Tomato B- |
Abandon (2002) |
"Challenging, intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative. But it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle." |
Bill Wyman |
Splat D |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"Paramount Pictures and MTV Films blatantly tried to keep the movie, which debuted Friday, away from critics to prevent opening-day reviews. For good reason. Hollywood suits didn't want anyone to know how utterly boring the movie is." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C- |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"[AvP] is in desperate need of a bigger steel cage and a whole lot more smackdown." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C+ |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"[Damon and Cruz's] onscreen chemistry would hardly warm a can of beans." |
Bob Longino |
Tomato B- |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"Pleasant old-school comedy with a few modern, edgy twists." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Most of the time, AP2 features a flat screenplay ... stilted cinematography and only a few good jokes." |
Bob Longino |
Tomato A |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Thrillingly inventive, charming when it needs to be, prickly when it has to be and, like a potter's wheel, constantly in motion as it shapes celluloid into visual art." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Sadly, when there’s not a gag to show off, first-time Pie series director Jesse Dylan ... allows his movie to go as flat as a pie crust." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"There's nothing this Amityville won't beg, borrow, steal from or fabricate in trying to make your neck hairs sit up and quiver." |
Bob Longino |
Tomato B- |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"A lot like Caviezel's earlier and popular flick Frequency. It may not be great moviemaking, but it does work." |
Bob Longino |
Tomato B- |
Anger Management (2003) |
"It has its funny moments." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C |
Annapolis (2006) |
"... Annapolis is ordinary in every way." |
Bob Longino |
Tomato |
Any Given Sunday (1999) |
"A frequently entertaining, rah-rah look at pro football." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C- |
ATL (2006) |
"ATL is not interesting. Nor compelling. Nor lively. Nor always comprehensible." |
Bob Longino |
Splat C |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"An occasionally amusing but generally dull heist movie." |
Bob Townsend |
Splat D- |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Alone in the Dark co-stars perpetual party-girl Tara Reid as an archeologist. That alone should give you some clue as to how bad this movie is." |
Bob Townsend |
Tomato B- |
American Blackout (2006) |
"A powerful piece of political cinema that effectively documents the disenfranchisement of black voters in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections." |
Bob Townsend |
Tomato B |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"The big question for fans is does Aqua Teen Hunger Force have enough gags and giggles to translate to 86 minutes on the big screen? And the answer is ... yeah, sort of, well, maybe. ..." |
Bob Townsend |
Splat C- |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"A dead-on-arrival movie idea." |
Bob Townsend |
Splat C+ |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"The film as a whole may be lacking in coherence and emotional punch, but there are some marvelous sequences." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B+ |
About a Boy (2002) |
"As Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie, 'Lovely! Brilliant!'" |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B+ |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"This is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato A- |
Adaptation (2002) |
"It's the sort of movie that keeps reinventing itself and nudging us in the ribs as it does. You'll want to see it soon, because everyone you know will be talking about it." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B |
After Innocence (2005) |
"Eye-opening." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B+ |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"Yes, they throw more than rice at this Wedding, but it's all in service of an astutely observed and sometimes shattering human drama." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B- |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"Ryan is clearly enjoying herself. She adroitly maneuvers her trademark cuteness into a kind of oblivious brashness -- a curious mix of brassy and brave." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato |
Aimee & Jaguar (2000) |
"A reminder that truth never ceases to be stranger than fiction." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato A- |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"... a feel-good movie that also feels genuine, even when it's at its most rah-rah." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B+ |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A superlative character-driven epic that honors both the varied truths and the varied myths surrounding a battle that pitted less than 300 Texans and Tejanos against General Antonio López de Santa Anna and several thousand Mexican troops." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat D |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Hudson and Wilson's chemistry wouldn't light a cigarette." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat D+ |
Alexander (2004) |
"A sprawling epic that truly sprawls." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato |
Alfie (2004) |
"Did we really need an Alfie remake? Probably not. Will you enjoy this Alfie remake? Probably so." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B+ |
Ali (2001) |
"Very good and definitely worth seeing, if only to be reminded of the extraordinary life of one of the most extraordinary figures of the last half of the 20th century." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato |
Alien (1979) |
"Alien will upset your mind and upset your stomach." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato C+ |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"May be more genial than ingenious, but it gets the job done." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat F |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"It's appalling. Mostly because Penn is appalling." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat C |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Much of the film, which so much wants to seem natural and unforced, comes off as contrived and slightly precious." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"He ... shows us what lies beneath the coolness -- the raw, vibrant longing and the aching legacy of things long past." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B- |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"Good solid entertainment." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B- |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Nick Cassavetes' new film, Alpha Dog, has a compelling, ripped-from-the-headlines vibe." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato |
American Beauty (1999) |
"At this point in the year, I'd readily call American Beauty one of the best movies of 1999. It is certainly the best-acted, with Kevin Spacey a standout among a stellar ensemble cast." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat C |
American Outlaws (2001) |
"One of those not-bad-not-good pictures." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B- |
Analyze That (2002) |
"The shtick still works." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"It solidifies Ferrell's place alongside Jim Carrey, Jack Black and, when called on, Johnny Depp, as our best comic actors." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat C |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Bottom line: If you love the show, you'll most likely love the movie. But if you think Webber's cash cow is a bloated monstrosity, well, there's always Lon Chaney." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"The artistry of Thomas Riedelsheimer's film perfectly compliments Goldsworthy's art." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"Becomes an odd companion piece to the stunning Capturing the Friedmans, one of the most disturbing chronicles of family dysfunction ever documented." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"The Ant Bully is the first of the summer's many animated features that doesn't somehow feel familiar." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Splat D |
Antitrust (2001) |
"Let's just say that this may be the stupidest movie ever made about smart people." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
Tomato B- |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"An involving, inspirational drama that sometimes falls prey to its sob-story trappings." |
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
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