Tomato |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"A well-crafted, truly nasty piece of work" |
Pamela Troy |
Tomato |
Caché (2005) |
"Taking the traditional thriller genre and retaining its quality of gripping suspense, Haneke subverts it into a trenchant commentary on the seemingly irresolvable malignant conflicts of our time." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"Cadillac Records has impressive performances by multi-talented actors, heart, soul, and of course, music that just won't stop." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato |
Cafe Lumiere (2004) |
"Framing the visual haphazardness of urban streets in exquisite, dense, Shiko-like scroll paintings, Hou demonstrates how even in a megalopolis life is lived on a human scale, one day, one person at a time." |
Les Wright |
Tomato |
California Split (1974) |
"...the big thing holding back American movies is that they aren't more like California Split." |
Tom Block |
Splat |
Callas Forever (2004) |
"A breathtaking act of betrayal and hypocrisy, of self-aggrandizement and simple bad taste." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Camden 28 (2007) |
"Giacchino has created a film in which every practical question has ethical implications...The Camden 28 opens our thinking to the values and calculations which guided these noble activists and their equally noble attorneys." |
Harry Chotiner |
Tomato |
Camp (2003) |
"Count 'Camp' as the rarity it is: a modern movie that’s funny and sweet." |
Leslie Katz |
Tomato |
Capote (2005) |
"An incisively penetrating character study of the writer" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"There are three ingredients missing here: character, character, and character." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"Jarecki's deft organization of the factual material provides the momentum for a never-flagging exposition of the complexities of the Friedman case" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Caramel (2008) |
"Caramel is a warm, funny and compassionate movie that examines five women who are at very different stages in their lives, each one with a particular problem to work out." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Cars (2006) |
"Richly silly, but also solid, with something for the kids and the adults" |
Les Wright |
Tomato |
Casa de los Babys (2003) |
"Compelling, if not entirely satisfying" |
Leslie Katz |
Tomato |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Casino Royale is a great action movie, but it rises above the genre because of Daniel Craig's wonderfully fresh portrait of Bond and a great script. This is an exciting and engrossing, stand-on-line, see-on-a-big-screen, buy-the-popcorn-movie." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato 9/10 |
Cast Away (2000) |
"A model of restrained storytelling that's studded with a series of pure emotional peaks." |
Tom Block |
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The Castle (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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The Cat's Meow (2002) |
"an entertaining, if uneven, period piece" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"Let us hope that Noyce's influence in Hollywood will help give this film the attention it deserves, and that his newfound activism will have some effect." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
"Spielberg exercises his always notable gift for narrative filmmaking here...[but] has not solved his problem of longwindedness." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Cats & Dogs (2001) |
"Clever, technically accomplished, and consistently amusing -- it's a sunny summer treat." |
Bob Aulert |
Splat |
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) |
"Nothing in The Caveman's Valentine feels properly grounded or set up." |
Tom Block |
Tomato |
Cavite (2006) |
"The directing duo brilliantly stretch the limits of their very low budget to moving aesthetic and dramatic effect." |
Les Wright |
Splat 5/10 |
Cecil B. Demented (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
The Celebration (1998) |
"Vinterberg, while successfully holding his viewer's attention and moving his tale along with dispatch, doesn't here justify the unpleasantness with fresh insight." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Celebrity (1998) |
"Incisive observation of contemporary values and mores, delivered with a lot of laughs." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 3/10 |
The Cell (2000) |
"Singh has concocted a flick for people who think that mere sensation can sustain a movie, and who don’t require any more coherence than what can be gotten from flipping through a fashion magazine." |
Tom Block |
Splat |
The Center of the World (2001) |
"Despite all the grunting and heaving, not much heat is generated." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Central Station (1998) |
"Little goes on under the surface here and in the end it seems more sentimental than insightful.
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Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Chain Camera (2001) |
"Kirby’s egalitarian impulses get the best of him as he devotes time pretty evenly to each student regardless of how interesting they are individually." |
George Wu |
Splat |
Chaos (2003) |
"An audaciously risky mixture of genres that doesn't jell" |
Arthur Lazere |
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Charles Mingus - Triumph of the Underdog (1997) |
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Tomato |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"More madcap than the original, with even more spectacular set designs and production values." |
Karen Berk |
Tomato |
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"The story of Charlie Wilson's War makes an engaging and amusing film. Aaron Sorkin's scriptis literate, intelligent, well-written, fast-paced and full of clever and cynical one-liners." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato 7/10 |
Charlie's Angels (2000) |
"Better to disengage the higher brain functions and enjoy the fleeting, disposable moments." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Che (2008) |
" ... a revelation, an enlightening analysis of a man whose devotion to a political movement defined his life." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Cheaters (2000) |
"Pulls the clichés of the inspirational teacher movie straight through the looking glass." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
The Chess Player (1927) |
"A nonstop visual and aural masterpiece" |
Lewis Whittington |
Tomato |
Chicago (2002) |
"The screen 'Chicago' is missing the hard, perverse edginess that made the Broadway revival so effective...the edges have been rounded, the ironies softened and replaced with flashy camera work and cutting." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"Morgen's film suffers from two fatal flaws: prosaic story-telling and political naivete." |
Harry Chotiner |
Tomato |
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"The Signal is not for the squeamish, but the violence is doled out judiciously and interspersed with moments of mordant, truly biting comedy." |
Pamela Troy |
Tomato |
Chicken Run (2000) |
"It's smart and charming, a family film in the best sense -- a multi-layered
feast where all ages will find much to enjoy." |
Bob Aulert |
Splat |
Children of the Century (2002) |
"Befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
China Blue (2005) |
"Globalization is here to stay, and it presents us with yet another set of problems that we must address. China Blue does not offer solutions, but it might help get us to stop ignoring the problems. It is the little elephant that roared." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Chocolat (2000) |
"Graced with charm to spare and fleshes out its homilies with memorably engaging characters and a gentle, droll sense of humor." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Chorus (2005) |
"Barratier's clever use of irony to frame his story and his characters allows him both to use and to comment upon the underlying formula." |
Arthur Lazere |
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A Christmas Tale (2008) |
"Arnaud Desplechin and the Cinema of Enchantment" |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) |
"Brings to life the rich cast of Lewis' mythical and allegorical characters in vivid detail, setting them against breathtaking landscapes." |
Les Wright |
Splat |
The Chubbchubbs (2002) |
"The film’s lackluster story and older than dirt gags -- it makes The Flintstones look like Shakespeare! -- keep it from reaching the outer limits of enjoyment." |
Leslie Katz |
Splat |
Chuck & Buck (2000) |
"...neither of the principals is a likable character and Buck's inappropriate behaviors quickly become genuinely annoying..." |
Arthur Lazere |
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