa Citizen Posted May 11, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 47%
| The Mummy Returns (2001) | "
Good mindless summer fun." — Ottawa Citizen Posted May 4, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Town and Country (2001) | "
Under the gloss it's like the failed pilot for some overproduced TV sitcom." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 27, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| One Night at McCool's (2001) | "
This is the shadow of a dark farce just as Tyler doesn't really embody an irresistible sex object as much as stand for one." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 27, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Driven (2001) | "
Plays like the world's first open-wheel racing music video: fast, noisy and flammable." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 27, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| The Tailor of Panama (2001) | "
It is in the details that le Carré and Boorman weave this darkly funny story." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 20, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 11%
| Freddy Got Fingered (2001) | "
Most of it is pure tedium, interrupted by jaw-dropping immaturity and inept jokes." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 20, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) | "
Achieves the rare feat of being both old-fashioned and post-modern and still finding a way toward a happy ending." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 13, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Josie and the Pussycats (2001) | "
The edgiest commentary in memory on the fascism of adolescent fashion." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 12, 2001 |
Fresh
| Rotten 32%
| Along Came a Spider (2001) | "
Along Came A Spider weaves a somewhat ramshackle web, but it will probably keep you watching." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Blow (2001) | "
A rather banal portrait of an insipid guy who got rich selling nose candy and lived to regret it." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Apr 6, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 24%
| The Million Dollar Hotel (2001) | "
It plays like a sop thrown down by a genius who imagines his every pensée is both precious and engagingly satirical." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Mar 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Spy Kids (2001) | "
Spy Kids may not be as cool as it wants to be, and it may not become the cult item it is aiming at, and the special effects may be even cheesier than the plot calls for, but it doesn't lack for imagination." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Mar 30, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| Someone Like You (2001) | "
Looks like it's going to be the story about one woman's search for Mr. Wrong, a rather original and unsentimental idea. But the film's second-half tone, a combination of light-hearted pity and light-hearted neatness, spoils that." — Ottawa Citizen Posted Mar 30, 2001 |
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