Tomato |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"The standout acting performance comes from Wright, who, though he doesn't look particularly like Waters, captures some of the singer's physicality and delivers some poignant moments as the great bluesman begins to lose his commercial mojo." |
John Hazelton |
Splat |
California Dreamin' (2009) |
"As it looks now, the film lacks any pace to speak of, but much more serious are the absence of a distinct narrative style and an abundance of hesitant directorial decisions, badly in need of an editing table, if the plot has to make sense at all." |
Dan Fainaru |
Splat |
The Caller (2009) |
"A tender evocation of youth that turns ponderous as it crawls towards a company's revenge on one of its executives." |
David D'Arcy |
Tomato |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"As intelligent and compulsively entertaining as his previous films." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Captain Abu Raed (2008) |
"A moving dramatic fable about an elderly airport janitor's relationship with a bunch of Amman street kids." |
Lee Marshall |
Splat |
Cassandra's Dream (2008) |
"If there is a black comedy hiding deep within the folds of this tragic tale, it is so subtly dissimulated that very few will ever manage to unveil it." |
Dan Fainaru |
Tomato |
Changeling (2008) |
"Clint Eastwood's late-life renaissance continues at full steam with a typically understated and emotionally wrenching drama." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Che (2008) |
"This is very much a film of ideas." |
Allan Hunter |
Tomato |
Cheri (2009) |
"The film belongs to Pfeiffer's Lea as she struggles to hold onto dignity in the face of age and crumbling vanity." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Cherry Blossoms (2009) |
"Doris Dorrie's bittersweet film is a story of mourning and the futility of trying to recover something lost." |
David D'Arcy |
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The Chicken, the Fish and the King Crab (2008) |
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Splat |
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
"The real test of endurance is on the shoulders of an audience challenged to sit through more than two hours of predictable plot turns and recycled sentimentality." |
David D'Arcy |
Splat |
Choke (2008) |
"The movie's not quite there, but it represents a dark ride into the night that unleashes a series of precarious thrills." |
Patrick Z. McGavin |
Tomato |
Chop Shop (2007) |
"A flawlessly observed piece of street realism, and an unforgiving parable of American economic reality." |
Jonathan Romney |
Tomato |
A Christmas Tale (2008) |
"Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale is an intricate, accomplished patchwork of sometimes nutty but always believable human behaviour." |
Lisa Nesselson |
Tomato |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"If crossbows, strange creatures, and a squeaky-clean young cast are the right elements for a fantasy sequel, then this naive epic is your movie." |
David D'Arcy |
Tomato |
City of Ember (2008) |
"Visually accomplished but dramatically mundane." |
Allan Hunter |
Tomato |
City of Men (2008) |
"A touching coming-of-age story set against the violence and poverty of Rio's favelas." |
Edward Lawrenson |
Tomato |
The Class (2008) |
"Offers a rich microcosm of today's multi-ethnic French population and fascinating insights into the complicated dilemmas and misunderstandings which teaching -- and indeed learning -- can entail." |
Mike Goodridge |
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Cleaner (2007) |
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Tomato |
Coco Before Chanel (2009) |
"The screenwriters have taken liberties with chronology that may upset fashion purists but the broad outline of alliances, influences, lucky breaks and tragedy rings true." |
Lisa Nesselson |
Tomato |
Cold Souls (2009) |
"As a tortured actor, Giamatti is the film's best asset in the marketplace, and French-born, US-trained Sophie Barthes certainly establishes herself as a name to watch with this ambitious debut." |
David D'Arcy |
Splat |
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) |
"A manic and not entirely convincing romantic comedy in which there is no discernible difference between its characters drunk or sober." |
Brent Simon |
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Continental - A Film without Guns (2008) |
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Conversations with My Gardener (2007) |
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Splat |
Coraline (2009) |
"Although it features some of the most exquisite stop motion animation seen to date, even more glorious to watch in 3D, the tone of the film is curiously unsympathetic." |
Mike Goodridge |
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The Countess (2009) |
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Splat |
Crank High Voltage (2009) |
"A self-consciously crazy action romp which overdoses on cartoonish violence and non-PC comedy." |
John Hazelton |
Tomato |
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"Crazy Heart is a story of redemption which has been told a thousand times before, but is infused with energy here by Cooper’s dialogue and his work with the actors." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Creation (2009) |
"The trouble is, that with Charles Darwin, a hundred films could be made that would never capture the essence of the man. Bettany comes as close as is reasonable to expect." |
Fionnuala Halligan |
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Crime Spree (2003) |
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Splat |
Crossing Over (2009) |
"While the finished product is by no means a disaster, it does bear the marks of a film whose lofty aspirations have been tarnished by uneven storytelling and simplistic moral conclusions." |
Tim Grierson |
Tomato |
CSNY Déjà Vu (2008) |
"This is not a rock tour film for CSNY fans so much as a rambling, occasionally thought-provoking, sometimes moving enquiry into the question of whether the sixties protest music generation has lost its leverage over hearts and minds." |
Lee Marshall |
Splat |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) |
"A wildly ambitious fantasy which contains many intriguing elements and superb production values but ultimately fails to cohere as the epic tragedy it wants to be." |
Mike Goodridge |
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