Tomato 3/4 |
Abouna (2004) |
"While it doesn't tell a story that satisfies most Western eyes, in some ways that's part of the strength of Abouna." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Adam (2009) |
"Hugh Dancy, so often just a bland safe boyfriend in femme-oriented films, gives an ironically heartfelt performance as the emotionally insulated Adam." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"One of the most fundamental rights of man is the right to simply have a frivolous good time. And that's a rainbow flag that Adam & Steve proudly waves high." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"The movie does a very good job of capturing the teens and their times. Everything feels right, from the ups-and-downs of late '80s rock, to the way kids really behaved." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"A deceptively unadorned movie that ends in huge, untidy and enormously satisfying emotions." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"A sad, and sadly necessary primer on [Haiti's] troubles." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
"Even if she skirts the big questions, Wuornos is a riveting presence -- affable and articulate one minute, twitchy and petulant the next." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"If it all goes by too fast, and leaves you with a headache when it's done -- well, wasn't that the point all along?" |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Its arty style and note-perfect performances delight you." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"For adults, it's also, possibly, a wake-up call. Do we really put that much pressure on our children? Are we really that insensitive?" |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"The startling thing about the remake is that it's one of the better horror films to hit screens in recent months, thanks to its refusal to take itself too seriously." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"Coiled in cliché it may be, but the film offers a reasonably good time for audiences, and it boasts a few cast members with promise, both human and primate." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"The celluloid equivalent of a throwaway summer pop anthem, the sort of catchy-yet-agitating tune that has you humming in spite of yourself." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"It's not an unpleasant way to spend two hours in a theater." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Angels and Demons is a truly handsome production, seamlessly mixing real locations with beautifully detailed sets. There are a few good performances here, and some thrills. Yet there's a flatness to the plotting." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"Director Sacha Gervasi finds a funky charm in this pair." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Ed Harris has the kind of head that would look great on a coin, but it looks even better on a movie screen, as he turns his chiseled features this way and that." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Appleseed (2004) |
"A cross-pollination of eye-popping combat and provocative ideas." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"For all his scowling bluster, Ice Cube long ago turned into a bit of a teddy bear. (Is this really the guy who rapped on N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton'?)" |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Delivers on some pretty basic childhood fantasies -- chiefly, kids seeing themselves in control, and watching adults in comical pain. And it does it too quickly and competently for their grown-up chaperones to mind much." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"There's something fascinating in its experiment of giving 100 comics the same joke to tell. Something provocative in what it has to show us about good humor and bad taste and taboos." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"The cast of characters is small and well-drawn by an ensemble of veteran actors." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"A journey worth taking." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"...an epic film that's part literary treatise, part mournful ballad, and completely a portrait of our world, as seen in a distant mirror." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Assisted Living (2005) |
"He makes a few misguided choices, but the intentions are admirable and the film ultimately wins audience sentiment." |
Lisa Rose |
Tomato |
Atonement (2007) |
"A gripping film." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aura (2006) |
"The movie's mood is haunting, and its central image of a man able to shed his morality as easily as an old raincoat hints at a filmmaker who had deeper concerns than mere thrills." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3/4 |
Australia (2008) |
"This film is a long love song written in two parts, and these actors duet nicely." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato |
Autumn Spring (2003) |
"Charms, due chiefly to the wonderful talent of Brodsky." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"Its cozy pleasures will do just fine." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Another director would have made an uplifting picture about a great American success. Scorsese, instead, has made the only picture he could, risking studio millions on an intensely personal epic about a dark, complicated failure." |
Stephen Whitty |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"With luck, [more] skills will develop in Polley, and we'll have the opportunity to watch them. For now, though, we have Christie to look at. And the heartbreaking slow-motion tragedy of a vibrant woman being buried alive under the shifting sands." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Aesthetically interesting as it is, the film leaves you feeling somewhat blank and detached, sort of like the main character." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat 1/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Across the Universe doesn't have a story so much as a sloppy collage. It drops in character names from the lyrics and shoves in a new song whenever possible. But it only manages to do all that by mangling ideas and misreading the music." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Although the intent is clearly to keep us off balance as to what's real, it also unbalances the movie, hampering its ability to build suspense or involve us in its characters." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1/4 |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"The picture climaxes with the crashing of a blimp, an image that encapsulates the Hindenburg scale of its failure." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"At its best, After the Sunset still isn't much more than a bauble." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"Gives Meg Ryan lots to do -- if, by lots, you mean wear a different trashy outfit in every scene, talk tough and follow a character arc which requires only that she learn a trite lesson." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Akeelah and the Bee won a screenplay contest a few years ago, and it reads as if its writer studied too many screenplays first." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
The Alamo (2004) |
"Comes off like a stodgy lecture rather than a rousing saga." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"The book-within -the-film is a bad light comedy inside another bad light comedy." |
Bob Campbell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Just when you start to get caught up in the action, one of the supporting actors shows up, mugging and breaking the tension." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Alfie (2004) |
"Alfie is a star in search of a vehicle." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Alien Trespass (2009) |
"It's a satire without laughs, a parody without punch lines, a careful copy that replicates everything except the original's life." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"This is a sad end for two profitable Hollywood franchises, which now seem to be at an end. The movie bills itself as some sort of ultimate hunt. Instead, it's merely a mercy killing." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Aliens in the Attic (2009) |
"Unfortunately the child actors aren't particularly engaging, and the gags aren't entirely fresh." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1.5/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Crawford showed us a man who sold his soul to do good and then, soulless, found himself incapable of resisting evil; Penn gives us a smart actor tearing into an awards-baiting role." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 1/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Ultra-violent, hyper-mindless and bruisingly loud, Alone in the Dark makes its video game predecessors look like Masterpiece Theater." |
Lisa Rose |
Splat |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"You can sense the lack of imagination." |
Stephen Whitty |
Splat 2/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Alpha Dog may have some of Larry Clark's territory, and even some of Tarantino's markings. But it's still a mutt. And no matter how much it marks its territory, it never finds its own way home." |
Stephen Whitty |
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