Tomato B+ |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"The slipperiness of the animated image has something to do with duplicity, with the idea that things you perceive are not necessarily the same as things that are real, and with the fact that both people and governments betray you." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"A gripping return to classic form for a director whose sense of adventure has always been rooted in the mythology of the suburban American family." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
Adaptation (2002) |
"The more serious Jonze and Kaufman are about the life lessons that their film purports to impart, the more self-satisfied and, yes, condescending, Adaptation starts to seem." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
The Addiction (1995) |
"Ferrara sinks his teeth into a moral fable that equates bloodlust with amorality and postulates that there may, even now, be salvation for the sinner." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
After Life (1998) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A |
Alien (1979) |
"It delivers a frightening, visionary look at a cold, inhuman future." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato 4/5 |
All That Jazz (1979) |
"Amazing stuff -- cool, cruel, and brilliant." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Its sensibility is almost anachronistic; I'm not sure there's a cynical moment in its 108-minute running time." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Almost Famous (2000) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
American Beauty (1999) |
"Well-acted, reasonably insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
American Pie (1999) |
"Are the jokes funny? Yeah, they're funny." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
American Psycho (2000) |
"I think it was a mistake to have Christian Bale play Bateman quite as goofy as he does, but it's a terrific performance within its boundaries." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
American Splendor (2003) |
"An engrossing stunt in the Being John Malkovich vein, only not quite as weirdly compelling." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A |
Andrei Rublev (1969) |
"Tarkovsky's keen sense of spatial dynamics make Andrei Rublev a film of unerring beauty, one that would be remembered as some kind of masterwork on the strength of its photography alone." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B+ |
Angelique, Marquise des Anges (1964) |
"By contemporary standards, this is hilarious stuff -- yet somehow it's still stirring, swooning through its melodramatic paces with the speed and heft of the proverbial greased pig." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Antichrist (2009) |
"For this kind of Satan-in-the-woods scenario, Von Trier is doing a little too much Scenes From a Marriage and not quite enough The Evil Dead." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
Antz (1998) |
"What really works is the dialogue, which is fast and funny and helps carry the action through the slow spots." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Of all the American directors now working -- including the guys who make the Saw movies -- Mel Gibson may have the most pathological fixation on human suffering." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
Apollo 13 (1995) |
"Apollo 13 is a terribly exciting experience, but it could have been a terribly moving one as well." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"One of the funniest things I've ever seen." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B- |
The Art of Amália (2000) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Tomato B |
As Good as It Gets (1997) |
"Ties each of its loose ends into a neat little bow." |
Bryant Frazer |
Tomato A- |
Audition (2001) |
"In an age of $100 million Hollywood desensitization, a film that inspires such a combination of dread and awe at each grisly twist feels even more thrilling and alive." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C |
Alien Resurrection (1997) |
"Spastically intriguing but ultimately empty experience." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
American Teen (2008) |
"From self-congratulation and cruelty to self-pity and miserablism, the film prizes prima donna behavior and good looks." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat 2/5 |
The Andromeda Strain (1971) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
Angels & Insects (1995) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat D- |
The Animal (2001) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat C- |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"The problem with The Anniversary Party is that it doesn't seem to have an audience in mind." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat B- |
Atonement (2007) |
"An intellectual understanding of the story is clarified at the expense of any emotional connection to the characters on screen." |
Bryant Frazer |
Splat C |
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat C+ |
Auto Focus (2002) |
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Bryant Frazer |
Splat F |
The Avengers (1998) |
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Bryant Frazer |
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