Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 39%
| Milwaukee, Minnesota (2005) | "
The busyness of the story, filled with conventional crime-plot scams and devices, only further exposes the narrative's thinness." Posted Jun 2, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) | "
In this version of Assault on Precinct 13, the mix of one-dimensional characters and high-tech shootouts make the formula seem especially tired." Posted Jan 18, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 85%
| The Yes Men (2004) | "
Think of a politicized version of the MTV show Punk'd and you're on your way to getting the idea of The Yes Men." Posted Nov 11, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 15%
| Head in the Clouds (2004) | "
The story, setting and colorful cast should help make Head in the Clouds a winner, but the film undercuts itself repeatedly by being too heavy-handed." Posted Oct 14, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004) | "
You could classify the film as self-help drama, with the line between sermon and drama intentionally obscured." Posted Sep 30, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Forgotten (2004) | "
An episode of NYPD Blue devolved into an underwhelming X-Files episode." Posted Sep 23, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 34%
| What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) | "
Matlin's dramatizations are intentionally heavy-handed... Meanwhile, many of the dozen-plus panelists grossly over-ponder the many scientific observations made." Posted Sep 23, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 56%
| Mr. 3000 (2004) | "
Mac makes the most of the set-up." Posted Sep 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| Collateral (2004) | "
Flawed but captivating." Posted Aug 5, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 15%
| White Chicks (2004) | "
A disconnected mess that runs way too long." Posted Jun 23, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| The Tracker (2002) | "
Combines a classic movie-Western setting and narrative with a Heart of Darkness-like morality play." Posted May 13, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 18%
| Laws of Attraction (2004) | "
There oughta be a law - or at least a code of honor -- among Hollywood screenwriters from pushing forth lame hard-genre stories like Laws of Attraction." Posted Apr 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 6%
| Johnson Family Vacation (2004) | "
For the most part, the road scenes drag on too long and get the movie sidetracked en route to the movie's modest 'family always comes first' message." Posted Apr 7, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 63%
| Starsky & Hutch (2004) | "
Keeps you laughing or winking enough to keep from thinking about the thin story." Posted Mar 4, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 2%
| Twisted (2004) | "
A stylish but clumsy crime psychodrama." Posted Feb 26, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 69%
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) | "
The high-velocity comic additions provided by Latifah and the flashbacks relating to Eddie's youth are enough to make this sequel one more sharp cut." Posted Feb 6, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 16%
| The Big Bounce (2004) | "
Only slightly successful in living up to the material." Posted Jan 29, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 60%
| Stuck on You (2003) | "
Die-hard Something About Mary fans may feel that the brothers have gone soft with age and profit. But Stuck on You strikes the right balance of shocking send-up and inspirational cheer." Posted Dec 11, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 32%
| Mambo Italiano (2003) | "
It's the balance of ethnic humor, melodrama and simple charms that make Mambo Italiano, while not something too special, a solid choice for those who enjoy Greek Wedding and its other recent spinoffs." Posted Oct 16, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| The Weather Underground (2003) | "
Harkens to a time when political posturing attended to stakes that were real." Posted Oct 3, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 42%
| The Fighting Temptations (2003) | "
There's no great plot development or surprises to keep your interest. But the camaraderie and small-community details captured by director Jonathan Lynn save the day." Posted Sep 18, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Matchstick Men (2003) | "
What the film lacks in plot and detailed story development it makes up for in glib dialogue and the characters' self-reflection." Posted Sep 12, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 25%
| Masked and Anonymous (2003) | "
How much you end up liking the film probably relates to how much you sympathize with Dylan or Dylan-like characters." Posted Sep 11, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 80%
| Japon (2003) | "
Its pretensions have the ring of, if not exactly a vanity project, a strictly personal obsession." Posted Sep 5, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 84%
| Morvern Callar (2002) | "
You'll wonder how Morvern got that way. So why didn't Ramsay?" Posted May 16, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Assassination Tango (2003) | "
