Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 8%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
A slack, sagging 88 minutes still feels rushed, with what must have been scenes trimmed down to micro-blip montages, and a final scene playing out over the credits; it feels like even the people making Old Dogs wanted to be done with it." — Redbox Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
Stand-up saga has a foul mouth but brains and heart, too." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 73%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
'The Blind Side' may not make the All-American sports movies team, but it plays with plenty of heart." — MSN Movies Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Intentionally shocking comedy even edgier than Borat." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Classic franchise gets new life in rousing space adventure." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| 2012 (2009) | "
(Many) will decry "2012" as a plotless, illogical, clichéd, demented popcorn flick (because it is), but this is that rare case where the apocalypse, at least in terms of big-budget blown-up spectacle movie-making, is hardly the end of the world." — MSN Movies Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Cool, clever, crafty and delirious amounts of fun, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is full of brilliant visual invention and silly slapstick while also having hip humor and sly smarts -- it's pure movie-going joy and a rare kind of pleasure." — MSN Movies Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
The good news about A Christmas Carol, then, is that Dickens' story -- the pure power of it, the grace and gentleness, the sensibility and sentiment of it -- cannot be drowned or destroyed no matter how many technicians and dollars are thrown at it." — Redbox Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 47%
| The Box (2009) | "
"The Box" looks like a fairly nifty package of premise and paranoia until Kelly unpacks it, and a lot of both the fun and fear go out of the film as you feel it stumble towards the finish line and realize it's stuffed with recycled goods." — MSN Movies Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
There's an intriguing idea here... but The Fourth Kind is so clumsy and clunky and stiff it's like watching someone attempt an intricate card trick while wearing oven mitts." — Redbox Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
It's fascinating, often in ways the people behind it might not have intended. It's shiny and slick and scary and cynical, and it's an epic portrait of all the contradictions in American celebrity culture and one of American culture's biggest celebrities." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
Bad Seed-style horror movie is gory and ludicrous." — Common Sense Media Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Saw VI (2009) | "
Sixth film in revenge series is just as bloody as the rest." — Common Sense Media Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
But there's a thin sheen of flop sweat on The Vampires Assistant, as if it's thinking its hoped-for sequels... it's like being on a first date and having the other party reach across the table ... and ask you if you want chicken or fish for the guests at" — Redbox Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Astro Boy (2009) | "
Any critic who complained about the lack of story in "Where the Wild Things Are" should be forced to watch the escapades and high jinks of "Astro Boy" on a loop until they realize that activity is not to be confused with actual storytelling." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Violent, crude, pointless sequel just isn't kids' stuff." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 11%
| The Stepfather (2009) | "
A little more guts - not necessarily more gory -- could have turned The Stepfather into a real re-imagining, not just a re-heating; what we get is just another trip down memory lane that runs out of gas." — Redbox Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
The sizzle of the marketing is impressive; the steak of the actual movie, served bloody and rare and juicy, is even more so." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 70%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
"Where the Wild Things Are" is a great film because, for all of its wonder and magic and delight, it also knows about confusion and reality and sadness." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 23%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
Law Abiding Citizen goes well beyond the realm of, to use a piece of legal terminology, reasonable doubt and hits the hammer until it arrives at the neighborhood of sheer ridiculousness with its tires smoking." — Redbox Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
More scares than gore, but still too much for young kids." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 25%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Ferrell's reboot of '70s show is rife with gross-out laughs." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Oct 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
Couples Retreat has an eye, and ear, for the way relationships fall apart terribly slowly and then all at once. What it lacks is a truly concentrated comedy punch, preferring instead to land a series of scattered jabs from the 16 arms of its eight leads." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 25%
| Adventures of Power (2009) | "
Underdog comedy is no Napoleon Dynamite." — Common Sense Media Posted Oct 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
