Splat 2/4 |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"The cumulative effect of Fleming's direction and Roberts' casting is to make eternal heroine Nancy into a chipmunk-chipper detective and a social nincompoop." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"Thompson can't or won't diverge much from standard fairy-tale plotting, but enlivens the familiar situation comedy with some pleasingly tart lines." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"Napoleon Dynamite may not even be friggin' sweet, but it does have skills. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
National Treasure (2004) |
"It's bad news when a Bruckheimer movie makes one downright nostalgic for The Rock..." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"The cinematic equivalent of the guy who runs up to a cop, grabs the cop's hat, throws it to the ground and takes a s-it on it. One is left a bit speechless." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"'When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best'...the film has all the substance, visual appeal, and excitement of a Hallmark card." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Natural Born Killers (1994) |
"Profane, hallucinogenic, and wickedly satirical, Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers mainlined a message from hell (a.k.a. modern America, as seen by Stone) into mall theatres and multiplexes. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"A sort of teenage Fight Club, complete with daddy issues, Never Back Down is a slight refinement of the sort of picture that was ascendant in the '80s... [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
New in Town (2009) |
"The recipe of New in Town isn't secret, and it tastes like pablum to me." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The New World (2005) |
"Reveries and fever dreams of early America--Malick casts not for dry history but a psychic projection of spirit from beyond the centuries." |
Peter Canavese |
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The New World (2005) |
"Q'Orianka Kilcher on The New World: 'I fell backwards. Because the mud suddenly felt so heavy...that was probably one of the greatest mistakes that happened on set.'" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Next (2007) |
"The earnestness of Cage and tough-as-nails Moore backfires in the face of godawful dialogue and a very poorly established central conceit." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"A shaggy dog of a movie that will appeal big-time to its young target audience...Juno meets After Hours." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) |
"Musters only a few lackluster laughs...[but] has one trump card: it's a kid-friendly, "PG" film that celebrates museums." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"The slippery natures of truth, fiction, lies, and wishful thinking...get full play in the screen adaptation of The Night Listener." |
Peter Canavese |
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The Night Listener (2006) |
" Armistead Maupin & Patrick Stettner: '[Maupin:] I’m aware that my best material comes from the truth of my own life, so I try to use it as much as possible. And I have confidence in those emotions.'" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Night Watch (2005) |
"The slick, colorful, nicely acted Night Watch is all I ask and never get from Hollywood's monochromatic, humorless vampire pictures." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"A twisted revamp of Rankin-Bass by way of Edward Gorey. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Nim's Island (2008) |
"Overplayed: there are entirely too many beaming smiles and emotional flip-outs...the only reason to see this movie is Foster, whose overplaying somehow succeeds at charming where her costars fail. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Nina's Tragedies (2005) |
"Passing eccentricities of character, but serious trouble staging honest and coherent emotional scenes....a surplus of preciousness and a deficit of truth-ringing reality." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Ninth Gate (1999) |
"Sorely underrated...wisely counter-cultural to Hollywood's idea of what a supernatural thriller should be. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Nixon (1995) |
"A convincing blend of Shakespearean tragedy and Citizen Kane, Nixon paints the thirty-seventh President of the United States as a uniquely American tragic hero...[Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"The most fascinating element of the film is its formal linking of its multiple, no-nonsense protagonists. [Blu-Ray review]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) |
"Fans will be positively enthralled at the well-preserved nuggets, and neophytes will understand the fuss over the musician and the man." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
No Reservations (2007) |
"A great big cheeseburger of a movie...For those who have been waiting for Philip Glass to score a pillow fight, your wait is over." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Nobody Knows (2005) |
"Emotional truth and delicate visual cues distinguish a story so patiently naturalistic that the viewer will feel a part of this dysfunctional family." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
North by Northwest (1959) |
"Thrilling, funny, and romantic; it elevates popcorn adventure to art...defines the ideal use of star power....[and] marries deadly intrigue to out-and-out delight. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
North Country (2005) |
"Feature films about sexual harassment are hardly a dime a dozen, so Niki Caro's North Country—gawky though it may be at times—comes as welcome." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"Note to self: accept no British imports trying to be American trash." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) |
"More clever than insightful, [but] Harron makes the most of that humorously earnest style ripped from the pin-up pages." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
November (2005) |
"Telegraphs its unsatisfying payoff for miles, has no fun getting there, but at least boasts a running time of 73 minutes, padded by a hilariously slow credit crawl." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 0/4 |
The Number 23 (2007) |
"Though the holes were rather small, I had to count them all. Now we know how many holes it takes to fill The Number 23." |
Peter Canavese |
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