Splat 1.5/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"...can't quite nail a consistent tone." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"Goofy even when he's being grotesque, Bentley turns P2 into a comedy without going so far as to make fun of it." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"Watts and Norton ... emphasize the loaded gestures and veiled asides that govern relationships in real life, as opposed to the melodramatic tirades that dominate the movies." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"...a precious chance to feel the wonder and fear of childhood once again." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paprika (2007) |
"...the experience is as beautifully baffling as any that you'll have wide awake." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"...a charming ode to the title city, less because of how it celebrates Paris' romantic reputation than for the way it lovingly tweaks that image." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Party Monster (2003) |
"...offers a limited authenticity, for it never delves behind the copious amounts of makeup its subjects wear." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"The overriding virtue...is the film's conviction in its own material." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"Are these really the ancestors of IKEA?" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Perfect Holiday (2007) |
"If you've seen every slushy, sentimental Christmas movie on the Hallmark Channel and are still able to keep your breakfast down, you might want to catch this." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"...oblivious to its own ickiness." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"...references `The Breakfast Club,' and its few good moments echo the spirit of existential, youthful rebellion captured by that 1985 minor classic." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"It's hard to choose the ickiest part of Perfect Stranger..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"...wears a self-imposed straitjacket." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5 |
The Pianist (2002) |
"...accomplishes something amazing: It surprises us with history." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pink Panther (2006) |
"To say that Steve Martin does justice to the `Pink Panther' film series is not to say that you should drop everything and run out to see Martin's `The Pink Panther.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"...any movie that involves something called the 'nine pieces of eight' doesn't really care if you can follow it." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"There was a chance that Depp's oddball act would grow tiresome the second time around but the movie wisely uses him in deliberate dollops. He's the comic-relief clown as de facto star.
" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"Depp...is `Pirates'' loose cannon, and the real reason to see the film." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Playtime (1967) |
"...recreates a supposedly perfect metropolis and then watches as it comes undone by man's inherent folly." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Pokemon - Heroes: The Movie (2003) |
"Subjecting kids to such shoddy junk when they could be watching `Spirited Away' or `Finding Nemo' should count as cinematic child abuse." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) |
"...enfolds young viewers like a favorite blanket." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Poolhall Junkies (2003) |
"It's easy to like Mars Callahan -- the writer-director-star of `Poolhall Junkies' -- but the problem is he seems to like himself even more." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Poseidon (2006) |
"...an homage to the disaster movies of the 1970s that captures the genre's awfulness all too well." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Possession (2002) |
"...like hearing a disinterested high schooler read a Shakespearean sonnet as part of a class assignment: The words are there, but the passion is missing." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"A Prairie Home Companion is really about all those good things that must eventually come to an end: love, life, a good song -- and a grand movie such as this." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Premonition (2007) |
"...feels like it was concocted in some sort of hormonal haze, say maybe in the seventh month of a pregnancy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Prestige (2006) |
"...the rare magic trick that still holds its power even after you've learned all of its secrets." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Pride (2007) |
"Even Bernie Mac ... squeezes out a tear or two. It's as if the entire cast dunked their heads in the pool between takes." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
"Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy ... seems to have stepped right out of `Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Prime (2005) |
"...has the distinct feel of a favor." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Prince & Me (2004) |
"Cinderella for households where Mom and Dad both work." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) |
"Either Marshall is tone deaf to punch lines or he thinks audiences are, for nearly every gag...gets underscored at least twice." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) |
"You know the sort of harried, harangued and yet utterly unflappable housewife who is often referred to as a saint? This movie canonizes one." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Producers (2005) |
"(Lane and Broderick) are still shouting to the cheap seats, forgetting that movie theaters are general admission." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Proof (2005) |
"You get the feeling (Paltrow) craves emotionally traumatic scenes in which snot can drip from her character's nose." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Protector (2006) |
"Amidst all the atrociously edited, laughably dubbed and poorly plotted action ... is a bravura sequence that single-handedly saves the movie." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Puccini for Beginners (2007) |
"Painfully pleased with its own cleverness, of which there isn't much..." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"Movie romance hasn't been this rapturous since `Moulin Rouge.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) |
"...the rare tear-jerker that earns every drop." |
Josh Larsen |
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