Tomato |
G-Force (2009) |
"The CGI guinea pigs are startlingly realistic-looking... which will charm kids, and the whiz-bang nonsense they get up to... is exactly the stuff of silly, entertaining moviegoing." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
G.I. Jane (1997) |
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MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"[M]y good Mr. Fanboy, I give you G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the world's first weaponized movie!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Galaxy Quest (1999) |
"Galaxy Quest the movie is such a thrill for true fans of Trek and the like because while it does look a bit askance at fandom, it doesn't satirize fans and the objects of their adoration so much as celebrate them." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
The Game (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Gamer (2009) |
"It's visually incomprehensible, emotionally empty, thematically nihilistic, almost entirely plotless... and it thinks those are virtues." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Gandhi (1982) |
"The film opens with an acknowledgment that it can't do justice to an entire life but that it will content itself with capturing the spirit of the man." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"A stunning re-creation not only of period places but also of the period mindset." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Garage Days (2003) |
"Its tricksy stylishness... is more of a distraction than a tonic for the feeling that we’ve seen all this before." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Garden State (2004) |
"Braff takes the mundanity that surrounds Andrew and turns it into something artfully absurd..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) |
"If you're over eight years old... it'd be best to avoid this, lest your good opinions of snarksters like Bill Murray, Billy Connolly, and Tim Curry be forever besmirched..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
The Gates (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Gattaca (1997) |
"Andrew Niccol is a man to watch. I can't wait for his next movie." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels - The Complete Season 1 (2006) |
"Why Gene Simmons, still going strong as the frontman for KISS lo these many years, and his not-wife, soft-core queen Shannon Tweed -- they've been not-married for 23 years -- would let TV cameras into their home to spy on their lives is a question that mu" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 3/10 |
The General's Daughter (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
"It's obvious that screenwriter Moss Hart and director Elia Kazan felt strongly about their subject." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008) |
"I hate to say this -- partly because I don’t want it to be true and partly because it’s such a terrible pun -- but could the zombie movie finally be dead?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"There’s something Steinbeckian about Riley and Charlie, how they dream about gettin’ away and finding a bit of land where there’s no zombies, maybe gettin’ those rabbits..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
George of the Jungle (1997) |
"In what other movie will you see a capuchin monkey give a high-five to an elephant?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 3/10 |
George Washington (2000) |
"A film that fails to satisfy on any level." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"[C]elebrates acting like a selfish bitch, being reflexively promiscuous, and screaming a lot at everyone around you as the best way to overcome years of abuse: sexual, emotional, whatever. Try it, it's fun!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"[A] major disappointment from director Jim Sheridan, who... seems to have lost track in his first foray away from Irish-themed films..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Get Smart (2008) |
"[S]o few movies make me laugh out loud, and I did do that more than once with this one, and that's reason for a minor celebration..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) |
"[A] charming tale of two lost and lonely souls, one of which just happens to be dead, who take some grudging comfort in each other’s presence." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) |
"A great film!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"[C]an’t get beyond its own baroqueness to fully engage us..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"Why are talented actors forced into playing worse-than-cardboard stereotypes just to make a living?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"Maybe Ricky Gervais is a funny guy, but you'd never know it from this charmless excuse for a supernatural romantic comedy, which doesn't have the first clue how to take advantage of his dry, tangential, self-deprecating wit." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Ghost World (2001) |
"Ghost World may be the most genuine film I've ever seen about the misery of being a disaffected teenager." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Ghostbusters (1984) |
"The perfect Xer movie." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"Even trying to think about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past from a snarky perspective makes me want to vomit. This is a repulsive movie..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"[Cameron’s] fascination and passion exudes from Ghosts." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
Gidget (1959) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Gidget - The Complete Collection (2-Disc Set) (1959) |
"[A] mixed bag of horrifyingly retro antifeminism... and surprising frankness..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Gift (2001) |
"Beautiful in its spareness and simplicity, it spins a chill-inducing tale from a seemingly mundane story." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Gift of Love (1978) |
"As excruciating as this film is, it's almost a pleasure to be reminded that vapid pop stars who think they can act are not a particular failing of the MTV era." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Gigi (1958) |
"A charming delight." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Gigli (2003) |
"So misbegotten you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll scream, you’ll sigh, respectively, with derision, in agony, with terror, and in exasperation." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Season (2000) |
"Is it churlish to suggest that one of the most beloved and popular dramas currently on television is really kind of dull?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
A Girl Cut in Two (2008) |
"It's billed as a 'Hitchcockian thriller,' but frankly I see nothing either Hitchcockian nor thrilling this same-old Gallic tale..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Girl Next Door (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
- |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"[D]elicately underplayed..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Girlfight (2000) |
"Karyn Kusama has created in Diana a strong, dynamic, complex female character the likes of which we rarely see onscreen." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Girlhood (2003) |
"Oscar-nominated documentarian Liz Garbus relates a familiar tale with a shocking, powerful intimacy that's a desperate cry to be heard from the too many throwaway children of our society." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Gladiator (2000) |
"Gladiator is visually magnificent, absolutely stunning to look at -- and to listen to, with its haunting, stirring score." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007) |
"My head wants to explode at the woman-hating hideousness of this." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai (2007) |
"[M]y head wants to explode at the woman-hating hideousness of this." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Glitter (2001) |
"Atrociously written." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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