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Critics / Publications / Kansas City Star

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Authors
    • Shawn Bowers
    • Robert W. Butler
    • Sharon Chapman
    • Derek Donovan
    • John Mark Eberhart
    • Timothy Finn
    • Robert Folsom
    • David Frese
    • Leah Green
    • James Hart
    • Jason Heck
    • Sharon Hoffmann
    • Steve Kobak
    • Loey Lockerby
    • Dan Lybarger
    • Brian McTavish
    • Eric Melin
    • Nell Minow
    • Steve Paul
    • Sam Sessa
    • Rasmi Simhan
    • Hampton Stevens
    • Ward Triplett III
    • Robert Trussell
    • Calvin Wilson
    • Eric Winkler

Kansas City Star

  
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Rating Title Year Quote Author

Splat
2/4

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

"A Scanner Darkly has virtually no action and is so slow to reveal itself that it dissipates whatever dramatic clout the novel may have had."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

"Even if you don't much care for the experience, A.I. will ... plant ideas in your brain that can't be easily shaken loose."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

Abandon (2002)

"In the end, 'Abandon' winds up like a fitfully coherent term paper written by a brilliant student who had imbibed a few too many study aids."

Dan Lybarger

Tomato
3.5/4

About a Boy (2002)

"The "American Pie" duo deserves credit for making a convincingly British comedy that is also charmingly universal."

Dan Lybarger

Tomato
3.5/4

About Schmidt (2002)

"Takes us on a journey toward self-awareness that is both deadpan hilarious and profoundly moving."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

Absurdistan (2008)

"Absurdistan lives up to its name with its virtual nonstop drollery. And in Malerova the film has a most appealing leading lady."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

Accepted (2006)

"Accepted is enjoyable in spite of itself."

Loey Lockerby

-

Across the Sea of Time (1995)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Adam (2009)

"Dancy gets the juiciest role and wisely underplays it."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

"There are a few clever moments in Eight Crazy Nights, but they come after long stretches of repetitive, juvenile gags that can be found in most of Sandler's other films."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
3/4

Adaptation (2002)

"A brain twister, less a movie-movie than a funny and weird meditation on Hollywood, success, artistic integrity and intellectual bankruptcy."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

Adoration (2009)

"It never adds up to a satisfying whole."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Adventureland (2009)

"If his plot falls into a predictable pattern, Mottola is able to work some attractive variations with his strong cast."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)

"It's not a classic. But it's also nothing that the late Jay Ward, who developed the characters more than 40 years ago, would be ashamed of, either."

Brian McTavish

Splat
1/4

Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)

"The story is impossible, the acting generally awful and the 3-D effects so unremarkable that you're tempted to yank off the glasses and watch it with the naked eye."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1/4

Aeon Flux (2005)

"Charlize Theron has her Oscar. Now she has her Catwoman."

David Frese

-

An Affair of Love (2000)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1.5/4

After the Sunset (2004)

"This is the kind of film that exists solely to show off pretty actors and scenery."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
3/4

After The Wedding (2007)

"After the Wedding is a sad film in many ways, but it’s also surprisingly uplifting. Thanks to [director] Bier and her cast, any tears shed in the audience will be perfectly natural."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
2/4

Against the Ropes (2003)

"It is February, and this one is at least watchable. So go ahead and pick it up. Just don't expect it to be there when you get home."

Loey Lockerby

Splat
1.5/4

Agent Cody Banks (2003)

"This juvenile take on the James Bond films feels more like a heavily watered-down vodka martini than a genuine offering for kids."

Dan Lybarger

Tomato

Aimee & Jaguar (2000)

"A gripping espionage yarn, an overwhelming love story and a devastating history lesson."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Air Guitar Nation (2007)

"For every dork who has stood before the home stereo speakers and banged away on an invisible instrument, here at last is validation."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

"... it's never preachy."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

The Alamo (2004)

"This is the best Alamo movie ever -- the most accurate, the best-acted, the most sumptuously mounted."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1.5/4

Alex and Emma (2003)

"A romantic comedy that's painfully short on romance and comedy."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1.5/4

Alexander (2004)

"There's no joy here, no fun, no excitement. It's a 178-minute-long wall hanging."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1.5/4

Alfie (2004)

"If there was ever a film that begged not to be remade, the 1966 black comedy Alfie is screaming to be left alone in a loud Cockney accent."

Dan Lybarger

Tomato

Ali (2001)

"Not the greatest, but awfully darn good."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

Alias Betty (2002)

"Some of what happens in Alias Betty is highly improbable. Yet Miller and his excellent cast sell the story by not overplaying their hands."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

"For 90 minutes it held my interest on a purely visceral level."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)

"Even 25 years later Alien still can make us jump."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
C-

Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)

"Going back to the beginning and seeing where it all began, this film had a lot to live up to in my eyes. In the end, I was just left wondering what all the fuss was about."

Shawn Bowers

Splat
1/4

All About Steve (2009)

"Maybe a sitcom laugh track would have helped. At least it would provide a hint of where we’re supposed to chuckle."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

All Over the Guy (2001)

"It says nothing new, but it says it painlessly."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1/4

All Roads Lead Home (2008)

"It’s not that the film is too complicated, it’s just unwieldy."

David Frese

Splat
2.5/4

All The King's Men (2006)

"It’s well acted by Sean Penn and Jude Law. The only problem is I didn’t care."

Robert W. Butler

-

All the Pretty Horses (2000)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

Almost Famous (2000)

"One of the year's most enjoyable movies. It isn't particularly deep, but it resonates with the truths of an era."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

Alone in the Dark (2005)

"As an audience-participation midnight movie, Alone in the Dark has potential."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

Along Came a Spider (2001)

"No matter how many all-too-remarkable twists and turns it puts us through, it still feels too routine."

Brian McTavish

Tomato
2.5/4

Along Came Polly (2004)

"Unpromising premise proves an ideal showcase for the comic talents of Ben Stiller and, to a lesser extent, supporting player Philip Seymour Hoffman."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

"As tedious as it is inevitable, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is as ho-ho-hum as can be."

Jason Heck

Tomato
4/4

Amarcord (1974)

"Amarcord will make you howl with laughter and then choke back a tear. And all the while you’ll be building your own memories of this landmark movie."

Robert W. Butler

-

The Amati Girls (2001)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

Amelia (2009)

"This film, coming 72 years after Earhart vanished -- plays it awfully safe."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

Amelie (2001)

"May be 2001's most charming, creative and ultimately touching film."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

America's Heart and Soul (2004)

"Features beautiful cinematography and editing that shrewdly builds each segment to a lump-in-the- throat coda."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

America's Sweethearts (2001)

"Not quite tart, not real sweet."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

America: Freedom To Fascism (2006)

"If America: From Freedom to Fascism is right only 10 percent of the time, we're in big trouble."

Robert W. Butler

  
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