Tomato |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"Entertaining and solidly crafted." |
John DeFore |
Tomato |
Va Savoir (2001) |
"Manages to overcome an awfully slow start and sprint spryly to a highly satisfying finale." |
Michael Rechtshaffen |
- |
Vacancy (2007) |
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Splat |
Vacancy (2007) |
"Feels tired, derivative and lackluster." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Tomato |
Valentin (2004) |
"A charming portrait of the artist as a young boy." |
Sheri Linden |
Splat |
Valentine (2001) |
"The killings themselves mostly lack imagination." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Splat |
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) |
"The director only skims over the historical material. In taking for granted that this background is familiar to all, the film drives home the fact that high fashion is made by the few for the few." |
Natasha Senjanovic |
Splat |
Valiant (2005) |
"A plucky little bird that just won't fly." |
Ray Bennett |
Tomato |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"A coolly efficient, entertaining and straightforward tale about the last of 15 known assassination attempts against Adolf Hitler." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
- |
Valley Girl (1983) |
"Jason Moore to Direct Valley Girl Musical Remake" |
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Tomato |
Valley of Tears (2003) |
"An ultimately moving effort that well illustrates the often hopeless situation faced by the people whose lives it depicts." |
Frank Scheck |
Splat |
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) |
"Goes on for nearly two hours, enough to tax the patience of even the most ardent anime fans." |
Frank Scheck |
Tomato |
Van Helsing (2004) |
"This creature feature is exhilarating fun, a richly designed and often quite funny re-exploration of the movie past." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
- |
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) |
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Splat |
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) |
"Penn, who also takes an executive producer credit here, wanders around halfheartedly attempting to make something amusing out of the limp shock-comedy antics, but it all just goes in one innuendo and out the other." |
Michael Rechtshaffen |
Splat |
Vanilla Sky (2001) |
"As pretentious as it is preposterous, Vanilla Sky needs its own wake-up call." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
- |
The Vanished Empire (2009) |
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Tomato |
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"The spirit of that most modern of 19th century heroines, Becky Sharp, remains intact, and Nair's Indian touches make for an intriguing, fresh approach." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Splat |
Vantage Point (2008) |
"Straight out of the slice-and-dice school of filmmaking, Vantage Point fractures chronology and perspective in a vain attempt to disguise its flimsiness." |
Sheri Linden |
Splat |
Varsity Blues (1998) |
"Tired, corn-fed storyline and generic, plug-and-play direction!" |
Michael Rechtshaffen |
Tomato |
Vatel (2000) |
"Impeccably directed." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Tomato |
Vengeance (2009) |
"Rational behavior takes a backseat to genre requirements, though few if any will care when the killers stalk each other with such a tongue-in-cheek sense of destiny and deliver deadpan dialogue that makes fun of their own absurdity." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Splat |
Vengo (2001) |
"A strange combination of melodrama and concert film." |
Frank Scheck |
Splat |
Venom (2005) |
"Even by the standards of the current Miramax fire sale, this misbegotten horror film deserved to go direct to video. Or cable. Or oblivion." |
Frank Scheck |
Tomato |
Venus (2006) |
"This early May, late-December romance springs out of a wonderfully wry foundation." |
Michael Rechtshaffen |
Splat |
Venus and Mars (2003) |
"This tale of twentysomethings manages to feel false every step of the way." |
Sheri Linden |
Tomato |
Vera Drake (2004) |
"It's difficult to think of another recent film so seamlessly rendered or that envelops an audience so completely in its period authenticity." |
Ray Bennett |
Tomato |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"Blanchett brings her expected professionalism and ability to the role. Her Irish accent is perfect, and she has the charisma and presence to easily hold center stage." |
Mark Adams |
Splat |
Vertical Limit (2000) |
"Story and character development gets buried in an avalanche of illogical behavior and preposterous catastrophes." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Splat |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
"The director's penchant for pretty pictures and his insistence on making Hanoi into Eden, where only passions intrude, ultimately lessens his story and characters." |
Joe Mader |
Splat |
Very Annie Mary (2001) |
"There are moments of real pleasure to be found in Sara Sugarman's whimsical comedy Very Annie-Mary but not enough to sustain the film." |
Mark Adams |
Tomato |
A Very British Gangster (2008) |
"The film is beautifully shot by Mike Turnbull and Nick Manley, including a moody black and white scene in the cemetery and a lovely crane shot looking out at the doomed neighborhood." |
James Greenberg |
Tomato |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"The quest format keeps the story moving briskly, and Jeunet provides numerous pleasures, particularly visual, along the way." |
Bernard Besserglik |
Tomato |
The Vicious Kind (2009) |
"Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera." |
Frank Scheck |
Tomato |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"The film belongs to Bardem and Cruz." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Splat |
View from the Top (2003) |
"A flat, superficial comedy that never establishes a tone." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
- |
Villa Des Roses (2002) |
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Tomato |
The Village (2004) |
"Literate and visually expressive." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Tomato |
Vincere (2009) |
"He creates an intimate mood while alluding to the general feel of the highly chronicled era without going too far over the top or reconstructing elaborate sets." |
Natasha Senjanovic |
Tomato |
Vinterkyss (2005) |
"Norway's official Oscar contender, Kissed by Winter, is a touching examination of the unimaginable grief and guilt that results from parents seeing their children die." |
Ray Bennett |
- |
Vinyan (2008) |
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La Virgen de la Lujuria (2000) |
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Tomato |
Virgil Bliss (2002) |
"An overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget, video-shot, debut indie effort." |
Frank Scheck |
Splat |
Virgin (2003) |
"An unfortunately muddled portrait of a teenage girl going through a moral and spiritual crisis." |
Frank Scheck |
Tomato |
Virtual JFK (2008) |
"A compelling history lesson that offers an insightful primer on the Kennedy presidency even while proving sadly germane to our current times, Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived spells out its provocative premise in its title." |
Frank Scheck |
Tomato |
The Visitor (2008) |
"Actor-turned-filmmaker Tom McCarthy demonstrates that the critical acclaim for The Station Agent in 2003 was no fluke." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Tomato |
Vitus (2007) |
"Although a tad sentimental, Vitus is charming and smart in how it deals with its fascinating central character, a very young child prodigy, and the problems he experiences because of his overheated brain power." |
Kirk Honeycutt |
Tomato |
Vlad (2003) |
"It boasts enough camp, skin and 15th century flashbacks of torment to make it fitting fodder for campus screens." |
Luke Sader |
Tomato |
Voices in Wartime (2005) |
"A stirring testament to the search for meaning." |
Sheri Linden |
Tomato |
Voices Of Iraq (2006) |
"We don't get to stay with anyone long enough to feel the full power of their story, but a mosaic portrait of a diverse nation emerges." |
Sheri Linden |
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