Splat 3/6 |
O Jerusalem (2007) |
"Its heart firmly in the right place, O Jerusalem proves an uneasy mix of history and fiction." |
Joshua Land |
Splat 2/6 |
O'Horten (2009) |
"A preciously deadpan comedy that never lays claim to its own distinct identity; it’s cinema as a mass-manufactured snow globe." |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 3/6 |
Objectified (2009) |
"For all its intriguing observations, the documentary struggles to develop a strong argument about its subject, or to demonstrate the hidden cultural power of design in such a way as to make the subject compelling to those without a prior interest." |
Ben Walters |
Tomato 5/6 |
Oblivion (2008) |
"This astonishing documentary takes a contemplative look at Peru’s recent political history via members of the service and street classes who reside in the capital city of Lima." |
Keith Uhlich |
Tomato 4/6 |
Obscene: A Portrait Of Barney Rosset And Grove Press (2008) |
"Filled with reminiscence and laughter, this lively and largely adoring documentary looks back on the life and work of Barney Rosset, best known as the longtime owner of Grove Press." |
Joshua Land |
Splat 3/6 |
Observe and Report (2009) |
"The most telling line of dialogue comes from another cop: 'I thought this would be kind of funny, but it’s kind of sad.' True enough, and sad can be made to work -- sometimes." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Obsessed (2009) |
"Don’t think that exploiting female paranoia and the promise of Knowles throwing punches is enough to make up for your unabashed B-movie hitting the skids at the halfway point." |
David Fear |
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Occupation: Dreamland (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Dave Calhoun |
Tomato 3/6 |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"You get what you came for, namely the usual suspects breezily hamming it up and a lot of forgettable banter going down incredibly easily." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/5 |
Odd Man Out (1947) |
"The movie has a vaunted place in the context of British cinema, and deservedly. Today, what Odd Man Out most suggests is a desperate endgame, the potentials of a long life snuffed out in a moment of impulsiveness." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 3/6 |
Of Time and the City (2009) |
"Alas, there’s a narrator ruining the experience -- bitching, moaning, haterating -- and I’m loath to mention that it’s Davies himself." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/5 |
Off Jackson Avenue (2009) |
"Like a less didactic version of Crash, John-Luke Montias’s multiculti, multithreaded drama forces a handful of disparate characters to converge for no purpose other than narrative closure." |
Andrew Grant |
Tomato 5/6 |
Offside (2006) |
"Offside may be the ultimate Iranian film: It’s both an advance for its director, moving away from his slight political didacticism, and a perfect metaphor for a population that’s more liberated than its stone-age sexism would imply." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/5 |
Oh My God (2009) |
"The musings of celebrities like Seal and Ringo Starr are given prominence over those of religious leaders and scholars, while a relentless Moby-esque soundtrack subsumes each insight into a sonic miasma of theism." |
Kevin Lee |
Splat 2/5 |
Old Dogs (2009) |
"Only the irrepressible Luis Guzmán, stuck in a walk-on bit as the stereotypical mooching Hispanic, is able to milk this cash cow and exit with his dignity intact." |
Kevin Lee |
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On the Outs (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Dave Calhoun |
Splat 3/6 |
On the Rumba River (2008) |
"Director Jacques Sarasin’s refusal to supply more than scraps of context -- either about the performers or the politics of the civil-war–torn region -- renders the film narratively limp." |
Hank Shteamer |
Tomato 5/6 |
Once (2007) |
"A true-blue, heart-swelling doozy that’s deceptively simple in form but as sweetly structured, and as potent, as a sonnet." |
Stephen Garrett |
Splat 2/6 |
One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story (2008) |
"Confessions like "God and art saved the Reverend Albert" beg for more interrogation than director Thomas G. Miller seems to have in him." |
