Tomato |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
" ... an exhaustive account of how a gang of self-appointed urban guerrillas traumatized Germany during the decade following the global paroxysms of 1968." |
Beverly Berning |
Splat |
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"Those who find Rumi's wisdom as unknowable as desert sand constantly reshaped by the wind that blows it, will have the same reaction to Bab'Aziz." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Babel (2006) |
"There is some hope, in Iñárritu's world, each of the characters may have a family and love, but this is shown to be, at best, a diversion against the real world, which is a much more intolerable, incomprehensive place." |
Michael Wade Simpson |
Splat 2/10 |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"It's a rare comedy that is so painfully unfunny that it earns not a single laugh." |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Bad Education (2004) |
"An hour in, everything in the movie is upended in a way that is not so much difficult to swallow as simply out of left field." |
George Wu |
Splat |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"The plotting keeps getting away from Kim as the story progresses." |
Jesse Paddock |
Splat |
Baise Moi (2001) |
"The world needs this movie the way it needs a comeback of the plague." |
Tom Block |
Splat |
Bait (2000) |
"Just when Foxx's vector begins ascending, the rest of the film unfortunately banks over and starts a long slow dead-stick glide." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
Ballerina (2008) |
" ... in its simplistic, by-the-book delivery, Ballerina does give an inkling of the blood and sweat hidden underneath the ethereal beauty of classical dance." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"A moderately engaging historical document" |
Michael Wade Simpson |
Tomato 10/10 |
Band of Outsiders (1964) |
"35 years after its release it still retains its heady air of risk and endless capacity to surprise." |
Gary Mairs |
Tomato |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"But not for nothing was it nominated for thirteen Israeli Academy Awards, winning eight, including best screenplay, actor, actress, director, and picture." |
Harry Chotiner |
Splat |
Bandits (2001) |
"Bandits succeeds only in stealing two hours of precious time." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"Instead of digging more deeply and drawing more complex characters and motivations, [Dolman] skims along the surface, plays to the mass market, and delivers a sitcom which will be forgotten a week after it is seen." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Bank Dick (1940) |
"It's still great, exhibiting a far superior sense of wit and comic timing than virtually any film released in the last twenty years." |
Phil Freeman |
Tomato |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"If your tears flow (which they assuredly will), they will be cathartic tears, tears as much of joy and affirmation as of sadness." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Barefoot (2005) |
"Despite being highly derivative and often predictable, 'Barefoot' contains some truly funny moments, and even an occasional moment of saving grace" |
Les Wright |
Tomato |
La Bataille Du Rail (1946) |
"Searing visual power that draws viewers into threatening territory physically, politically and psychologically" |
Lewis Whittington |
Splat |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"Aims for mythical grandeur, underlined leadenly by a pseudo-Wagnerian orchestral score, only to become mired in pretension to Jungian psychological veracity" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 5/10 |
Bats (1999) |
"Mainly it made me wish I was watching the Murnau film instead." |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"Battle for Terra is a CG-animated sci-fi film with amazing 3-D effects, but the clichéd plot is only 1-D." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato |
Battle in Heaven (2006) |
"Will one day make its mark in the film canon as the singular film experience it is" |
George Wu |
Tomato |
Battle of Algiers (1966) |
"The verity of a documentary...with the narrative drive and emotional charge of a great thriller" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 3/10 |
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"It will no doubt take a place of honor in the proud pantheon of 'What Were They Thinking?' cinema, right alongside The Postman and Howard the Duck." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2005) |
"Brown weaves together audio footage and taped interviews that show a man whose proximity to death had calcified into a sharp blade of self-deprecating wit." |
Jesse Paddock |
Splat 3/10 |
The Beach (2000) |
"...an epic for pipsqueaks." |
Tom Block |
Tomato |
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) |
"Not likely to engender an emotional response, so much as a thoughtful, dispassionate one." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Beau Travail (1999) |
"a rich mix, an object lesson in thoughtful filmmaking" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
The Beautiful Country (2005) |
"A poorly-written melodrama which at times borders on the tedious" |
Janos Gereben |
Tomato |
A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"Crowe...defines and builds a characterization which centers the film and, indeed, enables it to transcend its weaknesses." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato 6/10 |
Beautiful People (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Bedazzled (2000) |
"Appears to have had a lot of the life homogenized out of it by one too many focus group sessions, and more than a few scenes appear to be reined in a notch to stay within a PG-13 rating." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
Bedrooms & Hallways (1998) |
"a feather-light romantic comedy of considerable charm" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Before Night Falls (2000) |
"Manages to hold its center in a very strong performance by Javier Bardem." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Before Sunrise (1995) |
"While the couple get...philosophical in their courtship dance, 'Before Sunrise' maintains an awareness of their earnestness without itself putting on airs of profundity." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"The experiences they talk about are like so many sound-bites; they haven't internalized the wisdom that the words suggest." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"Devil possesses a dramatic power akin to watching a big train wreck, but it’s an elaborate Rube Goldberg device with no real heart at its center." |
George Wu |
Splat |
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) |
"Takes a simple premise and simplifies it even further; it's a comic book with very few of the frames colored in." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
Behind the Red Door (2002) |
"The awkward set-up finally gives way to a portrait of a family of two, who are at last there for one another." |
Jerry Weinstein |
Tomato |
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"Being John Malkovich is ingenious, different, beautifully directed and acted, and also very, very funny." |
Dak |
Tomato |
Being Julia (2004) |
"Redolent with the aroma of the floor boards, spiced with the overripe theatricality of thespians, and blessed with the grace of a radiant Annette Bening" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Believer (2002) |
"Less an examination of neo-Nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself." |
William Ham |
Tomato |
Bella (2007) |
"Bella is a (...) parable of remorse and redemption, a tale of two damaged souls who end up helping each other find release from their tragic pasts." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Belle de Jour (1967) |
"a fascination in the brilliance of its knowing detail about sexual attraction/revulsion, about the subtleties of desire" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
La Belle Personne (2008) |
"Mr. Honoré rejuvenates the age-old love triangle story on the surface, but underneath, it's still the same heavy-handed morality at play." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Beloved (1998) |
"cathartic and affirming" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"With its flamboyantly choreographed wedding dances interspersed with rousing soccer games, it's a joyous ride all the way." |
Nigam Nuggehalli |
Tomato |
Besieged (1998) |
"a master filmmaker at the peak of his powers...celluloid poetry" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 3/10 |
Best in Show (2000) |
"You keep waiting for the movie to start. It never does, though." |
Tom Block |
Tomato |
Better Than Chocolate (1999) |
"Enjoyable to watch and worth going to see
" |
Dak |
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