Tomato |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"This is great. I loved it." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"This is a really funny movie." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
The Maid (2009) |
"A smart little gem from Chile." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Management (2009) |
"Zahn is essentially stalking Aniston and it’s really just downright creepy." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Management (2009) |
"Ultimately the second half completely undermined the first half." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Marley & Me (2008) |
"I think this movie works because of the relationship on screen between Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Marley & Me (2008) |
"The dog -- or the many dogs who play Marley through the years -- also delivers some of the funniest scenes." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Me and Orson Welles (2009) |
"You feel a little bit what it was like to sit in that theater on opening night. You also feel like what it was and what it still is to be a young person infatuated with writing, with art, with theater..." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Me Myself I (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Roger Ebert |
Splat |
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
"Everyone involved seems to have had a pretty good time, but this one looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
"It’s a disappointment." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
The Merry Gentleman (2009) |
"An interesting film with some really well thought out and well grounded characters and I was surprised by it." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
The Merry Gentleman (2009) |
"A lot goes on in this film without much being said, a credit to Keaton, who shoots it deliberately and thoughtfully, in a film demonstrating there should be a lot more work on both sides of the camera ahead for Michael Keaton." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"The Michael Jackson we see here is not a self-styled Messiah or a tabloid oddity. He is, instead, what he always was underneath it all: a talented musician, a brilliant dancer, and one of the most gifted entertainers of his time." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
Milk (2008) |
"A very powerful film that’s really relevant to what is going on in the world today." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Milk (2008) |
"An exceptional film." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Miracle at St. Anna (2008) |
"It’s impressive that a filmmaker of Lee’s distinction is willing to continue to push boundaries." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Mission to Mars (2000) |
"It's as if the director, the gifted Brian De Palma, rises to the occasions but the screenplay gives him nothing much to do in between them." |
Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) |
"Monsters Vs Aliens made me feel like a big kid again." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) |
"[The voice cast] really delivered funny line after funny line throughout this." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Moon (2009) |
"This is a deep and inventive exploration into the human psyche, made believable thanks to a wonderful performance from Rockwell." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Moon (2009) |
"Very inventive." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
More Than a Game (2009) |
"Around the halfway point when the LeBron James crew runs into some adversity beyond the socioeconomic circumstances that get short shrift in the movie, it starts getting pretty good." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Motherhood (2009) |
"Motherhood gives upper-middle-class whining a bad name." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
My Life in Ruins (2009) |
"It doesn’t feel genuine at all, it feels contrived from start to finish." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
My Life in Ruins (2009) |
"You know precisely where it’s headed and how it will get there halfway into Act One." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
My Sister's Keeper (2009) |
"I found the movie to be really tough and challenging and enjoyable." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
My Sister's Keeper (2009) |
"I have a heart. I just don’t want schlock." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) |
"The movie is all over the place and it loses its focus." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009) |
"I can’t imagine the novel’s characters were this flat, formulaic and puzzling in their behavior." |
Ben Mankiewicz |