Tomato |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"An unforgettable story [told] in perfect filmic terms" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"The movie's themes are communicated visually and with quiet immediacy." |
George Wu |
Tomato |
Ran (1985) |
"...screen pictures of arresting beauty that keep the complex storyline hypnotically clear
" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Random Hearts (1999) |
"Sydney Pollack has made an interesting and engrossing film in Random Hearts." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Rat Race (2001) |
"Finally, a movie for everyone who found the Cannonball Run films to be a tad too cerebral." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Ratcatcher (2000) |
"Artistic filmmaking of the highest order... Painful and upsetting, Ratcatcher won't leave you alone after it's over." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Rated X (2000) |
"It took extraordinary caution to make a film this boring from the Mitchell Brothers' story." |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Ray (2004) |
"When [the music isn't playing], the film seems conventional, unimaginative and stretched out well beyond its ability to sustain narrative momentum." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"[Distinguished by] depth of motivation and character development" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"Cardoso has done right in her precise and unsentimental direction of a screenplay based on Josefina Lopez's autobiographical play." |
Jerry Weinstein |
Tomato 10/10 |
Rear Window (1954) |
"The most provocative meditation on moviegoing ever made." |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Rebel Heart (2001) |
"A valiant attempt at capturing the chaos and intensity of the Irish struggle for independence, but it ends up just another mildly interesting story about a boy and a girl." |
Nicole Williams |
Tomato |
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
"Just like its hero, the film is operatic and grandiose in places, shambling and inarticulate in others, but always intensely watchable." |
Ben Stephens |
Tomato |
Rebus (2001) |
"The dialog crackles with a lot of ... dark humor and hardboiled sass." |
Ben Stephens |
Tomato |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"Sustains an appropriate pacing for what is, after all, not an action flick, but, rather, in the tradition of the historical epic." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
The Recruit (2003) |
"Like cotton candy, it all evaporates right after it's over." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Red Balloon (1955) |
" ... one of the best loved films in cinema history." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Red Cliff (2009) |
"The drama tends to be pitched over the top %u2026 Before, Woo could pull off such extremes because he did it in an operatic fashion of gonzo emotion, but here it often comes off as inadvertently hokey." |
George Wu |
Tomato |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Ratner knows the strength in Hannibal's evil charisma and the potential limitations in Hannibal's overexposure." |
Nigam Nuggehalli |
Splat 6/10 |
Red Planet (2000) |
"Shot and edited so clumsily that pivotal moments of action are obscured." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Red Road (2007) |
"Red Road is a portrait of a voyeur, and it invites us to become voyeurs of the voyeur." |
Harry Chotiner |
Tomato |
The Red Violin (1998) |
"A sensual pleasure to hear, and to watch the film on screen... an intellectual pleasure to mull the complex themes afterwards. This is filmmaking of the highest order." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Redacted (2007) |
"Brian DePalma has written and directed a deeply anti-American film, and that should be acknowledged, embraced, and defended as one legitimate reading of our country in 2007." |
Harry Chotiner |
Tomato |
Regret to Inform (1998) |
"Not an unqualified triumph...The achievement is in the statements garnered from the widows on both sides." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 4/10 |
Reindeer Games (2000) |
"Giving a movie like this an epic sheen is, to use the technical term, like putting lipstick on a pig." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Rent (2005) |
"The nearly nonstop, opera-like deployment of unmemorable, unmelodic, lip-synched songs exacerbates the undeniable fact that the play is a fictional contrivance." |
Les Wright |
Splat |
The Replacements (2000) |
"A shabby patchwork of a film, one that lip-synchs
it's way through an old and timeworn situation without
any attempt to add something new or interesting." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
Requiem for a Dream (2000) |
"talented filmmaking of unquestionable power" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"It is not in the least bit scary and most of the best traditions of zombie films are ignored." |
Pamela Troy |
Tomato |
Respiro (2003) |
"[Crialese] successfully creates a warm and individualized group of characters and a palpable sense of both family and community." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Restaurant (1998) |
"Maybe you'd do better cooking at home than heading for this Restaurant tonight." |
Dak |
Tomato |
The Return (2004) |
"The broad theme of abandonment and return, explored in several variations, suggests mythic depths to this story of timeless significance.
" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat 6/10 |
Return to Me (2000) |
"Predictable, sporadically engaging fable." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Reunion (2002) |
"Reunion falls short on just about every count." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato 9/10 |
Ride the High Country (1962) |
"A film of abundant visual beauty through whose heart blows a chill valedictory breeze." |
Tom Block |
Tomato 8/10 |
Ride with the Devil (1999) |
"Ang Lee's Ride With the Devil is a film of monumental ambition." |
Gary Mairs |
Tomato |
Rififi (1954) |
"...a movie that sticks to your ribs." |
Tom Block |
Splat |
The Ring Two (2005) |
"To those who saw and enjoyed the first one, it’s a bitter disappointment." |
Pamela Troy |
Splat |
The Ringer (2005) |
"More offensive than the poor humor and bad acting...is the cheap arm-twisting created by making this film serve double duty as a promotional piece [for the Special Olympics]." |
Les Wright |
Tomato |
The River (1998) |
"a painfully incisive portrait of the contemporary human condition" |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
The Road Home (2001) |
"Continues Zhang's extraordinary record of accomplishment." |
Arthur Lazere |
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The Road Home (2003) |
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Tomato |
The Road to Guantanamo (2006) |
"The film is paced and edited like a news special, and in fact, there is no indication in the film as to whether any of its disparate sections are 'real.'" |
Gary Mairs |
- |
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"Nearly every scene is leaden, weighed down with portent and production designed to death." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Road Trip (2000) |
"Road Trip is not Masterpiece Theater. It's not even Animal House. But it's funny, occasionally witty, and often adventurous beyond its charter. If you can forgive its forays into tastelessness you'll find it an amusing ride." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
The Road Warrior (1981) |
"Relying mostly on image and motion to tell its story, it's a classic action film representative of cinema at its purest." |
Paul De Angelis |
Tomato |
Rocco & His Brothers (1960) |
"Even with [Rocco's] undeniable excess, the climactic moments transcend style and are profoundly moving." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Rock Star (2001) |
"...quirky, raucous, and mostly winning" |
Tom Block |
- |
Rock the Boat (1998) |
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|
Tomato |
Roger Dodger (2002) |
"Despite poor production values, 'Roger Dodger' holds the interest with the intelligence and insight of the story and characterizations." |
Arthur Lazere |
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