Tomato 2.5/4 |
Face of Terror (2005) |
"...Face of Terror seems to have emerged directly from a guidebook for '80s-style shoot-'em-ups (the film even features an angry Captain, for crying out loud)." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
Face the Music (1993) |
"Face the Music isn't a bad movie, really. It's just an unimaginative one." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"...the film's rambling nature prevents it from becoming the riveting piece of work Moore surely intended it to be." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"...an amiable and entertaining (albeit entirely forgettable) piece of work." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1/4 |
Fall (1997) |
"Fall often feels like a remake of 9 1/2 Weeks, with Schaeffer seemingly competing with Mickey Rourke for most..disgusting sleazeball ever committed to celluloid." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Fall (2008) |
"...plagued by unreasonably amateurish performances and lackluster scripting." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996) |
"Fallen Angels is more challenging visually than any mainstream Hollywood film I've ever seen." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1/4 |
The Fallen Ones (2005) |
"...nothing can quite prepare us for a sequence late in the film that finds Robert Wagner engaged in a fist-fight with a mummy." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1/4 |
The Falling (2006) |
"...suffers from an egregiously low-rent sensibility..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Falling Angels (2003) |
"...surprisingly moving and emotional." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Falling Hard (2002) |
"...[writer/director Matt] Kurtz has a keen ear for unforced, natural-sounding dialogue." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
Fanboys (2009) |
"...the film really only works in fits and starts..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Fantastic Four is essentially campy fun; this is the sort of movie Schumacher's Batman and Robin was trying to be." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"...the film essentially offers up more of the same; more bad jokes, more predictable plot twists, and more ill-conceived action sequences." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"...a thoroughly agreeable piece of work..." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"Far From Heaven is the sort of film the term "ambitious failure" was coined for." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 4/4 |
Fargo (1996) |
"[The Coen brothers'] very best film, crammed with memorable characters and quotable dialogue." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fascination (2005) |
"...Fascination generally vacillates between being utterly ridiculous and flat-out boring." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
"...ultimately entertaining enough to warrant a mild recommendation..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"...the movie's striking setting and compelling lead performance ensure that it remains a slight cut above its immediate predecessor." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"...barely has enough material to fill a 52-minute CBC special, let alone a three-hour cinematic "event."" |
David Nusair |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fatal Kiss (2008) |
"...precisely the sort of run-of-the-mill small-screen endeavor one expects to see on Lifetime in the middle of the afternoon." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Father of the Bride (1991) |
"...it's not difficult to see why the film has endured since it's release or why a sequel was commissioned just a few years later." |
David Nusair |
Splat 0/4 |
Fear Dot Com (2002) |
"...dark, grungy and generally unpleasant to look at." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Felon (2008) |
"...establishes itself as a gritty, thoroughly compelling prison drama that rarely relies on the various tropes of the genre." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"...chock full of the various camera tricks that made [De Palma] famous more than two decades ago, from slow-motion sequences to uninterrupted long takes." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
Fetching Cody (2006) |
"...certain scenes come off as surprisingly entertaining while others just seem to drag on and on." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"As a feel-good romance, Fever Pitch undoubtedly excels." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
A Few Days in September (2006) |
"Generally interesting but only sporadically compelling..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fido (2007) |
"Distinctly silly but generally entertaining..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fierce Creatures (1997) |
"Chock full of wacky misunderstandings and bawdy innuendo..." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fierce People (2007) |
"...the movie's abrupt (and downright graceless) transformation from jaunty comedy to heavy-handed drama strips the proceedings of any momentum it may have had..." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1.5/4 |
La Fille coupée en deux (2007) |
"...a typically slow-moving and overly talky French drama..." |
David Nusair |
Splat 1/4 |
Final (2001) |
"...this semi-interesting premise has been stretched incredibly thin over the course of close to two hours..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Final Conflict: Omen III (1981) |
"The Omen trilogy comes to a close with this expectedly uneven installment..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Final Destination (2000) |
"...an innovative (and unexpectedly influential) exercise in horror." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Final Destination (2009) |
"...a fitting follow-up to its trio of like-minded forebears." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"...one of the most purely enjoyable films out there right now." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"...an entertainingly shallow, undeniably mindless horror flick." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Final Season (2007) |
"...manages to overcome the entirely underwhelming nature of its first act." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Find Love (2006) |
"...a touching, downright haunting portrait of loneliness..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Finding Amanda (2008) |
"Hopelessly uneven yet admittedly entertaining..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Fine Mess (1986) |
"...a thoroughly ludicrous but strangely enjoyable piece of work." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fired Up (2009) |
"An affable throwback to the comedies of the 1980s..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fired! (2007) |
"...works best when Gurwitch is chatting with fellow celebrities..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Firestorm (1998) |
"...boasts an old-fashioned sensibility that benefits from several surprisingly thrilling set pieces..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Firewall (2006) |
"...serviceable if entirely uninspired..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
First Blood (1982) |
"...First Blood primarily comes off as a relatively tame survivalism flick..." |
David Nusair |
Splat 2/4 |
First Daughter (2004) |
"...basically entertaining - particularly if approached on the same level one approaches a sitcom." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) |
"...doesn't quite live up to its reputation." |
David Nusair |
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