Splat C+ |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Here's a guy willing to take risks, willing to tackle challenging material, willing to assume his audience has a brain. Unfortunately, his audience's collective brain is going to be hurting mightily for the first hour of this film." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"However you take it, the film works from an immensely challenging and rewarding text." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"A truly winning comedy about romance." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"By turns hilarious and poignant, Schmidt is about nothing special and everything important." |
Susan Stark |
Splat B- |
Accepted (2006) |
"Go to school and do your best, but check out Accepted before you go just as a reminder of the glory of rebellious foolishness." |
Tom Long |
Splat C |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Across the Universe is a classic example of ambition exceeding execution." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
Adam (2009) |
"There's no getting around the character's plight as an eternal outsider or the natural sympathy it draws. But writer-director Mayer never loses control of this fact, offering a story that's both sweet and tart, unique and familiar." |
Tom Long |
Splat D |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"Pure amateur-hour stuff: a low-budget, poorly written gay movie that revolves around a crude joke and repeatedly delivers embarrassment when it's supposed to be offering humor." |
Tom Long |
Splat 2/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"Without question, it is not the major Hanukkah family classic just waiting to be made." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"It will surprise you. It will delight you. It will give you something truly chewy to take home from the theater." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Addicted to Love (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato B |
Adoration (2009) |
"Egoyan is nothing if not low key; and as dramatic as passages are here, he keeps the tone under control and the story believable." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B- |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Yes, you've seen much of it before, and the nervous James character is now officially a cliché. But Stewart makes you care anyway. This, folks, is an actress." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999) |
"Teens and young adults who have loved Sesame Street since childhood may just find themselves drawn to The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
"A sweet treat for the family audience." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat D |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Watch this movie and you wonder: How did it get made?" |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
An Affair of Love (2000) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Affliction (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat C+ |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"It's big, dumb fun at its best, and it isn't always at its best." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
Afterglow (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat D+ |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"It offers lackluster fantasy propped up by cliches. Kallen's story deserves better." |
Tom Long |
Splat C- |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"Banks takes a nice premise and does absolutely nothing original with it, instead burdening a plot derived from too many James Bond movies with cheap special effects and flat jokes." |
Tom Long |
Splat C- |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"It tells instead of shows for the most part, and the telling isn't as effective as it should be." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aimee & Jaguar (2000) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Air Bud (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat 1/4 |
Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver (1998) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Air Force One (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat C |
The Alamo (2004) |
"It offers no great insights into the majority of its characters or the politics of the time; it is not the proudest or most shameful moment for any member of its cast; and it is neither overly long or dumbly abrupt. It's simply what it is." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alaska (1996) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 3/4 |
Albino Alligator (1996) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat D |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Insomniacs in search of a solid two-hour nap should greet the arrival of Alex & Emma with some enthusiasm. All others will want to diligently avoid this film." |
Tom Long |
Splat D- |
Alexander (2004) |
"This is a movie almost totally devoid of feeling or any sense of connection." |
Tom Long |
Splat C |
Alfie (2004) |
"Alfie begins and ends by asking, 'What’s it all about?' Unfortunately, it’s a question the filmmakers never bother to answer." |
Adam Graham |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"Clearly a triumphant labor of love for its star, Will Smith. Credit director Mann, above all, for recognizing the performance for what it is: A knockout." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
Alien Resurrection (1997) |
"In mood, tone and imagery, this fourth installment in the esteemed horror series is a fascinating film under director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. But it's virtually impossible to follow." |
Susan Stark |
Splat C |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"Beyond a doubt the biggest movie ever made about shrimp, Aliens of the Deep is a technical marvel that still manages to fall somewhere severely south of marvelous." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 4/4 |
All About My Mother (1999) |
"Funny, provocative and deeply sympathetic in its wide embrace of women and those who would be women, All About My Mother is a beacon of a film." |
Susan Stark |
Splat D+ |
All About Steve (2009) |
"A screwball comedy missing more than a few crucial screws." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 2/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"Slick, quick, rude and exuberantly crude." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat 2/4 |
All Over Me (1997) |
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Susan Stark |
Splat C+ |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Ungainly and bloated with an unearned sense of self-importance, All the King's Men is nevertheless worth watching for Sean Penn's mesmerizing performance as a corrupt politician who exults in his own dirty ways." |
Tom Long |
Tomato 4/4 |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"Working from Ted Tally's casually artful script, director Billy Bob Thornton guides Matt Damon, Henry Thomas and Penelope Cruz to their most impressive performances in a major movie yet." |
Susan Stark |
Tomato 4/4 |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"It's easy to connect with a story like Crowe's because it is a story rooted in the human comedy, in truth." |
Susan Stark |
Splat 1/4 |
Almost Heroes (1998) |
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Susan Stark |
Tomato 2/4 |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"No matter how average the script, the direction or the company, any movie that stars Freeman is worth two hours and nearly 10 bucks." |
Susan Stark |
Splat D+ |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"The whole thing starts out amiably enough, but then loses all momentum just as it's supposed to be lifting off." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B+ |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Disturbing and energizing at the same time, Alpha Dog channels a flood of young talent through a story of foggy intentions, bad decisions and righteous partying that works because it feels (and is) so dangerously real." |
Wendy Case |
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