Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Mr. Brooks (2007) | "
If you broke down Mr. Brooks in terms of structure, twists and momentum, you might give it high marks. The thing does move. To where is the problem." Posted May 31, 2007 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 66%
| The Door in the Floor (2004) | "
Feels more about a situation than actual people. It's sensitively rendered, filled with those necessary evocative details, and it never rings true." Posted Jul 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| Spider-Man 2 (2004) | "
Until it develops a bad case of verbosity toward the end, it improves upon its predecessor in almost every way, delivering flashier thrills while digging deeper into its characters and adding an overlay of wit." Posted Jun 28, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 78%
| Two Brothers (2004) | "
There's something simple yet miraculous about watching these beautiful animals interact with the wild and each other, even if their actions are being manipulated for the sake of drama." Posted Jun 24, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 69%
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) | "
Once you get beyond nostalgia for dodging red balls whipped at your head, there's little here." Posted Jun 17, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Around the World in 80 Days (2004) | "
This comedy is billed as being 'based on the novel by Jules Verne,' but 'suggested by' or 'borrowing the title and character names of' would be more accurate." Posted Jun 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 96%
| Control Room (2004) | "
What Noujaim does show is the side rarely seen over here, and she does so in a way that's brisk, informative and even entertaining in its own wrenching way." Posted Jun 10, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| Chronicles of Riddick (2004) | "
The tightness of the Pitch Black horror-movie structure has been replaced by sprawl and lots of back story, geography and interstellar politics." Posted Jun 10, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 89%
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | "
Until now Harry Potter has been a great book character and a functional movie hero. With Cuaron leading the way, Harry has burst from the printed page to soar on-screen." Posted Jun 3, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 19%
| Soul Plane (2004) | "
A prime example of a comedy that's all marketing." Posted May 27, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 22%
| Raising Helen (2004) | "
You can take the director out of television, but sometimes you can't take television out of the director." Posted May 27, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 63%
| Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) | "
The draggy ones make you restless while the best ones, like the movie's title ingredients, provide a buzz that doesn't last long enough." Posted May 27, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 89%
| Shrek 2 (2004) | "
A solid if not groundbreaking yarn." Posted May 18, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 33%
| Breakin' All the Rules (2004) | "
The best screwball comedies seem to breathe helium, but this one never gets airborne." Posted May 13, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 12%
| New York Minute (2004) | "
The sense of calculation is overwhelming, down to the loose threads on Roxy's Metallica T-shirt." Posted May 6, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 93%
| Super Size Me (2004) | "
You'll never think the same way about those two all-beef patties." Posted May 6, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Envy (2004) | "
A shaggy dog-poop story that'll make you wish you could spray something at the screen to make it disappear." Posted Apr 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 64%
| 13 Going on 30 (2004) | "
The movie is as flighty and mixed up as the adolescent girl at its center." Posted Apr 22, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) | "
For those seeking the vibrant innovation of Tarantino's first movies or the sheer rush of Kill Bill, Vol. 1, Vol. 2 feels like a dulled blade." Posted Apr 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 30%
| The Alamo (2004) | "
Plays like your standard-issue modern war movie." Posted Apr 8, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 81%
| Hellboy (2004) | "
The movie feels at odds with itself, embracing the comics' idiosyncratic creations without an idiosyncratic worldview." Posted Apr 1, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 74%
| This Old Cub (2004) | "
An intimate, moving (if at times repetitive) tribute to the former Cubs third baseman and current radio commentator." Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 73%
| Intermission (2004) | "
If Intermission isn't profound, it's got boisterous humor and energy." Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 93%
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | "
You constantly appreciate Kaufman's intelligence and Gondry's lively filmmaking." Posted Mar 18, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 64%
