Fresh B-
| Fresh 71%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
It's a cute, touchy-feely crowd pleaser that wants nothing more than to wrap audiences in a warm holiday embrace. In a sense, it achieves that goal, but it is overly sentimental in a Lifetime movie kind-of-way." Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
Harry Potter needn't call time out on his Quidditch game, and Edward Cullen can stick to his beauty rest." Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 45%
| Saw VI (2009) | "
Saw VI doesn't come close to reigniting the spark of the original, but at least it approaches coherence, which is more than can be said for the last several installments of the series." Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
Now that's horror." Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 28%
| Fame (2009) | "
First-time filmmaker Kevin Tancharoen struggles to flesh out the 10 characters we meet during their freshman year at PA." Posted Sep 25, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 78%
| It Might Get Loud (2009) | "
For guitar geeks, the sight of Page, Edge and White together in one room will be enough. Others, however, can't help but wish it might have gotten a little louder." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 18%
| Love Happens (2009) | "
The film is part romance, part drama, part Seattle travelogue, with Washington emerging as the only true winner. Along with the benefactors of the movie's copious product placements, that is." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
There are probably worse ways to go out than being devoured by Fox... but the film squanders all the fun from what could have been a hilarious, gore-filled romp." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
The movie then becomes one of those murder mysteries where everyone is a suspect, and the murderer himself is the least likely candidate of all. Dispelling all logic, you should be able to figure out this whodunit in the opening minutes." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
The fact that Bana is a bit of a cold fish and real sparks never really ignite between he and McAdams, who is 10 years his junior, doesn't help matters." Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
You've seen alien invasion flicks before, and you've seen more than your share of summer blockbusters. But you've never seen anything quite like District 9." Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
Viewers know the gotcha is coming not only because they've been groomed to expect a third-act left turn in movies like this, but because the film's characters won't stop talking about it." Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 95%
| The Cove (2009) | "
Beyond the high-stakes game of cat and mouse, the film explores the mysterious relationship between humans and dolphins and the unexplainable connection between our two species." Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
The film rests on Furhman's shoulders, and she's up to the task." Posted Jul 24, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 62%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
After it's over, it quickly vanishes from memory, and viewers are on to the next transaction." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 47%
| Battle for Terra (2009) | "
A simplistic message movie boasting computer animation well below the industry standard." Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
I Love You, Man is a success; it's Fight Club with hugs, not fists." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 25%
| Friday the 13th (2009) | "
The series reboot is much the same, but it's easily the most effective -- and scary -- entrant in the franchise." Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Notorious is a game of dress-up, the Greatest Hits version of Biggie's life. But in the end, it fails to present a convincing argument of why we should care." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
It's a crafty action flick with a pristine cast that works, ever so briefly, as a wish-fulfillment fantasy." Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
This is purely gutter, fanboy, Cheez Whiz cinema, but Alexander delivers the goods." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong (2008) | "
Billy Corgan, leader of the Smashing Pumpkins and the Gloomy Gus of the 1990s alternative-rock movement, emotes plenty in the band's documentary If All Goes Wrong." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
A riotous comedy from director David Wain." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
It is a misfire, a silly and borderline absurd story that cannot excuse its twists and turns with the simple 'a true story' declaration that opens the film." Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 59%
| RocknRolla (2008) | "
Flashy but assured, the film is a controlled exercise in style that toes the line but never feels over-the-top. In a word, RocknRolla rocks." Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 67%
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) | "
Go ahead, dance it out." Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 41%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
The good news: Beverly Hills Chihuahua is not the apocalypse-signaling, cultural abomination its trailers make it out to be. The bad news: That's pretty much the best thing that can be said about it." Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 40%
| The Longshots (2008) | "
A cliché-riddled, warm and fuzzy, small-town sports drama." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 39%
| The House Bunny (2008) | "
Say this for Faris: Even though The House Bunny may be, she's not -- dumb." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 64%
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) | "
There's a thin line between jeans that are well worn and jeans that are ratty and used up, and Traveling Pants 2 crosses that line." Posted Aug 6, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 61%
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) | "
That dinosaur looks like it's popping off the screen! Cool!" Posted Jul 11, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 14%
| The Love Guru (2008) | "
For a comic genius, Mike Myers sure aims low." Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 53%
| The Promotion (2008) | "
As bad as a severe case of the Mondays." Posted Jun 13, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 36%
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) | "
Not that You Don't Mess with the Zohan is meant to be taken seriously, nor is it meant to be an intelligent discussion of world politics. But even as a zany comedy whose backdrop kinda-sorta happens to have some heft to it, it falters." Posted Jun 6, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 54%
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) | "
The film is far from an intelligent commentary on America's race relations...but at a time when race is at the forefront of the American discussion, it presents the topic in a way at which we can laugh." Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 84%
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) | "
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a lazy, second-hand offering from the Apatow crude-but-sweet assembly line." Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 52%
| Leatherheads (2008) | "
No one's saying George Clooney isn't a dashing fellow. But his charm and affability only go so far in Leatherheads." Posted Apr 4, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 24%
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) | "
A large, talented cast is mostly wasted in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, one of those movies Hollywood cranks out to celebrate the down-home charms of small town life by exposing the vapidity of showbiz and celebrity." Posted Feb 8, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 2%
| Meet the Spartans (2008) | "
It's so bad even Carmen Electra should be embarrassed." Posted Jan 28, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 37%
| Rambo (2008) | "
It's an unfortunate ending for a once-great screen character who deserves to be known for more than the waste he laid to others." Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| U2 3D (2008) | "
As a testament to one of the few bands that actually warrants the 3D concert film treatment, U2 3D rattles and hums like no other." Posted Jan 23, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
A maddening epic with a towering, bravura performance from star Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood will rattle your brain for weeks, even months after you see it." Posted Jan 11, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 69%
| I Am Legend (2007) | "
Smith is worth watching; the movie is not." Posted Dec 13, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 42%
| The Golden Compass (2007) | "
A mishmash of half-baked ideas, loud special-effects and disjointed imagery." Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 18%
| Saw IV (2007) | "
Even fans of good, old-fashioned, onscreen torture will find themselves rolling their eyes at the twists and turns in this impossibly convoluted story." Posted Oct 26, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 30%
| The Heartbreak Kid (2007) | "
The Farrellys, who with There's Something About Mary helped lay the groundwork for the mixture of raunchiness and heart that Judd Apatow has perfected, seem painfully dated here." Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 97%
| The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) | "
Directed by Seth Gordon, the film illuminates and draws you into a subculture you never knew existed and makes you genuinely care about its characters." Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 13%
| Mr. Woodcock (2007) | "
Thornton and Sarandon should have their Oscars repossessed, or at least temporarily revoked, for appearing in this insipid comedy." Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 16%
| The Brothers Solomon (2007) | "
It works, and has the makings of a cult comedy to-be." Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 26%
| Halloween (2007) | "
Michael Myers is back. And no, you still shouldn't care." Posted Aug 31, 2007 |
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