Tomato 3.5/4
The Fall (2008)
"...deserves three-and-a-half stars for its dazzling opening sequence alone."
Josh Larsen
Splat 1.5/4
Fanboys (2009)
"Funny, I always thought of the National Lampoon crowd and Star Wars nation as separate demographics."
Tomato 4/4
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
"...an animation masterpiece from one of America's finest filmmakers."
Splat 2/4
Fireproof (2008)
"As a companion piece to a Bible study group this may have some merit, but it doesn't belong in a theater."
Tomato 3/4
First Blood (1982)
"...does get loonier as it goes along, yet for a while it's actually a mournful and sobering action-movie treatment of postwar stress."
Flash of Genius (2008)
"...thinks it's an inspirational, based-on-fact, little-man-beats-the-system drama, when in fact it is one of the more depressing pictures I've seen in quite some time."
Flawless (2007)
"How can an actress with Moore's carnal screen presence be so underused by carnally minded Hollywood?"
Splat 1/4
Fly Me To The Moon (2008)
"These insects look less like flies than desiccated Smurfs."
The Foot Fist Way (2008)
"There is a certain sense of self-loathing that goes into these sorts of character comedies, as if the actors are reveling in their own humiliation."
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
"A juvenile piece of cultural appropriation, The Forbidden Kingdom doesn't even have the good manners to focus on the two martial-arts masters."
Four Christmases (2008)
"Do these hypocritical holiday comedies have an alarm clock inside them that goes off when they're suddenly supposed to turn all soft and gooey?"
Friday the 13th (2009)
"Jason Voorhees is resurrected once again, this time as a cranky and violent marijuana farmer."
Friday the 13th - Part 1 (1980)
"...a woefully bad slasher flick, complete with an inept cast (including Kevin Bacon in uncomfortably tight shorts); laborious pacing; and an interminable catfight climax."
Frost/Nixon (2008)
"Some of the best male acting this year has come from two men who play reviled American presidents - and the performances are good for the same reason."
Frozen River (2008)
"Holding Frozen River up to traditional standards of morality doesn't work."
Funny Games (1998)
"Haneke has rational reasons for his movie's violence, but he still crosses lines more often than he justifies crossing them."
Funny Games (2008)
"If the pot means to call the kettle black in order to make a larger point, that still doesn't change the pot's color."
Funny People (2009)
"as interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them."
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