Tomato B+
East of Eden (1955)
"A showcase for Dean’s searing, gargantuan, force-of-nature performance."
Nick Schager
Tomato B
Eastern Promises (2007)
"Its subtextual currents are more compelling than the actual narrative itself, which never wholly coheres into something satisfyingly suspenseful."
Splat C+
Eaten Alive (1976)
"[Its] off-the-wall hybridization of Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, specifically), and Lucio Fulci is more often than not sloppy."
Edmond (2006)
"Fails to offer any insight into its main character's motivations."
Splat C
Elephant (2003)
"A morally dubious waiting game."
Elf (2003)
"Exudes genuine holiday cheer."
Elite Squad (2008)
"Padilha succumbs to monotonous, hollow flamboyance with his City of God clone."
Elizabethtown (2005)
"An excruciatingly narcissistic nostalgia trip saturated with writer/director Cameron Crowe’s favorite tunes."
Tomato A-
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
"A unique deconstruction of man’s innate desire to avert heartache."
Splat D
Everybody's Fine (2009)
"Begins as merely intolerable and ends up borderline-reprehensible."
Exiled (2007)
"An electric, inventive amalgam of gonzo violence and lyrical sentimentality."
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
"A pedantic supernatural hybrid of Inherit the Wind and Audrey Rose."
Exterminating Angels (2007)
"A complex, confessional examination of [Jean-Claude Brisseau's] twisted, thorny and ultimately ambiguous feelings toward women and sex."
Tomato B-
Extract (2009)
"Manages to be pleasant without ever eliciting much in the way of laughter."
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