Splat 1/5
Jack & Jill vs. the World (2008)
"Achieves the holy trinity of painful earnestness, combining cute animals, sick teenagers and an idealistic belief in love and goodness that's actually deceptively judgmental."
Matt Pais
Tomato 2.5/4
Jackass: Number Two (2006)
"If you're expecting anything other than morons being morons, then you're the jackass."
Splat 2.5/5
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
"What a frustrating waste of a talented cast."
Geoff Berkshire
Tomato 3/5
"Has more real-seeming people and sensible decisions than most pieces of wish-fulfillment nonsense."
Tomato 3.5/5
JCVD (2008)
"Mines the life of a minor celebrity for equal parts comedy and pathos, and scores on both counts."
Jennifer's Body (2009)
"Jennifer's Body plays it safe and familiar. Juno would not be pleased."
Splat 3/5
Jerichow (2009)
"As we observe Jerichow's three main characters navigate their noirish narrative with a sense of cool detachment it becomes increasingly troubling that Petzold neglected to give us a reason to care."
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007)
"It's downright invigorating to spend time with an American President who has a clear grasp of international issues."
Jindabyne (2007)
"Shows that even in a supposedly 'tidy town,' people still experience things and make decisions that can only be justified by saying, 'Well, you had to be there.'"
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007)
"[Julien Temple's] insider's point of view both helps and hurts the film."
Splat 1/4
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
"These ladies say 'John Tucker' so much you wonder if they think that's his first name."
Joshua (2007)
"The movie's eerie vibe is genuinely disturbing and difficult to shake off. That's a good thing in this genre."
Tomato 3/4
"Makes The Omen look like Daddy Day Care."
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
"Awesome, a dinosaur drooled on me!"
Julia (2008)
"[Tilda Swinton] is on screen for nearly every second of this two-and-a-quarter-hour-plus film and it's a startling star turn indeed."
Julie & Julia (2009)
"Getting something half right would never have been good enough for [Julia] Child, and the movie goes all sorts of wrong with Julie."
Splat 2/5
Jumper (2008)
"What everyone wants on Valentine's Day: something decent-looking with no personality!"
Tomato 4/5
Juno (2007)
"Not as hysterical but much more rewarding than Knocked Up, allowing kids to be kids, adults to be adults and each to spend a little time as the other."
Splat 0.5/4
Just Friends (2005)
"Every single person operates with the maturity and common sense of a dog chasing its tail. Into a tree."
Just My Luck (2006)
"Does anyone really consider the result of running water on a crackling blow-dryer to be 'bad luck'?"
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