Fabled

"The recurring fairy-tale narrative device might fool viewers into thinking FABLED has more of a story than is actually there."

Failan (2001)

"Unlike Letter from an Unknown Woman, Failan is not deliriously lyrical. It's convincing primarily due to the strength of Choi Min-Sik's performance as Kang-jae."

The Family (1987)

"An excellent intergenerational family drama that traces 80 years of Italian history through the life of one man, without leaving the walls of his Roman apartment."

Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)

"A seemingly endless wallow in Bunuelesque class comedy, neither funny nor profound."

Fargo (1996)

"Conjuring a universe that is at once singular and familiar, FARGO is that rarest of breeds: a film that genuinely merits the word unique."

Fat Girl (2001)

"a stark story with fully-drawn characters and an ending easily despised but not easily forgotten"

Fever Pitch (1996)

"With soccer substituting for rock music, novelist/screenwriter Nick Hornby's FEVER PITCH plays like a rough draft of HIGH FIDELITY...a very rough draft."

Fierce People (2007)

"After Hours star Griffin Dunne discusses his career as an actor, producer, and director, and his new film Fierce People."

Fight Club (1999)

"The greatness of the film lies in its ability to tantalizingly stoke our rage and disillusionment before delivering nihilism to its proper resting place."

The Final Cut (2004)

"The Final Cut's plot goes in multiple directions, while its exciting premise lays there like a forsaken jewel."

Finding Forrester (2000)

"To dismiss Finding Forrester as just a rehash of Good Will Hunting is not entirely fair."

Fireworks (1997)

"Kitano makes static, understated movies about existences wasted, and rediscovering the joy of being, for a brief time, alive.... Violence comes in sudden bursts, as a shocking interruption."

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

"The story isn't all that believable, and there's just little to get excited about --not suspenseful, funny, romantic, etc. Ho-hum."

Footloose (1984)

"When rebellion means listening to Kenny Loggins, maybe it isn't worth it."

Forbidden Planet (1956)

"Yeah, the dialogue, costumes, and sets are cheesy. And the acting is bad. But the story, with its Shakespearean influence, is pretty damn good."

Frailty (2002)

"a deliberative film, not an action film"

Friends With Money (2006)

"Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into."

Funny Games (1998)

"Michael Haneke's meta-commentary on violence in the movies and the audience's thirst for it is brilliantly conceived and executed."