Tomato |
Madagascar (2005) |
"...Whenever the film seems in danger of getting bland, [Baron Cohen's] scenes kick it up to another level" |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 4/5 |
Madame Butterfly (1995) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Splat 1/5 |
Made in America (1993) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Mafioso (1962) |
"... as he grows more real and complex, it becomes impossible to regard this very funny film simply as a comedy." |
Andy Klein |
Splat 2/5 |
Magic Town (1947) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 4/5 |
Magnificent Obsession (1954) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Major Dundee (1965) |
"...it is still incomplete – permanently so, since crucial scenes were never even shot – and the seams show." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Make it Funky! (2005) |
"...a pretty good, aesthetically modest film [that has] suddenly become deeply affecting in ways its makers could never have predicted." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 4/5 |
Malcolm X (1992) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"Nusicals traditionally rely rather heavily on things like singing and dancing; but what stage director Phyllida Lloyd throws onto the screen could better be described as "singing" and "dancing."" |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Man of the House (2005) |
"Note to movie producers: If a script contains a gag in which someone shoves his hand up a cow’s *******, do us all a favor and just don’t make the movie. Please." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Man of the Year (2006) |
"Rather than being integrated into something complex, the different tones are at war with each other, leaving the whole unsatisfying. Luckily there are dozens of good lines, which at least keep the movie from being dull." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"Beautifully put together, it is every bit as suspenseful as even the best Hollywood heist films, which is even more remarkable when you consider that we know, from the first frame, that Petit will survive." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
The Man Who Copied (2005) |
"...a structural mess and way overlong at a little more than two hours." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"...it’s not merely that the new Candidate compares unfavorably with the old....It’s that Demme has kept...material that is made inconsistent or pointless by his changes.
" |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Manda Bala (2007) |
"It's thrilling viewing throughout, but Kohn's talents don't yet match his ambitions." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Manderlay (2006) |
"There are any number of ways to read Manderlay..." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 4/5 |
Map of the Human Heart (1993) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Marebito (2004) |
"By the end, the story's ambiguities begin to cancel each other out, leaving us with no good readings rather than a multitude of valid ones." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
" ... written with enough wit and performed with enough skill that I found it impossible to turn away from the Zellers and their collective emotional train wreck." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"Coppola succeeds at her main goal: Marie and the court are presented to us, not embalmed in stilted "period" language and affect, but with more familiar trappings." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006) |
"For much of its length, Hotchkiss verges on archness: If it eventually wins us over, it's in large part thanks to the terrific cast Miller has assembled." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Marriage Circle (1924) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Married Life (2008) |
"[T]here is something off with the pacing. The big Hitchcockian suspense sequence toward the end feels like something from the middle of a movie; you expect one more twist, but none develops." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Masculin Feminin (1966) |
"...a crucial, though not very satisfying, transitional work..." |
Andy Klein |
Splat 2/5 |
Masquerade (1988) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 3/5 |
Massacre at Central High (1976) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
The Matador (2005) |
"...thoroughly enjoyable and equally shallow." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Match Point (2005) |
"...his best film in a decade or more." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |
"...the Wachowskis' blast of special effects and pointless plot complications...is such a failure that it threatens to retroactively sully the virtues of the first film.
" |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006) |
"... Chernick's film ends up being far more accessible than Barney's." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Meet Bill (2008) |
"Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Melinda and Melinda (2005) |
"It doesn’t rank among his best, certainly, but it’s encouraging in a way that Anything Else wasn’t." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
"...nary a drop formed in my lachrymal glands..." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Memories of Tomorrow (2006) |
"This would be a totally manipulative disease-of-the-week movie, were it not for Tsutsumi's gentle direction and Watanabe's intense performance." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
Memory (2007) |
" ... tosses us so many hints and red herrings that, by the end, we really don't care who turns out to be the killer. All solutions are equally satisfying, which is the same thing as being equally unsatisfying." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
The Memory of a Killer (2005) |
"...immeasurably helped by strong performances in the central roles..." |
Andy Klein |
Splat |
The Messengers (2007) |
"While [the Pangs] display some of the visual style that has distinguished their Asian films, nothing could compensate for the derivative, ill-plotted script." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) |
"It's a measure of Dunn's success that even a total nonfan like myself could find his journey interesting." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) |
"I still think Metallica rocks, but I don’t know if you will." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat 2/5 |
Miami Rhapsody (1995) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Miami Vice (2006) |
"I gave up on the plot convolutions halfway through, but without bitterness. The whole thing moves so well and creates so much genuine suspense that [they] seemed almost beside the point." |
Andy Klein |
Splat 1/5 |
Michael (1997) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
Michael Moore Hates America (2004) |
"actually turns out to be a balanced and open-minded piece in the style of the man it proclaims to despise" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Midnight Eagle (2007) |
"Poorly structured, filled with coincidences and plot holes, and laced with scenes of more-than-usually cloying sentimentality, this is oh!-so-far from the best representative of current Japanese cinema or of Asian cinema in general." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 4/5 |
Mighty Aphrodite (1995) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
Tomato |
A Mighty Heart (2007) |
"Winterbottom has chosen to emphasize naturalism and realistic detail, with a minimum of sentimental content." |
Andy Klein |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) |
No article available. |
Andy Klein |
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