Splat 1.5/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Jolie may have those much-touted lips, but at this point she's much more in need of better judgment when it comes to reading scripts." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"...about the art of caring -- and the danger of caring too much." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Aside from the subtleties found in Cheadle and Ejiofor's performances, this is biopic bombast." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"Ferrell has the doughy indolence of the dimwits he often plays, but you can see in his eyes that he's always looking for the joke." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Taxi (2004) |
"Fallon and Latifah have far more chemistry in the blooper reel over the end credits than they do throughout the movie." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"I felt as if the theater had tapped into a cable broadcast coming into a house down the street." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"...offers a foreign policy that's more cogent and practical than anything we've heard during the presidential debates." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) |
"...like Gone With the Wind in DayGlo." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"...deals with messy subject matter, but wades through such subjects wearing big rubber boots -- and then spends its silly finale hosing them off." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ten (2003) |
"...a bracing glimpse of another culture." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ten (2007) |
"...never fully takes advantage of its biblical premise." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Ten Commandments (2007) |
"I've found more nuance in the two-page Bible stories we read with our kids after breakfast." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"These guys are very funny, but I have a feeling that deep down they wouldn't mind if you took them seriously." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"...a delicate, delightful piece of filmmaking that works best as an allegorical comedy, even if allegorical comedy requires a tone that Spielberg can't always maintain." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"...a sturdy, reliable entry in the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction series -- a lot like the stomping cyborg the star plays." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 0/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) |
"...the same time our government debates torture...our movie industry produces another heinous horror flick that centers on the cruel and unusual punishment of captive humans." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"...indulges in the sort of relentless cynicism that is only born of defeat." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"As a general rule, I like to keep my Christmas fables Steven Tyler-free." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"...almost as if Terrence Malick had directed Citizen Kane." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"...not nearly enough of the film finds the proper balance between slapstick and sap." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"Is there another face in the movies as endlessly fascinating as Benicio Del Toro's?" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) |
"The overall result isn't drama as much as it is a dissertation." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
This Christmas (2007) |
"There are more status symbols hanging from this family drama than a department-store tree has ornaments." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"...a much-needed muckraking documentary that rakes the wrong muck - at least if the filmmakers hope to inspire change." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"Melquiades ... is meant to function as some sort of potent symbol, but `Three Burials' is too oblique to give his presence -- buried or otherwise -- much significance." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thumbsucker (2005) |
"...never fully crosses over into a teen drama from the adults' point of view, but its few variations are rewarding enough." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"Everyone in the movie ... is too something -- too tall, too thin, too round, too pointy, too trapezoid, even -- though always in the most delightful of ways." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Timeline (2003) |
"Never quite thrilling, never quite dull, its overriding virtue is its competence." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
TMNT (2007) |
"...a burly, brawny redo, like a kiddie cartoon on CGI steroids. (Isn't TMNT what Barry Bonds was accused of using?)" |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Tokyo Godfathers (2004) |
"The result is only occasionally pathos, the tone Kon seems to be striving for." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Torque (2004) |
"If you're looking for laughs and have already seen `Bad Santa,' this is your best bet." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Trade (2007) |
"...occasionally uses exploitation to get you worked up about, well, exploitation." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Transamerica (2005) |
"Everything about the movie feels gimmicky, including Huffman's mannered performance." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Transformers (2007) |
"You might as well be watching a car compactor at work in a junkyard." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Transporter (2002) |
"`Some fancy driving,' a police inspector observes, offering as good of praise as any for `The Transporter.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Transporter 2 (2005) |
"There is a purity to `Transporter 2' that even the most action-averse moviegoer should appreciate." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Treasure Planet (2002) |
"Like its source novel, `Treasure Planet' brims with the spirit of discovery." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
The Tripper (2007) |
"Exhibit A for Courteney Cox if she does end up divorcing David Arquette..." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tristan & Isolde (2006) |
"...never quite attains the full weight and grandeur that its tragic love story demands. Yet the movie is nothing to scoff at." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006) |
"If only literary theory could always be this fun." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Troy (2004) |
"This isn't the story of powerful heroes but of powerfully flawed people." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Tsotsi (2006) |
"...a thug-rehabilitation movie that goes to exaggerated lengths to redeem its criminal antihero." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Tuck Everlasting (2002) |
"...one of those adolescent romances that's just this side of creepy." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Tupac: Resurrection (2003) |
"...a much more conflicted portrait of the late rap star than the documentary itself admits." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Turistas (2006) |
"A feature-length defense of the ugly American abroad..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Tuxedo (2002) |
"...putting Jackie Chan in a car chase is like putting Pamela Anderson in a burka. It's a waste of their, um, natural gifts." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Two Weeks Notice (2002) |
"Like strangers who have been set up on a blind date, Grant and Bullock squirm their way through the exasperatingly inept Two Weeks Notice." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007) |
"Is it overboard to consider the Tyler Perry phenomenon a cult?" |
Josh Larsen |
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