Splat D+ |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Ah, nuts." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"The power of voices raised together comes through with a clear elation that's undeniable, and in the end Amandla! makes you want to sing." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Amati Girls (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato B |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Amazing Grace is the stuff of great lessons and inspiration and hope, and if it's all delivered with a bit too much moral push, well, moral push apparently was what William Wilberforce was all about. There's another word for such dweebs: Heroes." |
Tom Long |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"The more you know of the French way of, say, roasting a chicken or organizing a handbag, the funnier and more delightful you will find this film." |
Susan Stark |
Splat D |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"Depth, complexity, questions, expanse of feeling -- these are things that make America great. How terrible that a film called America's Heart and Soul missed both those elements." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"You go to America's Sweethearts anticipating a prime flossy, glossy entertainment. You come away better by a few laughs but with expectations sadly deflated." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
American Beauty (1999) |
"American Beauty brings a bracing blend of cunning, insight and compassion to the drama of a suburban family coming apart." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Buffalo (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato B |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"American Dreamz is an often uproarious, always ambitious gutting of modern America that cuts painfully close to the truth from beginning to almost-end." |
Tom Long |
Splat C- |
American Gangster (2007) |
"Every bit as generic as its title, American Gangster is a Frankenstein creature of a film, put together from the parts of other famous gangster flicks yet lacking in both the fury and wild-eyed vision the best of the genre have to offer." |
Tom Long |
Tomato c+ |
American Harmony (2009) |
"American Harmony is a successful greatest hits compilation of top-level performances of recent years; but that makes you want it to be so much more." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
American History X (1998) |
"The tone is so muddled that there's a whiff of exploitation to this movie that's unsettling at best." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
American Movie (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Outlaws (2001) |
"Brings a lovely sense of discovery to its account of the old stories and legends." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 1/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"Beyond nauseating and all too familiar!" |
Susan Stark |
Splat |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"The most sluggish of dumb comedies, a picture that doesn't even have the brains to speed through witless material." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
American Pimp (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
The American President (1995) |
"Apart from its too-obvious political bias, The American President has romance in its heart, smarts in abundance and class to spare." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
American Psycho (2000) |
"Well-filmed, well-acted and certainly riveting, American Psycho nonetheless is a movie without heart about a man without heart." |
Tom Long |
Tomato |
An American Rhapsody (2001) |
"An American Rhapsody speaks from the heart to the heart." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato A |
American Splendor (2003) |
"An audacious mix of documentary, animation, comic and staged film that somehow finds heart and hope in the gray wash of a real life." |
Tom Long |
Splat C+ |
American Violet (2009) |
"A well-played if too-familiar story of oppression and injustice." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Still has all the crude, rude fun of its predecessors." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amistad (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Splat C+ |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Completely cheesy and mildly enjoyable." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"[Inarritu] may well be the millennium's first new master film maker." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato B |
Amreeka (2009) |
"A portrait of our times painted from an immigrant's mirror, Amreeka should be seen by every American." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
Anaconda (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Splat C- |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"Precisely what you think it is: a workmanlike sequel to a thrill-kill flick that doesn't even pretend to be good." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 2/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds, there's no denying the fun of watching De Niro and Crystal having fun." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Analyze This (1998) |
"Billy Crystal comes into his own with a monologue that will just make you howl." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
Anastasia (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato B+ |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Ferrell has an absolutely magical way of making complete morons lovable." |
Tom Long |
Splat C- |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"With its stately pace and theatrical roots showing at all times, Phantom may work as a reproduction for the faithful, but it never really connects as a film." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"The sort of film that sounds completely kooky until you see it. At which point it's still pretty kooky, but you realize just how cool kooky can still be." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"The script is obvious and conflicted." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
Angela's Ashes (1999) |
"For all its fidelity to the spirit and, in extended passages, to the letter of McCourt’s book, however, Parker’s film falls short." |
Susan Stark |
Splat C- |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"[It's] not anti-Catholic. It is, however, anti-exciting, anti-sense and anti-involving." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
Angels & Insects (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato C+ |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Anger Management plays the same tune too much of the time to live up to its potential. Still, it's good for a giggle." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
The Animal (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"A richly satisfying mix of history, drama and romance." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
Anna Karenina (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Splat C |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Competently made but painfully similar to a plethora of films that have come before it, Annapolis is simply too familiar to land any real punches." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Another Day in Paradise (1998) |
"Woods creates another of his patented high-voltage characters." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato C+ |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"The man at its heart is a 76-year-old Palestinian named Musa, and if he and we are never quite sure what the movie is truly about it's still a pleasure to make his acquaintance." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B+ |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"There's a sweet simplicity and humility to this film. Amid all the animation hype, it's just a very good movie. It's no big deal; and thus, it is." |
Tom Long |
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