Tomato B- |
Magnolia (1999) |
"Contains moments of considerable beauty, terror, and insight." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"A celebration of athleticism, architecture, random beauty and crazy ambition." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"The smart-ass asides, the pre-ordained meanderings of the plot, and finally the level of self-conscious craftsmanship all put me at a terminal remove from the Coens' world." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Manufactured Landscapes (2007) |
"The images are striking in their otherworldliness, suggesting science-fiction landscapes as readily as dystopian ruins of the here and now." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"Depicts a world full of moments of squalor and terror, but one that still holds the promise of actual beauty." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat F |
Marie Baie Des Anges (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
Mars Attacks! (1996) |
"This messy masterpiece is the year's funniest comedy and a weird, winking affirmation of the power of the people." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) |
"It does ... suggest that Branagh is a filmmaker who is continually extending his reach and truly seeks to reinterpret source material in a uniquely cinematic language." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"An accessible, engrossing, technically proficient adventure movie — exactly the thing Hollywood is supposed to excel at." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Match Point (2005) |
"A black comedy without a laugh track, a small drama without cuteness, a wry morality play where the jokes aren't in evidence until the very last scenes." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
The Matrix (1999) |
"With a better cast and a tighter script, this could have been a knockout." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) |
"Unable to fully comprehend the narrative thrust, I'll describe the film's high-gloss CG sheen as intermittently dazzling but fundamentally disheartening." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Maximum Risk (1996) |
"For sweet bloody thrills, this one beats the summer blockbuster competition hands-down." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat D |
May (2003) |
"Director Lucky McKee has a knack for discomfiting material involving contact lenses and animal hospitals, but such moments are increasingly rare as he stretches his material." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) |
"A journey from sexual innocence to youthful curiosity, middle-aged disconnection and finally death in the magical simultaneity of screen time." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Memento (2001) |
"Memento makes you feel like you're scrambling just to keep up -- and, more, that you enjoy the scrambling -- and that's an immensely pleasurable sensation for a moviegoer." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C- |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat F |
The Messengers (2007) |
"Relies way too much on cheap, nerve-jangling sound effects and musical stings to juice up the film's tepid, PG-13 proceedings." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
The Mexican (2001) |
"Many scenes suffer from a mild case of the blands, and the whole enchilada could have used some tightening." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
Miami Vice (2006) |
"This has more in common with a Wong Kar-wai film than any Hollywood movie I've seen lately." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"Think of this intense drama about corporate shenanigans as the capper to a George Clooney trilogy about duty, ethics and professionalism." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C |
Mimic (1997) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Minority Report (2002) |
"An occasionally breathtaking work of uncommon vision, beauty and insight." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Miracle Mile (1989) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Mission: Impossible (1996) |
"Knows enough about style that it's absorbing to watch even when nothing much is going on." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
Mission: Impossible II (2000) |
"Loud, technically proficient, very expensive, and pretty much soulless." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat 2/5 |
Moonstruck (1987) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat C- |
Mortal Kombat (1995) |
"What it's missing, ironically, is the edge that's made Mortal Kombat the video game such a powerful icon in American pop culture." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Morvern Callar (2002) |
"Samantha Morton plays Morvern with the impressive lack of self-consciousness that has become her trademark." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
Mother of Tears (2008) |
"The Argento touch -- that florid stylishness that made gore and bloodshed feel like the stuff of gorgeously transfixing but profoundly disquieting dreams -- is mostly gone." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) |
"Puportedly "Based on True Events," a convolution of language that suggests it's impossible to claim that it is "Based on a True Story" with a straight face." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
Moulin Rouge (2001) |
"A deeply flawed picture whose ambitions are provocative enough that it qualifies as a must-see." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Mr. Nice Guy (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A |
Mulholland Dr. (2001) |
"If the film suffers from a split personality, Lynch nearly manages to turn that into a virtue. In this respect, his audacity is breathtaking." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Mute Witness (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C |
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) |
"A screwball comedy that's decidedly lacking in screwballs." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C- |
My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) |
"This lowest-common-denominator remake of/sequel to a minor slasher classic succeeds on purely technical terms but, despite the depth effects, it's a serious snooze." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
My Blueberry Nights (2008) |
"My Blueberry Nights feels like an abundantly attractive travelogue, the work of an artist who's passing through rather than taking up residence." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
My Twentieth Century (1990) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
My Winnipeg (2008) |
"May be the year's stand-out achievement in alternate realities." |
Bryant Frazer |
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