Tomato 2.5/4 |
10 Items or Less (2006) |
"...Rachman’s film makes the case that under the right circumstances anger and outrage and defiance are an art form unto themselves." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2007) |
"[Ray's] particular interest in Asia serves him well as he explores the Dalai Lama’s world." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 0.5/4 |
10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"A strong camp sensibility is just about the only thing that might have saved this lumbering beast." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
102 Dalmatians (2000) |
"Seems more about propping up the Dalmatians merchandising franchise than telling even a remotely interesting tale." |
Brian McTavish |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
11:59 (2006) |
"The real attraction here is the brain-twisting premise, which sucks us into the mystery while withholding any answers." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 4/5 |
12 Angry Men (1957) |
"Sidney Lumet's debut feels a bit stagy but is never short on tension." |
Dan Lybarger |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"Miraculously Garner survives all this, giving a vibrant performance that actually does suggest an awkward teenager in a 30-year-old's body." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 2.5/4 |
1408 (2007) |
"For a deep-in-the-bones sense of dread that great horror generates, 1408 comes up short." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
15 Minutes (2001) |
"Does offer some wonderfully cinematic moments ... that get the blood and adrenaline pumping." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
16 Blocks (2006) |
"16 Blocks fails to impress as either an action film or a buddy movie. Almost every effect it reaches for falls short." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
17 Again (2009) |
"It’s an entertaining showcase for its star, and that’s all it really needs to be." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 2/4 |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"Singleton has a great visual sense, but he seems to be overthinking the action, and the result is an almost studious approach that tames the wildness of his stunts." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat C |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"Just because you give an old car a new paint job doesn't mean it runs better." |
Shawn Bowers |
Splat 2/4 |
2012 (2009) |
"Now we know how the world ends -- with a whimper, a very loud whimper." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
2046 (2005) |
"Be prepared for a movie that unfolds with painstaking slowness and deliberation. But if you can hook into its peculiar wavelength, it’s a small masterpiece." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
21 (2008) |
"It’s glitzy. It’s suspenseful. It’s a wallow in get-rich-quick ambition. Of course, it’s also largely uninhabited. But at least the empty vessels are attractive." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
21 Grams (2003) |
"One of those rare films you can have a good argument about." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
27 Dresses (2008) |
"27 Dresses was obviously written by the Chick Flick Plot Generator 2000. Sure, it has a credited 'human' screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, but how do we know she’s not a robot?" |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 3/4 |
28 Days Later (2003) |
"Hits all the right buttons of a satisfying end-of-the-world yarn." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
28 Weeks Later (2007) |
"The real reason most people go to zombie movies -- the mayhem -- is so poorly staged and edited that most of the time you can’t tell what’s going on." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"See the movie for the vampires, which are at least visually interesting. The humans are so boring I couldn’t wait for them to die." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
300 (2007) |
"300 may be the Guy Movie to end all Guy Movies." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) |
"3000 Miles to Graceland never finds the appropriate balance of comedy and mayhem to rise above the pack." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"3:10 to Yuma started out as a pretty straightforward tale. But so much stuff has piled onto this simple structure that you can hear it creaking." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) |
"It’s an astonishing piece, and Cristian Mungiu establishes himself as a world-class director." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) |
"Runs out of ideas long before it runs out of celluloid." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin is often hilarious, thanks to its makers' willingness to go in surprising directions with their humor." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 1.5/4 |
50 First Dates (2004) |
"There's also a weird sense of laziness with 50 First Dates that impedes a lot of the humor and much of the heart." |
Dan Lybarger |
Tomato 3/4 |
500 Days of Summer (2009) |
"The film belongs to its two stars." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
5X2 (2005) |
"We watch Marion and Gilles with a sort of clinical detachment, and it's difficult to really care." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
The 6th Day (2000) |
"How seriously you take The 6th Day may determine whether you laugh with it, at it, or just get caught up in the action of another expensive he-man adventure." |
Ward Triplett III |
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8 1/2 Women (1999) |
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Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
8 Mile (2002) |
"Merely a solid, conventional drama, because it ultimately loses sight of one very important fact: Eminem is at his best when he's making people angry, not when he's asking for their sympathy." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat C+ |
8 Mile (2002) |
"This Eminem melts in your hand and not in your mouth." |
Shawn Bowers |
Splat 1/4 |
88 Minutes (2008) |
"It’s not often you encounter a feature film that contains not even one believable minute." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
9 (2009) |
"The film offers a unique take on the future and enough dazzling sights to merit a second and even third viewing." |
Robert W. Butler |
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