Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"The combination of body slams and bathroom jokes makes it a heck of a lot livelier than Cars." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
The Namesake (2007) |
"There's elegance in the cinematography and pathos in some of the performances, but the script lacks structure. The movie shuttles between life events, more a snapshot collection of episodes than a cohesive character study." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"None of the dialogue is particularly pointed, and the supposed Hollywood mean teens seem rather tame. (One of their big pranks involves stealing Nancy's cupcake.)" |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"A misguided film that veers between extremes in sentimentality and misanthropy." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"Nanny McPhee isn't a bad film, just a disappointing one." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"While these kinds of stories often drown in their own eccentricity, the cast keeps the film afloat." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
"A shapeless mass of crude sight gags barely worthy of the new release shelf, let alone theatrical distribution." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
National Treasure (2004) |
"People run. Things blow up. Sometimes, just to add another layer of nuance, people run away as things blow up." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"While Mel Gibson's epic was a divisive film, it had a visceral impact the new movie lacks." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
Nearing Grace (2006) |
"The story here is as dog-eared as an old beach book, and about as deep." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Ned Kelly (2004) |
"Offers a couple of well-filmed showdowns and lots of pretty landscapes, but you need more than scenic views and stylish action to chronicle a life, especially one as controversial as Kelly's." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
Neil Young - Greendale (2004) |
"More an interesting experiment than an engaging piece of entertainment." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3/4 |
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006) |
"In his new concert film, though, Neil Young: Heart of Gold he shows his age. And embraces it." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
New Suit (2002) |
"Too safe and solipsistic to be anything but a cheery, self-satisfied time-waster." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
The New World (2005) |
"The movie is verdantly lush, and full of the most marvelous landscapes and images. But there's something missing here. And it's the people." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
New York Minute (2004) |
"The story is supposed to be about the twins' adventures in Manhattan. Mostly it's an excuse for the two to visit different neighborhoods and the script to drag in every stereotype the writers can think of." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Nick and Norah would probably horrify the original Nick and Nora. But their great-grandchildren will probably see it twice. And then text their friends to see it, too." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Nicotina (2004) |
"For all its zoomy camera work and outrageous mishaps, the film is as stale as a forgotten pack of Pall Malls." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"The thriller is suspenseful enough, with a spooky mood and some real shocker moments, but the audience has to be willing to forgive its lack of rationality, as well as its totally cryptic conclusion." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 1/4 |
Night of Henna (2005) |
"Writer-director Hassan Zee makes naive storytelling choices that diminish the drama of the piece and muddle the message of cultural tolerance." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
Night Watch (2005) |
"Night Watch is narratively confused if visually robust. The picture doesn't work as a standalone story but it sets the stage for a potentially interesting second chapter." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2/4 |
Nim's Island (2008) |
"If only Nim's hero were more original, and its story more concise." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Nine Lives (2005) |
"For a film centered on connection and continuity, Nine Lives is curiously erratic." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"No Country for Old Men is based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, but it shows all the Coen strengths. One is a genuine interest in the way people work." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
No Reservations (2007) |
"The surface is as fine and brittle as a soufflé, but the inside is just as full of air. Touch it once, and it deflates." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Nobel Son (2008) |
"A snarky, blackly comic crime drama, the whole thing unfolds like the feverish Welsh Rarebit dream of Guy Ritchie's chauffeur." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nobody Knows (2005) |
"A movie of quiet melancholy and a pervasive, lonely beauty." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Noi (2004) |
"Like its hero ... it's just a little too uninterested in being liked -- and a little too devoted to being flagrantly, foolishly odd." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Noise (2008) |
"Like the car alarms it demonizes, Noise is insistent and initially attention-grabbing -- but eventually a little one-note and empty." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Nola (2004) |
"Needs to be put out of its misery -- and yours." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Norbit (2007) |
"Watching Norbit is like watching a train wreck with eye clamps on." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 2.5/4 |
North Country (2005) |
"Theron's truly raw and impassioned performance as Josey - - can't save the film from its own gradually slowing pace and seriously compromised third act." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie (2008) |
"It's worth spending some time with." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
The Notebook (2004) |
"Much like an awkward but well-intentioned suitor, the movie inspires affection despite its overwrought script and occasionally clunky staging." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 4/4 |
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"A refreshingly literate, cold-blooded drama." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) |
"The whole thing's a little like the meals it spotlights. You know, while you're guiltily indulging, that it's no good for you. But that doesn't keep you from feeling full afterward." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Notorious (2009) |
"The script lets too much slide, and director George Tillman Jr. -- whose biggest films have been Soul Food and the Barbershop franchise -- abets it." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) |
"The movie never seems to make up its mind but, far worse, it never quite gets inside Betty's." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 0/4 |
November (2005) |
"Pointless without pause." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 1/4 |
Now & Forever (2005) |
"A story told with all the subtlety of an old country song." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1/4 |
The Number 23 (2007) |
"Pages turn, knives plunge, rain patters and the camera rarely holds steady. No amount of quick cuts and twitchy shots, however, can compensate for the lack of narrative momentum." |
Lisa Rose |
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