Tomato 6/10 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Since the movie does its job well in playing out its formulas, it becomes an effective endorphin rush at the time." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"I like what it's trying to do -- use a ghost story surface to tell a tale of guilt, blame, and madness -- but was disappointed in the conventional tactics it used." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"Talk to Her is excellent movie-making and much of it is wondrous, but my conscience won't allow me to be devoted to unconditionally singing its praises." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"This Will Ferrell vehicle ... is essentially chucking javelins at good ol' American redneckery." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 2/10 |
Tarzan & Jane (2002) |
"Created with the effort it would take to cut three pages out of a magazine and stapling them together to form your own magazine." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Tarzan II (2005) |
"Another needless Disney sequel, but it also happens to be animated pretty decently." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"A comprehensive movie, an everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask film, engaging, paced well, informative, and professionally polished." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"What works best involves scenes in which the visuals and humor are allowed to stick their heads out of the cage of convention." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"I haven't laughed myself to tears in a while, but this movie made it happen... doesn't quite hold itself together all the way through, otherwise it might've been a slam dunk." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"Spielberg seems to be letting the audience know that he's not trying to be terribly serious this time, so just sit back and enjoy the show." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"They made a clone, but left behind the soul -- T3 is T2 without the heart, spirit, and humanity." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"It neither adds to nor subtracts from the mythology. And with Judgment Day upon us, there's no more tension, nothing compelling left to explore." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"Its elements are actually quite typical of a syndicated cartoon series, aimed mostly at the young'uns and contributing pretty much nothing to the Star Wars mythos." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"Has a simplistic environmental concern, presented with sensationalist sensibilities and, perhaps worse, given an even more simplistic resolution." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Good work for the sake of good work -- it delivers something I'll readily admit is enjoyable, but not easily embraceable." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"Can be admired for the truths it manages to expose, but it can't shake off the cheap feel of its horror movie tactics." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) |
"As [the characters] get more depressed, the story gets more tiresome, especially as it continues to mount a conspicuous effort to be profound." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"A handy summary piece for many of the complaints about the MPAA over the years." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Three Times (2006) |
"[Hou's] work gains significance due to his specifically tying this theme of love to Taiwan in particular, as opposed to just proposing a general essay on love." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 10/10 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"A rebuke to the current 3-D computer animated takeover of the field, and what a beautiful rebuke it is.
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Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 4/10 |
The Time Machine (2002) |
"This new movie is an eye-candy spectacular but it's seriously lacking in the meaning department." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Together (2003) |
"Journey of a gifted character ... may work so well that you might not mind its gloriously sappy finale. I'll admit it -- I was tearing up at the end." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Tokyo Godfathers (2004) |
"A sweet little melodrama of deep, personal wounds being treated by dashes of holiday miracles, and it's enough to bring a smile to one's face." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Tortilla Soup (2001) |
"English-language Mexican-family version of Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman doesn't duplicate the subtleties of the original." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Touching the Void (2004) |
"Illustrates the inherent human instinct to self-preserve." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Traffic (2000) |
"Hits home because of what it is portraying ... the drug war feels ultimately futile, but its victims and consequences can not be ignored." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
Training Day (2001) |
"Larger than life ... a classic tale of good vs. evil." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Transamerica (2005) |
"TransAmerica is a road movie with a transexual twist, but it pretty much leaves it at that." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
The Transporter (2002) |
"Tackles action with the enthusiastic glee of boys who like to dream up impossible scenarios and commit them to film." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Transporter 2 (2005) |
"Things are a little bit too much this time, though -- to say all elements are exaggerated would be a gross understatement." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 6/10 |
Treasure Planet (2002) |
"Although Disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure, it feels more forced than usual." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) |
"Feels like a cross between '60's Disney cartoon movies and Yellow Submarine. No, even that description is too simplistic." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 7/10 |
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"Stiller's parody of Hollywood opportunism and insecurities is fairly lacerating, but perhaps could've been more so had not the whole thing been played so broadly." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Tropical Malady (2005) |
"The division of the two halves is pronounced and disruptive ... but the filmmaking is assured and focused, reaching for abstraction and poetry." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Tomato 8/10 |
Troy (2004) |
"Blustery acting, big battle sequences, and lots of 'sweeping epic' shots, and there you have it -- Troy, a mainstream film depiction of The Iliad, at last." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
The Truth About Charlie (2002) |
"Boring and meandering." |
Jeffrey Chen |
Splat 5/10 |
Twilight (2008) |
"For a piece about forbidden lust/love, it's not very tortured." |
Jeffrey Chen |
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