Tomato |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"Very good, very smart, very clear." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"By the end you’re left with a question worth asking: What is the best way to put your ideals on the line in any country, in any era?" |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Babylon A.D. (2008) |
"I unfortunately had a seat that faced the screen and I have two hours of my life that I will never get back." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Babylon A.D. (2008) |
"Skip it aggressively." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Bandslam (2009) |
"These are characters that make mistakes, they redeem themselves, and they grow throughout the course of the film." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Bandslam (2009) |
"There is really just a lot to like here." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Bart Got a Room (2009) |
"It's an inventive take on a story that we’ve heard a million times before." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Bart Got a Room (2009) |
"Hines and Macy get some laughs, but the film itself feels insufficiently developed." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"I don’t think younger or older audiences will be interested." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"It did not work as [well] as many of the recent animated movies that we’ve had in the earlier part of this year or last year." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Battle in Seattle (2008) |
"It sheds much needed light on a mostly forgotten event in our country's history." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Battle in Seattle (2008) |
"What I think the movie failed to do was the thing it had to do most, which was explain what is the WTO and why in Stuart Townshend’s opinion, is it bad." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"It’s a sweet kids movie and I commend Sandler for trying something different in his career." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"I didn’t like one part of this movie." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) |
"It kind of reaffirmed a lot of cultural stereotypes." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) |
"It’s cute and sweet and funny." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Big Fan (2009) |
"It's a modest, drab little drama about a psychologically unstable guy living in a sad little corner of America." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
Big Fan (2009) |
"[Oswalt] is doing work here he has never done on screen." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Big Kahuna (1999) |
"Sharp-edged, perfectly timed, funny and thoughtful." |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Black Dynamite (2009) |
"Even though it sounds funnier than it plays, between the song and the nun chucks, I was happy." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Blind Date (2009) |
"It does feel very stage bound, very formal." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Blind Date (2009) |
"Behind all the role playing is a movie that feels uncertain in its tone and style, more exercise than drama." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Body of Lies (2008) |
"Just because it's really dense and layered doesn’t mean it’s good." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Body of Lies (2008) |
"A complicated movie about the war on terror with two terrific performances and a terrific director." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Bolt (2008) |
"It’s got a great ensemble cast. It’s not the most original idea but still effective nonetheless." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Bolt (2008) |
"The film is funny -- with a sophistication that might actually appeal more to adults. But there’s still plenty for the kids to enjoy." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) |
"I will not defend it as a good movie, but I have to say, I had a pretty good time at it." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
The Box (2009) |
"I think that Richard Kelly, from one film to the next, has gone in some very interesting and sometimes puzzling directions." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
The Box (2009) |
"I think Kelly is a very inventive writer and I think he is his own worst enemy behind the camera." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) |
"A beautiful film." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) |
"I think that’s what makes it so powerful, is because it is so small." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Boys Are Back (2009) |
"I didn’t think there was a minute of truth in this thing." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) |
"Tthough this experiment doesn’t quite succeed, there’s enough intelligence and insight in this movie to make it worth the attempt." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) |
"I worry that this film is static enough and stiff enough that it’s going to keep people away from discovering David Foster Wallace if they haven’t read him." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
Broken Embraces (2009) |
"Almodovar remains one of the most reliable stylists working today. And Broken Embraces is a swank and pleasurable diversion, a movie in love with movies." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
Brothers at War (2009) |
"I still think it’s worth renting because the film does a good job of taking audiences deeper than the media or newscasters on TV ever could, personalizing and humanizing war and its impact on the American family." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Brothers at War (2009) |
"There were a couple more [moments] that I thought were revealing enough and I loved the intent." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Brothers Bloom (2009) |
"I thought there really wasn’t much substance there. It was almost too much style." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
The Brothers Bloom (2009) |
"Rian Johnson’s clever, impressively shot film [features] outstanding work from [its] three leading actors." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Bruno (2009) |
"There are lots of moments in this movie that are genuinely funny." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Bruno (2009) |
"It’s certainly not that there aren’t a few funny moments in the film. There are, but overwhelmingly, Bruno’s stunts are demeaning, they are insulting and they are really cruel." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Burn After Reading (2008) |
", Frances McDormand might get nominated for an Academy Award in a supporting role. She was great." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Burn After Reading (2008) |
"These are functioning morons, they walk and work among us. And they are brilliant and funny and in spite of the screwball-comedy nature of the story, they are completely believable." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Burning Plain (2009) |
"In The Burning Plain we follow three-or maybe four-different stories that ultimately converge in ways that are both utterly predictable and completely preposterous." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
The Burning Plain (2009) |
"It’s not really a who-done-it, it’s more of a when’d-ya-guess-it and a who-cares." |
Michael Phillips |
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