Tomato 3/4 |
Factotum (2006) |
"... a well-made-but-marginal film about a well-liked-but-marginal figure in American letters." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato |
Factotum (2006) |
"Will not please devotees of narrative closure, but it's a must for anyone who lives by our hero's credo: 'If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't try at all.'" |
Karina Longworth |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Fanboys (2009) |
"What I expected to be a big fat mess of a movie turned out to be pretty dang fun -- quadruply so if you happen to be a Star Wars fanatic." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"It's PG-rated summer popcorn fluff at its best, and while the new additions might irritate the hardcore FF fanatics, those simply looking for a check-your-brain-at-the-door night out at the movies will certainly surf away satisfied." |
Erik Davis |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"Capably blends action, sci-fi and comedy into one colorful concoction." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"a celebration both of its stop-motion medium and Anderson's aesthetic, while still managing to fully document the spectacular fun in original author Roald Dahl's daffy, distinctive imagination." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Fast & Furious (2009) |
"A Shaky Future for Fast & Furious" |
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- |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"The Fast and the Furious 4 Now Just Fast and Furious" |
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Splat D+ |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"There's not even much car-racing in it -- and why would anyone want to watch this movie if it doesn't have a lot of car-racing in it?" |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat 2/5 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"Brief snippets of eye-candy aside, this flick's as dumb as a box of rocks and twice as pointless." |
Scott Weinberg |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"...I couldn't help but think as I was watching it how much greater the impact would have been, had we been following real immigrant workers in this situation through the lens of a documentary." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fay Grim (2007) |
"Tautly written dialogue flawlessly performed by the principals, especially Posey and Goldblum, keeps the film moving along at a speedy clip." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Fermat's Room (2008) |
"And while some of the in-movie puzzles are relatively obvious, the flick as a whole proves to be sort of a puzzle in its own right." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fido (2007) |
"... issues of race and class divide are very real, and as you watch Fido you can't help but make comparisons to our own social issues." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"[The film's] finest attribute is its scraggly, empathetic portrait of close-knit Londoners trying to make a go of things in haphazard, messy, always true-to-themselves ways." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D |
The Final Destination (2009) |
"You might just as well stay home and watch one of the other three, where at least there will be some devilish wit and ironic humor in evidence." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"As a forced, unnecessary addition to the series, it lacks a satisfying relationship to its predecessors while simply rehashing the original's plot ..." |
Christopher Campbell |
Splat 2/5 |
Finding Amanda (2008) |
"... they should've renamed this one Finding the Right Tone." |
Erik Davis |
Tomato 4/5 |
Finishing the Game (2007) |
"Equal parts affectionately silly and insightfully satirical." |
Scott Weinberg |
Splat |
Fired Up (2009) |
"The poster for Fired Up! emphasizes the letters "F" and "U," as if it were almost, but not quite brave enough to do something dirty." |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
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The First Avenger: Captain America (2011) |
"Channing Tatum Would Not Be Opposed to Playing Captain America" |
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Tomato |
First Snow (2007) |
"The burden of keeping this schematically plotted tale's pulse lively falls on Pearce, who instills Jimmy with a brand of cheery, motormouthed deceitfulness and egotism that even a mother would loathe." |
Nick Schager |
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
"A Fish Called Wanda: The Musical?" |
Christopher Campbell |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) |
"A damn good film, one that trades in harsh, dark material, but never loses sight of the true nature of humanity." |
Scott Weinberg |
Splat 2/5 |
Flakes (2007) |
"I hate to be so down on a comedy that comes from so many filmmakers and actors I admire, but this flick's about as satisfying as a bowl of soggy Corn Flakes." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato B- |
Flash of Genius (2008) |
"Flash of Genius is a conventional crowdpleaser but not, I'm pleased to report, a shameless one." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 3/5 |
