Tomato B+ |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Directors Paul and Chris Weitz do a great job balancing the laughs and genuine emotion in this movie, and it never tips over into the maudlin." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"A deft, incisive social satire that fills your heart with warmness with its recognizability, About Schmidt first shows us the clouds and then gives us their often humorous silver linings." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Adaptation (2002) |
"A 21st century pop angst commentary and a uniquely American masterpiece, Adaptation is so far the sole major studio film of 2002 to challenge the basic tenets of cinema, to push the envelope for filmmakers and audience alike." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
After Hours (1985) |
"Darkly comedic and delightfully manic, After Hours is a fresh, funny look at one man's downward mental and emotional slide into an evening of unmitigated SoHo hell." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"A political documentary that sings with the urgency, potency and, yes, stridency of a great protest song." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
"Marked by Broomfield's same stentorian, recurrently officious narration... but still a sharp, affecting portrait of monstrous underclass miasma." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Ali (2001) |
"Full of abstractions that are sometimes distractions… the film's structured schizophrenia, if occasionally wayward, still bears some undeniably tremendous fruit." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"A soft, dusty, widescreen [old-school western]… an intelligent, sensitive drama with an epic scope, muted narrative and impressionistic heart." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"An obsessively authentic love letter to the early ’70s world of fading swagger rock... a tragicomic snapshot of trying to hold onto hope, faith, possibility and youthful idealism even as ugly adult realizations blunt the power of those adolescent cornerst" |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Amadeus - Director's Cut (2002) |
"The 20 extra minutes in this cut add little to Milos Forman's sprawling biopic of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
American Beauty (1999) |
"Filled with moments of uncommon intelligence, sensitivity, truth and wit, American Beauty is an instant American classic." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
American Movie (1999) |
"When a film feels this rooted and comfortable with itself, it's hard to assail its faults -- in this case, a steadfast refusal to handle its characters with anything other than heart-shaped kid gloves." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
American Pimp (1999) |
"A surprising -- and surprisingly non-salacious -- non-fiction treat. It's a credit to the Hughes brothers that viewers leave with a much grayer picture of what an American pimp is all about." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
American Splendor (2003) |
"An immensely entertaining but somewhat featherweight movie about Harvey Pekar, an art gallery snapshot of what is in and of itself a more interesting native composition." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
The Anarchist Cookbook (2003) |
"Think of it as Fight Club Lite; the film may not fully explain Generation-Next ennui but it
does have is a winning immediacy and agreeableness -- and Gummersall, who... delivers a crisp performance." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"I could have used more smarm and crisply delineated battle-of-sexes confrontation, but Ferrell’s overwrought mania and wholesale comedic devotion again sell the laffs." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"A cinematic tone poem that asks viewers to reexamine their relationship with both the word 'art' and the forms that we’ve sanctioned for its exploration and expression." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Animal Factory (2000) |
"We may have seen this type of Animal before, but Furlong and Dafoe's work -- and Buscemi’s honest, caring touch with these fringe-dwellers -- make it seem fresh." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"A raw yet relaxed film buff’s film... a wittier, recast version of one of your own dinner parties, with enough high drama to keep the guests talking for quite a while." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Any Given Sunday (1999) |
"A solidly-acted action-drama hybrid whose cartoonish asides largely undermine the greater subtext." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato C+ |
Anything But Love (2003) |
"Obvious, but sweet-tempered and lovingly put together enough to generally trump such shortcomings. For fans of breezy, feel-good fare only." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Arthur Dong: Family Fundamentals |
"So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists, but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality." |
Brent Simon |
Splat F |
Abandon (2002) |
"A muddy psychological thriller rife with miscalculations. It makes me say the obvious: Abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
About Adam (2001) |
"An airy, accented romantic comedy romp of infidelity and animal attraction [that hinges on] your personal threshold for average, of-the-moment romantic comedies." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Girls has small and simple charms, but the movie succumbs to the combined weight of its preoccupations with non-hurried, 'honest' interactions and general open-endedness." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"A loose-limbed, occasionally funny movie of many madly spinning teacups sunk by uninvested-in characters and niggling, wrongheaded details." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D+ |
An American Rhapsody (2001) |
"Just another faux-weepy drama told with a standard fetishistic immigrant’s sentimentality." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
American Wedding (2003) |
"A slightly bloated, entertaining-in-patches paycheck comedy that tries just hard enough to escape full excoriation; the Vegas years lounge act of its younger, more vital self." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Amy's O (2002) |
"A movie that harps on media-constructed 'issues' like whether compromise is the death of self… this Orgasm [won't be an] exceedingly memorable one for most people." |
Brent Simon |
Splat F |
Anatomy of Hell (2004) |
"Issues of sexual commitment, fidelity and self-worth are graphically explored with the torpid detachment of a psych major’s filmic send-up of a Calvin Klein commercial..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
Antitrust (2001) |
"Passably entertaining in spots, but doomed by its bungling of the thriller elements." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
Anywhere But Here (1999) |
"The title might very well be an appropriate description of what more impatient filmgoers may be feeling after sitting through this frustratingly mediocre dramedy." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D |
Ash Wednesday (2002) |
"Burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"Irresolute and underdeveloped, this movie has two ideas smushed together without a disciplined evaluation of what they mean to each other and where they fit. It's a character study that isn’t more than skin deep." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Audition (2001) |
"A foreign film moored to rather tenuous interpersonal foundations [where] you need to understand the nuance of the interactions on screen; [Americans] can't." |
Brent Simon |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999) |
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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) |
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
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Affliction (1997) |
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After the Fox (1966) |
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Against All Odds (1984) |
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Agent Red (1999) |
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Agnes Browne (1999) |
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Alias Betty (2002) |
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Alice Adams (1935) |
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