Splat |
Ca$h (2008) |
"Feels more like a cheap hypermarché knock-off with a fancily designed label than the real deal." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Caché (2005) |
"[Haneke's] dark world view comes elegantly wrapped in its own contradiction." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
The Caiman (2006) |
"Perhaps the fictive demise of Berlusconi is enough for the Italian masses, but others might want something more for their ticket- or rental fee, such as a properly structured and thematically coherent story." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"Though the last act is formulaic (...) this film has everything we have come to expect from a British feel-good comedy." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
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California Dreamin' (2009) |
"California Dreamin' (Nesfarsit) - preview & trailer" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
California Dreamin' (2009) |
"Unfinished but certainly not unworthy; a diamond in the rough." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Cargo 200 (2008) |
"Unflinching would be a gentle word to describe this portrayal of a doomed humanity, but the exact point of the film beyond its doomsday message is never really clear." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Cassandra's Dream (2008) |
"A fair but far from brilliant Woody Allen effort." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Certi Bambini (2004) |
"Offering an excellent cast, narrative technique and cinematography, Certi bambini is the gripping story of a wasted youth in Naples, Italy." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Chiko (2008) |
"A gentle character sketch gradually makes way for a high-energy tale of loyalty and betrayal that is perhaps rife with clichés but works because Yildirim has established his characters properly." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Children of Men (2006) |
"An ugly mix of contemporary issues is hacked to unrecognizable bits in this tame, at times insipid thriller trying to impress with impossibly generic analogies to our own time." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Chorus (2005) |
"I expected a very [standard] feel-good movie, but instead became immersed in something altogether more satisfying [and] rich in detail." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Class (2008) |
"Again an austere but acutely observed drama with a quasi-documentary style, Entre les murs (The Class) impresses with its veracious tone and nuanced characterisations." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Clean (2006) |
"Some directors (mainly those starting with A, as in Altman or Almodóvar) can get away with doing things differently. French director Olivier Assayas is another A director who can." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Cold Showers (2005) |
"With a loving eye for its naturally acted adolescent characters and with excellent cinematography, Douches froides finally runs too long to be engaging throughout." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
The Color of Freedom (2007) |
"Europudding in chocolate sauce." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Combien tu m'aimes? (2005) |
"A mostly coherent fable that poses as a particularly low-brow sex comedy set in a faux high-brow, very stylised version of the Parisian night." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Comedy of Power (2005) |
"[A] film that delivers quite a few chuckles but generally is very tame; all the characters never really leap off the screen and into your heart." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Comme t'y es belle! (2006) |
"Strong female comedies with a whiff of drama and a dash of romance can be a pleasure if done well even for discerning males such as myself." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Consequences of Love (2004) |
"Two superfluous sub-plots notwithstanding, this atmospheric character study is clearly the work of a very talented filmmaker." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Container (2006) |
"Moodysson definitely created something haunting; imperfect and nonsensical as it may be at times. Is it pretentious? You bet. Is that a bad thing? Not at all." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Control (2007) |
"Has some trouble taking off before finally finding its way to a haunting conclusion." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Conversations with My Gardener (2007) |
"Anyone expecting huge explosions and frenetic car chases might be disappointed, but it will satisfy those looking for an intimate drama in which the conversation is at least a tad more sophisticated than "Letsgetoudahere!"" |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
A Costa dos Murmurios (2004) |
"It is always a gift when a screenplay does not underestimate the audience's intelligence." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Côte d'Azur (2004) |
"This French sex farce could prove to be one of the most hilarious -if not exactly refined- comedies of the year." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
The Country Teacher (2009) |
"This small, contemporary Czech marvel showcases two bright talents and a sentiment not seen often enough on screen nowadays: sincerity." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Le Couperet (2005) |
"The darkly serious tone of the script, Costa-Gavras' crisp direction and the dead-on acting (pun intended) make Le couperet a very intelligent and hilarious satire." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Cover Boy: The Last Revolution (2007) |
"An intelligent treatment of themes such as hard big city life and the exploitation of the male body is overshadowed by what feels like of a case of Ozpetek interruptus." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Splat |
Creep (2005) |
"To borrow from Colin Firth in Love actually: It is mainly scary how bad the writing is." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Crime Novel (2005) |
"What elevates Romanzo criminale above many other, more generic stories is its sense of history, which may in part be due to the work of screenwriters Petraglia and Rulli of La meglio gioventu-fame." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Crossing The Bridge: The Sound Of Istanbul |
"The musical documentary version of Turkish delight." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Cuore Sacro (2005) |
"With a dazzling performance by Bobulova at its heart, Cuore sacro could win Ozpetek new fans as he forsakes his overly sentimental style for something both more subtle and more resonant." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
Tomato |
Czech Dream (2007) |
"Tongue-in-cheek humour is evident throughout the film, and the irky voyeuristic aspects are overcome by what seems to be a non-judgemental approach to the people being fooled." |
Boyd van Hoeij |
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