Tomato 3/4 |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"... draws us steadily into its warm core with a sense these are real people, who might be sleeping or carousing down at the neighborhood firehouse." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 2/4 |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"Though originating as a bedtime story for his children, it functions less as a morality tale and more as an egotistical salvo toward his critics." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 1/4 |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"... a mean, nasty, mostly laughless 104 minutes spent in dogged pursuit of an ironic cause that’s as subtle as a falling gargoyle’s head." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Lake House (2006) |
"'The Lake House' is one of those romances that strives for unconventionality at the expense of clear storytelling and good sense." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) |
"... true to the look and spirit of the game and ... more fun than watching someone else play 'Tomb Raider,' which was the bane of the first Lara Croft installment." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) |
"Whenever Larry isn't pensively biting on his chaw, he's barking out obscene one-liners in a guttural, noxious stream of little nasty explosions. He's a greasy, oil-burning joke jalopy." |
Mark Collette |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Last Boy Scout (1991) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Last Broadcast (1998) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Last Days of Disco (1998) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/5 |
Last Night (1998) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Last Waltz (1978) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2/4 |
Laws of Attraction (2004) |
"The two lead players ... seem the least likely of anyone in the film to fight for themselves, unless you give them very large cocktails." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) |
"[Director] Norrington has spent too much effort trying to include too much of the comic book." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) |
"The expression of horror and amazement upon Bob Newhart's face captures, in one split second, the essence of the entire film." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 2/4 |
The Legend of Zorro (2005) |
"An overproduced yarn that, at more than two hours, leaves Antonio Banderas looking a little bored in his boots." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 1/4 |
The Life of David Gale (2003) |
"I don’t like being lied to. I don’t like being cheated. I don’t like being manipulated by a filmmaker willing to negate his entire story for the sake of cleverness or a cheap thrill.
It should come as no surprise that I didn’t like 'The Life of David Gal" |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/5 |
Light Sleeper (1992) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Lightship (1986) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2/5 |
Lipstick (1976) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2/4 |
Little Black Book (2004) |
"We are drilled again and again in how much we should hate all of these characters." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 1/4 |
Little Man (2006) |
"The film turns to that old reliable standard, commedia dell'gassy." |
Mark Collette |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Little Romance (1979) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 5/5 |
Little Women (1994) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
"If you fit into its target demographic, 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie' is inoffensive fluff. If your age surpasses your shoe size, you’re better off re-grouting your tile." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 3/5 |
Logan's Run (1976) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 5/5 |
Lolita (1962) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat .5/4 |
The Longest Yard (2005) |
"As humorless, lazy and oppressively inane as anything since any one of the witless car chase movies that derailed Burt Reynolds’ career not long after the original wrapped." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003) |
"Perfect fare for a 5-year-old on an Apple Jacks sugar high, but scarcely tolerable for anyone moving toward the Raisin Bran end of the aging spectrum." |
Mark Collette |
Tomato 4/5 |
Lord Jim (1965) |
No article available. |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"'The Lord of the Rings" saga ends as it began -- with elegant simplicity and heart." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
"Even if it's just a narrative bridge, this second series installment is still a glorious reward for those who paid attention last time." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Tomato 4/4 |
Lord of War (2005) |
"Niccol and Cage make the downward spiral an entertaining journey — so fiercely entertaining that it takes an eternity to realize how just how hard we’ve been sucker-punched." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2/4 |
Lords of Dogtown (2005) |
"Major plot lines may begin, develop and end, changing characters' lives forever, while you are in the bathroom." |
Mark Collette |
Tomato 5/5 |
Lost in America (1985) |
"New Yorkers have Woody Allen. Middle America has Albert Brooks." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Love Actually (2003) |
"Peppered with so many moments of raw, affecting honesty that it's intensely difficult to dislike -- and tempting to forgive Richard Curtis for not finishing what he starts," |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) |
"High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former." |
Mark Collette |
Splat 2/5 |
The Low Life (1995) |
"Preternaturally sleazy but strangely watchable." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lucky # Slevin (2006) |
"I have to say this for 'Lucky Number Slevin': It accomplishes nothing with extraordinary aplomb." |
Jonathan R. Perry |
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