Tomato |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"The conditional humanity that marred much of Bowling For Columbine is here, but [the result is] powerful, maddening and heartfelt." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"Rather than address how personal idiosyncracies struggle in relationships, Failure to Launch exists in an appalling fantasy world of quota compliance." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fame (2009) |
"The fragmented narrative of high school kids pursuing their dreams (job security) has just barely more feel and understanding of what it's like to be young than 17 Again ." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"In a time when even movie reviews are quick to qualify everything by perceived left or right leanings, The Family Stone's critique of those who conform their values to political dogma has pertinence." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 5/5 |
Fantasia (1940) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Fantastic Four is left passing off dopey comedy and performances as playfulness." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"It takes no risks, so it leads nowhere." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"[It uses] 50s pop-ideology as an excuse to point at big issues from safe distances." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"The third entry in the Fast and the Furious franchise burrows culture shock in dishonesty." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"The story is told with such richness and attention to nomadic traditions that it wields the scope of a Kurosawa samurai picture." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"This movie rekindling of Bill Cosby’s long-running Saturday morning cartoon rings of squandered potential." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Father of the Bride (1950) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fear Dot Com (2002) |
"Two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"Stripping film art down to its most purely visual roots, Brian De Palma's almost silent thriller is a stylish exploration of movies (and dreams) as our efforts to fabricate reality." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"The Farrellys transform romantic formula into understanding." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Fido (2007) |
"The cleverness of Fido's concept maintains enough charm to want to disregard that its satire is pretty thin." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Final Destination (2009) |
"Selling bland fatalism to kids, it's the work of crooks." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"With every killing played for comic effect, Final Destination 2 negates terror because it's not concerned with survival." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"It's disturbing by not being disturbing at all." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"More than just high calorie viscera, Finding Nemo is the best American comedy in two years." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"Adult viewers who scoffed about seeing last year’s screen adaptation of Peter Pan can bask in the false esteem of Finding Neverland." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fire and Ice (1983) |
"Fire and Ice plays like a longer, slower He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode — with of course the bonus of Bakshi’s dependable booty fixation." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Firm (1993) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
First Daughter (2004) |
"[Far from] the rebellious spirit of Carrie, Repo Man and Some Kind of Wonderful, the only teen outsiders Hollywood now deals with are the over-privileged." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
First Sunday (2008) |
"Combining the hijinks of the Friday series with the spiritual bent of Tyler Perry's work seems like an obvious move. For producer/star Ice Cube, it's also a dishonest one." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Fishbone - Critical Times: The Hen House Sessions (2004) |
"The music is extraordinary, but Critical Times excels as cinema in its authentic feel for the joy and struggle of collaborative art." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Fisher King (1991) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fists of Fury (1972) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
FIX: The Story of an Addicted City (2003) |
"Director Nettie Wild understands that empathy, for both sides of a conflict, is what creates complexity in art." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"It's as though Eastwood expects audiences to be stunned at his insight that the truth is more multifaceted than wartime reporting usually lets on." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Flashdance (1983) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Flightplan (2005) |
"It’s in the final act when Flightplan goes from passable to pitiful." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Flirting with Disaster (1996) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Flushed Away (2006) |
"It's infused with a freewheeling energy - helpful given the story's been-there-done-that vibe." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
The Fly II (1989) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Fog (2005) |
"It seems to set a record for the quantity of shock moments that involve either a pane of glass breaking or something catching fire." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"The Hollywood machine is so thoroughly documented in other movies, the lampooning gets stuck in a safety zone." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Forgotten (2004) |
"Moore is actually required to deliver the infamous movie line, “Give me back my son!,” while moments are pillaged from everything from Labyrinth to Dark City." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Formula 51 (2002) |
"The most anti-human big studio picture since 3000 Miles to Graceland." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Fountain (2006) |
"Ambitious and unsatisfactory, The Fountain exists at an intriguing place between being nothing and something else." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
Four Rooms (1995) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Fourth Kind (2009) |
""What you decide is up to you," Jovovich permits us at the end, reducing cinema to an Unsolved Mysteries episode." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Foxfire (1996) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Fracture (2007) |
"Director Gregory Hoblit's sterile blue visuals are par for the lack of dramatic impact." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Frailty (2002) |
"A garish, delightfully bizarre horror film with the daring to address Western institutional-fascism." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Freaked (1993) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Freddy Got Fingered (2001) |
"Fearless and culturally resonant...a Dadaistic sendup of knee-jerk moralism and teen comedies in general." |
Mark Palermo |
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