Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Shaolin Soccer (2002) | "
A very funny movie." Posted Jul 9, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | 19 Months (2002) | "
A very accomplished film." Posted May 21, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 70%
| Father and Son (2004) | "
A tasty hors d'oeuvre while waiting for a really good French film to come along." Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Gaz Bar Blues (2003) | "
A small gem." Posted Feb 12, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| The Corporation (2004) | "
A documentary with big answers." Posted Jan 20, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 47%
| And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) | "
A would-be ribald comic film that never gets very funny, mated with a love story that never ignites, mixed in with what seems to be a tale of magic and fantasy that never quite admits its presence." Posted Aug 8, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 55%
| American Wedding (2003) | "
A better film than anyone should normally expect in this genre." Posted Aug 1, 2003 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Legend of Suriyothai (2003) | "
A film that is stunning to watch." Posted Jul 21, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 80%
| I Capture the Castle (2003) | "
Beautifully filmed silliness, and fetchingly acted tweeness." Posted Jul 18, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 44%
| XX/XY (2003) | "
Rarely does a fine movie like this have so awkward a title." Posted Jul 11, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 46%
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) | "
[Lacks] the sparkle and inventiveness of the stories that inspired it." Posted Jul 2, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| Together (2003) | "
If you're in the mood for tears and triumph, with a dash of exoticism, Together may well be the film for you." Posted Jun 27, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 43%
| Julie Walking Home (2001) | "
It doesn't work, but Otto performs heroically, sustaining the character of Julie to the movie's final moments." Posted Jun 20, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| The Safety of Objects (2003) | "
It's a movie located in an interesting place, but without quite enough self-confidence really to inhabit it." Posted Jun 6, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| Leaving Metropolis (2002) | "
A dreadful movie." Posted Jun 3, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| Finding Nemo (2003) | "
A superb animated film." Posted May 30, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | Saved by the Belles (2003) | "
If you're not a member of this subculture, or already interested in it, you may have a hard time adjusting to Saved by the Belles." Posted May 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 35%
| The In-Laws (2003) | "
The In-Laws is successful on the level of light comic entertainment." Posted May 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| Swing (2002) | "
Virtually the whole cast is amateur, but Gatlif knows how to get them to play lovely little vignette scenes." Posted May 16, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | The Book of Eve (2002) | "
The novel, which alone of Beresford-Howe's works still has many readers and admirers, is not done justice by this film." Posted May 16, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 59%
| Down With Love (2003) | "
The inventiveness doesn't work. It's dragged down by Zellweger and McGregor's self-consciousness, as they mug and overact their way through a film whose style relies on lightness of touch." Posted May 16, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) | "
Altogether a wasted opportunity from a Disney organization which grows more sclerotic by the minute." Posted May 2, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| The Matrix (1999) | "
For those who have been waiting for movies to catch up with the graphic possibilities of comic books, wait no longer: The Matrix is among us." Posted Apr 25, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 56%
| Chaos and Desire (2003) | "
Briand's first film, 2 Seconds, was a success. With Chaos and Desire she has overreached herself, but she is an ambitious artist and is moving in an intriguing direction." Posted Mar 28, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| N/A | deadend.com (2002) | "
It puts the viewer inside the world of three children who are banal for a compelling reason: They have never learned, or been taught, how to create meaning in their lives." Posted Mar 28, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 7%
| Boat Trip (2003) | "
In a week when travesties like the Gwyneth Paltrow stewardess movie remind us that almost nobody in Hollywood remembers what the hell a comedy is, Boat Trip's skill and modest ambition inspire nostalgic reverence." Posted Mar 21, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 72%
| Piglet's Big Movie (2003) | "
I suggest you get out the books, which for once can truly be said to be more spectacular than the movie." Posted Mar 21, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 65%
| Willard (2003) | "
Not very stylish and not very scary." Posted Mar 14, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| Ayurveda: The Art of Being (2001) | "
If Ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating, sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation, it is clearly a good thing." Posted Mar 7, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 29%
| Punch (2002) | "
This is a good premise, but written and acted in a fashion that rings false." Posted Feb 19, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 57%
| The Guru (2003) | "
There is hardly a funny line in the whole script, and director Mayer has no idea of what comic timing and delivery are all about." Posted Jan 31, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 47%
| Final Destination 2 (2003) | "
Final Destination 2 doesn't pretend to be anything other than a robotic repeat of the first film." Posted Jan 31, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 96%
| To Be and To Have (2003) | "
A film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world." Posted Jan 17, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 12%
| National Security (2003) | "
Without losing its comic rhythm for a moment, it is also a withering spoof of black victimism and the corrupting effect of racial solidarity on the American legal system." Posted Jan 17, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| Just Married (2003) | "
In the end, a few genuinely funny moments aside, the script is simply too predictable and unvarying to earn the viewer's loyalty." Posted Jan 10, 2003 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 65%
| Evelyn (2002) | "
It's a blarney bath from the word go, with unbearably winsome characters spinning out Irishisms by the yard." Posted Dec 13, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 57%
| Corpus Callosum (2002) | "
This 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than I'd expected it to be." Posted Dec 6, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 69%
| Treasure Planet (2002) | "
This concoction, so bizarre to the adult mind, is actually a charming triumph where its intended under-12 audience is concerned." Posted Nov 27, 2002 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 60%
| Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2002) | "
Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing." Posted Nov 22, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 2%
| Half Past Dead (2002) | "
A shoot-'em-up for cynical times. Its only asset is Seagal himself, and frankly, he's is getting a bit past it." Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 71%
| The Experiment (2002) | "
Probably it's more action film than anything else, but has enough insight to be of interest to serious filmgoers." Posted Nov 8, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| Formula 51 (2002) | "
A formula flick." Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 93%
| Scratch (2002) | "
Engaging documentary." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 65%
| My Wife is an Actress (2002) | "
I found it slow, predictable and not very amusing." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 50%
| Suddenly Naked (2001) | "
An awkward romantic comedy at best." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| The Transporter (2002) | "
This is a film where there isn't the slightest doubt about the dramatic outcome." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 22%
| The Tuxedo (2002) | "
Donovan ... squanders his main asset, Jackie Chan, and fumbles the vital action sequences." Posted Sep 27, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Barbershop (2002) | "
The characters are engaging and the story has a bustling richness." Posted Sep 13, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| Secret Ballot (2002) | "
A beguiling, slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in Iran." Posted Aug 30, 2002 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 85%
| 24 Hour Party People (2002) | "
So energized by the subject that it overflows with inventiveness." Posted Aug 23, 2002 |
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