Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
All of it will doubtlessly satisfy fans seeking some substance with their style." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
Buoyant, timely and bittersweet, Up in the Air finds Reitman at cruising altitude, confidently in the same airspace once occupied by zeitgeist masters Billy Wilder and Hal Ashby. This is the year's best film." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
The Blind Side is only ambitious enough to be a solid, earnest -- if long -- crowd pleaser." — Jam! Movies Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Mary and Max (2009) | "
As misguided and mystifying as it may sound at first, the Australian claymated Mary and Max turns out to be a hugely pleasurable and moving surprise." — Jam! Movies Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 23%
| Planet 51 (2009) | "
This simply doesn't have the right stuff." — Jam! Movies Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
Twihards will be OMG, OMG, OMG. The rest of us? ROTFL." — Jam! Movies Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
Too bad though, that for all the eye-popping spirits on screen, it lacks a soul." — Jam! Movies Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
This is Mulligan's showcase, and she is a revelation, evolving from carefree sprite to self-assured woman, unbroken by heartache but shaped by it nonetheless." — Jam! Movies Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
As audacious experiments go, it is a flawed one, but unforgettably so." — Jam! Movies Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| The Burning Plain (2009) | "
Just because a movie has over-sexed blonds, lusty teens, roasted birds, a fire, a plane crash, self-mutilation and Charlize Theron's breasts doesn't mean it won't be bad. But it shouldn't be boring." — Jam! Movies Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
Troubling news from the future: we'll perfect robotics, but still be unable to master a decent toupee." — Jam! Movies Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
Both Fox and Seyfried are hobbled somewhat by the heavy-handed direction of Karyn Kusama, a gifted filmmaker who seems unwilling to surrender to the exploitive trashiness of Cody's juicily derivative script." — Jam! Movies Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 29%
| Gamer (2009) | "
It is, in the end, a migraine in search of a movie-goer, one that hypocritically berates pop-culture's bloodthirst even as it eagerly quenches it with a sadistic barrage of severed limbs and crushed skulls." — Jam! Movies Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| 9 (2009) | "
No question, the world Acker conjures is a knockout." — Jam! Movies Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
The results here are more grueling than imaginative, more moronic than madcap." — Jam! Movies Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 16%
| Spread (2009) | "
A vapid vanity project that swaddles its smugness in the guise of profundity." — Jam! Movies Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
As Henry and Clare figure out for themselves, it's best not to overthink things. Audiences seeking escapist date fare are likewise advised." — Jam! Movies Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
A late-summer jolt of serious science-fiction juice that marries breathless action to political satire and poignant drama." — Jam! Movies Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
For what it is, A Perfect Getaway is absorbing and effective, largely due to Twohy's muscular direction and more-intriguing-than-you-expect work from the actors." — Jam! Movies Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
A buoyant, whimsical charmer that glides by on wry laughs and movie-star magnetism." — Jam! Movies Posted Jul 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 98%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
This isn't just a lacerating drama about the wages of war on a soldier's soul, but also the most exhilarating, sweat-inducing action film of the year thus far." — Jam! Movies Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| N/A | Finn On The Fly (2008) | "
Recommended for children under 10 and parents who don't want their kids exposed to anything more corrupting than adorable boy-and-his-dog cliches. If that passes for praise, then you can blurb me on that." — Jam! Movies Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
True, it's as contrived as the genre gets, but it nevertheless left me mourning the movie that might have been." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
This is cinematic poetry for pinheads. It’s less of a film than a reason for a noise ordinance. But for the faithful -- action aficionados and Transformers disciples -- it indisputably delivers." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
It's got spunk and charm and two skillful stars in Bullock and Reynolds, who make it all feel much less generic than it is." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 51%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Enough of a pressure cooker -- with sufficient psychological crackle -- to recommend." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
Are we supposed to laugh? Or wince? Or both? If director Sam Mendes knows, he's not telling." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| Imagine That (2009) | "
It's the gentle, believable father-daughter chemistry between Murphy and Shahidi that emerges as the film's most impressive effect; it's enough." — Jam! Movies Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
What a magical, marvellous movie." — Jam! Movies Posted May 29, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 18%
| Dance Flick (2009) | "
A painful, slapdash, unfunny, gross, inane debacle -- a comedy without a clue, a spoof without any sense of sport." — Jam! Movies Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Of the cast, Worthington -- as a man unexpectedly granted a chance at redemption -- gives the most deeply felt performance, but honestly, that's not saying much." — Jam! Movies Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 1/5
| Rotten 27%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
In a movie as spiritless and stupid as this, you can't help but look for clues you've hit bottom." — Jam! Movies Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
When they're on-screen together, it's better than electrifying -- it's rhapsodic." — Jam! Movies Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
Efron, frankly, lacks the comic agility required for a role this nimble; he's as elastic as hard plastic." — Jam! Movies Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 11%
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) | "
A misguided head-spinner of conflicting tones, listless lead performances and dashed expectations." — Jam! Movies Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
How much you're entertained will likely depend on your own taste as well as your appreciation for Hill's subversion of feel-good Hollywood norms." — Jam! Movies Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
it rang pitch-perfect: Poignant and honest, with such a keenly felt eye toward period detail" — Jam! Movies Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| Sunshine Cleaning (2009) | "
Blame a script that, despite its early promise, goes nowhere." — Jam! Movies Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
Only Elias Koteas' work as a pained preacher manages to resonate, suggesting a quality this production otherwise sorely lacks -- soul." — Jam! Movies Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 79%
| 12 (2007) | "
Even if it never musters the lacerating intensity, the unsettling claustrophobia, of Lumet's original, it scores points for sheer audacity." — Jam! Movies Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| Knowing (2009) | "
In many ways, it's a thriller undone by its scale; the premise, which is undeniably fascinating, would have been better served by a smaller budget and tighter focus -- anchored not by explosions, but by psychology, mood and suspense." — Jam! Movies Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Ultimately Watchmen is simply too stunning, too audacious, too strange a spectacle, to not recommend, although it's more readily admired than enjoyed." — Jam! Movies Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 68%
| Cadillac Records (2008) | "
A scattershot ensemble piece that exceeds its reach in its retelling of the origins of Chicago's Chess label." — Jam! Movies Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
Throughout, the people on-screen -- from the Bielskis to the huddled masses they shelter -- feel less like flesh and blood people than stock characterizations designed to forward a specific ideological agenda or plot point of the movie." — Jam! Movies Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 12%
| Bride Wars (2009) | "
As vacuous and disposable as Hollywood comedies come. I'd say it's preferable to rabies, but having never had rabies, I can't be sure, can I?" — Jam! Movies Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
Contemplative, sumptuous and haunting, this is one of the year's best films." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 61%
| Marley & Me (2008) | "
This is the season's most satisfying, heart-tugging surprise." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 25%
| Bedtime Stories (2008) | "
It's Little Nicky-awful." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 55%
| The Tale of Despereaux (2008) | "
Warm, wise CG animated fable." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
Pound for pound, it's a hefty disappointment." — Jam! Movies Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
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