Tomato |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"There’s a lot to love here." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"It felt completely inauthentic." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000) |
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Roger Ebert |
Tomato |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"I say see it, before the inevitable overhyping begins, along with the inevitable backlash." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Passengers (2008) |
"Even though Anne Hathaway is good, it’s no reason to get really emotionally invested in her quest" |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Passengers (2008) |
"It is dark, depressing and seems to be built entirely around a twist ending that feels less like a surprise and more like relief." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"James gives it everything he's got, totally committing to the character and delivering clean comedy which often times is often more difficult than creating just a raunch-fest." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"Once you’ve seen about the first 20 minutes of the movie, you’ve got a sense of what all of the jokes were going to be." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"A terrific twist, but goes wasted in a movie that really runs out of steam." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"I just don’t think there was enough drama in the first two-thirds of this movie." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) |
"I thought this was delightful, a little depressing at times but with three stellar performances from Fanning, Huffman, and Patricia Clarkson." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) |
"It needs the power of imagination to be done effectively and I just didn’t think it was here." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Pirate Radio (2009) |
"Any serious music fan -- that is anyone who sees the radio pirates as kindred spirits -- will be outraged by its sloppy approach to the history of rock and roll." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
Pirate Radio (2009) |
"It just sits there in the water." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Planet 51 (2009) |
"The whole thing is just terrible." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
Ponyo (2009) |
"I liked that it wasn’t bound by the conventions of normal storytelling and I loved seeing a film that is just hand drawn animation." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Ponyo (2009) |
"I was, I’m afraid, a little lost at times." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"While the director, Lee Daniels, does not shy away from the grimmest elements of the story, his eclectic filmmaking style is almost exhilarating, finding room for fantasy, operatic melodrama, and authentic humor." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat 2/4 |
Price of Glory (2000) |
"What's peculiar is that the film doesn't build toward anything because even as the boxing careers flourish, the character of Arturo drags everything down." |
Roger Ebert |
Splat |
The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"Most of The Princess and the Frog looks more like one of Disney’s straight-to-DVD sequels than like their animated classics, and the few big, fun musical set-pieces are brought down by second-rate songwriting." |
A.O. Scott |
Splat |
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) |
"I was interested in the characters and situations, but I was not absorbed." |
A.O. Scott |
Tomato |
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) |
"I think there’s something going on here that does feel novelistic, but it feels to me a little like real life. I think Penn makes it worth seeing." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
The Proposal (2009) |
"Believability really goes out the window here." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
The Proposal (2009) |
"Sloppy and lazy." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Public Enemies (2009) |
"Some strong performances, but I expected more from this great director and stellar cast." |
Ben Lyons |
Tomato |
Public Enemies (2009) |
"I do think this is a film worth seeing, so obviously, I say see it." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Splat |
Punisher: War Zone (2008) |
"Hopefully it's three strikes and you're out for The Punisher, as this latest attempt at creating another comic book franchise will prove once and for all that maybe this character just doesn't deserve the big screen treatment." |
Ben Lyons |
Splat |
Punisher: War Zone (2008) |
"This was a terrible movie." |
Ben Mankiewicz |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pups (1999) |
"Pups looks ragged and slammed-together, but that's part of its appeal; the film has a wildness that more care would have killed." |
Roger Ebert |
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