Tomato 4/5 |
L'Age D'Or (1930) |
"Groundbreaking surrealist classic" |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin (2003) |
"Strom, whether hamstrung by a lack of material or an inability to understand structure, delivers a slapdash work that is weak on a number of fronts." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Splat |
L'Ennui (1998) |
"Never gets more than skin-deep into its characters." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
L'Iceberg (2005) |
"Tells its highly entertaining and surprisingly touching story almost exclusively through physical comedy." |
Shirley Sealy |
Tomato |
L.A. Confidential (1997) |
"This is the rare film that displays a perfect sense of star power, and how it plays to an audience." |
David Luty |
Tomato |
L.I.E. (2001) |
"A low-budget, deceptively minimalist drama that delivers big." |
Erica Abeel |
Tomato |
La Moustache (2005) |
"Those looking for a good thriller should be pleased enough and those seeking a serious art film will get plenty of philosophy with their pretty pictures." |
Eric Monder |
Tomato |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"One of those rare cinematic happenings where every aspect of the production--from key casting and scripting down to the minutest period details--is done to perfection." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
La Vie Promise |
"La Vie Promise offers a fairly engaging story and great scenery. Huppert manages to chew up the latter as she adds heat to the former." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - Journey of a Woman (2007) |
"As corny and joyful as anything you'd see on Turner Classic Movies." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"A methodical, step-by-step account of a firefighter's existence, presented in a no-frills, straight-ahead fashion but ultimately taking you no place you've not been before." |
Harry Haun |
Splat |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"Smith is rather wasted...Perhaps if the actresses had exchanged roles, this pallid palette would have had more emotional color." |
David Noh |
Splat |
The Ladies Man (2000) |
"Paramount has laid a pickled egg." |
Eric Monder |
Tomato |
The Lady and the Duke (2002) |
"Let's salute Rohmer's ability at 81 to bend the latest technology to his unique cinematic vision." |
Erica Abeel |
Splat |
Lady Chatterley (2006) |
"A soft-core French chick flick, all glossy prettiness, with the depth of a puddle." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
The Lady In Question is Charles Busch (2006) |
"An absolute orgy of Busch memorabilia, which will satisfy devotees and pique the interest of the uninitiated." |
David Noh |
Splat |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"We get it. We just don't want it. Because this Lady is the Showgirls of fantasy films." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat 1/5 |
The Lady Vanishes (1979) |
"Hapless remake of the Hitchcock classic" |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
Lady Vengeance (2005) |
"Exciting, nerve-wracking and utterly original." |
Lewis Beale |
Tomato |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Exciting and perplexing at once." |
Rex Roberts |
Splat |
Lagaan (2001) |
"The action here is unusually tame, the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest, and the plot offers few surprises." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007) |
"Apart from a few too many longueurs of Lagerfeld shooting pretty pictures of pretty models, [the film] is an entertaining bauble." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
The Lake House (2006) |
"The story's time-travel elements never quite make sense, but subtle performances and directing give this film an unexpected edge." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
Lake of Fire (2007) |
"Lives up to its promise of definitiveness...a significant piece of journalism." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
Lake Placid (1999) |
"An odd, derivative, but sporadically likeable film." |
Ed Kelleher |
Tomato |
Lan Yu (2002) |
"Stanley Kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made, but one of the best love stories of any stripe." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
Land of Plenty (2004) |
"Land of Plenty isn't for everyone, but patient viewers will be rewarded with a poignant look at life in America today." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
Langrishe, Go Down (1978) |
"The screenplay is so very Pinter as to be positively painful." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
Lantana (2001) |
"Lantana is no blockbuster, just exceptionally fine filmmaking." |
Shirley Sealy |
Tomato |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) |
"Delivers everything and more that fans of the first installment expect." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Splat |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) |
"Nothing scares Lara, so nothing scares us, the audience." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"What could have been cloying or absurd is instead endearing, even if the film is somewhat too long for its conceit." |
Wendy Weinstein |
Tomato |
Lassie (2006) |
"...an utterly beguiling success." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
The Last Atomic Bomb (2006) |
"Perplexing in its pedestrian and not particularly balanced production." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
The Last Big Thing (1996) |
"Painfully unhip vanity project, with pretensions to being a scathingly satirical look at the contemporary culture of empty celebrity." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/5 |
The Last Boy Scout (1991) |
"Ludicrous but undeniably fun, hard-core action" |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato |
The Last Castle (2001) |
"In spite of its faults, Lurie's film cannot be easily dismissed." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"A gentle, modern-day love story for those who believe it's never too late to find romance. Good idea, but even such consummate pros as Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson can't make it soar." |
Shirley Sealy |
Splat |
Last Dance (2002) |
"Unfortunately, neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
The Last Days (1998) |
"Conscientiously brings to life a grotesque chapter of history that had no aim but slaughter." |
Peter Henne |
Tomato |
Last Days (2005) |
"The film will likely divide viewers, striking many as a self-indulgent wallow, others as a rewarding envelope-pusher. In fact, it combines elements of both." |
Erica Abeel |
Splat |
The Last Days of Disco (1998) |
"With a total of three films under his belt in eight years, Stillman is already self-referential." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
Last Holiday (2006) |
"Queen Latifah remains here an utterly imperturbable, warm and human presence." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"The remake of Wes Craven's notorious rape-revenge shocker is a crowd-pleaser rather than a grim moral lesson about the price of doing very bad things, and as long as the downbeat lead-in doesn't put them off, the third-act payoff will have audiences cheer" |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"The four highly diverse leads are uniformly excellent." |
Frank Lovece |
Tomato |
The Last Kiss (2002) |
"Though not much seen on these shores, Italian cinema, to judge by The Last Kiss, is alive and well." |
Erica Abeel |
Splat |
The Last Kiss (2006) |
"This is like watching people stick their hands on a gas stove's fire because no one told them not to do it and they couldn't figure it out themselves." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
The Last Legion (2007) |
"At best, it's aggressively mediocre, a movie that passes the time without ever really engaging your attention." |
Ethan Alter |
Tomato |
The Last Letter (2003) |
"Through Catherine Samie's extraordinary performance -- she's an actress with the Comédie-Française -- Wiseman seems to conjure the ghost of a living being, and then to record her stalking." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
Last Life in the Universe (2004) |
"While Last Life boasts two excellent performances -- Asano and Sinitta -- the real stars are the set and Doyle's cinematography." |
Maria Garcia |
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