Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 80%
| Facing the Music (2002) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 5, 2004 |
Rotten 0/4
| N/A | Being Claudine (2002) |
Click here to read article Posted May 7, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| 7 Days - In September (2002) | "
A worthwhile addition to the reams of footage of the day the earth stood still." Posted Mar 22, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 93%
| IMAX - Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey (2006) | "
The camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format, before swooping down on a string of exotic locales, scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm." Posted Feb 20, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 94%
| Lost in La Mancha (2003) | "
When Gilliam is finally forced to admit defeat, it is nothing short of heartbreaking -- for audiences, too, as the few shots that made it into the can hold such promise." Posted Jan 31, 2003 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| Chaos (2003) | "
Energetic pastiche of social commentary, revenge thriller and broad farce." Posted Jan 29, 2003 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| City of God (2003) | "
That rare film that manages to be seductively entertaining without ever compromising its authenticity and power." Posted Jan 17, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 68%
| The Slaughter Rule (2002) | "
Its focus on the complex relationship between an emotionally wounded youth and the sexually ambiguous older man who mentors him is a welcome detour from genre routine." Posted Jan 8, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 13%
| Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) | "
There are a handful of genuinely comical moments in Eight Crazy Nights, but the whole thing reeks of a super-indulgent, cobbled-together vanity trip by a star whose ego obviously leads him to believe he can put anything on screen." Posted Nov 27, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 25%
| O Fantasma (2000) | "
Arty gay film." Posted Nov 25, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 59%
| Die Another Day (2002) | "
The first installment of the new millennium, maintains the franchise's standing as the ultimate cinematic guilty pleasure." Posted Nov 22, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 69%
| Personal Velocity (2002) | "
Intelligent chick flick." Posted Nov 22, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) | "
Bernal's transformation from naive priest to tortured adulterer to hard-nosed careerist is riveting." Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 76%
| Revolution No. 9 (2002) | "
A smart little indie." Posted Nov 15, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 24%
| God Is Great, I'm Not (2002) | "
Simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy." Posted Nov 8, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Femme Fatale (2002) | "
De Palma fools around with split screens and slo-mo, but no amount of cinematic artifice can varnish over the fact that this is simply a bad film." Posted Nov 6, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 32%
| The Weight of Water (2002) | "
The action switches between past and present, but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide." Posted Nov 1, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 18%
| Love in the Time of Money (2002) | "
An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound." Posted Nov 1, 2002 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 11%
| Besotted (2002) | "
The whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of Bewitched that takes place during Spring Break." Posted Nov 1, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 46%
| Food of Love (2002) | "
There's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale." Posted Oct 25, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 60%
| The Bank (2002) | "
Despite a crafty premise and a clever kink in the tale that almost saves it, Connolly isn't dexterous enough to achieve the Hitchockian level of suspense the movie needs." Posted Oct 25, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| All or Nothing (2002) | "
It's easy to succumb to the rhythms of this melancholic but humanistic rumination on the meaning of life." Posted Oct 25, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| Paid in Full (2002) | "
Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors." Posted Oct 25, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| The Business of Fancydancing (2002) | "
Pretentious when it should be penetrating, spasmodic when it means to be lyrical." Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 69%
| The Grey Zone (2002) | "
Nelson's brutally unsentimental approach ... sucks the humanity from the film, leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle." Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) | "
Spears of Afro-topped asparagus singing gospel and French-accented peas working as maitre d's at a seafood restaurant -- what's not to love?" Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 17%
| Abandon (2002) | "
Gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story." Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Real Women Have Curves (2002) | "
The film has an across-the-board, My Big Fat Greek Wedding-style appeal." Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 14%
| Pokemon 4Ever (2002) | "
A rote exercise in both animation and storytelling." Posted Oct 13, 2002 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 5%
| Swept Away (2002) | "
Swept Away's worst crime is that it is butt-numbingly B-O-R-I-N-G." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 53%
| The Transporter (2002) | "
Another big, dumb action movie in the vein of XXX, The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| Knockaround Guys (2002) | "
Any one episode of The Sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes." Posted Oct 11, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) | "
Lasker's canny, meditative script distances sex and love, as Byron and Luther ... realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter." Posted Oct 4, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| Welcome to Collinwood (2002) | "
The whole cast looks to be having so much fun with the slapstick antics and silly street patois, tossing around obscure expressions like Bellini and Mullinski, that the compact 86 minutes breezes by." Posted Oct 4, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 72%
| Pipe Dream (2002) | "
The smug, oily demeanor that Donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named Pipe Dream is just repulsive." Posted Oct 4, 2002 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 18%
| Just a Kiss (2002) | "
Stevens has a keen sense of the absurd, but the whole thing is too forced." Posted Sep 27, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 44%
| Wasabi (2002) | "
The spaniel-eyed Jean Reno infuses Hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool, wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart." Posted Sep 27, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 50%
| Crazy As Hell (2002) | "
A morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-TV look, rigid performances and an asinine 'twist' that brazenly rips off The Sixth Sense." Posted Sep 27, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Skins (2002) | "
Skins has a desolate air, but Eyre, a Native American raised by white parents, manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor." Posted Sep 27, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 18%
| Trapped (2002) | "
A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller." Posted Sep 23, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 25%
| Snipes (2002) | "
Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible." Posted Sep 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 74%
| Secretary (2002) | "
Against all odds, director Steven Shainberg has managed to craft an oddly compassionate -- and often very funny -- tale of an emotionally symbiotic affair." Posted Sep 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 71%
| The Experiment (2002) | "
This deftly crafted film provokes the kind of creeping horror that Lord of the Flies memorably nailed." Posted Sep 18, 2002 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 38%
| Ted Bundy (2002) | "
A trashy, exploitative, thoroughly unpleasant experience." Posted Sep 13, 2002 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 74%
| Swimming (2002) | "
A refreshingly authentic coming-of-age tale." Posted Sep 13, 2002 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| N/A | Agni Varsha: The Fire and the Rain (2002) | "
Too simply plotted and, even at two hours -- Bombay exports can often run to four -- the story drags." Posted Aug 30, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 60%
| Little Secrets (2001) | "
Budding adolescents shouldn't find much fault with this pleasantly diverting, albeit formulaic, teen drama." Posted Aug 23, 2002 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Satin Rouge (2002) | "
A sensual performance from Abbass buoys the flimsy story, but her inner journey is largely unexplored and we're left wondering about this exotic-looking woman whose emotional depths are only hinted at." Posted Aug 23, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 73%
| The Last Kiss (2002) | "
Surprisingly for a comedy, it's the moments of heavy drama in The Last Kiss that pack the bigger punch." Posted Aug 16, 2002 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Mostly Martha (2002) | "
A satisfying dish." Posted Aug 16, 2002 |
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