Tomato 3.5/4 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"...dramatizes a staggering true story that would be hard to botch." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"More cable fare from Hilary Duff..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"...Cusack is shrill and grating. Kind of like a movie by Garry Marshall." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"...Oswalt babbles away with the mania of a true obsessive. He's like Julia Child after too much wine." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"...a tribute movie, really, rather than a rousing or revealing biography." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 0/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"That no one survives with a shred of dignity shouldn't come as a surprise." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reaping (2007) |
"If Moses was in the theater, he'd stand up ... and demand, 'Let these people go.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"...makes dull, pretentious work out of provocative material." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Recruit (2003) |
"...can be as seductive as the lies its spooks tell." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Hannibal Lecter has long been a hot marketing product, but `Red Dragon' turns him into a veritable tchotchke." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Red Eye (2005) |
"Features a scheme so needlessly convoluted that the heroine in peril even spends most of her time complaining about its ineptitude." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Reign of Fire (2002) |
"If you thought Matthew McConaughey lost his mind awhile back when he was caught playing the bongos naked in his home, wait until you see him in Reign of Fire." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"...honest enough not to deliver that climactic, 'breakthrough' moment." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Rendition (2007) |
"Despite the high stakes involved ... Rendition plods along with little vitriol and even less energy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) |
"...moves the group to Florida for a police convention, but its emphasis on caught-on-tape idiocy remains." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Rent (2005) |
"Why is it that struggling artists who sing, paint or write about their struggles usually seem to produce the worst art?" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"...the deep-seated look of absolute fear never leaves Zahn's red-ringed eyes." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"...the zombies have been replaced as a threat by a hulking mutant...who looks like the love child of the feuding monsters in `Alien vs. Predator.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
"With clever lifts from The Birds and Cormac McCarthy's bleak The Road, you have a rare movie that wasn't screened for critics yet is actually worth watching." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"...understands what a good piece of journalism should - and shouldn't - be about." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Return (2004) |
"...a brooding, beautiful story that works in the tradition of Russian great Andrei Tarkovsky." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Revolver (2007) |
"Ritchie means to be deep here, yet he's never seemed so shallow." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ring (2002) |
"Like all good horror films, `The Ring' makes you walk out of the theater fearing you might be the next victim." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ring Two (2005) |
"...throws its own rules out the window." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Ringer (2005) |
"...skillfully handles its sensitive subject by turning the tables on its characters." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"With its hushed performances, thoughtful pacing and lush production design, `Perdition' puts its hands on its hips and dares you to call it anything but a masterful movie." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Robots (2005) |
"...overprogrammed." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Rocky Balboa (2006) |
"...a delicate elegy to both the character and Stallone's own career." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Roll Bounce (2005) |
"...coasts on sheer joy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) |
"Forget Max Fischer - this is Wes Anderson's opus." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
The Rules of Attraction (2002) |
"...a nihilistic drama full of hip misery and forced edginess." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Runaway Jury (2003) |
"As a case study in manipulation, `Runaway Jury' fascinates." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Rundown (2003) |
"...an odd example of Hollywood gun worship." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 0/4 |
Running Scared (2006) |
"...an abhorrently exploitative exercise in child endangerment." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Running with Scissors (2006) |
"...a fascinating movie, just one that never quite taps into the sadness and terror that lurked behind Burroughs' witty prose." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Rush Hour 3 (2007) |
"As oppressive and exhausted as an August day..." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Rushmore (1998) |
"To paraphrase Herman Blume, Rushmore is my Rushmore." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Russian Ark (2002) |
"An impressive intellectual stunt." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
RV (2006) |
"Robin Williams dials things down a notch or two for `RV,' and that proves to be just the right volume level for director Barry Sonnenfeld's tolerably manic family comedy." |
Josh Larsen |
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