Tomato 3/5 |
Sacco & Vanzetti (2007) |
"The measured tone, though understatedly indignant regarding the miscarriage of justice, will likely draw viewers into the conversation." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"Saddest Music is like a Saturday Night Live spoof that has a promising beginning, but doesn’t know how to end." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.25/5 |
Safe Conduct (2002) |
"[Director] Tavernier takes his time in capturing this time period – at the expense of a concise narrative and often the viewer’s interest." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato '2.75/5' |
Saraband (2005) |
"Both a valentine to [Liv] Ullmann and a star-making film debut for [Julia] Dufvenius" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.25/5 |
Saved! (2004) |
"The Plastics in Mean Girls don’t stand a chance against Saved’s Mandy Moore as the duplicitous Hilary Faye." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Scandal (1989) |
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Kent Turner |
Splat 5/10 |
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) |
"Breathlessly details the step-by-step evolution of an enigmatic musical artist within pop culture from the 1960s on to the avant-garde, though little about the man." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Sea (2003) |
"The confrontational family dinner features archetypes that would have been at home on Dallas." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"It is engaging, but not penetrating." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.75/5 |
The Secret of the Grain (2008) |
"Before you scoff at yet another benevolent look at a family straddling two cultures, Kechiche subtly subverts the genre." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Secret Things (2003) |
"With plenty of girl-on-girl action, this is the movie that photographer David Hamilton would love to make." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Seduced and Abandoned (1964) |
"Germi shares with Billy Wilder a similar cynical tone matched with stellar storytelling." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Seducing Dr. Lewis (2004) |
"With its opening sequence - a hilarious flashback to happier times when all the adults made nocturnal whoopee like clockwork - Doctor Lewis climaxes way too soon." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 8/10 |
Séraphine (2008) |
"Beyond a must for those interested in art and women's history are Moreau's brilliant performance, Brunet's luscious cinematography and Galasso's lovely score." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2/10 |
Serious Moonlight (2009) |
"Small indie that has all the ingredients of a typical Hollywood Meg Ryan romantic comedy from the 1990s%u2014including Meg Ryan, but lacks the spark of the best of her genre." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
She Hate Me (2004) |
"Forget the politics, bawdy humor wins out." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
She's One of Us (2005) |
"[A] continuously startling film" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shortbus (2006) |
"Shortbus is perhaps the most wittily and gleefully performed feature film to contain actual sex scenes." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) |
"For ... those who have been away from the Great White Way, it will be like reading a whole season's worth of Playbills." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
The Sicilian Girl (2009) |
"More Cavalleria Rusticana than Gomorra." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Silent Love (2004) |
"Performed with subtlety and offering no pat resolutions" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Since Otar Left (2004) |
"Hands down the most heart-rending French film to be released in the U.S. in the last year." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sir! No Sir! (2006) |
"Sir! No Sir! is a reminder of Fonda's star power, past and present ... her charisma and zeal haven't mellowed a bit." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sisters in Law (2006) |
"By focusing on the enforcement of [women's] rights, Sisters in Law at least offers solutions and well-justified hope.
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Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
The Situation (2007) |
"The Situation never fails to be illustrative, like in straight reporting, but at the expense of catharsis." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) |
"This is the real Art School Confidential." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 7/10 |
Skin (2009) |
"On-location authenticity lifts poignant debut feature out of pathos and melodrama for a sobering lesson about racism and the dystopian reality of apartheid." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2004) |
"[Drake's] music and the picturesque footage of the English countryside dominate the documentary... creating an irresistible pull for Anglophiles." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Some Like It Hot (1959) |
"Don't expect [Tony Curtis] to be invited to the Actors Studio any time soon." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Somers Town (2009) |
"This modest but amicable tale has more depth and more spirit than many films twice its length." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Somersault (2006) |
"Based on her painfully vulnerable performance, don't be surprised when the promising [Abbie] Cornish joins Hollywood's pool of Aussie ex-pats." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Son of Rambow (2008) |
"As raw and a flight of adolescent fancy as Saturday Night Live's "Lazer Cats!" skits." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Song of Sparrows (2009) |
"The story is so well told that the symbolism supports rather than sustains the plot." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) |
"Straightforwardly scripted, it's not difficult to imagine this earnest and conventional retelling as if it were an original Playhouse 90 production.
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Kent Turner |
Tomato 9/10 |
Soul Power (2009) |
"A thrilling time machine that lets you travel to Zaire in 1974 to see legendary performers bringing it all back home." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
The Spanish Apartment (2003) |
"The episodic L’auberge Espangnole is like a younger and European version of Friends." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) |
"Fans of the books will be pleased with the film version, which is equally as action packed and fast paced. It's doubtful they will begrudge the story changes." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (2004) |
"Visually arresting, Baek Dong Hyun’s cinematography will stay with you even as the film’s facile moral lessons fade away." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato '3.5/5' |
The Squid and the Whale (2005) |
"[Jeff Daniels] and the rest of the cast play their roles with uncommon ease." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Stage Beauty (2004) |
"As played by Crudup with a high-pitched, faltering voice, [Ned] Kynaston's actual gender is never in question." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.25/5 |
Stander (2004) |
"As the film speeds along, the portrayal of Stander becomes soulless. His motivations are drowned out by the screeching gateways." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Stanley Kramer Box Set |
"It would be hard to imagine a more eclectic box set." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Stardust (2007) |
"Matthew Vaughan's movie version of Neil Gaiman's 1999 Stardust actually attempts to broaden the characters -- when you wish he would just get on with the story." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Starter For 10 (2007) |
"Lying beneath all of these colloquialisms is an amicable 1980s coming-of-age romp." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Station Agent (2003) |
"As comforting, a bit hokey, and predictable as a CBS Sunday Night Movie, this intimate film should play well on television." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Steal a Pencil For Me (2007) |
"endlessly fascinating" |
Kent Turner |
Splat '2/5' |
Steal Me (2007) |
"The plot is never overwrought, but it never fully ripens either, mostly because of some of the actors' self-consciousness and the stop-and-go pace." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 9/10 |
Still Walking (2009) |
"Sensitively demonstrates how nothing much happening to this idiosyncratic family is the universal story of every family." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 6/10 |
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) |
"Fervidly but effectively makes the point how an entire community was complicit in a gruesome to watch honor killing." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Strayed (2004) |
"The title could refer not only to the lead character, but also to the film itself." |
Kent Turner |
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