Splat C |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"We love pratfalls and physical humor, but Libre isn't a comedy vehicle. It just sits there, making you wish Pedro or Uncle Rico would blast into the scene and make something happen. Tragically, they don't." |
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Tomato B- |
Naked Fame (2005) |
"Entertaining but lightweight documentary." |
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Tomato A |
Naked in Ashes (2005) |
"Cleverly avoids passing judgment on some seemingly bizarre behaviors, while at the same time explaining how a 5,000-year-old tradition can really mean something today." |
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Tomato B- |
The Namesake (2007) |
"What's in a Namesake? Too much, as this overstuffed adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s bestseller spans two continents and 30-plus years. Fortunately, solid performances and Mira Nair's sensitive direction make the lengthy journey a pleasant one." |
Matt Stevens |
Splat C+ |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"She might as well have stayed in the books." |
Alex Markerson |
Splat C |
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"Pure vanilla: neither funny nor romantic -- sad not uplifiting." |
Tod Goldberg |
Tomato A |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"Thompson's the title caregiver in this witty, rollicking kids' movie that adults will enjoy, too." |
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Tomato B- |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"A physically adept comedian, Heder and the rest of the spot-on cast provide a smattering of chuckles, but they get hung by the one-note script that feels like an amusing sketch stretched too long." |
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Tomato B |
Naqoyqatsi (2002) |
"If you can pronounce the title, it's a good bet you'll enjoy Naqoyqatsi." |
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Tomato B+ |
Narc (2002) |
"Nothing to hide here: Narc is the straight dope for gritty crime-story junkies." |
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Splat D |
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
"You'll have already snuck into another theater, if you know what's good for you." |
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Splat D |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) |
"When you start giving National Lampoon movies a bad name, you must be doing something really wrong." |
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Splat D |
National Security (2003) |
"This cop comedy is charged with an inane script, an unrealistic setup and brutally unfunny gags." |
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Splat C- |
National Treasure (2004) |
"A National embarrassment." |
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Tomato B |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"When you can tell the cast is having fun, it's kind of hard not to yourself." |
Dezhda Gaubert |
Splat C+ |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"The Nativity Story is no whitewashed Christmas pageant, but it's no masterpiece either." |
Dezhda Gaubert |
Tomato B+ |
Ned Kelly (2004) |
"There's a serious dose of historical relevance adding breadth to the western-y shootin' and robbin'. Not to mention, the brilliantly lit nature shots are as stunning as the leads." |
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- |
The Negotiator (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato A- |
Neil Young - Greendale (2004) |
"It's a beautifully strange vision, created by Young on a cheap 8mm camera, and its David Lynch-style hometown poetics are as simple as they are heartfelt." |
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Splat C+ |
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006) |
"It's hard to go wrong with Jonathan Demme behind the camera and Neil Young at the mike, but somehow Heart Of Gold leaves you wondering if perhaps that gold is merely gilt." |
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Tomato |
Never Been Kissed (1999) |
"For fans of flicks about hardened journalists, this one may be too much a puff piece, but for the Friday night date crowd, it scans just fine." |
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Splat C- |
Never Been Thawed (2006) |
"Think twice before sampling this lukewarm fare." |
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Tomato C+ |
Never Die Alone (2004) |
"Sure, the bends in logic are nutty, and some of the dialogue is so outrageously street that it's laughable, but the larger-than-life star works it with everything he's got. It's a decent deal." |
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Splat F |
New Best Friend (2002) |
"A laughably bad student drama that flunks on every level." |
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Splat C- |
The New Guy (2002) |
"As far as shabby teen comedies go, The New Guy offers little, well, new." |
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Splat C- |
New in Town (2009) |
"Zellweger tries to play the fish out of water, but New in Town's script leaves everyone gasping for air." |
James Rocchi |
- |
New Rose Hotel (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato B |
The New World (2005) |
"Terrence Malick uses their heat and his own sensually overloaded love of landscape photography to make the unpleasant early days of American culture clash into the kind of erotic fantasy that'll never be shown in a classroom." |
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Tomato B |
New York Doll (2005) |
"Doll chronicles what happened when Morrissey came calling to reunite the Dolls for one show in London." |
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- |
New York in the Fifties (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat C |
New York Minute (2004) |
"A passable few hours of screwball teen comedy clichés and two almost-adults running around in nothing but terrycloth towels." |
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- |
The Newton Boys (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat C- |
Next (2007) |
"High-concept, totally ludicrous, laugh-out-loud nonsense that is best fit for late-night television when nothing else is on." |
Dezhda Gaubert |
Splat |
The Next Best Thing (2000) |
"Get ready for preachy speeches about gay rights, endless scenes of Madonna and Everett cracking themselves up as they frolic in their airy digs, and a third act straight out of a really bad Lifetime movie." |
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Splat C+ |
The Next Big Thing (2001) |
"Hardly the next big thing to hit theaters." |
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Splat D |
Next Day Air (2009) |
"Good lord this movie is boring!" |
N.V. Cooper |
Tomato |
Next Friday (1999) |
"Despite the absence of Chris Tucker, who launched his career in Friday, this sequel manages to be funny despite its unevenness." |
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- |
The Next Step (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato |
Next Stop Wonderland (1997) |
"Slight as it is, Wonderland charms." |
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- |
Niagara, Niagara (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato A- |
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
"Funny, poignant and ultimately uplifting, Douglas McGrath's faithful adaptation of Dickens' classic boy-to-man tale is the sort of flick that leaves audiences feeling warm and fuzzy inside." |
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- |
Nick and Jane (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato A |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Handheld camerawork, long close-ups and two leads who act with fearless transparency lend a welcome intimacy to this sweet adventure." |
Dezhda Gaubert |
Tomato |
Nico and Dani (2001) |
"Explores these adolescent longings and confusions (oh, the confusion!) with sensitivity and subtle humor." |
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Tomato A |
Nicotina (2004) |
"Imagine a fast-paced Mexican Pulp Fiction, and you've got a pretty good idea what this pungent, funny and unapologetically violent caper film is all about." |
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Tomato B+ |
Night at the Museum (2006) |
"Night at the Museum's sense of wonder, cynical and calculated though it may be, does give it some—dare we say?—social value." |
Alex Markerson |
Tomato A- |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) |
"The Godfather Part II of family-oriented, museum-based CGI spectacles." |
Natasha Vargas-Cooper |
- |
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat B- |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"The twisty but thin script is neither complex enough to be a fascinating character study nor exciting enough to be a satisfying thriller." |
Matt Stevens |
Tomato B- |
Night Watch (2005) |
"There are more supernatural abilities on display here than in your average X-Men comic, and there always seems to be a convenient power on hand to save the day." |
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