Tomato |
Adoration (2009) |
"Adoration's ending may feel a little too artificial, a little too idealistic, but there is still something lovely about where these people end up." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Adventureland (2009) |
"The plot mechanics are a drag because Adventureland is at its best when it's in laid-back, hanging out mode." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Langdon ... comes off as a stuffy, self-important egghead with no sense of humor. He's no Indiana Jones." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato |
Antichrist (2009) |
"Antichrist is a kind of exorcism for von Trier, an exorcism that involves no less than the destruction of the genitals of both sexes." |
Beverly Berning |
Splat |
Avatar (2009) |
"Like staring at the world's most expensive screensaver. - NERVE.COM" |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Avatar (2009) |
" ... a largely humorless movie that plays like the sensitive white man-goes-native saga, Dances with Wolves in Outer Space." |
Sura Wood |
Splat |
Away We Go (2009) |
"With Away We Go, Mendes has fallen through the rabbit hole and discovered connubial bliss." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Alexandra (2008) |
" ... at times humorous, at times touching, and unfortunately, at times tedious and distancing." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
All In This Tea (2008) |
"It's another beautiful, sensual film, and another homage to what makes life enjoyable." |
Beverly Berning |
Tomato |
Angel-A (2007) |
"It's too bad it took so long for the film to get here, because it's not only the best part, it's also the very end." |
Beverly Berning |
Splat C- |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"It could be portending the decline and fall of Hollywood, except that it is so unexceptionally bad, and unexceptionally typical of the studio fare right now." |
Les Wright |
Splat |
Absolute Wilson (2006) |
"Yet Otto-Bernstein's clips, though well-chosen, never convey what seeing Wilson live is like...Her book is much more stimulating." |
Michael McDonagh |
Tomato |
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
"Always engaging, often insightful, [and] at times deeply moving." |
Les Wright |
Splat |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Reworks the basic rags-to-riches fantasy in a muddle of clichés...as predicable as they come" |
Les Wright |
Tomato |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"To cut to the chase, there should be an NC-17 rating to describe the over-the- top violence in Apocalypto. But the strong of stomach will find an edge-of-your-seat, heart-pounding, technically amazing movie." |
Emily S. Mendel |
Tomato |
Azumi (2006) |
"It's a B-movie through and through and its indulgences come from loving the genre too much, not bracketing it with postmodern quotation marks." |
George Wu |
Tomato |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"Evokes the feel and the sensibility of the New Wave while retaining a decidedly contemporary tone." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"The crew ooos and aahs and talks like so many valley girls ("awesome," "freaky," etc.), leaving the viewer hungry for some more substantive science to back up the visuals." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"None of it hangs together enough to make a coherent narrative." |
Pamela Troy |
Splat |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Unspeakably filthy and offensive" |
Janos Gereben |
Splat |
Asylum (2005) |
"It is not sufficient as pure storytelling to sustain interest...feels hollow at the center--lacking in any payoff, from an entertainment or from a thematic point of view." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Alexander (2004) |
"It's as if Stone deliberately were creating a parody of all the cornball biblical/historical spectacles in the history of the movies." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Alfie (2004) |
"The fascinatingly complex character who inspired masterpieces from the wit of Moliere and the genius of Mozart draws only humdrum mediocrity from the remake mill of Hollywood." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"Doesn’t represent cinema at its height, but it will evoke more than a chuckle or two." |
Leslie Katz |
Tomato |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Does not entirely avoid the pitfalls of the biopic genre, but it’s rarely less than entertaining, and sometimes downright exhilarating." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Both ponderous and fluffy at the same time--a notably contradictory achievement" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"A sweet glimpse into young romance, delivered with...style, but, in the end, unsatisfyingly skimming the surface" |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
America's Prince - The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003) |
"Continue[s] after his death the opprobrious exploitation by the media that JFK, Jr. suffered during his life." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Follows [Pekar's] journey with originality, humor and humanity" |
Leslie Katz |
Tomato |
Angels in America (2003) |
"What comes through glowingly...is Kushner’s poetic dialogue and Nichols evokes strong performances all the way around." |
Lewis Whittington |
Splat |
Anger Management (2003) |
"With this lineup of actors ... they should have conjured up fiery explosions of sidesplitting comic anger management rather than this tepid taste of implausible assertiveness training." |
Leslie Katz |
Tomato |
Anything Else (2003) |
"At least for his fans, there's plenty of Allen-schtick to enjoy." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Autumn Spring (2003) |
"A fun movie about and for old people...also happens to be a movie that young people won’t be able to resist" |
Leslie Katz |
Splat |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"[Nicholson] makes Payne's film look better than it is, but he can't save it from being overlong, repetitious, and flat." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
Alias Betty (2002) |
"An absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen, unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"Leigh and his actors succeed in making these characters human and sympathetic and, thus, all the more profoundly sad." |
Arthur Lazere |
Tomato |
American Experience - Daughter from Danang (2002) |
"The filmmakers craftily intuit the emotional high points of the mother-daughter reunion." |
Nigam Nuggehalli |
Splat |
Analyze That (2002) |
"The premise of the successful original is essentially abandoned early on in favor of an uninteresting and predictable plot-driven story from which the laughs disappear all too quickly." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"What could have been heartfelt feels contrived and manipulative." |
Jerry Weinstein |
Tomato |
Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (2002) |
"An irresistible combination of a rousing good story set on a truly grand scale." |
Nigam Nuggehalli |
Tomato |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Continues the Austin Powers tradition of innovating while sticking to the mandatory bathroom humor machine." |
Nigam Nuggehalli |
Splat |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"Has no real plot, composed of a mishmash of scenes thematically concerned with Crane's moral downfall. There is no build up or suspense." |
George Wu |
Splat |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Bursts under the weight of a tidal wave of ponderous schmaltz." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Splat |
Aberdeen (2001) |
"The acting alone can't fill the motivational gaps." |
Arthur Lazere |
Splat |
Ali (2001) |
"Ali does the unthinkable: making its complex and dynamic subject smaller than life." |
Bob Aulert |
Splat |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"Spins its formulaic web like a black widow on automatic pilot." |
Scott Von Doviak |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"An effervescent world of unrequited love, suicidal goldfish, photo booth intrigue and elaborate courtship schemes." |
Bob Aulert |
Splat |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"Wide parched vistas of monotony separate scrabbly oases of amusement and the payoff for a gag almost never matches the time devoted to its setup." |
Bob Aulert |
Tomato |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"Cannily balances the melodrama with starkly naturalistic detail." |
Gary Mairs |
Splat |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"Angel Eyes is a romance without love, a suspense drama without tension, a thriller without excitement." |
Bob Aulert |
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