Tomato 2.5/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"It could have been better, but it’s good enough to be a solid girls’ night out flick." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"Silly as it is, the Disney formula remains viable because it still works" |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"The Painted Veil is the type of old-fashioned period drama with rich, well defined characters that usually can’t find backing in today’s Hollywood." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Pajama Game (1957) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"It is not my cup of grim ..." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/5 |
Paradise Alley (1978) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"It has a few good scares, but one has to sit through nearly 80 minutes of mind-numbing tedium before the payoff ..." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"Gibson's artistic intentions and interpretation of the gospels have created a film that is both moving and horrifying." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 1/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"... little more than an excuse to present a bunch of slice and dice battle scenes filmed with murky cinematography and a notable absence of emotional resonance." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Patty Hearst (1988) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Persepolis (2007) |
"The political component is understated, but then it suddenly slips in and snaps at you." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Peter's Friends (1992) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Phantasm (1978) |
"Cult horror outing this is SCARY!!" |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Phar Lap (1984) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Philadelphia (1993) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Pianist (2002) |
"As someone whose Holocaust memories are burned into his psyche, Polanski finds the no-frills truth in this devastated landscape.
" |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"... if you are going to have a couple of dumb asses running around like total idiots, you could do a lot worse than Rogen and Franco." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"I’ll bet most 'Pirates' fans will defend this final chapter, yet realize it has reached the end of its usefulness." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"Perhaps downing a bottle of rum while watching the movie would improve its story line." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Playboys (1992) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 0/5 |
Police Academy 2 - Their First Assignment (1985) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Poseidon (2006) |
"... the characters are strictly made of cardboard, and you know what happens to cardboard when it gets wet." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Power (1986) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"This is Altman in a minor key..." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"Trying to wrap your head around the mindset of a mother who sees her abused child as a rival is much more horrifying and graphic than a dozen bloodletting horror films." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 1/4 |
Premonition (2007) |
"... a confusing mess, a puzzle that can’t be solved." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Prestige (2006) |
"... this odd tale about obsessive Victorian-era magicians and their blood feud isn’t nearly as enchanting as it should be." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Presumed Innocent (1990) |
"Excellent courtroom drama." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Pretty Baby (1978) |
"Sexy Sarandon in an early role as the whore mom of child prostitute Brook Shields." |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Prime (2005) |
"... yet another film that screams, 'Wait for the video release.'" |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Prince & Me (2004) |
"Their romance has the delightful walking-in-another-person’s-shoes ambience of the 1953 Gregory Peck-Audrey Hepburn classic Roman Holiday" |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/5 |
The Prince of Tides (1991) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Producers (1968) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Producers (2005) |
"My suggestion: rent the original" |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/5 |
Prophecy (1979) |
No article available. |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Proposal (2009) |
"... a cookie-cutter rom-com, but despite my critical instincts screaming at me that I didn't need these empty calories, I was eating the whole cookie and liking it." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Proposition (2006) |
"...blends the classic existential Western with the violence of a Sam Peckinpah sage saga" |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Public Enemies (2009) |
"... Depp has a few solid scenes that spark to life, only to have the spark fail to ignite a consistent interest in the story." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pulp Fiction (1994) |
"Pulp Fiction is the best film of 1994, and of this decade." |
Lori Hoffman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Pumping Iron (1977) |
"Arnold's "reality" debut" |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) |
"In the end the film feels like an average made-for-TV movie, if there were a cable channel for the sensitive man.
" |
Lori Hoffman |
Splat 2/4 |
Push (2009) |
" ... a rather bland and hard-to-follow knock off of the trendy Heroes/X-Men template." |
Lori Hoffman |