Tomato 3/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"Coincidence can be a heavy burden for a movie..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 0/4 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"The nihilism even carries over to the product placement, as when a case of Skyy Vodka prominently appears in the foreground while a club-goer overdoses." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"...as tangled a piece of identity exploration as any Charlie Kaufman picture, and often as fascinating." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"A celebratory team trip to Hooters even falls flat, which would seem to be a physical impossibility." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"As in `Crumb' and `Ghost World,' Zwigoff specializes in the fatalistic worldview of the outcast yet intelligent loser." |
Josh Larsen |
1.5/4 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"...brainless, idiotic action, and somehow still not any fun." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"...this is two parts Blades of Glory and one part Enter the Dragon, though it's missing Will Ferrell's absurd improvisational humor and, well, Bruce Lee." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"...a surprisingly touching drama about finding that balance between our past and present selves." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Barbershop (2002) |
"...brings to mind the witty insight of Spike Lee's 1989 classic `Do the Right Thing.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"It never strains, even though pulled muscles are a common sequel injury." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"All of the jokes are obvious, some are funny and none are what you would call inspired." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Basic (2003) |
"...may set a record for plot twists, and the movie seems to think that's a good thing." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"...more `Sin City' than Saturday morning cartoon." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Baxter (2005) |
"Showalter's Elliot Sherman gives 40-year-old virgins a bad name (something Steve Carell has done so much to disprove)." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"...makes you nostalgic for the early days of backyard moviemaking, before digital video cameras and desktop editing software turned everyone into mini-Spielbergs." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Beauty Shop (2005) |
"...the makeover as therapy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"...Keaton kneads the part until it begins to resemble a human being." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) |
"Wang...is aiming for quirkiness here, but he never gets beyond cloying." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"Contrived and hokey where Austen's work is effortless and romantic..." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bee Movie (2007) |
"The mock outrage and dry sarcasm of Seinfeld's comic persona defines the movie's hero, a worker bee with a high-pitched, often cracking whine." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Beerfest (2006) |
"... there is a lot of dead air, most of which is filled with bare breasts and loud burps." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"...like being trapped in a closet with your greatest regrets." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Bella (2007) |
"Eduardo Verastegui sports the most distracting facial hair since that guy in Knocked Up who bet his roommates he wouldn't shave for a year." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Below (2002) |
"Combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why didn't Hollywood think of this sooner?" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Benji Off the Leash (2004) |
"...inane inoffensiveness can be offensive in and of itself." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Beowulf (2007) |
"Who would have thought that a supposed technological breakthrough would be remarkable mainly for its story?" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) |
"...consistently in over its head." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Bewitched (2005) |
"...the Ephrons seem overwhelmed by their own concept." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Beyond Borders (2003) |
"...runs on guilt. It's the fuel that drives the movie's engine." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"...one of those labors of love that reminds you love is blind." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Big Bounce (2004) |
"How many times must Owen Wilson perform CPR on a comatose movie?" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Biker Boyz (2003) |
"A laughable piece of posturing that makes `The Fast and the Furious' look like a model of restraint." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Birth (2004) |
"If you ever wondered what was going through the head of Mary Kay Letourneau ... `Birth' offers a possible answer." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Black Dahlia (2006) |
"Most Brian De Palma movies, as abhorrent as they are, have an ironic sense of purity. 'The Black Dahlia' is a jumbled mess." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Black Sheep (2007) |
"If you have the bad taste for this sort of thing, it's rarely done better, even by Peter Jackson." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Black Snake Moan (2007) |
"If the movie was really interested in Rae's struggle to be more than a self-loathing sex object, it would spend less time depicting her as one." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Blades of Glory (2007) |
"You need a perfectly timed double take to work with Will Ferrell, and Jon Heder thankfully possesses a formidable one." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Blood and Chocolate (2007) |
"Silliness is mostly kept at bay (though the werewolves' habit of hopping around while in human form made me wonder at first if the movie was about werefrogs or werekangaroos)." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Blood Diamond (2006) |
"Zwick's ... argument holds water, but his storytelling suffers - largely because 'Blood Diamond' tells the wrong story." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Blood Work (2002) |
"...another one of Clint Eastwood's essays on the aging process disguised as a genre film." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Blue Car (2003) |
"...leaves Strathairn's possible predator frustratingly out of focus." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Boat Trip (2003) |
"Of course the heroes eventually learn to overcome their homophobia -- enabling the movie to safely revel in its own." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) |
"...so reverent of its subject that it might as well be titled `The Passion of the Bobby.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"...more than Tom Green - and even more than a legend such as Andy Kaufman - Cohen is after something specific with his brand of anarchy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bottle Rocket (1996) |
"...hysterical stuff, even if it only hints at the creative level Wilson and Anderson would reach next with Rushmore." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Bourne Identity (2002) |
"Even someone with amnesia would recognize the spy-thriller tactics on display here, but at least they're skillfully used." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) |
"`The Bourne Identity' was, above all things, muscular - lean, taut and physical -- and its sequel...has not let the series get flabby." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) |
"The way that Bourne gets from one place to another with such speed and no obvious source of money makes me wish he was my travel agent." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 0/4 |
Bratz: The Movie (2007) |
"The girls in the live-action Bratz movie look less - what's the right word? - whorish than the dolls, but the lifestyle their movie is selling is no less disturbing." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Brave One (2007) |
"Put a cowl on her and she's Batman..." |
Josh Larsen |
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