Tomato 3/5 |
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) |
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Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"For all its political pelting, this is most gripping when it focuses on the innocent people whose lives have been destroyed either by the terrorists or by this administration." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"McConaughey and Parker try, but they can't save a premise as insipid as this one." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Fall (2008) |
"Tarsem filmed his epic adventure in well over a dozen countries, generating plenty of Frequent Flyer Miles for himself but offering nothing to audiences hoping for more than just visual extravagance." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"The protagonists of this film certainly deserved a better fate." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"If ever a film franchise needed to come equipped with a Reboot button, it's this one." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"This likable lark functions as a reprieve from the plasticity of most modern toon flicks." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison (1998) |
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Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Walker's acting is so somnambular that even his car's steering wheel stands a better chance at grabbing an Oscar nomination." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"The messy emotions raging throughout this three-hour effort are instantly recognizable, allowing the film to paradoxically feel familiar and foreign at the same time." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) |
"The filmmakers' attempts to capture the "real" high school experience run hot and cold, while the comedy quotient just doesn't cut it." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High/Dazed and Confused: Ultimate Party Collection (1982) |
"Fast Times was an 80s film about the 80s, while Dazed was a 90s flick about the 70s. In this instance anyway, nostalgia clearly trumps immediacy." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/5 |
Father of the Bride (1991) |
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Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Feast of Love (2007) |
"Sprawling, messy, yet occasionally affecting." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/5 |
Female Trouble (1975) |
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Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"Even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"In [the Farrelly Brothers'] better movies ... there exists a sweetness that belies the barfs, and this picture merely places that quality front and center." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fifth Element (1997) |
"A motion picture with the body of a mainstream blockbuster but the spirit of a trendy cult flick." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"Cuba Gooding Jr. [is] so animated a performer that he even appears to be overacting on this movie's poster." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Final Cut (2004) |
"For a movie that often feels like it's cobbled together from pieces of Minority Report, Blade Runner and other futuristic odysseys, this one is weirdly engrossing." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Find Me Guilty (2006) |
"The best way to enjoy Find Me Guilty is to view it as an indictment of the jury system." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"What ends up on the screen is as much fiction as fact, but it's the sort of inspirational saga that will make audiences wish this was the way it really happened." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Firewall (2006) |
"Indiana Jones 4 is a terrible idea, but might we suggest a remake of On Golden Pond as an alternate?" |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
First Snow (2007) |
"The subdued ending might disappoint those hoping for a more lively denouement, but really, it seems just right for a tale as chilly as this one." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"Manages the tricky feat of honoring the past while also subtly deflating the attendant mythology that over time attaches itself like a barnacle to a ship side." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Flawless (2007) |
"If not worth its weight in gold (or diamonds), at least worth the price of a movie ticket." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Flicka (2006) |
"There simply aren't enough scenes illustrating the burgeoning bond between Katy and Flicka." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Flushed Away (2006) |
"Where the Aardman wit is retained -- and what significantly elevates the film's worth -- is in the small details, tossed-off asides and background imagery." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Flyboys (2006) |
"Because of his smoldering good looks, James Franco has been repeatedly compared to James Dean; given Franco's lack of edge and mystery (two qualities Dean possessed in spades), this is like comparing David Spade to Cary Grant." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fog of War (2003) |
"The Fog of War offers many lessons to mull over, yet the most meaningful one might be the old axiom about history repeating itself." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"Food, Inc. offers plenty of food for thought, but, as expected, there isn't much here to nourish the soul." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fool's Gold (2008) |
"Ocean lovers can ignore the lame plot at the forefront in favor of concentrating on the shimmering beauty of the water." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Foot Fist Way (2008) |
"Basically plays like a Will Ferrell vehicle without Will Ferrell." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"O'Hara delivers a tour de force performance, channeling all the hopefulness, rage and despair that will doubtless strike a chord with aging, frequently unemployed and quickly forgotten thespians all across Los Angeles." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Forbidden Games (1952) |
"Perhaps not until Ponette in 1996 had another movie looked so closely at how death might be absorbed through the eyes of a small child." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) |
"Those afraid that the dismal Drillbit Taylor marked the beginning of the end for Hollywood wunderkind Judd Apatow can relax." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Forgotten (2004) |
"What begins as an unsettling psychological thriller eventually morphs into a sci-fi curio that becomes less intriguing as it plays out." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Fountain (2006) |
"To dismiss this out of hand is to miss the overriding passion that Aronofsky pours into every frame of his wildly uneven but always watchable epic." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"The trailer focuses almost exclusively on broad, physical comedy sure to draw the yahoo crowd but not necessarily anyone else. A more representative trailer, on the other hand, would have revealed a movie that's actually worth seeing." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fracture (2007) |
"Hopkins is solid in a role that occasionally veers toward Hannibal Lecter terrain, but it's Gosling who gooses the proceedings." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1/4 |
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) |
"The worst movie ever made? Hard to say, given all the competition. Must-see viewing for bad-movie buffs? Oh, yeah." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Freaks (1932) |
"Today, it's a cult favorite that continues to resonate." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fred Claus (2007) |
"There are plenty of cringe-worthy moments in this overlong seasonal tale ... but Fogelman and Dobkin do manage to find the right mix of sweet and sour." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Freedomland (2005) |
"Price's bustling script and the actors provide enough drama to overcome the terrible direction by Joe Roth." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Friday Night Lights (2004) |
"A true-life yarn that was dubbed by SI as "one of the greatest sports stories of all time" has now been turned into one of the dullest sports films of recent years." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Friends With Money (2006) |
"Holofcener's greatest strength as a writer rests not in her dialogue (though it's top-grade) but rather in the manner in which she levels the playing field for her characters." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"Blessed by an exquisite cast, [Howard and Morgan] keep the wheels turning, offering a propulsive look at the most widely loathed U.S. president until George W. Bush stumbled along and easily swiped that designation." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) |
"A congenial, end-of-year trifle aimed at providing families with somewhere to go after all the presents have been opened." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Funny People (2009) |
"What does it say that Eric Bana, generally a dour stick-in-the-mud in such titles as Hulk and Munich, ends up delivering the funniest performance?" |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) |
"The more risqué elements are carefully ironed out, resulting in a movie that doesn't evoke the eeriness of Arbus' classic 'Identical Twins' as much it brings to mind the harmlessness of C.M. Coolidge's 'Dogs Playing Poker' series." |
Matt Brunson |