| Spartan (2004) | "
Like Heist, Spartan includes its share of twists and doublecrosses, but it's so effective in immersing you in its dimly lit, claustrophobic world that you don't sit outside the action pondering how Mamet is trying to con you." Posted Mar 11, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 63%
| Starsky & Hutch (2004) | "
If a movie rises and falls solely on the basis of its laughs, it better have a lot of them. Starsky & Hutch doesn't." Posted Mar 4, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 30%
| Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004) | "
Outrageous comedy isn't meant to be this safe." Posted Feb 26, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 96%
| Osama (2003) | "
Derives most of its power from providing a clear window on a previously obscured world." Posted Feb 19, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 13%
| Welcome to Mooseport (2004) | "
Welcome to Mooseport isn't a belly-laugh farce. It's more along the lines of a My Cousin Vinny, where you just enjoy almost everybody who crosses the screen." Posted Feb 19, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| 50 First Dates (2004) | "
Sandler's movies always have combined juvenile humor with sentimentality, but the two rarely have seemed so out of synch." Posted Feb 12, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 79%
| Miracle (2004) | "
An effective exercise in flag-waving nostalgia." Posted Feb 5, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 75%
| House of Sand and Fog (2003) | "
You feel you not only know these people but where they come from." Posted Feb 4, 2004 |
— | Fresh 65%
| The Impostors (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Feb 4, 2004 |
— | Rotten 44%
| Mouse Hunt (1997) |
Click here to read article Posted Feb 4, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Butterfly Effect (2004) | "
Aside from this movie's switcheroos, it's hard to pinpoint the entertainment value here." Posted Jan 22, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 26%
| Along Came Polly (2004) | "
Some movies run out of gas. This one could use an alternate fuel source." Posted Jan 15, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 75%
| Peter Pan (2003) | "
Works as mind-tickling entertainment that never stoops to the vulgarities or frenetic pacing of most family films." Posted Dec 23, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 71%
| Cold Mountain (2003) | "
In terms of pedigree and sheer, lush filmmaking, the movie has class written all over it. And that's part of the problem." Posted Dec 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 77%
| The Cooler (2003) | "
If you'd thought Macy had explored every nook and cranny of loserville in such movies as Fargo and Magnolia, think again: He makes Bernie into someone brand new." Posted Dec 18, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 74%
| Calendar Girls (2003) | "
It creates a strong sense of a living, breathing community, and you root for its affectionately drawn characters as they experience the giddiness of triumph without forgetting the project's bittersweet inspiration." Posted Dec 18, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 60%
| Stuck on You (2003) | "
It's not naughty. It's nice. Naughty is funnier." Posted Dec 11, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 76%
| Bad Santa (2003) | "
The foulest holiday movie I've ever seen -- and the funniest." Posted Nov 25, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 89%
| In America (2003) | "
Sheridan's labor of love becomes a testament to love, presenting the triumph of spirit over circumstances." Posted Nov 25, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 12%
| Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) | "
The movie includes little of Seuss' language and even less of his wit." Posted Nov 20, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003) | "
From the title on down, Looney Tunes: Back in Action feels less like a movie than an exercise in brand reinforcement." Posted Nov 13, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 63%
| Love Actually (2003) | "
Individually, the tales wouldn't stand up as short stories. Together, they make for sporadically amusing, ultimately wearying viewing." Posted Nov 6, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Shattered Glass (2003) | "
Sarsgaard plays Lane with great subtlety and grace." Posted Nov 6, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 37%
| The Matrix Revolutions (2003) | "
You could react on a gut level to the first movie's idea ... But that basic premise has been all but lost by Revolutions amid the philosophical smoke thrown up by the writing-directing Wachowski Brothers." Posted Nov 4, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 38%
| Brother Bear (2003) | "
There's something vanilla about the whole enterprise." Posted Oct 30, 2003 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 36%
| Sylvia (2003) | "
It's a dreary movie about a dreary character, offering little insight into her poetry or the mental illness that ultimately conquered her." Posted Oct 23, 2003 |
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