Tomato A |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"A rigorously austere masterpiece infused with intense humanism." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"Marion Cotillard is the only reason to sit through La Vie En Rose, a biopic that compounds its basic tediousness by fracturing its narrative in a vain effort to mask a stale rise-and-fall arc." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"A case study of an increasingly defensive filmmaker falling off the auteurist deep end." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
The Ladykillers (1955) |
"Most of the slapstick set pieces warrant a polite smile rather than a hearty guffaw." |
Nick Schager |
Splat |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"A lukewarm live-action Loony Tunes cartoon." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Lake Tahoe (2008) |
"Eimbcke's Jarmusch-ian comedy is laced with something stronger." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A |
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) |
"Speaks volumes about the intrinsic human desire for empathetic communion." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
The Last Boy Scout (1991) |
"The apotheosis of the modern interracial-buddy action film genre." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C- |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"Feigns serious interest in the trickiness of later-in-life love while indulging in corny humor and even worse bathos." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"A stinging rebuke to both do-gooder white-man's-burden fantasies and the disingenuous, Africa-exoticizing movies that promote them." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C- |
The Last Kiss (2002) |
"Repackages messy human dilemmas into something neat, tidy and oh-so-manipulatively inspiring." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) |
"So blatantly nonsensical that the action quickly tips over into campiness." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Law of Desire (1987) |
"Almodóvar’s affection for his characters ... makes his engagingly loopy narrative more than a simple Telemundo-on-acid joke." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
Le Cercle Rouge (1970) |
"The epitome of neo-noir stylishness." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Le Petite Jerusalem (2006) |
"[A] respectable portrait of inhibiting zealotry." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D+ |
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1989) |
"A failed attempt by New Line to reinvent the titular chainsawer into a Freddy Krueger-style villain." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"A 1920s football saga that blends rusty screwball comedy and perfunctory romance under a period piece veneer." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
"A phantasmagoric family film with both bite and heart." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana (1971) |
"One of Herzog's earliest - and most evocative - cinematic essays on the uneasy relationships between man and Earth, unaffected reality and orchestrated drama." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"[Melds] genres with a haunting poignancy that's mildly undercut by a script that, during its last act, bounces around like a jeep on a dirt road." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato |
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) |
"Funny, gorgeous, and touching in spurts." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Life of Jesus (1997) |
"A harrowing vision of volatile youth bored to death." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A |
Little Dieter Needs To Fly (1997) |
"A stunning tale of survival." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Loggerheads (2005) |
"Characterized by an assured restraint and attention to the subtleties of human interaction." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
LOL (2006) |
"[The film] captures relatable 21st-century truths in small, excruciating moments." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A |
The Long Goodbye (1973) |
"Droll, cunning and magnificently woozy." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
The Longest Yard (1974) |
"Aldrich’s film is most alive during the team recruitment scenes." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Looney Tunes - Back in Action (2003) |
"Like a pop culture-gorged Hope-and-Crosby buddy flick hopped up on mescaline." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"Imbues its central conflicts with mythic timelessness." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
"Astonishingly fleshed-out." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B- |
Loren Cass (2009) |
"An oppressive sense of brutality, loneliness and ennui remains visceral." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Lorna's Silence (2009) |
"A penetrating, deceptively sly interior portrait." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A |
Los Olvidados (1950) |
"Starkly beautiful [and] diligently economical." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato |
The Lost Boys (1987) |
"Did I mention both Coreys are in it?" |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Lost in America (1985) |
"An amusingly bumpy ride." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C |
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004) |
"A bland inside joke for genre aficionados." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) |
"A Love Song for Bobby Long’s trio of lead performances are surprisingly believable." |
Nick Schager |
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