Tomato B |
Taken (2009) |
"Single-minded and suitably rough around the edges." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D+ |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Taking Lives won’t kill you, but it will steal precious hours you’ll never have back." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"An astute cultural satire masquerading as an infectiously stupid-silly lark - or, perhaps, it's the other way around." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Tarnation (2004) |
"A twisted pastiche of pain, suffering, and narcissistic indulgence." |
Nick Schager |
Splat |
The Terminal (2004) |
"Hanks’ overdone slapstick antics and awful accent ... keep this featherweight farce from taking flight." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) |
"Irresistibly demented." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
The Duchess of Langeais (2008) |
"Well acted and aesthetically attractive, the film remains by and large inert." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C |
Them (2007) |
"Mostly an exercise in frustration." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato |
They Live (1988) |
"The loopiest, and coolest, entry in the director’s canon." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"Often as overwrought as it is heartrending." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B- |
Thirteen (2003) |
"A rather basic tale about the perils of going along with the in-crowd and the extremes to which teenagers will act out for attention." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
THX 1138 (1971) |
"A modest, somber vision of the future." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) |
"An off-kilter – and off-putting – mix of humor, sex, and Stockholm Syndrome obsession." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Tightrope (1984) |
"A surprisingly tightly wound serial killer mystery." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Time of the Wolf (2003) |
"Has a feral intensity." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985) |
"A near-masterpiece." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Timecrimes (2008) |
"The film's plentiful complications aren't necessarily unique ... but they're given corkscrew verve by taut plotting and correspondingly fleet, no-nonsense direction." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
To Be and To Have (2003) |
"The most unvarnished cinematic portrait of childhood I’ve ever seen." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
Together (2003) |
"Never wavers from its serviceably warm and fuzzy path." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Tokyo Godfathers (2004) |
"A delightfully rambunctious holiday fable about the vital importance of family." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C+ |
Toolbox Murders |
"Saying The Toolbox Murders is the finest Tobe Hooper film since The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ... isn’t saying much." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Touching the Void (2004) |
"About a primal war waged by man against both himself and the natural world that surrounds him." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C- |
Towelhead (2008) |
"First and foremost a grotesquerie." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D+ |
Trekkies 2 (2003) |
"It’s hard to quibble with the patronizing attitude taken by Nygard’s films." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) |
"A bustling cornucopia of delights." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B+ |
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006) |
"A delirious orgy of self-reflexive ridiculousness." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C- |
Troll (1986) |
"It goes without saying that the film is pretty awful. But that doesn't mean it's not pretty funny too." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D- |
Troll 2 (1992) |
"It's rare to find a film with such an ignominious reputation actually living up to the hype." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C |
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"Big budget, big stars, big concept -- surprisingly little payoff." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
Tropical Malady (2005) |
"As stylistically striking as it is adventurous." |
Nick Schager |
Splat C |
Tupac: Resurrection (2003) |
"A dishearteningly incomplete portrait." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato A- |
Twentieth Century (1934) |
"A shining example of moviemaking magnificence." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato B |
Twentynine Palms (2004) |
"Fascinating in the abstract but wearisome in reality." |
Nick Schager |