Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
There aren’t many movies that have the power to scare you with the sound of a creaking door, and it’s hard not to admire the way Paranormal Activity makes a virtue of simplicity." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 36%
| Irene in Time (2009) | "
[Jaglom's] closing dedication -- “For my daughter” -- turns this into something actively creepy, as opposed to merely brainless, boring and inept." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| In Search Of Beethoven (2009) | "
This sprawling (if somewhat overlong) film finds a level of discussion that should please aficionados and newcomers alike." — Time Out Posted Sep 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 16%
| I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) | "
Put it this way: Children who see this film at an impressionable age risk inhibiting their social growth." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
No matter how much you covet success in New York publishing, walk away. Resist the temptation to marry your boss on a bribe, especially if she’s Canada’s answer to Anna Wintour." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
You’ve rarely seen so many influences assimilated as smoothly or affectionately as they are here, and for a good portion of its running time, Moon casts a spell in spite of its self-consciousness." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
You’ll laugh three or four times and probably won’t remember why." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 77%
| Big Man Japan (2009) | "
A one-joke mockumentary about a misfit superhero, Hitoshi Matsumoto’s kaiju eiga comedy milks a slight idea for all it’s worth and then some." — Time Out New York Posted May 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 24%
| Little Ashes (2009) | "
Artists’ lives are rarely as interesting as their art, and Little Ashes risks trivializing its subjects’ work as mere responses to history." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 63%
| Brothers at War (2009) | "
The movie is remarkable for its level of access, yet never questions the basic justness of the cause; for all its value, Brothers at War seems too crypto-jingoistic for comfort." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 80%
| Audience Of One (2009) | "
At first, we’re led to think we’re in for a funny, affectionate portrayal of eccentricity. But as equipment malfunctions and debt piles up, it becomes clear the actual subject is the dangerously empowering nature of fanaticism." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 58%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
There’s evidence that the young heartthrob might make a decent leading man if only he’d apply himself." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
Mottola hasn’t concocted the funniest summer comedy ever, but he may have given us one of the wisest." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 58%
| The International (2009) | "
Even classed up with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, the story -- inspired by an actual late-’80s/early-’90s scandal -- seems slightly confused and dated." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 32%
| The Uninvited (2009) | "
The Uninvited may strike even viewers who don’t know the original as disarmingly familiar." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
For a series that’s left so much Clouseau-like wreckage in its wake, disposability may be worth settling for." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 57%
| Taken (2009) | "
What Taken lacks in plausibility, originality, political correctness and basic regard for human life it makes up for with a breakneck pace -- going straight from the eyes and ears to the adrenal glands." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
Even by the standards of gotcha flicks, Seven Pounds seems especially somnolent and pretentious." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 43%
| Yes Man (2008) | "
As self-help comedy, the movie is no more overdetermined than its own highbrow counterpart, Happy-Go-Lucky." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 17, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 15%
| Dark Streets (2008) | "
This misbegotten musical noir homage could have been written for Garrison Keillor’s Guy Noir sketch, and it mistakes shooting out of focus for stylishness." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 50%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
Nothing Like the Holidays is actually everything like the holidays -- or at least like many holiday films you’ve seen before." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Fresh 62%
| The Reader (2008) | "
What was a literary exercise has become a virtuoso demonstration in shouted themes and chronological scrambling." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 64%
| Quantum of Solace (2008) | "
Much has been made of the absence of Bond’s signature quips, but there’s something else that’s absent: interest." — Time Out New York Posted Nov 12, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 70%
| Religulous (2008) | "
The movie as a whole feels counterproductive; it doesn’t preach at all to the literal choir." — Time Out New York Posted Oct 1, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 35%
| The Lucky Ones (2008) | "
The Lucky Ones emerges as a movie with no clear agenda other than perhaps driving an audience nuts." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 47%
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) | "
Lakeview Terrace is gripping, ambitious and, by the time it ends, quite stupid." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 85%
| Ghost Town (2008) | "
Ricky Gervais does what he can to make a shopworn premise likable, but blockbuster screenwriter David Koepp can’t do much to enliven this romantic-comedy-as-self-help-guide." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 62%
| Monster Camp (2007) | "
More inspired in its choice of topic than in execution, the movie offers sympathy for the misfits that quickly curdles into mawkishness." — Time Out New York Posted Sep 2, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
Minor Allen, the movie is nevertheless cause for hope for those who insist on returning every year." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 74%
| Elegy (2008) | "
Elegy sneaks up on you anyway -- even overacted, Roth's intelligence shines through." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 6, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 68%
| Pineapple Express (2008) | "
By the end the movie's nonchalance seems less deliberate than sloppy." — Time Out New York Posted Aug 4, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 37%
| Space Chimps (2008) | "
The animation lacks depth, and the only striking element is the Teletubbies-on-acid color scheme." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 16, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
Can someone explain how this high-concept dud nabbed a coveted Fourth of July opening?" — Time Out New York Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 96%
| WALL-E (2008) | "
Eco-friendly, pro-exercise and featuring a glorious use of a fire extinguisher, WALL-E sparks with genuine creativity." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 26, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 18%
| The Happening (2008) | "
If God made the aliens go away in Signs, can true love hold back the toxic winds? More to the point, can anyone find out without laughing?" — Time Out New York Posted Jun 13, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 53%
| The Promotion (2008) | "
What we get is either a drama that never takes itself seriously -- or a comedy that’s rarely funny." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 5, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 36%
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) | "
This is mostly tame stuff." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 5, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 68%
| Redbelt (2008) | "
David Mamet officially exceeds his quota of permissible b.s. for this decade with this preposterous new shell game." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 30, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 37%
| Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) | "
Morgan Spurlock aims his latest docu-stunt at those who haven’t read a newspaper since the Clinton administration." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 17, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 84%
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) | "
Too much time in the sun breeds laziness, and Sarah Marshall has a structural laxness that befits its setting, as if no one got around to trimming the outtakes." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 49%
| Smart People (2008) | "
What saves Smart People, at least in part, is its cast." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 10, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 48%
| Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) | "
It’s hard to dislike Simon Pegg, but in Run Fat Boy Run, he exhausts our sympathy in the prologue." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 27, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 55%
| Flawless (2007) | "
Flawless more than compensates for its rough edges." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 27, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
[Director] Luketic and his screenwriters preserve the excitement and a fair amount of the blackjack strategy -- yet somehow the whole exercise plays like a high-tech John Hughes movie." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 27, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 79%
| Chicago 10 (2008) | "
Energetic as the courtroom antics are, the vintage footage holds its own amazements." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 28, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 80%
| In Bruges (2008) | "
McDonagh’s sense of the absurd never falters." — Time Out New York Posted Feb 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 71%
| Beowulf (2007) | "
If we must have mead halls, let them be populated by rogues like John Malkovich." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 27%
| Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) | "
This curdled live action–computer animation combo seems phoned-in in every respect..." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Fresh 61%
| Grace is Gone (2007) | "
It’s a narrative strategy that neither informs, challenges nor heals." — Time Out New York Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 86%
| The Orphanage (2007) | "
An overproduced Twilight Zone episode -- and it might have been more satisfying had Del Toro conjured the ghost of Rod Serling and closed the movie with a monologue." — Time Out New York Posted Dec 20, 2007 |
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