Tomato 3/6 |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"An earnest, raucous but minor film." |
Stephen Garrett |
Tomato 3/6 |
The Cake Eaters (2009) |
"Loaded with potentially maudlin material, Mary Stuart Masterson’s directorial debut turns out to be an economical, affecting slice of small-town naturalism." |
Joshua Land |
Tomato 4/5 |
California Company Town (2009) |
"[Director] Schmitt wisely allows the images to speak loudest -- a silent, sobering portrait of what happens after the well dries up." |
S. James Snyder |
Tomato 4/6 |
California Dreamin' (2009) |
"A deft fable that maps global concerns onto a local story with confidence and wit." |
Ben Walters |
Splat 2/6 |
The Caller (2009) |
"There’s a vaguely appealing elegance to the way the film moves -- that is, when the actors stop spouting laughably portentous dialogue long enough for one to appreciate the film’s pacing." |
Karina Longworth |
Tomato 4/6 |
The Camden 28 (2007) |
"With a brisk narrative that blends intrigue, tension, pathos and humor, Anthony Giacchino’s absorbing look back at a New Jersey antiwar group’s early-’70s arrest and trial is closer to living history than dry, academic harangue." |
Mark Holcomb |
Splat 3/6 |
Campaign (2008) |
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David Fear |
- |
Campfire (2004) |
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Nigel Floyd |
Tomato 4/6 |
Canary (2008) |
"It lacks the punch of Shiota’s previous explorations of traumatized teen spirits, but the film still leaves bruises in all the right places." |
David Fear |
Splat 3/6 |
El Cantante (2007) |
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Melissa Anderson |
Splat 2/6 |
Canvas (2007) |
"A pair of well-shaded performances by Joe Pantoliano and Marcia Gay Harden dignifies a sincere but innocuous look at a blue-collar husband’s struggle with his wife’s schizophrenia." |
Stephen Garrett |
Tomato 3/5 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"There are moments in Capitalism when you’re reminded of Moore’s talent for shrieking truth to power. The rest of the film, however, only proves that his quixotic preachiness can make even a worthy cause feel occasionally bankrupt." |
David Fear |
- |
Capote (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Dave Calhoun |
Splat 2/5 |
Captain Abu Raed (2008) |
"Eager, earnest and ultimately a little too easy on the conscience, Amin Matalqa’s Jordanian melodrama is social commentary with the gloss of classical Italian drama." |
S. James Snyder |
Splat 1/5 |
Captivity (2007) |
"This rank-and-file entry in the new brutality (directed by an obviously disinterested Roland Joffé) is just a snooze." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
- |
The Card Player (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ben Walters |
Tomato 4/6 |
Cargo 200 (2008) |
"Alexey Balabanov’s gruesome little charmer of a black comedy -- a goth cousin to Delicatessen -- is set in the gray, decaying environs of Leninsk, essentially a more depressing version of Pittsburgh." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Carmen and Geoffrey (2009) |
"Given that Carmen and Geoffrey focuses on two of the most innovative figures of African-American modern dance -- Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder -- it’s a shame that this film is both uncreative and technically maladroit." |
Anna King |
- |
Casanova (2005) |
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Derek Adams |
Tomato 5/6 |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Craig is also the best Bond in the franchise’s history." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Cassandra's Dream (2008) |
"It’s admittedly better than some of Allen’s DOA comedies of the past decade. To think that his weak attempt at a morality play represents some return to form, however, is a pipe dream." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Casting About (2007) |
"There’s no insight here, only voyeurism, and one blisteringly fine German performer reading from [director] Hershey’s appalling script." |
Helen Shaw |
- |
Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat (2004) |
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Trevor Johnston |
Splat 2/6 |
Catch and Release (2007) |
"Sadly lifeless." |
Tom Beer |
- |
Caterina in the Big City (2005) |
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Anna Smith |
Tomato 6/6 |
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1976) |
"Jacques Rivette’s free-form dissertation on the interzone between performance and spectatorship is the ideal filmgoing experience, even as the 'story' transcends all long-standing rules of narrative engagement." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Chalk (2007) |
"Can we all come to a consensus that the whole mockumentary concept is played out?" |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Changeling (2008) |
"For a director who knows how to balance histrionics with a lack of sentimentality (see Mystic River), Eastwood is unable to modulate tone or performances here." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Chaos Theory (2008) |
"What emerges is a short movie that feels too long, a heartfelt drama too playful to be sincere, and a narrative touching on adult themes but sabotaged by schematic false notes." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 1/6 |
Chapter 27 (2008) |
"Chapman’s villainy isn’t tragic or misunderstood; it’s simple insanity. To dwell on it is to wallow in pain. Elevate yourself, and stay away." |
Stephen Garrett |
- |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
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Tomato 3/6 |
Charlie Bartlett (2007) |
"What more could one ask of a nostalgia trip?" |
Mark Holcomb |
Splat 3/6 |
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"Just because a politically savvy satire has an eloquent tongue in its cheek doesn’t mean the message won’t seem painfully obvious." |
David Fear |
Tomato |
Charlotte Sometimes (2002) |
"The film's nervous reticence makes it both precious and a little unwieldy, like a matchstick palace built on a subway platform." |
Mike D'Angelo |
Tomato 5/6 |
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"Any tears you may shed will be wholly earned." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Tomato 4/5 |
Chelsea on the Rocks (2009) |
"It makes sense that, within his own act of remembrance, Ferrara would include a hotel tenant’s home-movie footage of the September 11 attacks. The underlying message, in both cases, is the same: Never forget." |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 2/5 |
Cheri (2009) |
"With its disconnected tones, Chéri really feels like a film that can’t do more than one thing at a time." |
Nicolas Rapold |
Tomato 4/6 |
Cherry Blossoms (2009) |
"All but remaking the 1953 art-house classic Tokyo Story in its first third, Cherry Blossoms fortunately sidesteps rank mimicry in favor of wry homage and something more." |
Mark Holcomb |
Tomato 4/6 |
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"Energetic as the courtroom antics are, the vintage footage holds its own amazements." |
Ben Kenigsberg |
- |
The Child I Never Was (2002) |
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Ben Walters |
Splat 2/6 |
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
"Both a musty throwback and a mushy example of contemporary knee-jerk humanism." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
Children of Men (2006) |
"You feel as if you’re accompanying a war photographer who’s lost a bet. Slogging unflinchingly through humanity’s worst hours, the movie laces the narrative’s forays into science-fiction grandstanding with a gut-wrenching dynamic." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Tomato 4/6 |
La Chinoise (1967) |
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David Fear |
Splat 3/6 |
Choke (2008) |
"All of the emotional breakthroughs are safely telegraphed; fans of the film will be terrified if they dig any deeper between the book covers." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 3/6 |
Choking Man (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joshua Land |
Splat 2/6 |
Choose Connor (2008) |
"For reasons that are unclear, Choose Connor seems to both court relevance and avoid it, lapsing into allegory at inopportune moments." |
Anna King |
Tomato 4/6 |
Chop Shop (2007) |
"Bahrani turns his keen eye toward another working-class subculture and again proves that he’s a virtually peerless New York neorealist." |
David Fear |
Splat 3/6 |
Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) |
"Chris & Don opts too often for the cute over the wrenching." |
Melissa Anderson |
Tomato 4/6 |
A Christmas Tale (2008) |
"This is a holiday den you won’t soon want to leave." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 3/6 |
Chronicle of an Escape (2007) |
"The repetitive scenes of abuse lose their power too soon, and even the climactic flight stalls in first gear before it’s barely begun." |
David Fear |
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