Tomato 3.5/5 |
L'Annulaire (2005) |
"Bertrand doesn't offer any easy answers, but she creates an incredibly effective sense of both dread and excitement." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 4/5 |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"[Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's] achievement here is both formidable and intensely moving ..." |
Mike D'Angelo |
Splat 2/5 |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"Idolization doesn't make for particularly compelling entertainment." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"Dance sets up a charming premise and then slowly lets the air out of it over the course of 100 minutes, limping to a predictable and pat conclusion." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 1/5 |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"You wonder if Shyamalan has crossed from mere self-regard into actual mental illness." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Though there are moments of genuine humor ... they feel hollow without any depth to the characters who populate them." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Lake House (2006) |
"... sometimes the line between creativity and desperation can seem awfully thin." |
Benjamin Spacek |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Land of Plenty (2004) |
"Wenders spends too much time with the uninteresting murder-mystery, and by the time he gets around to the truly insightful, moving dialogue, it's too little, too late." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"Tonally inconsistent, incoherently plotted and almost never funny." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) |
"Jolie does her best, delivering her mediocre lines like they were the cleverest writing in the history of cinema, but goodwill for the star only carries a film so far." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"While occasional moments are as sweet as they're meant to be, most of the movie is as fake and awkward as Bianca herself." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"Falling in love has never been so dull." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Last Days (2005) |
"The problem with Last Days is that Van Sant's primary mode of saying something is saying nothing." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"Just another meaningless horror movie." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"Without the force of Whitaker's presence, Scotland is a mediocre, predictable and fitfully engaging tale." |
Josh Bell |
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The Last Kiss (2002) |
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Maria Phelan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Laurel Canyon (2003) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Lawless Heart (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jaime Buerger |
Tomato 3/5 |
Layer Cake (2005) |
"When the film succeeds, it does so on Vaughn's command of the visuals and Craig's subdued, steely performance." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) |
"Robinson and Norrington approach literature like lazy high schoolers in an English class, using the material when it suits them and ignoring it when it doesn't." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"The back-and-forth zing is what saves Leatherheads from being terminally dull." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/4 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Steve Bornfeld |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Legend of Suriyothai (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Richard Maynard |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Legend of Zorro (2005) |
"... you always know who the villains are—they either have hideous scars or snooty French accents." |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
"The film feels like what its title describes: a series of events that don't add up to a cohesive story." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"Both sweet and unsettling." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
Levity (2003) |
"This is one of those films that seems to mistake lack of dialogue for meaningful silence and has every line delivered as if it were the most important thing ever said." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Libertine (2005) |
"Sadly, this is a movie about the consequences of debauchery, and about Johnny Depp making long-winded Oscar-bait speeches while slathered in nasty pancake makeup." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Lies And Alibis (2006) |
"A warmed-over caper movie that plays like it's based on a bad Xerox of an Elmore Leonard novel." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) |
"The Life Aquatic is Anderson's least interesting film, and should serve as a demonstration of the vapidity of his so-called brilliance." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) |
"The twist is exactly what you think it is, and it pretty much invalidates any emotional investment you can work up before it arrives." |
Josh Bell |
- |
Life or Something Like It (2002) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Light Sleeper (1992) |
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Josh Bell |
Splat 1/5 |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"Rather than reasoned thought and debate, the only thing this movie inspires is exasperation." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
Little Athens (2006) |
"Much like its characters, the film is aimless and annoying, and doesn't end up anywhere interesting." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Little Children (2006) |
"Field has merely looked down upon people trying to make sense of their lives, and judged them unworthy." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Little Red Truck (2008) |
"MCT is undoubtedly a worthwhile organization, but that doesn't mean it's fun to sit through what amounts to a 90-minute advertisement for the company." |
Josh Bell |
Splat C- |
Little Secrets (2001) |
"Every plot development is telegraphed from a mile away, and every character acts in the most obvious manner possible." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Living End (1992) |
"Probably more valuable as a cultural artifact than a movie." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
"A fantasy that teaches girls that popularity and material possessions are the most important things in life and will fall right into your lap if you're adorable enough." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2/5 |
Look (2007) |
"By the end, you're ready to call for the abolition of video surveillance, if only so that you can stop watching all these irritating characters." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Lookout (2007) |
"There are no gratuitous plot twists, no distracting trick shots and no over-the-top performances -- just a good story, told well." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"King is ... the final touch of an undeniable masterwork." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato A- |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
"It is, simply, what movie-making should be, the kind of film that proves that 'quality cinema' and 'blockbuster entertainment' are not, and should not be, mutually exclusive." |
Josh Bell |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Lord of War (2005) |
"When Niccol allows the movie to stop and breathe for a while, it's often powerful." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Loren Cass (2009) |
"Loren Cass is neither a success nor a failure. It has a young director who is a work in progress." |
Tony Macklin |
Tomato 3/5 |
Lorna's Silence (2009) |
"Offers powerful emotional impact at unexpected moments." |
Josh Bell |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Losing Ground (2005) |
"Losing Ground has all the hallmarks of a low-budget first feature, including painful earnestness, shaky acting and strident moralizing." |
Josh Bell |
- |
Lost in La Mancha (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Lost in Translation (2003) |
"A film for any lost soul, anyone trying to figure where their life is headed and if they're happy about it." |
Josh Bell |
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