The film works as a self-portrait -- of both Duvall's character, and Duvall and his self-reflective style of acting." Posted Apr 10, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 49%
| The Safety of Objects (2003) | "
The effectiveness of The Safety of Objects and all such 'burb-angst weepies comes down to how far viewers will go toward feeling empathetic, or even sympathetic, rather than resentful toward such self-absorbed and self-loathing characters." Posted Apr 3, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 24%
| Till Human Voices Wake Us (2003) | "
If Petroni wanted to leave viewers with a mixed interpretation, he succeeded." Posted Mar 28, 2003 |
Fresh 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Head of State (2003) | "
None of this is terribly believable, of course, but it passes as cinematic setup for Rock's best stand-up talent: socially pinpointed humor and outrage." Posted Mar 28, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 55%
| A Wedding for Bella (2001) | "
The movie's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast." Posted Mar 14, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Hunted (2003) | "
There's not really even the pretense of ambition, beyond sticking hard to the demands of the action thriller genre." Posted Mar 14, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 34%
| Tears of the Sun (2003) | "
The movie is smothered by wooden characters, one-dimensional performances, a flawed story line and unforgivable cliches." Posted Mar 7, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| The Recruit (2003) | "
The Recruit epitomizes the phrase 'genre filler.'" Posted Jan 30, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| The Believer (2002) | "
Artful, effective and socially redeeming stuff." Posted Jan 30, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 78%
| 25th Hour (2002) | "
A well-executed link between the abyss separating doom from freedom." Posted Jan 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 95%
| The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) | "
The documentary gains its edge and its substance by allowing figures on both sides of the debate to present their claims." Posted Jan 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 67%
| Sade (2002) | "
This time out, [Sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful, responsible and reckless, idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested." Posted Dec 19, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) | "
It's hard to be certain without the benefit of detailed cultural context, but one gets the hunch that Carrera himself isn't all that clear about where he draws the line between the dramatic and parodic." Posted Dec 13, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 80%
| Drumline (2002) | "
Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line; what's best about Drumline is its energy." Posted Dec 13, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) | "
If you can look past the leaps in logic and take it in as a morality tale about the consequences of unprincipled affections, then Elysian Fields can offer its share of blissful moments." Posted Nov 29, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| Formula 51 (2002) | "
An irreverent dark comedy whose style outpaces its substance." Posted Oct 17, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 22%
| The Tuxedo (2002) | "
Chan's stunts are limited and so embellished by editing that there's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy." Posted Sep 26, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| Home Movie (2002) | "
Smith examines the intimate, unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country." Posted Sep 26, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Barbershop (2002) | "
Manages to offer a heartening lesson about communal triumph over personal gain, while shearing away all the gloss, dreck and dry ends that normally comes with so blunt a message." Posted Sep 12, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 60%
| The Independent (2001) | "
Even with its over-the-top spirit, The Independent's sense of spoof quickly goes flat." Posted Mar 1, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 3%
| Rollerball (2002) | "
Its semi-serious story, weighed against its cartoonishly violent game scenes, pull viewers toward conflicting but mutually unfulfilling peak moments." Posted Feb 8, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| Collateral Damage (2002) | "
A relative letdown." Posted Feb 7, 2002 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Birthday Girl (2002) | "
The film's overall mood and focus is interesting but constantly unfulfilling." Posted Feb 1, 2002 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Lakeboat (2001) | "
Viewers learn that these salty guys have salty imaginations and that Mamet's a master at capturing their thoughts in discursive detail." Posted Jan 4, 2002 |
Fresh
| Rotten 56%
| Sidewalks of New York (2001) | "
The psychobabble never reaches Allen-esque levels; an overriding innocence and optimism corrals the dialogue and redeems even the older, more complicated psyches in the ensemble." Posted Nov 30, 2001 |
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