Madagascar (2005)

"Pixar is still king of the jungle."

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

"The car battery of romantic comedies: 'Carefully calibrated for maximum manipulative effect.'"

Malone (1987)

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The Man (2005)

"Did the odd-couple buddy-cop genre officially die somewhere around the third Lethal Weapon installment?"

Man Bites Dog (1993)

"Joins I Stand Alone and Funny Games on the list of maddeningly recondite European films that exploit the violence-in-media subtext to hide their sick, voyeuristic fantasies."

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

"Grandiose storytelling with peerless performances. Why couldn't Fred Zinneman direct every historical drama in the '60s?"

Man of the Year (2006)

"Barry Levinson is a case study in narrative schizophrenia, with no idea what he wants his film to be."

Man Trouble (1992)

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Mannequin: On the Move (1991)

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March of the Penguins (2005)

"Shows how well a subject can be examined, analyzed, judged and expressed -- simply by leaving it alone."

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

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The Master of Disguise (2002)

"... The cinematic equivalent of the 8-year-old hooligan who mocks you by repeating everything you say."

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

"Hopefully November’s release of 'Revolutions' will reveal a clarity of purpose and a satisfying end to the saga. In mid-May, I can only go by what I see on the screen. And it’s a muddled, overreaching, occasionally engrossing mess."

Mean Girls (2004)

"Not as consistently funny as 'Heathers' or corrosive as 'Election,' but usually hilarious and occasionally chilling in its observations of 'Girl World.'"

Meet the Fockers (2004)

"...the story fails to take the high road..."

Miami Vice (2006)

"Mann can't be faulted for his visual take on the grit and the glitter of high stakes cocaine rustling, but at 146 minutes he could have found more room for the psychological nuances..."

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

"... a deeply felt (but never feel-good) father-daughter love story — and one of the most emotionally shattering films ever made."

Minority Report (2002)

"Any Orwellian cautionary tale will fall upon more ears if Spielberg delivers the goods for the popcorn crowd in a tidily concluded package - but those ears will be deaf ones.'"

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)

"We never find 'congeniality' in a clunky, mean-spirited sequel that mines most its 'humor' from one unlikable character’s sadistic abuse of another unlikable character."

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

"The small-screen sensibility of 'Alias' creator J.J. Abrams proves to be the adrenaline shot needed to finally get this franchise on its feet."

Mommie Dearest (1981)

"Nightmarishly inept, inutterably depressing, but so campy it's compulsively watchable."

Money Train (1995)

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Monster-in-Law (2005)

"...Barbie-doll romance intertwined with an exchange of vulgar and sometimes offensive salvos between the future in-laws."

The Morning After (1986)

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Munich (2005)

"A difficult, disquieting story of violence, revenge and redemption that could have been shaped by no other hands but Spielberg's -- in the best film he has ever made."