Rotten .5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Nine (2009) | "
Straining to capture artistic frenzy, it descends into vulgar chaos, less a homage to Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ (its putative inspiration) than a travesty." — New York Times Posted Dec 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
Crazy Heart, written and directed by Scott Cooper, is a small movie perfectly scaled to the big performance at its center." — New York Times Posted Dec 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| A Single Man (2009) | "
This is a wonderful movie." — At the Movies Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 83%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
Most of The Princess and the Frog looks more like one of Disney’s straight-to-DVD sequels than like their animated classics, and the few big, fun musical set-pieces are brought down by second-rate songwriting." — At the Movies Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
A victim obsessed with the lives that go on without her is at the center of The Lovely Bones." — New York Times Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 77%
| Invictus (2009) | "
It’s an exciting sports movie, an inspiring tale of prejudice overcome and, above all, a fascinating study of political leadership." — New York Times Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
I think that this is a classic in the making." — At the Movies Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 46%
| Everybody's Fine (2009) | "
I didn’t feel like I was watching characters who were related to each other. Every scene they are in, I felt like I was watching movie stars meeting each other for the first time." — At the Movies Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Invictus (2009) | "
The movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, has its corny moments, for sure, but it’s also powerful, full of conviction and one of the most inspiring movies of the year." — At the Movies Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| Armored (2009) | "
An unabashed B movie: basic, brutal and sometimes clumsy, but far from dumb, and not bad at all." — New York Times Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 68%
| The Last Station (2009) | "
The kind of movie that gives literature a bad name. Not because it undermines the dignity of a great writer and his work, but because it is so self-consciously eager to flaunt its own gravity and good taste." — New York Times Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| Brothers (2009) | "
Brothers itself -- a smart, well-meaning project -- never quite pulls itself together." — New York Times Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) | "
I was interested in the characters and situations, but I was not absorbed." — At the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 5%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
It’s kind of a funny story. Actually it isn’t. And not much in this movie is, unless you like to watch elderly dogs urinate, middle-aged movie stars overact wildly, and Seth Green get hit in the groin by a golf ball." — At the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 31%
| Ninja Assassin (2009) | "
The problem is that the fight sequences -- the only reason anyone sees a movie like this in the first place -- are muddy, chaotic and boring. Even diehard fans of this genre would be well advised to skip this one." — At the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
You feel a little bit what it was like to sit in that theater on opening night. You also feel like what it was and what it still is to be a young person infatuated with writing, with art, with theater..." — At the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| The Road (2009) | "
It hits a few tinny, sentimental notes. Still, I admire the craft and conviction of this film, and I was impressed enough by the look and the performances to recommend that you see it." — At the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
The story of a teenager's sometimes uncomfortable brush with greatness, it is necessary viewing for anyone whose imagination has been seduced by the charms of art." — New York Times Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Road (2009) | "
The most arresting aspect of The Road is just how fully the filmmakers have realized this bleak, blighted landscape of a modern society reduced to savagery." — New York Times Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Planet 51 (2009) | "
The whole thing is just terrible." — At the Movies Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 28%
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | "
It has an amazing kind of emotional integrity and intensity." — At the Movies Posted Nov 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
A movie made up almost entirely of turning points and yet curiously devoid of drama or suspense." — New York Times Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans -- why Port of Call? what does that mean? -- is no masterpiece, but it is undoubtedly the work of a master." — New York Times Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| Broken Embraces (2009) | "
Leaves the viewer in a contradictory state, a mixture of devastation and euphoria, amusement and dismay that deserves its own clinical designation." — New York Times Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Pirate Radio (2009) | "
Any serious music fan -- that is anyone who sees the radio pirates as kindred spirits -- will be outraged by its sloppy approach to the history of rock and roll." — At the Movies Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
Even though this movie’s running time of two and a half hours is about one hour too long, there’s still some pretty cool disaster stuff on the way." — At the Movies Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| That Evening Sun (2009) | "
Holbrook is a terrific actor, and it’s nice to see him in a leading role, but this is still a movie you can skip." — At the Movies Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Dare (2009) | "
Dare feels a bit unfinished, at once overreaching and underrealized. But there is a lot of intelligence, and considerable daring, in the basic conceit." — New York Times Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
Oren Moverman’s sober and satisfying drama shows how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created a fissure in American society." — New York Times Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Fantastic Mr. Fox, which Mr. Anderson wrote with Noah Baumbach, and which he has been hoping to make for many years, is in some ways his most fully realized and satisfying film." — New York Times Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
I think that Richard Kelly, from one film to the next, has gone in some very interesting and sometimes puzzling directions." — At the Movies Posted Nov 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
Everyone involved seems to have had a pretty good time, but this one looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch." — At the Movies Posted Nov 9, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
[A] dull, clumsy little movie." — At the Movies Posted Nov 9, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009) | "
One of the finest dance films ever made, but there’s more to it than that." — New York Times Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 55%
| Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) | "
A branded piece of shiny seasonal entertainment." — New York Times Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
A hybrid, a mash-up that might have been ungainly, but that manages to be graceful instead." — New York Times Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| The Maid (2009) | "
A smart little gem from Chile." — At the Movies Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
While the director, Lee Daniels, does not shy away from the grimmest elements of the story, his eclectic filmmaking style is almost exhilarating, finding room for fantasy, operatic melodrama, and authentic humor." — At the Movies Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| Gentlemen Broncos (2009) | "
It doesn’t have any kind of emotional center." — At the Movies Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
The Michael Jackson we see here is not a self-styled Messiah or a tabloid oddity. He is, instead, what he always was underneath it all: a talented musician, a brilliant dancer, and one of the most gifted entertainers of his time." — At the Movies Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 20%
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) | "
I will not defend it as a good movie, but I have to say, I had a pretty good time at it." — At the Movies Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 48%
| Astro Boy (2009) | "
I just felt like this was a mistranslation -- almost trying to combine the slightly sinister, cold world of Japanese anime with the warm, sentimental, fuzzy, bouncy world of Hollywood kid animation." — At the Movies Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 21%
| Amelia (2009) | "
Wwhy does such an exciting life make such a dull movie?" — At the Movies Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 25%
| Motherhood (2009) | "
The humor is soft, the dramas are small, and the movie stumbles from loose and scruffy naturalism to sitcom tidiness." — New York Times Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
Tests its viewers' patience even as it strives to build their loyalty." — New York Times Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 50%
| Antichrist (2009) | "
The scandal of Antichrist is not that it is grisly or upsetting but that it is so ponderous, so conceptually thin and so dull." — New York Times Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| St. Trinian's (2009) | "
Every scene is so frantic and desperate to make you laugh, to be clever, to be naughty and none of it worked." — At the Movies Posted Oct 19, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Trucker (2009) | "
You know exactly what is going to happen and you don’t really care." — At the Movies Posted Oct 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 41%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
But in spite of some attempts at human and neighborhood variety, the stories have a self-conscious sameness, as if they were classroom assignments in an undergraduate fiction-writing class." — New York Times Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Black Dynamite (2009) | "
As a five-minute clip on YouTube, this spoof might be a small masterpiece. As a feature film, it's both too much and not nearly enough." — New York Times Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
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