Splat |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"Like much of Cabin Fever, the performances are competent and uninteresting." |
Bob Campbell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caché (2005) |
"Cache never achieves any sort of emotional catharsis, or even resolution. But then Haneke's subject isn't catharsis, or resolution. It's repression -- and the willful amnesia of the wrongdoer." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"It's a movie that's, mostly, a soundtrack. But, good lord, still. What a soundtrack." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"The humor lacks bite, and the drama is forced." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Camden 28 (2007) |
"The moments never add up to a movie." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Camp (2003) |
"The movie itself is poorly put together, right from an awkward credit sequence, and few of the characters convince." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Campfire (2004) |
"A humane portrait of a troubled household and, by extension, a troubled country." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Candy (2006) |
"For Ledger, it's the opportunity to do the sort of flat-out, high-risk role young actors often claim to be desperate for, but are rarely willing to chase." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
El Cantante (2007) |
"Director Leon Ichaso (Piñero) uses every trick in the hack biopic book, including flashback stock footage and montages of newspaper headlines flying toward the camera." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3/4 |
Canvas (2007) |
"I can see why it was a hit at film festivals. I only hope it now gets its due in theaters." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cape Of Good Hope (2005) |
"The picture isn't devoid of substance, but it doesn't allow itself to get mired in message either. It conveys its themes via likable, relatable protagonists." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"Is everything always the bank’s fault? Is it only the guys in suits who can get greedy? In Moore’s world, yes, it is." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Capote (2005) |
"It's Philip Seymour Hoffman who steals the show. Steals? He owns it outright." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1/4 |
Captivity (2007) |
"When, in the last few minutes, Cuthbert finally slipped her bonds and began looking for her tormentors, I knew exactly how she felt." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"By the end of this excellent film, you may find yourself admitting you know less about its subjects than when you started." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caramel (2008) |
"As tart, and tantalizing, as that little pot of caramel already bubbling on the stove, just waiting to bring delight -- or quick stabbing pain." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Carandiru (2004) |
"[Babenco] tries to create the illusion of substance by crowding the film with plotlines, but all it really amounts to is lack of focus and purpose." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cars (2006) |
"It's another innovative piece of entertainment from the animation studio, taking the audience on a kinetic trip into a world populated only by automobiles." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Casanova (2005) |
"It's a breezy fling that showcases the lighter side of Ledger." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Back are the virtues of the original Ian Fleming novels, seen only fleetingly in previous films." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"Although Catch a Fire was clearly done for the right reasons, the movie dissipates its own tensions." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Catch and Release (2007) |
"Every time [Kevin Smith] comes on screen, he perks things up a little. He makes the time pass faster, and the flaws recede. He turns what might be a forgettable movie into a halfway decent one." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Catch That Kid (2004) |
"Catch That Kid is kids' stuff, in more way than one." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Caterina in the Big City (2005) |
"Like its heroine, Caterina in the Big City is delightfully unclassifiable, a modest, unassuming movie, but a rule-breaker nonetheless." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
Catwoman (2004) |
"A clawless cross-breed of comic book movie cliches." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 0/4 |
The Cave (2005) |
"The Cave is a rare find, a film that is pure formula, yet impossible to follow." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Cellular (2004) |
"The story moves briskly, the action is pulse-charging, and the laughs are many." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3/4 |
Changeling (2008) |
"This is one movie where the star really is the star. And delivers a performance of which any actress can be truly proud." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Changing Times (2006) |
"Changing Times offers a cool and refreshing aperitif at the end of a warm Bastille Day." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1/4 |
Chapter 27 (2008) |
"All their efforts can't elevate this material above the arty exploitation that it is." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"It's too heavy. It's too bitter. And it's definitely got too many nuts." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Charlie Bartlett (2007) |
"A comedy that strains so hard to be edgy it nearly pulls a muscle." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) |
"Twice the splash and half the goofy charm of the first Charlie's Angels." |
Bob Campbell |
Splat 2/4 |
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"Unfortunately, Charlotte's Web is an unremarkable collection of cute kids, talking animals and syrupy sentiment. There's little of White's original spare style and even less to entertain anyone but the very undemanding." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Che (2008) |
"Soderbergh's eye for detail builds over time, until the film becomes as layered as some richly leaf-carpeted jungle floor." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |
"The cartoonish chaos will engage little ones, while Tom's struggle to balance career and home time should keep parents' eyes on the screen." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005) |
"Moviegoers who enjoyed the PG anarchy the first time around should find amusement in the second Dozen. If the last picture left you with a migraine and a sense of claustrophobia, the sequel will be another bout of pain." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 1/4 |
Checking Out (2006) |
"If this is a good example of the sort of long-forgotten plays that movie producers are unearthing, maybe theater critics need to start digging those graves a little deeper." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Cheri (2009) |
"A movie like Cheri needs the time and space of The Age of Innocence. Instead, it's rushed along in an hour and 40 minutes." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Chicken Little (2005) |
"There's such a density of visual puns and pop culture reference points, kids and parents are bound to find themselves smiling in spots. The cumulative effect of the film, however, is exhaustion." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
Children of Men (2006) |
"A stylish mish-mash of dystopian clichés." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Chorus (2005) |
"A pleasant enough tune. But unlike a great symphony -- or a truly fine film -- it doesn't linger too long in the mind." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) |
"It's not just that the story is predictable. The very camera angles are predictable." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"What's important here is that Narnia -- and its fascinating all-ages mix of pagan myth and Christian symbolism, of boy's-own-adventures and Round Table heroics -- is back." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) |
"It can be a good thing, St. Paul tells us, to put away childish things. But it is sometimes an even better thing to pick them up again." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) |
"A static-filled space opera that is less thrill-a-minute than thrill-an-hour." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cinderella Man (2005) |
"Like its hero, it stubbornly gets the job done." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
A Cinderella Story (2004) |
"Its take is about as original as its title, full of recycled ideas and half-hearted performances." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) |
"The movie has no sense of magic or fun; the characters never seem to have anything at stake. It's just a lot of computer graphics and gleefully hamming-it-up actors." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
City of Ghosts (2003) |
"Hard to say why City of Ghosts found the need to take us all the way to Cambodia for this small story -- and harder still to say exactly what we're taking with us when we leave." |
Stephen Whitty |
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