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Factotum (2006) |
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David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Faintheart (2008) |
"No gimmick in the world can save this froth." |
David Edwards |
Splat 1/5 |
The Fall (2008) |
"While nice to look at, it’s also a very tedious slice of magical realism lacking in tension, suspense and, indeed, magic." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fame (2009) |
"But its well-intentioned message and some likeable characters mean the teenage target audience should find plenty to enjoy." |
David Edwards |
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The Family Stone (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"KAPOW! The world’s most boring superheroes return to lull us back to sleep in a sequel that could put the makers of Nytol out of business." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"A stop-motion masterpiece sure to delight both children and adults alike." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"As far as car chase movies go, it's right on the money with great action scenes, terrible dialogue and some seriously sub-par acting." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"I don't know about you, but I stopped playing with my cars when I was 10 and you never escape the feeling that the characters in this knackered Nissan of a film have never grown out of messing around with their brrm-brrms." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"It’s a bit of a McMovie." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) |
"The only fears this will invoke will be the realisation of an empty space in your pocket where eight quid used to be." |
David Edwards |
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Feed (2006) |
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David Edwards |
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Fever Pitch (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Splat |
A Few Days in September (2006) |
"Feeling more like a few months in the cinema, this ploddy, pretentious Euro-pudding is made just about bearable thanks to its cast." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009) |
"Solid but uneven, it's made watchable by the leading man's performance." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fighting (2009) |
"While there are punch-ups aplenty, it's less concerned with bruised knuckles and more interested in the bruised personalities of its protagonists, making for a thoughtful, if rarely electrifying, movie." |
David Edwards |
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Final Destination 3 (2006) |
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David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Fireflies in the Garden |
"A sheer slog to sit through, Fireflies In The Garden might have worked if it wasn't so damn po-faced and the script actually had something to say about how families work." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Firehouse Dog (2007) |
"The dog is as cute as you’d expect, while Hutcherson gives a characteristically believable performance. Adults may not be quite as enamoured, but Firehouse Dog should keep them awake to the end" |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Firm (2009) |
"While The Firm is slick, evocative and very violent, Love supplies yet further proof that hooligan movies have gone about as far as they can." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life |
"By using such a typical family, it's a film most will be able to relate to, making it an inspiring, uplifting and, at the end, deeply moving mini masterpiece." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 5/5 |
Fish Tank (2009) |
"Fish Tank takes you to places you never expected and, with pitch-perfect performances all round, makes for a beguiling and very real picture that conjures hope amid the most hopeless of surroundings. The best British film of the year." |
David Edwards |
Splat 3/5 |
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"The film as a whole is missing something, with much of the problem lying with the cast -- including Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell and Adam Beach -- who are seriously bland." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Flame & Citron (2008) |
"The film's so stodgy that you quickly lose any interest in the National Socialist-baiting pair, making a long film seem much, much longer." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Flanders (2006) |
"Brutal, in-your-face and frequently gory it’s challenging viewing but definitely more for the kind of people who prefer art house cinemas to multiplexes." |
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Splat 2/5 |
Flawless (2007) |
"Like many Christmases, the whole thing leaves you stressed, exasperated and longing to leave for home." |
David Edwards |
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Flightplan (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Splat 1/5 |
Fly Me To The Moon (2008) |
"Cheap and cheerless, it all resembles a supermarket own-brand version of similar but much superior fare such as A Bug’s Life, making you wish for a plague of spiders to put them out of their – and our – misery." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Flying Scotsman (2007) |
"The underdog plot has been done umpteen times before, of course, but there’s something Miller brings to the screen that transcends the familiarity." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Foot Fist Way (2008) |
"When it works, The Foot Fist Way is among the most painfully funny comedies of the year. Alas, there’s just as much here that doesn’t quite hit home, making for a lot of dead air between the gags." |
David Edwards |
Splat |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"Would have been much better as a 30-minute TV show, with not enough of a plot for a full film." |
David Edwards |
Splat 1/5 |
The Fountain (2006) |
"Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn provide solid support. But what they’re doing wasting their time in this junk is as unfathomable as the film itself." |
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Four Brothers (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"This bit of festive froth is nothing original but it delivers enough moments to make you smile." |
Mark Adams |
Splat |
The Fox and the Child (2008) |
"The main problem is it’s so incredibly slow as we’re forced to endure the unnamed girl’s patient attempts to gain the animal’s trust, while the youngster herself is too wide-eyed for her own good." |
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Splat 1/5 |
Franklyn (2009) |
"Franklyn is an ambitious sci-fi film that squeezes every penny from its £6m budget and throws it onto the screen to create a terrific futuristic cityscape. Kudos for that, yet no amount of good looks can hide the fact it’s almost unwatchable." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fred Claus (2007) |
"It’s not exactly It’s A Wonderful Life, with Vaughn’s trademark blokeishness starting to jar, Giamatti strangely miserable and the laughs generally thin on the ground." |
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Splat 2/5 |
French Film (2008) |
"A relationships drama with almost nothing to say about relationships - except that they ain't easy - the only memorable thing about this is a supporting turn by former footballer Eric Cantona." |
David Edwards |
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Friends With Money (2006) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"Frost/Nixon is absorbing and watchable but, like the earlier film, still feels like a TV movie with delusions of grandeur." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Frozen River (2008) |
"Actress Melissa Leo rightly earned an Oscar nomination for her part in this downbeat drama." |
David Edwards |
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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Edwards |
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