Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| 2012 (2009) | "
The two-hour-and-40-minute 2012 is overstuffed with special-effects, but the Curtis clan's mad dash out of town is the closest the movie gets to actually being fun." — Village Voice Posted Nov 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 59%
| Pirate Radio (2009) | "
The sex is polite, and there's not a whiff of dope." — Village Voice Posted Nov 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
Saw with a conscience is not what the world needs." — Village Voice Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Highlights: Andrew Wilson as the roller girls' coach (ah, so there's the Wilson brother who can act) and the roller-derby vets (played especially well by Juliette Lewis and Kristen Wiig)." — Village Voice Posted Sep 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| The Informant! (2009) | "
The filmmakers have painted a 1990s story with a 1970s palette, and the tone clashes with the setting, like plaid on paisley." — Village Voice Posted Sep 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| It Might Get Loud (2009) | "
Marketed as a guitar summit between The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White, Davis Guggenheim's affectionate, intermittently insightful behind-the-music doc is more electric triptych than meeting of the minds." — Village Voice Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
Cera begins ingratiating himself into Yi's quest, but that part of the story is doomed from jump: It's entertaining for a moment, but hardly as enlightening or endearing as the from-the-heart moments surrounding it." — Village Voice Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
If Ephron is to be criticized for treating Powell like a soggy sitcom creation, she (along with Streep) should be celebrated for rendering Child flesh and blood -- all passion and pleasure, even during moments of self-doubt." — Village Voice Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
This deliriously foul-mouthed political satire is set sometime between 2002 and the day after tomorrow; hard to say, given that the country with which U.S. and U.K. pols want to go to war is unnamed save for its location in, you know, the Middle East." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
What is unexpected is the sincerity beneath the modest conceit that, yup, love hurts." — Village Voice Posted Jul 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work, a movie that sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment -- and be grateful." — Village Voice Posted Jun 24, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
You know every tinny beat and false note by heart, from the implausible setup to the sprint-to-the-airport finish." — Village Voice Posted Jun 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
Rest assured, it gets funny. And it's thrilling, too, as the third act takes place almost entirely in the sky." — Village Voice Posted May 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Johnson has infused The Brothers Bloom with so much heart and beauty that one can and should easily overlook its discomfiting moments." — Village Voice Posted May 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
It's enough to move even a Star Wars fan to tears." — Village Voice Posted May 5, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
Most of the action is a mere replay of a single sequence: Wolverine and Sabretooth galloping toward one another, two immortal bros locked in eternal combat. Certainly feels like it." — Village Voice Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
The grandeur of the effects -- the honest-to-God spectacle of the thing -- elevates Monsters vs. Aliens to something approaching art. It’s not a masterpiece, but it’s most certainly a milestone." — Village Voice Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
Just as we thought the "bromantic comedy" had overstayed its welcome, the genre reaches its highest point with I Love You, Man." — Village Voice Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| Sunshine Cleaning (2009) | "
Yet another willful, comically tortured "indie" coated with Hollywood's happy-ending sheen." — Village Voice Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
The performances are transcendent -- especially Fanning's, as the little girl who wants to get better, who wants to be better, as she slowly disappears through the Looking Glass." — Village Voice Posted Mar 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 33%
| Sherman's Way (2009) | "
Director Craig Saavedra and writer Tom Nance's collaboration plays like something out of an indie-film paint-by-numbers." — Village Voice Posted Mar 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Fanboys (2009) | "
You're better off watching The Star Wars Holiday Special on YouTube. At least Bea Arthur sings." — Village Voice Posted Feb 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Just buy the records; that's the point of this infomercial anyhow." — Village Voice Posted Jan 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Bride Wars (2009) | "
[A] shiny sitcom pilot that looks like something yanked from NBC’s shelves circa 1989." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jan 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| The Spirit (2008) | "
Miller, comics-writing icon turned director, has rendered comics-industry revolutionary Will Eisner's crime fighter Denny Colt a grim shade of dull -- all talk, no action" — Village Voice Posted Dec 23, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
