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The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"Think of all the great men throughout entertainment history who have sought the Holy Grail: King Arthur. Indiana Jones. MacGyver. Robert Langdon? See, it just doesn't work." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"An excruiciating stew of kindergarten-level toilet humor and absurd (and false) sentimentality..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Antisocial, semipsychotic toddlers treated as amusing? Check." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Dame Edna Experience - The Complete Series One (1987) |
"Delightfully bizarre, in a pecularily British way, and a spectacular hoot..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Damien: Omen II (1978) |
"Damien is really just more of the same as The Omen." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Damned United (2009) |
"[A]n absolutely thrilling story, one both hilarious and poignant, about a man who is downright classical in his flaws... Michael Sheen, who always has a hint something impish and elven about him, is absolutely perfect..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"[I]f you can manage to get through Dan in Real Life without falling madly in love with both Binoche and Carell... then you're a better man than I am, Charlie Brown." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 6/10 |
Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
"Far from unwatchable, this provocative film is still haunting and irritating me days later, and that's probably the best reaction any artist could hope to elicit with his works." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Dances with Wolves (1990) |
"This is a majestic requiem for a world that is gone." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Dangerous Beauty (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Dangerous Liaisons (2003) |
"[T]hinks it is elegantly spare and is instead merely dull..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"[The] animated sequences, candy-colored and typically comic-booky over the top, only underscore, by stark contrast, the film’s unvarnished depiction of teenage life as hard, confusing, and awkward." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Danielle Steel's Safe Harbour |
"Who knew that finding 'the courage to love again' could be so damn boring?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Daredevil (2003) |
"The enticing semi-psychotic dark-side sexiness of Michael Keaton’s Batman? Not for Ben. The square-jawed all-American nice-guy appeal of Christopher Reeve’s Superman? Ben says Thanks but no." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Darfur Now (2007) |
"[A]s frustratingly overwhelming as the whole thing may seem, what Braun shows us here is that, yes, ordinary people can do extraordinary things..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Can a movie be both cartoonish and authentic at the same time? That's what Anderson achieves, always, and it's bittersweet and hilarious and makes you want to cry with the perfection of it..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"The usual clichés get reanimate[d] with grim style." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dark Blue World (2001) |
"The Sveráks have made a glorious, tremendously knowing film." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 3/10 |
Dark City (1998) |
"And what happened in the theater after we all endured Dark City? One pair of hands applauded, and someone in the back of the theater yelled, 'Oh, shut up!'" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"If Dark Knight is a nightmare of particularly modern neuroses, then Batman/Bruce Wayne are a tiny ray of hope upon awakening." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dark Shadows: The Revival - The Complete Series (1991) |
"[D]eliciously, histrionically goofy: the performances are hilariously awful, the plot ridiculously soapy, the general outrageousness of it just gloriously absurd..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dark Water (2005) |
"[T]he relentless psychological desolation that rumbles ominously throughout is unique, and elevates it above most of the genre." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Darkman (1990) |
"This is the kind of dark, psychotic hero who could have kept us blackly entertained for years." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Darkness (2003) |
"[T]he only scary thing about Darkness is how shockingly inept director Jaume Balagueró is..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"Since when does the Tooth Fairy inspire terror? Guess what? She still doesn’t." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Darkon (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Darkwing Duck - Vol. 1 (2006) |
"We can thank Darkwing Duck for paving the way for the likes of the far superior, far more subversive superhero parody The Tick, but it suffers greatly by comparison." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
"It's kinda like science fiction -- one of those post-the-collapse-of-nature dystopias of the 1970s -- except it's real..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"You don't have to be a fan of hip-hop or even of Dave Chappelle's comedy to get a huge kick out of this expansive, generous, get-up-and-dance film." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"[M]aybe the first slasher/zombie/splatter horror flick that feels like a part of the post-9/11 world, full of a chaotic, why-me panic..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Day After (1983) |
"[T]he most realistic depiction of nuclear war ever created for family consumption, they told us. No, scratch that: ABC hyped that, preying on our anxieties..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"It’s all preposterously over the top yet scary as hell, in a visceral, pit-of-the-stomach way, and I can’t wait to see it again." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Day I Became A Woman (2001) |
"A scathing indictment of the harsh, stifling treatment of women in Iran." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Day Watch (2007) |
"At an hour and 10 minutes... I was itching with boredom... Unfortunately, with the film's excruciating running time of two hours and 20 minutes, my ordeal had reached only the halfway point." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Days of Thunder (1990) |
"Cars. Cars cars cars cars. Vroom! Vroom vroom vroom! Crash! Tom and Nicole have sex! Cars cars vroom vroom! Crash! Vroom!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004) |
"There’s something a little bit scary about this cascade of daytime soaps at their most outrageously soapy." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"[A]s much a valentine to Porter as a biography of him... redolent with romantic history..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Dead Girl (2006) |
"None of these little tales goes quite where you expect it will, which would make it riveting enough, but every single performance is a wonder of surprising emotion..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Dead Like Me - The Complete First Season (2003) |
"[M]anages to hit every imaginable wrong note..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Dead or Alive (2001) |
"The over-the-top finale is hilarious, but it was only then that I realized the film was supposed to be an out-and-out comedy. Maybe it's a Japanese thing, but I don't really get it." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Deal (2003) |
"[A]bsolutely worth a look for American fans of British drama even if much of the political stuff will go over our heads, because of the intense performances by Sheen and... Morrissey..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Deal (2005) |
"[T]he feeling of concrete, this-ain't-science-fiction reality the film creates is effectively low-key eerie..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"[C]reates a heartbreaking kind of suspense that leaves you aching for everyone..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Death & Texas (2004) |
"[B]risk and wickedly pointed..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen... [It's] practically Shakespearean in its exquisite foolishness and comedic intrigue..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Death Race (2008) |
"[T]he only thing deadly about it is how dull it is..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Death Sentence (2007) |
" Why does it think it's serious drama when it's actually something closer to a parody of Charles Bronson movies?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter, this is it. If ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution, this is it." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
December Boys (2007) |
"Fans and industry watchers who wonder whether Radcliffe has what it takes to turn his increasingly sophisticated performances in [Harry Potter] into a full-blown adult career as an actor... can see for themselves: the kid's got talent..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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