Tomato |
Mad Detective (2008) |
"The prolific Johnny To and his occasional collaborator Wai Ka Fai here put a new twist on the standard police yarn." |
Dan Fainaru |
Splat |
Mad Money (2008) |
"Keaton, Latifah and Holmes have appealing chemistry, although it's not enough to sustain a too-long 104 minute running time." |
Mike Goodridge |
Splat |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"The sequel to DreamWorks' computer-animated family hit Madagascar offers more drama and a lot more animals but fewer laughs and not quite as much fun as the colourful summer 2005 original." |
John Hazelton |
Splat |
Made of Honor (2008) |
"While Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan display genuine warmth in the early going, they don't get many good moments once plot machinations take over." |
Tim Grierson |
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Magicians (2007) |
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Magnus (2007) |
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Splat |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"The infectious, decades-old ABBA songs on which the film is anchored are the only thing keeping it afloat." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
The Man from London (2008) |
"The Man From London bears all the trademarks of Tarr's recent films: dense chiaroscuro, sparely deployed dialogue, a vividly evoked locale, and fluidly wandering camera movements drawn out over hypnotically extended takes." |
Jonathan Romney |
Tomato |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"A highly entertaining and extremely accessible film." |
Allan Hunter |
Splat |
Manure |
"Unfortunately, Manure's outstanding visual design can't compensate for a screenplay that mostly focuses on setting up the next bravura set piece." |
Tim Grierson |
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Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
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Marley & Me (2008) |
"After its breezy first act the film goes into a second act that's intended to be darker and more dramatic but doesn't convince on either count." |
John Hazelton |
Splat |
Married Life (2008) |
"The film is hampered by a plodding and unimaginative script whose situations are pedestrian and whose dialogue is much less sparkling than the filmmakers appear to think it is." |
Peter Brunette |
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Martian Child (2007) |
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Tomato |
Mary and Max (2009) |
"A melancholy true story of unlikely friendship which is another bold example of adult storytelling through animation." |
Mike Goodridge |
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Mataharis (2007) |
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Tomato |
Me and Orson Welles (2009) |
"If you are going to make a film about Orson Welles then you need an actor who can provide a brilliant impersonation of this colossus of the New York stage. They have found such an actor in Christian McKay." |
Allan Hunter |
Splat |
Meet Dave (2008) |
"The puzzler that is Eddie Murphy's career continues apace with this low-fi kiddy-oriented affair featuring the comedian as both a human-shaped spaceship called Dave Ming-chang and the commander of said vessel." |
Fionnuala Halligan |
Tomato |
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
"The Men Who Stare At Goats is a light-hearted and highly entertaining antidote to pompous large scale movies about Iraq or Aghanistan." |
Mike Goodridge |
Splat |
The Merry Gentleman (2009) |
"[Keaton] summons a wonderful performance by Kelly Macdonald and strong character distinction to the secondary players, but otherwise his movie works only in fragments." |
Patrick Z. McGavin |
Tomato |
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2009) |
"Despite an abrupt narrative approach, formative episodes in Mesrine’s larger-than-life reign flow together well enough to yield a frequently gripping whole." |
Lisa Nesselson |
Tomato |
Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 (2009) |
"Jean-François Richet has made two pictures that complement and build on each other with widescreen verve." |
Lisa Nesselson |
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
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Tomato |
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"A slow, moody and insomniac thriller which wears its social conscience very much on its sleeve." |
Roger Clarke |
Tomato |
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"While it reveals little about Jackson from conversation or dialogue, it offers some valuable insight into his character as a performer and showman." |
Mike Goodridge |
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A Mighty Heart (2007) |
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Tomato |
Milk (2008) |
"A briskly-told, warmly humanistic and stirring portrait of inspirational gay activist and politician Harvey Milk." |
Mike Goodridge |
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Min Ye (2009) |
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Howard Feinstein |
Splat |
Miracle at St. Anna (2008) |
"The tone here is inconsistent to say the least, and screenwriter James McBride, who also wrote the film's source novel, doesn't take any one character's point of view throughout, leaving the narrative decidedly unfocused." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Mister Lonely (2008) |
"A love story that also serves as a reflection on identity, blind faith and individuality." |
Allan Hunter |
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Mogari no Mori (2007) |
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Tomato |
Momma's Man (2008) |
"The film is both lyrical in its near wordless storytelling and humorous in its warm observation of human behaviour." |
Mike Goodridge |
Tomato |
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) |
"With a witty script and a collection of adorable characters, Monsters doesn't have a lot of emotional depth, but it's a well-designed crowd-pleaser." |
Tim Grierson |
Tomato |
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) |
"Meticulously constructed to tickle the fancy of every pre-teen boy on the planet." |
Tim Grierson |
Tomato |
Moon (2009) |
"A frequently engrossing science fiction story given a particular tension and seriousness by its moral inquiry into what it means to be fully human and alive." |
Patrick Z. McGavin |
Tomato |
Mother (2009) |
"Filled with the elegant compositions and mood-drenched cinematography which are becoming Bong’s specialty, Mother is a largely satisfying film which marks the director out as South Korea’s most versatile young auteur." |
Mike Goodridge |
Splat |
Mother of Tears (2008) |
"As a piece of narrative, however, the movie is virtually incomprehensible." |
Patrick Z. McGavin |
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Mr. Brooks (2007) |
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Mr. Woodcock (2007) |
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Musta Jaa (2007) |
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Splat |
My Life in Ruins (2009) |
"The film has the feel of a vaudeville show, with a series of stock characters entering and exiting, hamming for the camera as they go." |
David D'Arcy |
Tomato |
My Sister's Keeper (2009) |
"An awkwardly structured but warmly emotional and relatively unsentimental drama." |
John Hazelton |
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My Tehran for Sale (2009) |
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Frank Hatherley |
Tomato |
My Winnipeg (2008) |
"It is a bygone hallucinatory dream location steeped in melodrama, which reveals contemporary truths as it embraces a ferocious fictional construct." |
Leonard Klady |
Splat |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) |
"Over-compressed and unoriginal, Thurber's movie of Chabon's novel has turned an imaginative book into ordinary cinema." |
David D'Arcy |
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