Tomato 3/5 |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"The minimalist tone may be an acquired taste -- which might be why [the Dardennes'] films have been overlooked at the Oscars but awarded the Golden Palm twice." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
L'Iceberg (2005) |
"If it weren't for the occasional full-frontal nudity, this would appeal as family fare." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet (2009) |
"Wiseman is precise, revealing to the viewer exactly what he wants you to see, in sync with the company's cautious administration." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
La Mentale: The Code (2004) |
"[Samuel Le Bihan] should have Hollywood at his feet.... He’s more the French Liam Neeson than the next Olivier Martinez." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"But at 140 minutes, the biopic is luxuriously long and commits one sin that would have been an anathema to a cabaret artist like Piaf - the lack of variety." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"The opening slow-motion shots of the two women frolicking on a sunny beach might cause trepidation." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Lady Chatterley (2006) |
"A quintessentially English novel has become a quintessentially French film." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"The compression of time is a stiff reminder that we are watching, after all, a movie." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"After Anatomy of Hell's tampon tea, any of The Last Mistress's transgressions will pale in comparison." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Last Year at Marienbad (1961) |
"The beautiful last gasp of black-and-white cinematography" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Le Petit Lieutenant (2006) |
"Understated but packing a delicate wallop, Le Petit Lieutenant is the most emotionally appealing of the recent spate of observational and minimalist dramas." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Lemming (2006) |
"Goes well with popcorn as well as champagne." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 8/10 |
The Lemon Tree (2008) |
"Abbass's striking performance dominates. As pointed as the sometimes exaggerated situations are, film shines in visual interactions that bypass verbal miscommunications." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2/5 |
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006) |
"A lulling, reverential salute." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Let It Rain (2008) |
"Like her earlier films, [Jaoui] has turned kvetching and fumbling conversations into an art form." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
A Letter to True (2004) |
"Because of its diffused focus, this glossy and self-indulgent home movie is only intermittently memorable." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Lezione 21 (2009) |
"A brisk, irreverent music-history lesson by way of Terry Gilliam." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Life of Reilly (2007) |
"For a performer who turned banter into an art form, Reilly's stage production, Save It for the Stage, was the ideal vehicle for his autobiography." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004) |
"[The Fabulous] Moolah’s relationship with her fellow wrestlers gives this documentary a touch of All About Eve." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
Little Man (2005) |
"Given the subject matter, this new world of manufactured disability, as Conn describes it, is often gripping and moving." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 7/10 |
The Little Traitor (2009) |
"Poignant, child's view of the summer of 1947, just before the sun set on the Brit Empire in Jerusalem and everything changed, but does't catch the ruefulness of Oz's novel." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 7/10 |
Live and Become (2008) |
"Sentimental on immigration and assimilation, but intriguingly reflects Israeli diversity, and touching for a guy to survive and flourish thanks to the love of 4 feisty women." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Lives of Others (2006) |
"A refreshing alternative to the whimsical and nostalgic look back on Communist life in Good Bye Lenin!" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Look at Me (2005) |
"Jaoui's witty comedy of manners has an empathy that recalls the works of Woody Allen in the 1980s." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 9/10 |
Loot (2009) |
"Patient as-it-happens direction intertwines two startling stories of how treasures were obtained and hidden with the horrors of war experienced by then-young soldiers." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3/5 |
Lorna's Silence (2009) |
"Lorna's Silence is one of the few films in current release which left me wanting more." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Lost Embrace (2005) |
"Director Daniel Burman creates an amusing, meandering tale with distinct personalities." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Louise-Michel (2009) |
"In its funniest moments, the film displays the delicate timing of the best silent comedies." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato '2.75/5' |
Love and Anger (1969) |
"What was far out then remains far out now." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 8/10 |
Love Comes Lately (2007) |
"A poignant valentine to the creativity of I.B. Singer's later years, with the pungent dialogue of the lively women coming directly from Singer's magic realism stories." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2/5 |
Love Me If You Dare (2004) |
"Although fast-paced with unpredictable twists and turns, the game doesn't live up to Julien's description of it as being 'better than drugs, sex, masturbation.'" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Love Me Tonight (1932) |
"This 1932 landmark musical is a must for musical comedy fans." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 7/10 |
Love Songs (2008) |
"Sweetly plays on stereotypes of the French as obsessed with romance, or at least movie musicals, so regardless of any consistency or logic, love and singing conquer all." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2/5 |
Loverboy (2006) |
"The film runs out of steam by revealing too much, too soon." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Luciano Ercoli's Death Box Set (1971) |
"The title may sound like an Almodóvar farce, but Death Walks on High Heels hasn't enough humor to be camp." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Lust, Caution (2007) |
"Lee has outsexed Paul Verhoeven. (Who would have imagined that Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone's f--- of the century could look so tame?)" |
Kent Turner |
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