Splat |
Fame (2009) |
"I don’t mind the cornball and I don’t mind the clichés, but I just think that the thing has to be executed a little better than this." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Fanboys (2009) |
"It was a great premise, it just unfortunately did not come together." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Fanboys (2009) |
"A lot of promise here, no execution." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"This is more of the same." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"This is a movie about street racers... criminals in fact, and there was nothing grimy or dirty about it at all." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Fighting (2009) |
"This is a story we’ve seen dozens of times before." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Fighting (2009) |
"There’s an effective, unstylized authenticity to those fights. A life or death mania, which enhanced the film’s credibility." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Filth and the Fury (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"I'm confident the material girl has more good material for movies ahead of her." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"This is a terrible, terrible worthless movie that you shouldn’t give any time to." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato 3/4 |
Final Destination (2000) |
"Smarter and more original than most [Dead Teenager Movies]." |
Roger Ebert |
Splat |
Flash of Genius (2008) |
"Nothing too special here." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Flash of Genius (2008) |
"There is depth, there is complexity, there is authenticity to this character." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat 0.5/4 |
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) |
"It's not delightful or funny or exciting, and for long stretches, it looks exactly like hapless actors standing in front of big rocks and reciting sitcom dialogue." |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"The film is eye-opening, shocking, and disgusting." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"A powerful, muckraking documentary on the big business of what we eat." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"Oh, the hilarity of hating your family at the holidays." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"Didn’t quite get over the hump." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Fourth Kind (2009) |
"[A] dull, clumsy little movie." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
The Fourth Kind (2009) |
"No, no, no, no." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
Fragments (2009) |
"[A] well acted ensemble piece that I think you should see." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Fragments (2009) |
"The film is quite literally fragmented. Too much story -- and too little about each character." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Frequency (2000) |
"There may be holes and inconsistencies in the plot ... [a]nd I don't much care, anyway, because the underlying idea is so appealing." |
Roger Ebert |
Splat |
Friday the 13th (2009) |
"We’ve seen it all before." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Friday the 13th (2009) |
"I got extremely bored." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"I thought Ron Howard did a wonderful job." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"A terrific film." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Funny People (2009) |
"Apatow has always found a balance of heart and humor in his best films, and Funny People is no exception." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Funny People (2009) |
"It walks a perfectly fine line between being funny and tragic." |
Ben Mankiewicz |