Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
Meryl Streep is the ultimate sexy role model for women over 50. Who doesn't want to see Baldwin as the love-sick, fat ex-husband?" Posted Dec 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 69%
| The Last Station (2009) | "
If you never read Tolstoy, this film guarantees you will not be tempted." Posted Dec 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
An astonishing, breathtaking masterpiece. Cameron did it! It will easily surpass Titanic's box office. I think Cameron created a few new colors." Posted Dec 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 70%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
Great, energetic fun! Guy Ritchie is back and delivers a strong, gay romance. Entire production excellent." Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Nine (2009) | "
A shocking disappointment. A mess without one show-stopper song." Posted Dec 9, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
Peter Jackson frees himself from the yoke of LOTR. Stanley Tucci abandons himself into a frightening character. A triumph." Posted Dec 8, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
A disappointment. While not diminishing the father of South Africa, this is a tedious documentary-style bore. Eastwood's Mandela is a very kind man, but we never get to really know him." Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
I abandoned the book early on. It was unreadable and written in ebonics. With every page my IQ dropped 10 points. The film, however, is astonishing and simply brilliant." Posted Dec 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
Writing is real-life strong, directing perfect, Bullock makes you believe she has lived this life, and McGraw can give up the road. He's got an effortless charm." Posted Nov 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
Terrible with no story, a god-awful cast led by the cursed Amanda Peet, and stale dialogue. Cheesy CGI." Posted Nov 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
As an insider, I know that GOATS is not 100% true, but true enough to enjoy." Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
Alien abductees are back and they are still idiots." Posted Nov 1, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Awesome. Even if MJ is not singing his songs. What we do see is the state-of-the-art virtuosity of lip synching technology." Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Amelia (2009) | "
A dull, torturous bore. Could Earhart's life really have been this uninteresting?" Posted Oct 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
Every character is ugly and repulsive except the shiksa next door. What does this say about the Coen Brothers?" Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 24%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
Revenge is a dish best served cold by a very angry, naked Gerard Butler." Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
Angry boy runs away and names himself king of big, violent muppets. He never once misses his frantic mother. Back home, he gets rewarded with cake." Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
It's a movie about something: The invention of lying and The Man in the Sky." Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
Mean, miserable married men. Not funny. A toddler easily steals the movie." Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Harbinger of what should be coming." Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 84%
| Bright Star (2009) | "
Shallow, slow and Mr. Brown is an irritant." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
Not even Michael Bay can stop his ungrateful protégé's meteoric rise." Posted Sep 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
We should all apprentice under Anna Wintour." Posted Sep 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| It Might Get Loud (2009) | "
Guitar god? Check. Sex god? Absolutely. Jimmy Page effortlessly exudes sex - at 65." Posted Sep 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 28%
| Play the Game (2009) | "
Smart screenplay, good directing. Except for Griffith, casting is wrong." Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
A brilliant social commentary." Posted Aug 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Needs a story and a director. Bottom line: Who cares?" Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
Scared me. The twist works." Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
Butler almost made me forget a naked Leonidas. Here is the benchmark for charisma and chemistry with a co-star." Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
Should kill the franchise. Too many foolish, ancient wizards and HP, Hermoine and Ron are shallow extras. A crushing, muddy bore." Posted Jul 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Shock and awesome. We are co-conspirators with Bruno when we know where he's headed. Let's keep Borat out of this." Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Mann delivers as does Depp and Bale. Billy Crudup's J. Edgar Hoover mesmerizes. As usual, Mann shortchanges female roles. Marion Cotillard is a dull temptress." Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
Indulgent bore about a freeloading confused couple who visit friends. Nothing happens." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
I hated every 149 minutes. This is so bad it's immoral. Michael Bay is a time-sucking vampire who will feast off your lost time. This is why the movie is so long." Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Embarrassingly bad. Will kill Greece tourism. A torturous bore." Posted Jun 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Sam Raimi does not cheat us. I believe in curses and after Drag Me to Hell, so will you." Posted May 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
I loved Fat Jesus. A comedy that's funny and naughty. This is a franchise. Mike Tyson has a career in movies!" Posted May 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
Crap. No script, no acting, no sex, and no talent. Disney animation has more sex. Grey is shot hidden in the dark and behind sofas. She's an emotional bore & spends 77 minutes putting her hair in a bun." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
I don't want to make Bale angry, but his weak supporting role isn't what we expected from iconic messiah John Connor." Posted May 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
A tedious bore. Too slow and too many words. A farfetched medieval history lesson. Robert Langdon saves the Catholic Church!" Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Sunny hothead cadet meets his Vulcan soulmate. Wisely, no bloated, buffoon pitchman has a cameo. J.J. Abrams put the budget on the screen." Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Tyson (2009) | "
Emotionally and psychologically raw, this is a revelatory experience. Tyson has a Second Act, he could mentor a troubled teen like his savior Cus D'Amato." Posted May 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
A troubled but toned super-mutant burned by love. You'll forget Jackman was in "Australia"." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
Downey is taking his "greatest actor of his generation" tag too seriously." Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 84%
| State of Play (2009) | "
Standard political thriller with tense direction. Long weave-haired Charles Laughton does a serviceable job." Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
It's not called "Fast & Furious: Schindler's List". Perfect reboot if you like the genre. Big crashes, property mayhem, and sparse dialogue." Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
They took the lousy Soderbergh/Clooney template for Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen and intentionally made this stinker." Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| The Last House on the Left (2009) | "
Terrifying. Director Iliadis burns tension and Garret Dillahunt still scares me. Makes Ned Beatty's Deliverance rape look like a romance." Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Astonishing and highly original. Like Blade Runner, The Matrix, and 2001, it will visually affect future movies. Stunning, mature, and elevates the genre." Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) | "
A casting disaster. Michael Sheen played Tony Blair and David Frost. Now he's killed a franchise." Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
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