Tomato 3/4 |
Abandon (2002) |
"What begins as yet another school-set thriller gradually evolves into something more psychologically layered." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"The story of an eternal optimist told by confirmed pessimists." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"...restores your faith in low budgets and dumb ideas. It reminds you both can be fun." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Very clever about being very clever." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"...best left hanging on the Rodriguez family refrigerator, not in theaters for all to see." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"...could only be more fun if you were able to watch it while relaxing on a beach." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"If `Erin Brockovich' is the role model here, `Against the Ropes' falls far short." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"...less about gadgets and spies than the awkward, hollow feeling a boy gets in his stomach the first time he calls a girl." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Keke Palmer has a studied air of concentration that keeps not just her character but the entire movie on track." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"...rigidly epic..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"...a romantic comedy with two opportunities to be romantic and comic -- and the picture fails on both counts." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"...has all the makings of a camp classic, including the crucial element: deadly serious intentions." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Penn is ... playing the part of Great Actor more than the part of Willie Stark." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"As we stumble and trip our way through romance, hearts aren't just broken -- they deflate until they disappear. Watching `All the Real Girls' is like listening to the hissing sound." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5 |
Almost Salinas (2003) |
"Contrived as a drama and hokey as a comedy." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"...far more entertaining than its derivative nature would suggest." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Alpha Dog, like most of its cast, is posing." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Should be sent to the same movie pound as the recent Garfield pictures." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"How do you make the slavery debates of 18th-century British parliament feel cinematic? By casting some of the best brogues around." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"...will undoubtedly come under fire for being all over the place, but that's like complaining a trapeze artist shouldn't be performing so far up in the air. The movie exhilarates precisely because it takes random, high-altitude risks." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"What are the chances you would leave a movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe shrugging your shoulders?" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"The film's greatest feat is an honorable but meek one: It has kept Pekar's vision intact." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Like someone smacking the bottom of an empty ketchup bottle, desperately hoping to force out a dollop or two..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"...it all seems a bit silly when things easily could have been avoided simply by moving out." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"...mainly a series of false alarms involving a pet monkey." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"...a series of rim shots in search of a punch line." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"...Burgundy barely qualifies as a character. Better to think of him as a living one-liner, albeit a very funny one." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"...the French version of a botched Hollwood blockbuster: It's misguided, self-indulgent and nonsensical." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"...a particularly unconvincing perfume ad." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"Surprise, surprise - Luc Besson envisions a celestial being as a leggy, skinny super model." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"...a spoof of the contemporary need to pigeonhole people according to their perceived problems." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"...grimacing is about all Franco manages." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"Kids have always had a love-hate relationship with ants...and The Ant Bully ingeniously explores this childhood inconsistency." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"...a triumphant, three-way debut." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Woody Allen hits a new narcissistic low..." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"As confessional as any Diane Sawyer interview..." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"...conjures up the surreal adolescent daydreams of stuffy high-school classrooms. You might as well be watching the doodling in some kid's notebook come to life." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"...a sparkly endorsement of what can best be described as Barbie culture." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"...suffers from happy feet." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"If you can get past the obscenity -- although there probably is something wrong with you if you can -- it works as a revealing study of what, in effect, is so funny." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"...Chan's random kung-fu sequences feel like just another plate spinning in the air." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"Besson ... even dresses up the main female character in the sort of action-babe getup assigned to Milla Jovovich in his own The Fifth Element." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 2/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"If only writing in real life could be as romantic as it often is in the movies." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"Are these the thoughts that ran through Pitt's head after he was hugged in Venice by that aggressive fan?" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"You get the feeling Duvall took a tango trip to Buenos Aires and haphazardly decided to make a crime movie while staying there." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"...exists in its own lovely little universe, and the best way to appreciate it is to not hold it up to the rules and expectations of ours." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"...serves as the Kanye West to gangster-rap movies such as `Never Die Alone.'" |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"There is a lot of yearning going on in Atonement, and not all of it is confined to the actors on the screen." |
Josh Larsen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) |
"...has the transcendent beauty of a Renaissance painting and the inspiring fire of a sermon." |
Josh Larsen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Witnessing `Goldmember' is...akin to monitoring a patient for signs of exhaustion." |
Josh Larsen |
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