The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

"Maddin's masterpiece artfully reinforces that that our moments of true sadness should be as intimate as our most joyous moments of ecstasy."

The Safety of Objects (2003)

"The characters are unusual enough, the dialogue sharp enough, and the acting good enough that it is relatively pleasant watching these lives for a couple hours."

Sanjuro (1962)

"Akira Kurosawa's follow-up to Yojimbo is about as flat-out entertaining as can possibly be."

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

"The first half hour alone forever redefines the war movie genre. Ryan has just one minor flaw: the plot is completely contrived. And if you can characterize a weak story as just a minor flaw... well, that's some damn fine filmmaking."

Saving Silverman (2001)

"The laughs are few and the stupidity of the script is large."

Schindler's List (1993)

"What is most memorable is not the tragedy of the lives lost or even the number of people Schindler saved, but how such an imperfect man could have done something so perfect"

Scrooged (1988)

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Sea of Love (1989)

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Seconds (1966)

"This is such a cool movie. Rock Hudson plays a businessman who gets reconstructive surgery to start a new identity and a new life, but it's out of the frying pan and into the grape-stomping orgy (sorry, you have to see it)."

Serendipity (2001)

"If you're willing to take a trip to Romantic Comedyland..."

The Servant (1963)

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Session 9 (2001)

"In this era of post-modern teen slasher films and computer graphics-saturated genre pictures, Session 9 is an unusual film. It is a character study foremost..."

The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Shaft (2000)

"Jackson is perfect for this part."

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

"Quite accessible even if you haven't seen or read any of Shakespeare's work."

Shallow Grave (1995)

"a darkly humorous tale concerning three Scottish flat mates and a dead man's money"

Shattered Glass (2003)

"Shattered Glass functions as a dramatic character study, but not as the galvanizing wake-up call about the sorry state of U.S. journalism that Ray says he wanted to make."

Shoot to Kill (1988)

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Short Eyes (1977)

"Davison's performance aside, Short Eyes is barely more than a period curio."

Shrek (2001)

"Whether or not you love Shrek or find it to be only a pleasant diversion depends on how much of a purist you are when it comes to fairly tales."

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

"No common follow-the-clues, get-the-bad-guy movie"

A Simple Plan (1998)

"Not really a movie about a simple plan that turns out to be a terrible idea, but a movie about a terrible idea that turns out to be a terrible idea"

Singles (1992)

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

"Yes, it's a feel-good story, but it's also a smart coming-of-age story."