Splat 1.5/4 |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"An airtight packaging of the actor's worst tendencies, with Black tearing into the part like a burrito he knows he shouldn't be eating." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry (2009) |
"[Director Michael] Grecco comes across as a naive, wide-eyed kid in Wonderland, which might be sweet if it wasn't so obvious his real motivation is to make the audience feel good about buying his book." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Namesake (2007) |
"You won't recommend The Namesake to everyone you know, but you'll put in a good word to those who like their movies restrained and their pleasures small." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"Nancy is like June Cleaver meets Veronica Mars, and she's an independent thinker who earns young girls' respect and makes it cool to be uncool." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 3/5 |
Nanking (2007) |
"Although the story of Nanking deserves to be told, there's reason to hope this awkwardly executed doc won't be the definitive portrait." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"The Nanny Diaries is ultimately as shallow as the Upper East Side society it skewers, but more damaging is the lack of a truly dynamic star turn or romance that can turn these kind of movies into rainy day cable-TV staples." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 2/4 |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"As entertainment for anyone over 10, Nanny McPhee is a supercalifragilisticexpialadisappointment." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Narrows (2009) |
"There's only so much mileage you can get out of the proper local pronunciation of 'nay-buh-hood.'" |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2/5 |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"If someone read this script out loud on a street corner, they'd be arrested immediately. Not for being a conspiracy theorist, just for the improper distribution of garbage." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"Just a clean re-telling of a benchmark in the endless conflict between spirituality and science, God and man." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"Finally, a movie that tells us what to do actually has something to say." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Never Forever (2008) |
"The indie version of a Harlequin romance" |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 2/5 |
New in Town (2009) |
"Perfectly adequate if you enjoy movies without a single surprise or ounce of creative inspiration." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The New World (2005) |
"Self-indulgent sludge dressed up as shimmering historical aesthetics--and paced as briskly as a swim across the Atlantic." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 3/5 |
New York, I Love You (2009) |
"Some vignettes are better than others, and the parts clearly outshine the whole." |
Alexis Loinaz |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Next (2007) |
"Next spurs unintended laughs." |
Brett Buckalew |
Splat 0.5/5 |
Next Day Air (2009) |
"The thing about a script comprising 60 percent words that rhyme with stitch, spit and mothertruckers is it doesn't allow for many jokes." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Sputters like a broken iPod ... Cera's Juno character would probably hate this movie." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2/5 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) |
"As it turns out, 93 main characters is too many." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"The Night Listener features a chilling mood and an excellent turn from Williams, finding both frailty and strength in a man desperately searching for answers as his world gradually implodes." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2/4 |
Night Watch (2005) |
"Overly busy, very silly and, at times, kinda cool." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Nights and Weekends (2008) |
"At last, the confessional style actually confesses a legitimate sense of longing and doubt, and the mundane no longer feels so ordinary." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 3/5 |
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) |
"Until movie theaters offer the same comforting, carefree mindset as sand and surf, beach reading won't truly translate to the big screen." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Nim's Island (2008) |
"Parents and kids can find more real adventure in a Sunday afternoon trip around a mall parking lot." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Nina's Heavenly Delights (2007) |
"The novelty value of an east meets west cultural dynamic isn't enough to disguise how late Nina's Heavenly Delights is to the celluloid coming out party." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Nine (2009) |
"By indulging the audience in shallow cinematic pleasures, Nine knows how to use style to trump substance." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 4/5 |
Nine (2009) |
"The gals of Nine reach a whole new level of va. Va. Voom ... Show-stopping, high-class entertainment." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 1/5 |
Ninja Assassin (2009) |
"The rotten cliches pile up faster than the bodies in this Z-movie disaster. A total dud start to finish." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"Like the best of Alfred Hitchcock, it's easy to imagine the movie casting its sinister spell on audiences for years to come." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 5/5 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"So ferociously acted and executed that it practically takes a bite out of you. You won't believe how great it is." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
No End in Sight (2007) |
"It doesn't matter if you're a news junkie or clueless about current events, you need to see this movie." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 4/5 |
No Impact Man (2009) |
"The film is a fascinating watch -- a grand social experiment in the vein of "Super Size Me," minus the puking" |
Alexis Loinaz |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
No Reservations (2007) |
"Breslin, that little thief, steals another average movie from her elders." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Nobel Son (2008) |
"Oh boy does this movie have problems. From its wall-to-wall electronica score to the blandly executed sex scenes." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Noise (2008) |
"Of all the problems in the world today we get a movie about car alarms? Seriously?" |
Geoff Berkshire |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Norbit (2007) |
"If you survive the maddening Norbit without hurting yourself or those around you, consider it a triumph of self-restraint." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2/5 |
Not Easily Broken (2009) |
"It's one thing to have your heart in the right place and another to lunge at the audience until they're effectively devouring your chest." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Not Forgotten (2009) |
"The opposite of a good thriller, it gets less interesting with each scene." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 3/5 |
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009) |
"Worthy viewing for film buffs, but never quite transcendent enough for casual viewers ... as energetic but limited as an IFC Channel documentary special." |
Geoff Berkshire |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"The ferocious acting turns the movie into a tense emotional landslide, articulating the confining terror of a life lived inside one's own head." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Nothing But the Truth (2008) |
"When the main source is finally revealed, it should be fodder for conversation but seems more like a punchline." |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) |
"A family movie that makes you anticipate the holidays more, not less!" |
Matt Pais |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Notorious (2009) |
"The rare music biopic that leaves you not just humming the songs but thinking about life and death, the strategy of fame, and the business of the business." |
Matt Pais |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Number 23 (2007) |
"Eventually, the movie treats a number with so much reverence and fear that it seems someone will blame 23 for the fact that they forgot to turn off the oven." |
Matt Pais |
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