Funny but, yes, also thought-provoking and moving, 'A Serious Man' may be among the Coens' finest works and stands as one of the funniest, freshest and smartest movies of 2009." — MSN Movies Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
I don't know if Up in the Air is a film for the ages, but at the nervy start of the new century, it certainly feels like the perfect film for our age." — Redbox Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 56%
| The Invention of Lying (2009) | "
While (The Invention of Lying) isn't perfect, it is certainly bold and bizarre enough to make it worth seeing as a swift, smart standout in a movie marketplace where so many comedies are gutless, brainless husks." — Redbox Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Whip It (2009) | "
As completely conventional as it is entirely winning .. and it's kind of kick-ass, too." — Redbox Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Zombieland could have been a very slack unscary horror film or a very gory unfunny comedy, but instead it snaps, bites and snarls its way across the screen with perverse pleasures and real brains under its bloody smile." — Redbox Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
"Harassing security guards, cheap stunts, unfunny comedy moments ... all a bit too familiar, and all a bit too distracting -- and that's a pity, because when Capitalism: A Love Story is on, it's on fire."" — Redbox Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
" ... a brisk, bloody mix of gory horror and high school comedy, Mean Girls of Darkness or Army of Heathers, to put it in pitch-speak."" — Redbox Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Dark, disturbing comedy is for adults only." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| The Informant! (2009) | "
...a strange, strong, tragically funny comedy about all the lies we tell ourselves and others to make it through the wicked world and the working week." — MSN Movies Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
More brutal action than in earlier X-Men films." — Common Sense Media
DVD REVIEW Posted Sep 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Gamer (2009) | "
Gamer scratches at the shameless energy of the Crank films occasionally, but it mostly goes, as if on rails, to the inevitable conclusion." — Redbox Posted Sep 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 63%
| Extract (2009) | "
Some will find Judge's politics liberal; some will suggest they're conservative; I would simply say that they're American, in the best possible sense of the word, and Frank Capra might have found a lot to admire in "Extract," even with the d--- jokes." — MSN Movies Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 21%
| Halloween II (2009) | "
Ultra-gory sequel/remake is brutally violent, badly made." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| The Final Destination (2009) | "
Horror franchise's leap to 3D is gorier than ever." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| X Games 3D: The Movie (2009) | "
Sports documentary is full of sights -- and salesmanship." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 9%
| Post Grad (2009) | "
Post Grad is all about what happens after you get your diploma, but the movie itself doesn't even earn an E for effort, let alone make the grade." — MSN Movies Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 26%
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) | "
The Goods is uneven, mis-shapen, lumpy, bumpy and scattershot; it's also funny, or funny in bits, or very funny in very weird bits that almost, kind of, make up for how uneven, mis-shapen, lumpy, bumpy and scattershot it is." — Redbox Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Bandslam (2009) | "
Part of me wanted to shove "Bandslam" aside for being aside as a teen-exploitation piece of junk about a ragtag bunch of misfits ... but, interestingly enough, it's just as cynical as I am (if not more so)." — MSN Movies Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
A great example of how fresh science fiction can be when it's not just handed over to the special effects team and then the marketing division. "District 9" is far from perfect, but every frame in it drips with ambition, energy and vision." — MSN Movies Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
Too violent for kids, too childish for grown-ups." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
Paradise-set thriller is stylish, slick, and very violent." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Glossy and graceful, Julie & Julia is less about a full belly than it is about a full life, less about assembling dishes and more assembling one's self" — Redbox Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 25%
| The Collector (2009) | "
Grisly horror film is smothered in blood and gore." — Common Sense Media Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
""Funny People," may not be Apatow's funniest movie; however, and more interestingly, it is his best film, deep and rich and unexpectedly honest while still being remarkably funny."" — MSN Movies Posted Jul 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 15%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
If you like things that are predictable, I can predict you'll love "The Ugly Truth," a new romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. I sincerely doubt anyone else will respond to its labored scenes and smutty, tittering, unfunny jokes." — MSN Movies Posted Jul 23, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
(500) Days of Summer knocks several romantic movie clichés on their ear, but never loses sight of heart or hope, and it never fails to make the ups and downs between Tom and Summer matter." — Redbox Posted Jul 17, 2009 |
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