Tomato |
"L'Origine de la tendresse" and Other Tales (2008) |
"A sprightly collection of Gallic short subjects that sprints from romantic froth to earnest documentation (almost) without skipping a beat." |
Chris Barsanti |
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$pent (2000) |
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Tomato |
'Tis Autumn - The Search for Jackie Paris (2007) |
"Even non-jazz fans will enjoy the filmmaker's personal approach to uncovering the mystery surrounding Jackie Paris' career." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
1 Giant Leap (2001) |
"Rather than enhance the music, the filmmakers' efforts trivialize it, turning it into the equivalent of politically correct screensavers." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
10 Items or Less (2006) |
"As slight as it is wholly disarming." |
David Noh |
Splat |
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) |
"A routine exercise in teen-targeted silliness." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Splat |
10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"Clearly, the B.C. here stands for Benetton Colors, since it's got nothing to do real history." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
100% Arabica (1997) |
"In the end, the treatment of women and the actions of the fundamentalist gangsters give the film an oppressive air, so much so that even the music is no longer transcendent." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
101 Reykjavik (2001) |
"A fresh alternative to overrated blockbusters." |
Daniel Steinhart |
Splat |
102 Dalmatians (2000) |
"There's a tired feeling to it all." |
Eric Monder |
Tomato |
10th & Wolf (2006) |
"A respectable addition to the packed pantheon of watchable but all too familiar Mafia-themed movies." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
The 11th Hour (2007) |
"Less imaginatively structured than An Inconvenient Truth and therefore less likely to reach the unconverted, it is still a treasure trove of fascinating facts and ideas." |
Wendy Weinstein |
Tomato |
12 (2007) |
"Electrifying drama about a jury at odds pays respectful homage to Sidney Lumet's classic 12 Angry Men while exposing post-Communist Russia at its worst and time-resistant human nature at its best." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
12 and Holding (2006) |
"[An] intelligent and edgy story that allows believable characters and their interpersonal dynamics to come alive as sinister undercurrents ripple below." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
12:08 East of Bucharest (2007) |
"Deserves praise well beyond its budget." |
Rex Roberts |
Tomato |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"13 Going on 30 does work, thanks to its sprightly script and brisk direction and some priceless feel-good moments." |
Shirley Sealy |
Tomato |
13 Tzameti (2006) |
"At its center is an astonishing set-piece that will rivet almost any moviegoer." |
Lewis Beale |
Tomato |
13B (2009) |
"J-horror-styled supernatural thriller from India doesn't have the gore or intensity of the real thing, and for many in the mainstream, that's a relief. Low-budget-looking but effective, with a great central gimmick." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
The 13th Floor (1999) |
"Never quite gets off the ground either, since none of its characters, human or simulated, is all that soulful to begin with." |
David Luty |
Splat |
The 13th Warrior (1999) |
"Amounts to little more than a jumble of fire, horses and gory battle scenes. Amidst the constant flow of blood and mud and rain, you kind of feel dirty having just sat through it." |
Thom Bennett |
Splat |
1408 (2007) |
"Devolves into a cavalcade of gee-whiz special effects, psychological sturm und drang and false endings." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato |
15 (2005) |
"Visually arresting film proves that Singaporean kids just want their MTV." |
Matthew Smith |
Splat |
15 Minutes (2001) |
"Doesn't work on any coherent level." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato |
16 Blocks (2006) |
"16 Blocks builds a persuasive world of corrupt cops, hidden vice and desperate scrambling, and sustains that vision for longer than you'd expect." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
17 Again (2009) |
"Zac Efron is charming, Sterling Knight is a great young find, and second-chance comedies of grownups in teen bodies are timeless, so to speak. So why is this movie so creepy and pervy-seeming?" |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
187 (1997) |
"As a social-problem picture, 187 is a great music-video." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato |
2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"Fortunately for all parties involved, Delpy goes beyond the mere comedy of embarrassment, though to be sure there is plenty of that as well." |
Chris Barsanti |
Splat |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"Where's Roger Corman when you need him?" |
Daniel Eagan |
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2 X 4 (2004) |
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Splat |
20 Centimeters (2005) |
"It all makes one think that the Spanish film industry needs to seriously get hold of itself and stop with these slavish, sub-Almodóvarian forays into excess." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
200 Cigarettes (1999) |
"Harmless, if not exactly earth-shaking, good fun and some bright, improvisatory performances enliven it and make up for the thin screenplay and less forceful cast members." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
2046 (2005) |
"It's Zhang who is the real surprise here. Her breakout performance puts her on a level with the world's best actresses." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
21 (2008) |
"Even gambling novices won't be counting the minutes as this fast-paced, slickly entertaining tale of technically legal collegiate misadventures unspools." |
Kevin Lally |
Tomato |
21 Grams (2003) |
"Inarritu and his fellow artists have contrived something wondrous, a formally innovative fugue filled with demons and despair that somehow comes down on the side of life." |
Erica Abeel |
Tomato |
24 City (2009) |
"Celebrated filmmaker Jia Zhangke melds fiction and non-fiction filmmaking to portray the new betrayals in store for the Chinese as they shift to capitalism--ones not very different from the old betrayals of a paternalistic society." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
24 Hour Party People (2002) |
"Laced with brilliantly funny non-sequiturs and cameo appearances, and suffused with a pure love of the setting and real music which did indeed exist before all the corporations took over." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
The 24 Hour Woman (1999) |
"A largely likeable comedy with extra appeal for couples with kids on the brain." |
Kevin Lally |
Splat |
24th Day (2004) |
"The ceaseless twists and turns Piccirillo keeps introducing are at first intriguing, but eventually become tiresome, as if he's trying to hold our interest any way he can." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
25th Hour (2002) |
"Buoyed by compelling performances from Edward Norton and an excellent supporting cast, the film almost transcends its pulp settings." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
27 Dresses (2008) |
"Heigl deserves a better vehicle." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
28 Days (2000) |
"Glibness takes over all too often." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
28 Weeks Later (2007) |
"An exciting, if uneven, action/horror hybrid." |
Ethan Alter |
Tomato |
3 Extremes (2005) |
"Cross-cultural Asian horror triptych is a bloody good time." |
Matthew Smith |
Splat |
3 Needles (2006) |
"Nothing is as irritating as watching a film which is little more than an exercise of ego; worse is watching one that is about as discrete in its purpose as a missionary in Africa." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
3-Iron (2005) |
"It's a tribute to Kim's masterful mysteriousness that you are never quite sure what your exact reaction should be, as well as the fact that it's all highly intriguing rather than inscrutably annoying." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
30 Days (2000) |
"Sentimental and easy, this film barely digs beneath the shellacked surface of a half-hour of 'Friends.'" |
Emily Bobrow |
Splat |
300 (2007) |
"Undeniably impressive on a visual level, the film is considerably more prosaic in terms of plotting and acting." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) |
"Like a long road trip without a rest stop." |
Eric Monder |
Tomato |
39 Pounds of Love (2005) |
"If one ignores the excesses, 39 Pounds of Love becomes a road trip worth taking." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"About the best you can say about Mangold's work is that it won't kill off the genre. Nor will it help to revive it." |
Lewis Beale |
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