Splat |
G-Force (2009) |
"It just didn’t come together." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
G-Force (2009) |
"I don’t think kids will find it funny, [and] their parents will find it unbearable." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"It doesn’t have any kind of emotional center." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"Everything that basically worked in Napoloeon Dynamite -- the behind-the-beat timing, the arch eccentricity -- it’s all misjudged here." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) |
"By the end, Whitaker's character has generated true poignance." |
Roger Ebert |
Splat |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"This just kind of fell flat." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"It is alternately tender, sad and smart. It’s also very funny." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"It’s a tired premise with some even weaker gags." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"This movie I think really did the impossible. It makes Failure To Launch look like The Thin Man." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Gigantic (2008) |
"The script is sharp, well written, and with some strong performances, especially John Goodman." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Gigantic (2008) |
"I felt like I was being hit over the head with a quirky club." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Girl From Monaco (2009) |
"The film dances around suspense and satire, but achieves little of both." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
The Girl From Monaco (2009) |
"It was a perfect blend of satire and tension." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"You really do lose yourself in these characters." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"As much as there is to admire about Soderbergh, his indifference to time sequencing hurts the story here." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat 2/4 |
Gladiator (2000) |
"The film looks muddy, fuzzy and indistinct." |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"This is gritty, it's raw, it's incredibly realistic and it's terrifying and stylized." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"You can’t escape the Comorra -- and with patience, at the end of the film, that point will be depressingly and effectively clear. I think you should see it." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Good Hair (2010) |
"This movie just does take what seems like a kind of a superficial topic and really does go into it with great depth." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Goodbye Solo (2009) |
"I felt the film was incredibly stripped down -- which is fine -- but there’s nothing else to sort of help build it back up again." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Goodbye Solo (2009) |
"It’s hopeful and tragic but without any false Hollywood melodrama." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) |
"I definitely laughed, just not enough to fully recommend it." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) |
"This was funny in the beginning, no question, but then it turned into I thought a sort of a very stale comedy." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat 2/4 |
Gossip (2000) |
"Gossip stays in the game until the bottom of the ninth and then blows it." |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Gran Torino (2008) |
"Eastwood is really fantastic in the twilight of his career." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Gran Torino (2008) |
"We also see the development of Eastwood into the nuanced, textured actor he’s become." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
The Great Buck Howard (2009) |
"A sweet, tender, slightly satirical slice of the showbiz life." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
The Great Buck Howard (2009) |
"I really enjoyed this film." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Grey Gardens (2008) |
"[Drew Barrymore] is fantastic in this film." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Grey Gardens (2008) |
"You will really appreciate Drew Barrymore’s performance more if you have seen the documentary... She really nails it." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
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