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 |
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 |
Splat D+ |
All About Steve (2009) |
"A screwball comedy missing more than a few crucial screws." |
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 C+ |
American Violet (2009) |
"A well-played if too-familiar story of oppression and injustice." |
Tom Long |
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 C- |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"[It's] not anti-Catholic. It is, however, anti-exciting, anti-sense and anti-involving." |
Tom Long |
Tomato A- |
Antichrist (2009) |
"Self-loathing, mean, ugly and perfectly made, Antichrist is probably the best film ever that you'd recommend to absolutely no one." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B- |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"A study in the cost of pursuing a dream that's probably the wrong dream, Anvil! The Story of Anvil looks for the high notes but doesn't -- or can't -- shy away from the lows." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
Astro Boy (2009) |
"Astro Boy is a blast, a jolt of Japanese anime channeled through British slap-shtick that ends up yet another cool cartoon for both kids and adults." |
Tom Long |
Tomato A+ |
Avatar (2009) |
"I have seen the future of movies, and it is Avatar." |
Tom Long |
Splat C |
Away We Go (2009) |
"It's hardly painful, but it's not exactly thrilling, either." |
Tom Long |
Splat C+ |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"After Appaloosa establishes its slightly modern characters in a traditional setting, it has nowhere to go but toward the completely expected." |
Tom Long |
Splat D |
Australia (2008) |
"It's an endurance test that ends in moans of recognition as characters seem to be acting out scenes from other, better movies. Really, you don't want to sit through this." |
Tom Long |
Splat C |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Across the Universe is a classic example of ambition exceeding execution." |
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 |
Splat D+ |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Ah, nuts." |
Tom Long |
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 |
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 |
Splat C+ |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"An odd imp of a movie, Arthur and the Invisibles may actually be filled with a bit too much invention for the average kid." |
Tom Long |
Splat |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"The one thing you're not supposed to do during a Western is doze off." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"The Polish boys have a fine time poking fun at government paranoia, mass commercialization, bureaucrats, banks, WMDs and all manner of modern nonsense. But throughout the film two things remain central: Farmer's love of family and his dream." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B |
Atonement (2007) |
"This is a film that might have contained itself better, but it still stings with bitter truth." |
Tom Long |
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 |
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 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 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 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 |
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 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 |
Tomato B |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"This is a chase movie with a fancy set-up, that's all." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B- |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"It's hopeful, it's healthy, it squeals in all the right places and it offers proof positive that being stuck up is a bad thing." |
Tom Long |
Splat C- |
ATL (2006) |
"ATL starts out somewhat fresh, but then turns slowly stale as its story of African-American kids in Atlanta takes on more and more of the standard elements of growing up in the hood movies." |
Tom Long |
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 |
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 |
Splat C+ |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Completely cheesy and mildly enjoyable." |
Tom Long |
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 |
Splat D |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Is it over yet? Is it over yet? Is it over yet?" |
Tom Long |
Tomato B+ |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"Gleefully filled with corruption, violence, paranoia, thug-speak and mayhem. It's mad, it's bad and it's bloody. Yep, it's a bonafide blast." |
Tom Long |
Tomato B- |
Asylum (2005) |
"Patrick McGrath's screenplay, based on his novel, has moments big and small, delivered in appropriate dollops of awfulness." |
Tom Long |
Splat C |
At Last (2005) |
"The sheer convenience of the situations and characters involved ultimately undermines its impact." |
Tom Long |
Splat C+ |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"It's big, dumb fun at its best, and it isn't always at its best." |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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