Splat 2.5/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"Unlike the Godfather saga, what you see here is all you get." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Gun (2006) |
"Despite a few effective moments, Gun ... never makes the big statement it seems to be reaching for." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
American Outlaws (2001) |
"History takes a backseat to buddy-movie cliches." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"In this film, you just want something or someone to laugh at. On those counts, American Pie 2 is a rousing success." |
Ward Triplett III |
- |
American Pimp (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
An American Rhapsody (2001) |
"There's something about this film that speaks so loudly of real emotions and real events as to transcend all shortcomings." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"About more than just one surly individual. It's a celebration of cinema's possibilities, which here get a jaw-dropping workout." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"There are many times when you simply can’t believe you’ve eavesdropped on such personal moments. The triumphs and pains of teenage life are captured here in all their marvelous, maddening complexity." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Violet (2009) |
"Put on your outrage cap." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"After a while, it's more annoying than scary, as niceties like suspense and atmosphere are ignored in favor of making people spill their popcorn. It's the laziest possible way to direct a horror movie." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Amreeka (2009) |
"You can try to resist it, but by the time Cherien Dabis’ writing/directing effort is over, you’ll be completely sucked in." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal made a surprisingly good comedy team in Analyze This. They're still amusing in the follow-up, but this time the result is forced and dull." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Ferrell makes this a movie worth your money, and you'll leave the theater laughing." |
Sam Sessa |
Splat 2/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"What impresses in live theater is ho-hum on celluloid. The film's sets are big and lavish; John Mathieson's cinematography is lush, the orchestrations thundering. But it's just not special, as it was in the theater." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"The movie's ad campaign would have you believe that the couple's relationship is potentially dangerous. It's not, but it's pretty hard to swallow." |
Brian McTavish |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"By the time it’s all over audiences may feel they’ve been had by a fiendishly manipulative storyteller. But then, being had is one of the reasons we go to the movies." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
The Animal (2001) |
"You've got to wonder why the work of Schneider, David Spade and others seemed smarter and fresher on SNL." |
Rasmi Simhan |
Tomato |
Animation Show - Volume 1 (2003) |
"Less about yuks than about the fine-arts aspect of animation." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anita O'Day - The Life Of A Jazz Singer (2008) |
"It’s lovingly made, with jazzy movement, and though it’s no great technical achievement, its low-budget aura hardly detracts from the mission." |
Steve Paul |
Tomato |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"Where else are you going to see so many beautiful people acting in a way that makes the rest of us feel superior?" |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"The Ant Bully is too flawed to be a true classic, or even the best of this busy year. But when it stops talking and starts moving, it reaches breathtaking heights that almost make up for its lows." |
Loey Lockerby |
- |
Antitrust (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antonio Gaudi (1984) |
"Don't be surprised if after seeing this movie you find yourself eyeing travel brochures for Barcelona." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"The film starts out as competent but unremarkable ... and gradually grows into something of considerable power." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"There’s humor in all this misfortune. But the more you watch, the more you empathize." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"Unlike so many of today's films, which are instantly disposable from first frame to last, Coppola's opus has so many moments of pure cinematic genius that once seen, they stay with us forever." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"The difference between a great movie and a merely acceptable one often isn’t a matter of what you put in, but what you leave out. Apocalypto could have done more with less." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"It lacks the substantial story that would make it memorable." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"The results are unbelievably gross and -- once you get with the program -- side-splittingly funny." |
Robert W. Butler |
- |
The Art of War (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Despite running out of juice in its last half-hour, Art School Confidential has enough solid laughs and insider jokes to become a cult perennial." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"Apparently Besson became so enamored of CG animation’s possibilities that he forgot basic rules … such as the one about animation thriving on clear-cut, distinctive characters whose personalities are established in the first few seconds they’re on screen." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ashes of Time Redux (1994) |
"In the end, it’s not unlike a Jackson Pollock painting. No matter how close or how far away you stand from it, some people just get it and some people don’t." |
Jason Heck |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"Utterly forgettable." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"Here's a case of a great performance in a movie so disturbing you get queasy watching it." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"My advice is to ignore such questions and go with the flow." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"The closer the character gets to actually firing up his rocket, the less fun the film becomes. The Polish brothers lose their goofy sense of humor, and The Astronaut Farmer turns serious and, heaven help us, inspiring." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Asylum (2005) |
"The film's great strength is a cast of supporting players who steal scene after scene from their leading lady." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"ATL is unlikely to inspire any emotion stronger than vague indifference." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) |
"Struggles to be complex enough for adults yet simple enough for kids and ends up giving neither audience exactly what it wants." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Audition (2001) |
"Becomes hung up somewhere between polemic rant and bloodletting so luridly graphic as to overshadow whatever sense of righteous revenge the filmmakers were aiming for." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
August Rush (2007) |
"Although Williams seems to be in another film altogether, Russell and Rhys Meyers make an attractive and believable would-be couple, and Highmore may actually be the best child actor working today." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 2/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Somewhere in the back of Mike Myers' mind there's probably a hope that Austin Powers lacks the resilience of James Bond." |
Dan Lybarger |
- |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"From my view, after the war up until the '50s, everything was in black-and-white. In the '60s, everything burst into Technicolor." |
Dan Lybarger |
Splat 2/4 |
Australia (2008) |
"A big mess: emotionally incoherent, laughably simplistic and narratively graceless." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"Kinnear and Dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Avatar (2009) |
"The film’s trailers don’t fully convey the credible magnificence of Cameron’s vision, one that sucks us in and makes us believe." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Celebrates film's possibilities with a joy and confidence that comes only from a cast, writer and director at the top of their powers." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"Sarah Polley gives us one of the year’s best films." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Away We Go (2009) |
"Away We Go is a road-trip comedy. It’s also one of the best films about love I’ve ever seen." |
Robert W. Butler |
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