Mark Holcomb |
Tomato 5/6 |
One Day You'll Understand (2008) |
"[A] counterintuitive, diligently understated exploration of the legacy of anti-Semitism in a mixed-religion, middle-class French family." |
Mark Holcomb |
Splat 49/100 |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"Sy is so deeply disturbed that, paradoxically, he isn't very disturbing." |
Mike D'Angelo |
Splat 2/6 |
One Missed Call (2008) |
"It’s hard to know what’s scarier—the fact that Asia keeps producing these movies, or that Hollywood keeps on remaking them." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
One to Another (2007) |
"Dumb instincts dominate One to Another, whose comely performers don’t so much act as erupt." |
Melissa Anderson |
Tomato 3/5 |
Ong Bak 2 (2009) |
"If you’ve ever stood in front of a mirror and practiced your Bruce Lee “kara-tay” chops, Thailand’s Tony Jaa should, de facto, be your hero." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 1/5 |
Opa! (2009) |
"My Big Fat Greek Travelogue would be a more suitable title for this stock romantic comedy that might as well have been directed by the Hellenic tourist board." |
Andrew Grant |
Tomato 4/6 |
Opera Jawa (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
Operation Filmmaker (2008) |
"A blunt, bitterly ironic snapshot of cultural misinterpretation and personal hubris, Nina Davenport’s Operation Filmmaker slyly plumbs the motivations of indie Hollywood do-goodism for uncomfortable parallels to blinkered neocon nation-building." |
Mark Holcomb |
Tomato 4/6 |
The Order of Myths (2008) |
"This microcosmic look at race relations is a great reminder that, even in the year of Obama, we remain a nation divided between black and white." |
David Fear |
Splat 2/6 |
The Orphanage (2007) |
"An overproduced Twilight Zone episode -- and it might have been more satisfying had Del Toro conjured the ghost of Rod Serling and closed the movie with a monologue." |
Ben Kenigsberg |
Tomato 4/6 |
Orthodox Stance (2008) |
"Jason Hutt’s endearing profile finds the Ukrainian-born Brooklyn émigré in a thoughtful, expressive mood (outside the ring)." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Tomato 4/6 |
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2008) |
"Trust the French to make a comedy seemingly drawing from both Jerry Lewis and Edward Said." |
Elisabeth Vincentelli |
Splat 3/6 |
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) |
"Overscored and lacking even the faintest realism of period, the movie still bears undeniable trash charms, if nothing near the deep satisfactions of such medieval nonsense as Beckett." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/5 |
The Other Man (2009) |
"While we wait for the inevitable showdown, the film treats us to several surprising plot twists, but shock value can’t distract from the fact that Eyre and his actors are fighting a losing battle." |
David Fear |
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The Other Side of the Street (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Nigel Floyd |
Splat 2/6 |
Otto; Or, Up with Dead People (2008) |
"Calling a zombie movie lifeless is bad enough. But when the charge is leveled at a gay zombie movie by Bruce LaBruce, queer cinema’s most radical fairy, the disappointment cuts that much deeper." |
Melissa Anderson |
Tomato 3/6 |
Our City Dreams (2009) |
"It’s a thoughtful, sometimes revealing look at creative lives and the forces that shaped them." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/6 |
Out of the Blue (2007) |
"The usual dramatic affectations applied to such true-life material are largely absent; instead, Sarkies focuses on various quotidian elements that take on weight as the inevitable draws closer." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
Outrage (2009) |
"Outrage isn’t after punitive embarrassment, but the gloves definitely come off." |
Joshua Rothkopf |
Splat 2/6 |
Outsourced (2007) |
"Picture Office Space, but shot in Mumbai and not funny." |
Drew Toal |
Tomato |
Overnight (2004) |
"A portrait of Hollywood hubris extraordinaire." |
David Fear |
Tomato 4/6 |
Owl and the Sparrow (2008) |
"Sentimental without being cloying, the film is a charmer, just like the gravely wide-eyed Pham." |
Maitland McDonagh |
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