Splat 2/6 |
G.I. Jesus (2006) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"Coming on the heels of such DOA fare as X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Terminator Salvation, this gung ho popcorn flick feels positively visceral." |
Tom Huddleston |
Splat 2/6 |
The Game Plan (2007) |
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Stephen Garrett |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gamer (2009) |
"Crank’s Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor direct with their usual flashy brio, and basso profundo Keith David has a sublime cameo as a cop indignant at the thought of a pistachio peanut butter sandwich." |
Keith Uhlich |
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Garcon Stupide (2006) |
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Dave Calhoun |
Splat 3/6 |
The Garden (2009) |
"The Garden does a fine job of promoting the power of grassroots advocacy; in almost all other respects, however, this is nonfiction filmmaking that’s nearly as dull as dirt." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Garden Party (2008) |
"There’s neither brilliance nor bite to this look at innocence lost. Next time, go Nathanael West, young man." |
David Fear |
Splat 3/6 |
Gardens of the Night (2008) |
"Ferociously queasy-making for its first half before flatlining into banality." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 2/5 |
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"It’s unfair to blame Hess solely for condescension comedy’s bad aftertaste -- he’s not the only perpetrator -- but his particular brand is the most graceless." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008) |
"There’s so much food for thought to feast on." |
David Fear |
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George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
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Splat 1/6 |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"The film is unforgivable." |
Melissa Anderson |
Splat 3/6 |
Get Smart (2008) |
"The only real fun is watching old pros like Arkin and Stamp sell material that doesn’t deserve the love they give it. There’s nothing terribly wrong here, but there’s nothing terribly right, either. Missed it by that much" |
Hank Sartin |
Splat 1/6 |
Ghost Rider (2007) |
"Grand, empty gestures and loads of CGI effects can’t cover up pure schlock. Even the character’s iconically cool trademarks -- a flaming skull and a fiery chopper -- are reduced to Velveeta slices. No, damn you, sir." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"Ricky Gervais does what he can to make a shopworn premise likable, but blockbuster screenwriter David Koepp can’t do much to enliven this romantic-comedy-as-self-help-guide." |
Ben Kenigsberg |
Splat 2/5 |
Ghosted (2009) |
"Monika Treut (Female Misbehavior) has made a fruitful career out of documenting nonfiction gender studies and LGBT anthropology, but her attempt at exploring such issues in a narrative context is clunky to a fault." |
David Fear |
Tomato 3/6 |
Ghosts of Cite Soleil (2007) |
"The filth, squalor and constant gang menace are all vividly captured in Ghosts of Cité Soleil, a daring yet wearying piece of 16mm filmmaking, defiantly in the tradition of guerrilla feel-bad cinema." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 1/6 |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"McConaughey’s character is finally forced to face up to past transgressions; one day, the filmmakers behind this rancid, hypocritical farce will have to deal with theirs." |
David Fear |
Splat 1/6 |
Ghosts of the Heartland (2009) |
"The ambience may be right, but the film lacks what makes actual midcentury middle-American noir so effective: subtext." |
Karina Longworth |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gigante (2009) |
"Is this guy Lloyd Dobler or Travis Bickle? That you’re still unsure until Gigante’s end is a credit to Binez and his actors, who don’t push Jara toward caricature and never pander to our sympathies." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Gigantic (2008) |
"When John Goodman is a film’s sharpest point of sobriety, you’re talking about a wispy affair." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 3/6 |
A Girl Cut in Two (2008) |
"The pacing has a tendency to downshift from deliberate to meandering at crucial moments, and though the trio of actors is on point—especially Magimel, a master at smug menace -- Chabrol’s digs feel frustratingly halfhearted." |
David Fear |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Girl From Monaco (2009) |
"This is only Louise Bourgoin’s first film, but as Audrey, a weather reporter and force of nature herself, she’s landed a role of unusual charm and complexity." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
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The Girl from Monday (2006) |
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David Jenkins |
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Girl Play (2004) |
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Trevor Johnston |
Splat 2/6 |
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2008) |
"Young-adult in conception and execution, this award-winning animated romance with a Thanatos twist is an underdeveloped sci-fi Groundhog Day." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 3/6 |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"You shudder to think how monotonous it would feel straightened out: Meatpacking District restaurant, tasteful bedroom scene, wonky business interview, rinse, repeat." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 3/6 |
Girls Rock! (2008) |
"The movie might have benefited from a more concentrated focus and dramatic arc, but it provides a revealing glimpse into young American outsiders." |
Jay Ruttenberg |
Tomato 3/5 |
Give Me Your Hand (2009) |
"What’s refreshing about Pascal-Alex Vincent’s dramatically thin but richly atmospheric feature debut is that it recognizes the essential truth of the conceit: all seminal voyages are journeys of heightened awareness, as visceral as they are emotional." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 3/6 |
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007) |
"As befits the form, enjoyment of this film will depend almost entirely on one’s appreciation of the substantial anatomical charms of its lead actress." |
Joshua Land |
Tomato 5/6 |
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) |
"[Director] Hicks, provided with unprecedented access to his subject’s family, friends and collaborators, offers fresh insight into Glass’s insatiable drive and pragmatic cosmology." |
Steve Smith |
Tomato 3/6 |
Glorious Exit (2009) |
"Merz captures the bleakness with grainy film and available light, which is often just the feeble pallor of early-morning sun poking through smog." |
Anna King |
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Go Further (2004) |
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Wally Hammond |
Splat 2/6 |
The Go-Getter (2008) |
"It’s cute, familiar and forgettable." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 3/6 |
God Grew Tired of Us (2007) |
"Can there really be no footage of their uncertainty, anger at unfriendly Americans, even an embrace of bad habits?" |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/5 |
Gogol Bordello Non-Stop (2009) |
"Non Stop doesn’t know how to hit it and quit; it’s a rock doc that screams loud and says frustratingly little." |
David Fear |
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Going Shopping (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
Dave Calhoun |
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Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Derek Adams |
Splat 1/6 |
Golda's Balcony (2007) |
"Meir needed her wars to appear defensive; sadly, in this ill-considered exercise, the filmmakers commit an indubitably offensive act." |
Helen Shaw |
Splat 3/6 |
Golden Door (2007) |
"Can someone please call for a moratorium on gratuitous magical realism?" |
David Fear |
Tomato 5/6 |
Gomorra (2008) |
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David Fear |
Tomato 5/6 |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"Every story strand informs the others, creating a devastating 360-degree view of how organized crime impacts the country’s everyday people." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a valuable reclamation of the political from the personal." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Good (2008) |
"Despite its rather highbrow pedigree, Good’s journey along its predetermined path from book burnings to concentration camps reeks of middlebrow button-pushing, which the cast’s clipped British accents do nothing to dispel." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
Good Dick (2008) |
"Ultimately, the body part that gets the most play is the mouth, with the hyphenate and her personal-professional partner Ritter trading the sort of sub-Cassavetes banter that screams self-written acting exercises." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
The Good German (2006) |
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Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/5 |
Good Hair (2009) |
"It doesn’t matter if Rock is in a Harlem barbershop or an Indian hair-weave factory -- there’s always a punch line or a snooty eye-roll to be had." |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 1/6 |
Good Luck Chuck (2007) |
"A cesspool of irrational plot points and flaccid punch lines." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 3/6 |
The Good Night (2007) |
"The Good Night doesn’t quite know where to go with this potentially rich, unsettling material." |
Tom Beer |
Splat 3/6 |
The Good Shepherd (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joshua Rothkopf |
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