Tomato B+
Adventureland (2009)
"Born from the trauma of Reaganomics, the teen films of the '80s had the same awareness of the gulf separating the haves and have nots."
Amy Nicholson
Tomato C
Alien Trespass (2009)
"Robert Patrick and Dan Lauria add gravitas as two small town cops, which says it all."
Splat D
All About Steve (2009)
"Not just dumb, it's dopey, moronic, doltish, obtuse and thick."
Splat C
Angels & Demons (2009)
"A future camp classic. Where Howard wants us to make the sign of the cross, we're slapping high fives."
Tomato B
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)
"Gervasi misses a few beats that would elevate this from enjoyable to resonant, but he's the only filmmaker for the job"
Astro Boy (2009)
"It's harsh, but it's sweetened by Toby -- he's not a real boy, but he's a classic hero."
Tomato A
Away We Go (2009)
"This modern parable about a hipster Joseph and Mary sounds glib, but director Sam Mendes lets it breathe"
Adam Resurrected (2008)
"This is the rare film that is memorable, affecting, and bad."
Tomato C+
American Teen (2008)
"Our appetite for watching young people do silly, overly sincere, and sometimes brave things has been slaked by the glut of junk-food TV shows on the subject."
Splat C-
Australia (2008)
"Luhrmann labors to frame his work as a grandiose social problem film -- rarely has a movie tried so hard, and so fruitlessly, for our love"
Splat C+
The Amateurs (2007)
"The only burst of creativity is the number of euphemisms Traeger has for pussy ("fruit cup" was my favorite)"
American Gangster (2007)
"Scott's not interested in fireworks but small implosions of the soul and ego."
American Zombie (2007)
"Lee wants to make an up-with-dead-people portrait that shines light on how the diverse zombie community integrates into the city."
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
"When Ford finally pulls the trigger, it's a relief as the flick's final ten minutes spin into actually interesting terrain"
Atonement (2007)
"Sweeping, showy, and stiff, Joe Wright's adaptation of Ian McEwan's pedigreed bestseller traffics in florid staging and callow emotions."
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