Splat |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"A lively, mindless police thriller." |
Philip French |
Splat 1/5 |
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) |
"Santa's traditional cry of ho-ho-ho has never sounded more like three stab wounds of pain and horror." |
Peter Bradshaw |
Tomato |
Scarface (1983) |
"De Palma's film is now back on the big screen and looking better than ever." |
Philip French |
Splat |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"The only link to the original books is the name Dr P given to the foulmouthed teacher of a New York class offering assertiveness training to pathetic nerds. He's played by Billy Bob Thornton, which is rather like casting Burt Reynolds as Bertrand Russell." |
Philip French |
- |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
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Philip French |
Tomato |
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) |
"A riveting documentary." |
Philip French |
Splat |
The Secret of Moonacre (2008) |
"A film about magic that remains obdurately unmagical." |
Philip French |
- |
Separate Lies (2005) |
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Philip French |
Tomato |
September 11 (2003) |
"The most forceful contribution is by Ken Loach." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
The September Issue (2009) |
"Far more insightful than the fawningly impressed The Devil Wears Prada or the weakly satirical Prêt-à-Porter." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Séraphine (2008) |
"Séraphine is a deceptively subtle tale." |
Jason Solomons |
Tomato |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"This film is at once laugh-out-loud funny and deeply serious, troubling and satisfying, warm and bleak, both respectful of the Jewish heritage and mocking its restrictions and false comforts." |
Philip French |
- |
The Shaggy Dog (2006) |
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Philip French |
Tomato |
The Shape of Things (2003) |
"Neil LaBute is among the more interesting cinematic talents to emerge these past half-dozen years." |
Philip French |
- |
She's The Man (2006) |
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Philip French |
Splat |
Sheitan (2006) |
"At the end, you feel they should have thrown out Rosemary's baby with the bath water." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Shifty (2008) |
"The film has a sense of authenticity and there's no sentimental suggestion that Shifty's way of life is the inevitable result of his background." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
"A deliberately excessive homage to John Woo." |
Philip French |
- |
Shortbus (2006) |
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Philip French |
Tomato |
Shorts (2009) |
"A cute, special-effects comedy for easily pleased children." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Shrek the Third (2007) |
"On this evidence, thrice is definitely enough." |
Mark Kermode |
- |
Silent Hill (2006) |
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Peter Bradshaw |
Tomato |
The Sin Nombre (1999) |
"Cary Fukunaga makes an impressive feature-length debut with Sin Nombre, a gritty film." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Sixty Six (2008) |
"Eddie Marsan is too convincingly sad and pathetic to raise laughs." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Skin (2009) |
"It is salutary to be reminded 15 years after South Africa's first free election just what an iniquitous practice apartheid was." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Sleep Furiously (2008) |
"Great claims have been made for it, which I cannot endorse, Koppel's stated intentions being infinitely more arresting than the completed film." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Slepe Lásky (2008) |
"An engrossing film." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Slither (2006) |
"The film brought me little pleasure, but it revived happy memories of a laidback caper movie also called Slither, starring Peter Boyle and James Caan, made in 1973." |
Philip French |
- |
Snakes on a Plane (2006) |
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Philip French |
Splat 1/5 |
Snow Cake (2007) |
"If Rickman these indignities like a man with his mind on other things, he's probably just shell-shocked by the antics of his co-star. Weaver's performance is so extravagantly awful, you can't take your eyes off it." |
Xan Brooks |
Splat |
Soi Cowboy (2009) |
"This wilful obscurantism comes across merely as a pose, an undergraduate homage to both Antonioni and Apichatpong Weerasethakul." |
Jason Solomons |
- |
The Soloist (2009) |
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Philip French |
Splat |
Sorority Row (2009) |
"Unexciting remake of the cheapo 1993 slasher film." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) |
"Through its scale, intelligence, wit, imaginative organisation and polemical thrust, it changed the face of the documentary forever." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Sounds Like Teen Spirit |
"This is another moderately interesting documentary following some obscure competition in which there will be grieving losers, exultant winners and little widespread acclaim." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Sparkle (2007) |
"Sparkle it doesn't, but it's well performed." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Spartacus (1960) |
"One of the greatest Hollywood epics." |
Philip French |
Splat |
The Spell (2009) |
"This incompetent reworking of The Exorcist among Leeds teenagers makes Ed Wood look like Max Ophüls. It is astonishing that it should be offered to a paying public outside of the director's hometown." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"Sam Raimi does a competent job on Spider-Man 3, but the franchise is getting a trifle tired." |
Philip French |
- |
The Squid and the Whale (2005) |
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Peter Bradshaw |
Tomato |
Stalker (1979) |
"Visually unforgettable and possibly Tarkovsky's finest work." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Star Trek (2009) |
"The movie begins with a bang and it's one of the loudest SF movies ever made." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) |
"A thinly plotted, anonymously directed film." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) |
"The special effects are remarkable, yet somehow numbing, and the film only partly lives up to the promise in the title of Lucas's company, Industrial Light and Magic." |
Philip French |
Splat |
Starsuckers (2009) |
"This lively, ludic documentary about fame, celebrity and the mass media is an entertaining mess." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
Starter For 10 (2007) |
"A modest and very British movie." |
Philip French |
Tomato |
State of Play (2009) |
"This intelligent, gripping film, like the small-screen version, ultimately places the greater moral blame on fallible human beings rather than larger political forces. This rather weakens the denouement." |
Philip French |
- |
Steamboy (2005) |
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Peter Bradshaw |
Splat |
Step Up (2006) |
"This is a cliche-ridden movie by people to whom formula is clearly mother's milk." |
Philip French |
- |
Stoned (2006) |
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Philip French |
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