P2 (2007)

"Has a central setup that only holds water if we assume that the victim has recently escaped from a home for the terminally bewildered."

The Painted Veil (2006)

"The film treats the conventions of 1925 with respect, without condescension or superiority (and, blessedly, without post-modern smugness)."

The Paleface (1948)

"Hope at his best, but he went it one better with SON OF PALEFACE"

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

"Films this extraordinary don't come along every day -- or even every decade."

Pandorum (2009)

"It's moderately amusing if you're in the mood, but it's incredibly lacking in invention."

Paparazzi (2004)

"A strong contender for the most loathsome piece of self-serving, hypocritical trash ever to ooze its way out of a studio."

Paper Moon (1973)

"One of the best films from Bogdanovich's best period"

Paprika (2007)

"Simply the most refreshing piece of cinema I've seen this year."

The Parallax View (1974)

"Superior thriller."

Paranormal Activity (2009)

"Works better than it has any right to."

Parents (1989)

"Pretty clever thriller that's about half as smart as it thinks it is."

Paris, Je T'aime (2007)

"The bee's knees, the cat's pajamas and the lobster's dinner shirt of movies currently playing."

The Party (1968)

"Sometimes agreeable improvised comedy, but it wears out its welcome."

The Passenger (1975)

"A fascinating artifact of the last gasp of a kind of international cinema that more or less ended the same year this came out. "

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

"Dreyer's film remains among the most strikingly unusual cinema you're ever likely to see."

Pat and Mike (1952)

"Great star comedy."

A Patch of Blue (1965)

"Effective drama that was something of a breakthrough at the time."

Patrick (1978)

"Tepid little chiller -- like a horror version of Tommy."

Patton (1970)

"Well done, but I can't get around a sense of glorifying war"

Paycheck (2003)

"A good bit of the negativity surrounding the film wouldn't exist if it starred anyone but Ben Affleck (well, maybe not Mark Wahlberg either). "

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

"Delirious, cartoonish, wildly inventive."

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

"One of Coppola's least overbearing films, but not overwhelmingly good."

Pennies From Heaven (1981)

"Doesn't quite work. Enough of it works, however, to give the film a shot, and it does in some ways improve with the passage of time."

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

"Hysterically vicious Reagan-Bush parody dressed up as a horror movie."

The Perfect Crime (2005)

"An outburst of filmic inventiveness and a nicely convoluted plot with elements of outright fantasy, nearly all of which works."