Flicka (2006) |
"Flicka is a great family flick, perfect for a dad-and-daughter date, a family film outing, and everyone who's read and loved the book." |
Kim Voynar |
Splat |
Flow: For Love of Water (2008) |
"Offers up a call-to-arms against bottled water conglomerates that, in its structural sloppiness, feels like a high school student's tossed-off research paper." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Flying Scotsman (2007) |
"... Even if The Flying Scotsman doesn't really ever depart from a pretty standard-issue inspirational sports-flick template, as it's subject Graeme Obree proved, you can still do impressive and mighty things on a fixed track." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato |
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"No quote available." |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
Tomato 4/5 |
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) |
"Karslake has made a powerful film ...it addresses the fulcrum of the religious right's objection to homosexuality without attacking those who hold those beliefs." |
Kim Voynar |
Splat 3/5 |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"Although For Your Consideration works okay overall, and parts of it are very funny, it somehow lacks the spark that elevated Guest's earlier films from mere comedy to comedic brilliance ..." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato 4/5 |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) |
"One of those can't-miss romantic comedies in that there's some sweet, sensitive, insightful stuff for the ladies -- but there's also plenty of raunchy comedy for the boys. (And vice versa.)" |
Scott Weinberg |
Splat 5.5/10 |
The Fountain (2006) |
"What keeps "The Fountain" from being a really great film is that it's so heavily based on the visual and pretty effects ... the idea of a simply told story gets lost in the shuffle." |
Kim Voynar |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"Maybe if Four Christmases had extended itself beyond white trash targets and projectile vomiting, we could've been talking about a new Christmas classic right now." |
William Goss |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Four Sheets to the Wind (2007) |
"A lovely tale about communication, family, forgiveness, and 'something resembling love,' told through the story of a Native American family in small-town Oklahoma." |
Kim Voynar |
Splat |
The Fourth Kind (2009) |
"...a thriller that unravels easily even if it nevertheless occasionally qualifies as a scary good time." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Freedom Writers (2007) |
"Gruwell has done more meaningful work than any of the critics who will brush off her story as sentimental and predictable, and LaGravenese and Swank ... do the story of the real Freedom Writers justice." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato |
Friends With Money (2006) |
"An astutely observed relationship dramedy, painfully funny even as it burns." |
Karina Longworth |
Tomato 4/5 |
Frontier(s) (2008) |
"A patently over-the-top piece of gore-drenched survival horror. Very familiar but very fun." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato 3/5 |
Frontrunners (2008) |
"Precious screen minutes are wasted in Frontrunners with too many scenes of students standing around handing out fliers that end up on the floor or in the trash, and with rambling dialog that goes on too long." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato 4/5 |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"Frost/Nixon has the grainy, oiled-oak gravitas of an Oscar contender ... The good news for audiences is that there's some remarkably fine construction and real heft under the surface shine." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Full Battle Rattle (2008) |
"On one level, Full Battle Rattle is enjoyable for the theatrics ... On a second level ... is appreciable for what it says about the U.S. military's involvement in Iraq." |
Christopher Campbell |
Tomato |
Funny Games (2008) |
"It's an intellectually and morally challenging film that'll still have you shouting at the screen and lurching in your seat with every jolt." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato |
Funny People (2009) |
"Funny People is one of the summer's, if not the year's best films, because it's a comedy that inverts the medium's typical use %u2013 effectively revealing feelings rather than concealing them %u2013 and invites the audience to share in that discovery." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) |
"The film is visually spectacular, overlapping worlds of fantasy and reality until we're never quite sure what's real and what's not." |
Kim Voynar |
Tomato 4/5 |
Futurama the Movie: Bender's Big Score (2007) |
"Funnier than most theatrical-release comedies -- and yep, that includes The Simpsons Movie." |
Scott Weinberg |
Tomato 4/5 |
Futurama the Movie: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) |
"If you're a Futurama newbie, I'd start with S1 and S2. These flicks are for the wackos who know the difference between Morbo, Calculon, and Wernstrom." |
Scott Weinberg |
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