Splat |
R-Xmas (2002) |
"Can't quite deliver the goods, but it still provides a few highs along the way." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"Succumbs to the fate of many 'social-issue' films, forsaking complex characterization, intelligent storytelling and calculated formal design by relying solely on the 'eye-opening' nature of the subject matter itself." |
Par Parekh |
Tomato |
Race (2008) |
"[A] twisty, gorgeously shot and edited house of games with some of the all-out best action scenes you'll ever see." |
Frank Lovece |
Tomato |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"Las Vegas cabbie helps two children thwart an alien invasion. Clever updating of a 1970s Disney franchise, with a good cast and plenty of action." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato 65/100 |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"There's warmth aplenty in Rachel Getting Married, and a little anarchy. But it's the authenticity that's lacking." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Splat 2/5 |
Racing Stripes (2005) |
"Young children may be mildly entertained by this familiar story, but for anyone over the age of 10 the film contains few surprises and even fewer laughs." |
Ethan Alter |
Splat |
Radio (2003) |
"In spite of the ample filler footage showing Hanna High's prowess on the football field and basketball court, this Radio will not have great reception. It is so soft around the edges, it just rolls out of bounds beyond interest or credibility." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Rage in Harlem (1991) |
"Strong adaptation of Chester Himes' pulp thriller" |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) |
"There is nothing worse than watching a bad movie while being constantly reminded of a great one." |
Thom Bennett |
Splat |
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"No one needed to pull the emergency brake to derail this movie, but they should have anyway." |
Frank Lovece |
Tomato |
Rain (2002) |
"First-time writer-director Christine Jeffs captures the destruction of a family with a blunt accuracy that never precludes a gift for the occasionally lyrical moment." |
Bruce Feld |
Tomato |
The Rainmaker (1997) |
"A surprisingly entertaining and compelling courtroom drama that finds its real strength outside the court." |
David Luty |
Splat |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"It's all very formulaic and fatuous." |
David Noh |
Splat |
Raising Flagg (2007) |
"Has some fine moments for Alan Arkin and his ex-wife Barbara Dana, but its bloated inconsequentiality is simply head-shaking." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"Truly means well but, as box office goes, is too condescending and pre-fab to mean very much." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"Ensnares you in all the pimpled humor and humiliation of adolescence." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
Rambo (2008) |
"Damned if Stallone doesn't get us rooting for Rambo to kick bad-guy butt one more time, the same way we cheered on Rocky's improbable return." |
Ethan Alter |
Tomato |
Rana's Wedding (2002) |
"It's the kind of traditional, happy-to-please filmmaking that has rendered the ritual of moviegoing a universal and largely secular and entertaining experience." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato 3/5 |
Random Harvest (1942) |
"Lavish but far-fetched tearjerker" |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
Random Hearts (1999) |
"[A] slickly designed, much-ado-about-nothing movie." |
Maria Garcia |
Tomato |
The Rape Of Europa (2007) |
"Scrupulously researched, jaw-droppingly vast in scope and incredibly detailed." |
David Noh |
Splat |
The Raspberry Reich (2004) |
"Whatever little involvement the viewer may have in the onscreen goings-on is effectively impeded." |
David Noh |
Splat |
Rat Race (2001) |
"Feels all too much like a tiring run." |
David Luty |
Tomato |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"An irresistible feast of comedy, imagination, intelligence and heart, Ratatouille will have audiences clamoring for seconds." |
Kevin Lally |
Tomato |
Ratcatcher (2000) |
"It demands to be seen." |
W. Stephen Gilbert |
Splat |
Ravenous (1999) |
"It's too arty for the genre gang, and too grim for the art crowd, and its tone wavers uncertainly between quirky comedy and blunt violence." |
Kevin Lally |
Tomato |
Ray (2004) |
"Often immensely enjoyable." |
Kevin Lally |
Tomato |
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World (2008) |
"It has a relevant and important style and message of its own." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
Reach the Rock (1998) |
"A snail-paced, airless bore." |
David Luty |
Splat |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"Cassel and Devos give the tale some much-needed gravitas, but as the movie descends into melodrama, it loses much of its initial charm." |
Ed Kelleher |
Tomato |
The Reader (2008) |
"Gripping period drama centers on an upper-class Berlin teen's furtive affair with a sexy but coarse tram worker. The liaison serves as a launch pad for a unique examination of German post-Holocaust guilt." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Splat |
Ready to Rumble (2000) |
"Idiot comedy 101." |
David Luty |
Splat |
The Real Blonde (1998) |
"Strains to build up a head of comic steam, but there's nowhere very interesting to go." |
Bob Satuloff |
Splat |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"Although filmed in Cancun, it might as well take place in the less appealing regions of the Jersey shore, as the camerawork is so dingy and the entire production lacks the appealing gloss of The Real World as it appears on MTV." |
David Noh |
Splat |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"The story is predictable in the extreme -- earnest to a fault and not leavened with enough true human eccentricity or humor." |
David Noh |
Splat |
A Real Young Girl (2001) |
"It plods along, from one dull scene of mundane 'ordinary' life to the next." |
David Noh |
Splat |
The Reaping (2007) |
"The Reaping does at least prove the old axiom that the Devil comes in many forms, one of them celluloid." |
Daniel Eagan |
Tomato 5/5 |
Rebecca (1940) |
"Hitchcock's only Best Picture winner is a moody thriller about a past murder" |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
Rebels with a Cause (2000) |
"Although earnest, Rebels With a Cause is too self-aggrandizing to be entirely trustworthy." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
Rebound (2005) |
"An adequate video babysitter, but kids and parents alike would have a better time simply rewatching The Bad News Bears." |
Ethan Alter |
Tomato |
The Reception (2005) |
"Casting, acting, pacing and storytelling are all expertly done and the film technically is an eye-pleaser." |
Doris Toumarkine |
Tomato |
Recess: School's Out (2001) |
"A fast paced actioner built around the growing solidarity between the kids and the teachers." |
Cole Gagne |
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The Reckoning (2004) |
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Splat |
Reconstruction (2004) |
"Offers not much more than a snazzy-looking but ultimately empty experiment." |
Bruce Feld |
Splat |
The Recruit (2003) |
"With a tone and moral similar to last year's Spy Games, the film spends too much time rehashing very familiar material." |
Eric Monder |
Splat |
Red (2008) |
"Somewhere along the line someone should have taken a long, hard look at the excesses of the ending and changed course." |
Lewis Beale |
Tomato |
Red Cliff (2009) |
"Warring armies clash in third-century China. Epic adventure marks a return to form for director John Woo." |
Daniel Eagan |
Splat |
Red Corner (1997) |
"So unrealistic, so contrived and so blatantly "Hollywood" that Gere can't possibly imagine he's opening any eyes to the problem, or any doors to its solution, for that matter." |
Cynthia Langston |
Splat |
Red Doors (2005) |
"Writer-director Georgia Lee is sadly not above such antic touches of whimsy in this family film, which rarely approaches anything akin to reality." |
David Noh |
Tomato |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Fiennes truly gets his teeth into this villainous role." |
Shirley Sealy |
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