Valkyrie feels like another installment in the never-ending franchise -- not just the action-movie one, but the Tom Cruise one. Like the operation itself, it's a good idea -- just not well-executed." — Village Voice Posted Dec 23, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Yes Man (2008) | "
Nothing more than warmed-over holiday seconds, a repackaged best-of for those who already own the hits." — Village Voice Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 68%
| Cadillac Records (2008) | "
There doesn't seem to be a single fact contained within writer-director Darnell Martin's ham-fisted fiction, which renders pre-rock musical history as yet another downer soap opera." — Village Voice Posted Dec 2, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Four Christmases (2008) | "
To brand, then dismiss, Four Christmases as a disappointment would be giving it too much credit -- never, for a second, did this New Line Cinema cast-off scream or even whisper decent in the run-up to its opening." — Village Voice Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Quantum of Solace (2008) | "
If nothing else, there's no need to worry about where Quantum of Solace fits in the Bond pantheon -- it's easily one of the worst." — Village Voice Posted Nov 12, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | "
Funniest movie of ’08? Close enough, for those who don’t mind monkeying around." — Village Voice Posted Nov 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
Paul Rudd wears the constant look of glazed-eye amusement; everything seems to tickle him, even that which annoys or frustrates or disappoints him." — Village Voice Posted Nov 5, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 65%
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | "
Nothing about Zack and Miri feels terribly fresh, much less transgressive." — Village Voice Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| Pride and Glory (2008) | "
How ironic that a movie filled with police officers should end up feeling like a hostage situation." — Village Voice Posted Oct 22, 2008 |
— | Fresh 79%
| Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
Click here to read article — Dallas Observer Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Who Does She Think She Is? (2008) | "
By limiting herself to an actor, a painter, sculptors, and a printmaker, Boll gives herself plenty to work with; when the stories drag, and they occasionally do, the art's there to inspire and uplift." — Village Voice Posted Oct 15, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| The Express (2008) | "
Based on a Davis biography, Gary Fleder's account is a noble attempt at humanizing the myth, but it succumbs to the worst sorts of sports-movie clichés." — Village Voice Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | "
It plays like a made-for-CBS redo of The Devil Wears Prada." — Village Voice Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 58%
| Flash of Genius (2008) | "
The big-screen version of inventor Robert Kearns’ legal battles with Ford and Chrysler... is about as exciting as Kearns’ Wikipedia entry." — L.A. Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) | "
Nick & Norah is like something crafted in a lab by 54-year-old hucksters trying to sell sh-t to the kids under the cheerless guise of "alternative." The only thing it’s an alternative to? Good." — L.A. Weekly Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Eagle Eye (2008) | "
Big Brother's watching you, and he can't stop laughing his ass off." — L.A. Weekly Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
Yawn." — Village Voice Posted Sep 24, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 35%
| Igor (2008) | "
So bad it's scary." — L.A. Weekly Posted Sep 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 85%
| Ghost Town (2008) | "
It takes a good while for Ricky Gervais to warm up in Ghost Town; it takes even longer for the audience to warm up to Ricky Gervais." — Village Voice Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 39%
| The Rocker (2008) | "
A juvenile fairy tale that plays like the pilot for a Jonas Brothers sitcom on the Disney Channel, The Rocker comes off as something penned by an old dude who hasn't bought music since it was sold 'on records.'" — Village Voice Posted Aug 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| The Clone Wars (2008) | "
As Star Wars movies go, The Clone Wars is minor to the point of irrelevance, nothing more than a stylized direct-to-DVD shrug projected onto a big screen while Lucas launches two more TV series filling in prequel blanks better left empty." — L.A. Weekly Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
When it isn't tossing softballs at the studios, Tropic Thunder is the very thing it parodies: a wall of noise engulfed in flame." — Village Voice Posted Aug 13, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| Bottle Shock (2008) | "
Sadly, Bottle Shock is far from a great movie -- a little too sweet to the taste, almost sickly so." — Village Voice Posted Aug 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Pineapple Express (2008) | "
At last, a Judd Apatow production worth memorizing." — Village Voice Posted Aug 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Baghead (2008) | "
It's an indie about indies -- meta, right? But also mighty effective if you're into idle, drunken chit-chat about getting laid while waiting out the bogeyman in the bushes." — Village Voice Posted Jul 23, 2008 |
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