Aliens in the Attic (2009)

"The ensuing war of the worlds is waged with weapons as fearsome as a bubble blower, a skateboard, and a sort of anti-gravity grenade that, frankly, looks like a lot of fun."

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

"The most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog Rover Dangerfield."

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

"Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is a B movie that truly earns its B."

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

"Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is Agent Cody Banks played British and kinda straight -- that is, as straight as you can when your villain is played by a toothpick-chomping Mickey Rourke in purple eye shadow."

America's Heart and Soul (2004)

"Less evocative and honest in all its 88 minutes than, say, just one of the throwaway establishing shots of Angela Arenivar's dusty Texas-panhandle hometown in last year's Spellbound, a true American movie with a lot more heart and soul."

Annapolis (2006)

"Compellingly reserved and inscrutable at the start, Franco starts to lose us by the second hour ..."

Are We Done Yet? (2007)

"Atrocious."

Aurora Borealis (2006)

"The movie would be a quality guilty-gloopy pleasure if it weren't so deadly overlong."

About Adam (2001)

"Calculated, cold, and damply demeaning."

Absolute Wilson (2006)

"Intriguing."

Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)

"A strenuously merry, digitally produced folly that cavorts weakly like a parent over-involved in his kid's playtime."

After The Wedding (2007)

"Talented filmmaker Susanne Bier, armed with an outstanding compositional sense, keeps control over the storms of melodrama that swirl in this rich weepie."

Agnes and His Brothers (2006)

"Writer-director Oskar Roehler spends all his energy on cataloging ''outrageous' behavior, and none on giving the transgressions any meaning."

Aimee & Jaguar (2000)

"Färberböck's engrossing debut conveys the devotion between Aimée (Juliane Köhler) and Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader)."

Alias Betty (2002)

"A nifty, entwined, ultimately gripping adaptation of British crime writer Ruth Rendell's novel The Tree of Hands."

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

"To ingest Alien vs. Predator on its own slimy, divertingly synthetic terms, it helps to forget everything previously known -- and loved -- about the franchise monster aliens who get star billing."

Aliens of the Deep (2005)

"It's good that a kid, and maybe even an adult, may want to 'touch' one of the so-called aliens thrust out for our inspection. But more important, a kid, and maybe even an adult, may want to become a human scientist."

All About My Mother (1999)

"Few melodramas with such tragic underpinnings have ever made me feel so intensely happy."

All About the Benjamins (2002)

"Something puddles to nothing in this relentless Miami sun."

All The King's Men (2006)

"All around him, Penn's costars retract in defeat."

All the Real Girls (2003)

"A revelation in its ability to capture how love really feels."

Along Came a Spider (2001)

"Along Came a Spider moves at a taut, well-metered pace, one that allows for scenes of psychological excavation."

An Amazing Couple (2002)

"Each film stands satisfyingly on its own as a genre piece, but the triplex provides added understanding of character and consequence."

Amelie (2001)

"While Amélie the plucky girl beguiles, Amélie the charming movie, already an international success, seduces."

An American Carol (2008)

"Only you can decide whether you're in the mood to wade through the smear of stink jokes and political ravings."