Tomato |
I Am Sam (2002) |
"A supremely well-acted TV movie. But, like a lot of microwaveable insta-films, it has a capacity to taste shamefully better than it looks." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
I Heart Huckabees (2004) |
"Trying to decode the film through its entertaining philosophical ramblings leads nowhere substantial... [Huckabees] is a vision of contemporary US divisiveness." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007) |
"Taking offense to a film about tolerance just because it's aimed squarely at Middle America is itself intolerant. Chuck and Larry's crime is it doesn't maintain its most audacious bits and it's never funny enough." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
I Spy (2002) |
"The cast seems so intent on delivering the goods that you can't help wondering what this might have amounted to if it didn't have such an aversion to actual substance." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) |
"Rock's observations seem authentic. The problem is they aren't especially funny." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
I'm Not There (2007) |
"I'm Not There becomes another boomer ode to the cultural supremacy of the sixties." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
I, Robot (2004) |
"I, Robot is an enthralling bit of genre fiction; overcoming an uncertainty of focus with a handful of terrific scenes." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Ice Age (2002) |
"Far from the over-polished sheen of recent CGI features... the [animation's] basic line-structures are stylistically reminiscent of cave drawings." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Identity (2003) |
"Identity becomes so grossly obsessed with its self-perceived cleverness, it lacks the sensibility to imbue [its] revelation with any tragic weight." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Idiots (1998) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Idlewild (2006) |
"1930s black America becomes just a stage for OutKast's vanity project." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Illusionist (2006) |
"An early flashback scene indicates how The Illusionist might have played like The Princess Bride for the tea and scone set. Instead it's just a nobly acted stage mystery." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
In America (2003) |
"Rather than bury the material, Sheridan's fairy tale approach uses myth to find deeper truth: navigating strife with human faith." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
In Good Company (2004) |
"Nothing is ostensibly bad about it, except that it’s mostly surface-level respectability without risk; well-made but inauthentic." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
In Her Shoes (2005) |
"It’s almost trivial, but personal touches make its take on familyhood persistence identifiable." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
In the Bedroom (2001) |
"Wields a hypnotic sadness, handled so powerfully that it's only in hindsight when you start to question whether there's significance beyond the surface-level fury." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
In the Cut (2003) |
"Shifting focus within individual shots, playing background city noises louder than dialogue, and covering everything in a yellow-urine haze, it’s a forced approach to dread." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
In the Land of Women (2007) |
"The "young man's post-traumatic discovery of life's value through quirky people tale" is an obscure genre that's somehow attracted Zach Braff, Cameron Crowe and Jon Kasdan." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
In The Mix (2005) |
"People richer than you get paid to come up with this stuff." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
In the Name of the Father (1993) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) |
"Boll is in fact fascinating - largely because his movies assume their audiences exist in an alternate dimension of human experience." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Incredibles (2004) |
"Bird continually overlays both visual and verbal gags, trusting that his audience can think fast." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 5/5 |
Indiana Jones - The Adventure Collection (1981) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Infamous (2006) |
"The triad of performances by Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig keep it on its feet, but after a certain point it's stumbling aimlessly." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Informant! (2009) |
"Soderbergh pokes fun at the self-importance of corporate thrillers." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"It's great in parts." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Inland Empire (2006) |
"Inland Empire is about the effects of movies themselves - the way they change us, inform our goals, and impact our self-image." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Inside Deep Throat (2005) |
"Inside Deep Throat works best as a capsule of an era, using response to the porn classic as a model for national reaction to sexual liberation." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Inside Man (2006) |
"The dog-eat-dog hustle is an interesting backbone for Lee, but the movie is too understated for its own complexity." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Insomnia (2002) |
"Insomnia is a good movie that's falsely convinced it's a great one." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Interiors (1978) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Interpreter (2005) |
"Pollack moves The Interpreter at a sometimes frustratingly relaxed pace. But its payoffs — emotional and visceral — hit harder because of it." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Into the Blue (2005) |
"The movie is only sometimes honest about being an exploitation film. The rest of it strives for toothless, middle-of-the-road esteem." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |
"The whole picture resonates from a joyful ability to personalize genre." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Invincible (2002) |
"Invincible approaches history as myth, striving not to document reality, but to penetrate its tragic essence." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Invisible Man Returns (1940) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Iris (2001) |
"A mechanical, shallow reduction of a person's life." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
Iron Monkey (1977) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
The Island (2005) |
"As a whole, it’s only almost good. But it’s full of good elements, and it never made me furious." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
It Runs in the Family (2003) |
"There are enough genuine moments amidst its TV movie trappings." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2005) |
"There’s unexpected tenderness in the sincerity with which Dowse plunges into Disability Movie conventions." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Italian Job (2003) |
"It tries so hard to make its antiheroes genuinely nice, it overlooks the genre’s central allure." |
Mark Palermo |