Splat 2/4 |
Eagle Eye (2008) |
"Set in the present, and directed by a middling talent, Eagle Eye still has some entertainment value. But only if you’re looking for a good laugh." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 3/4 |
Earth (2009) |
"With its little-bit-of-everything approach, Earth sometimes feels more like really glorious wallpaper than a satisfying story. But there’s no arguing with those images. They’re fantastic." |
Robert W. Butler |
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East-West (1999) |
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Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Eastern Promises (2007) |
"Mortensen’s work is so good that you’ll want to go back and see Eastern Promises a second time just to appreciate the way he plays us." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4A |
The Edge of Heaven (2008) |
"A transcendent film experience." |
Robert W. Butler |
- |
Edge of the World (1937) |
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Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eight Below (2006) |
"A throwback to the good old days of Disney live-action entertainment." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) |
"Eight Legged Freaks is a decent homage to the 'classics' but never quite understands what made its predecessors so appealing in the first place." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato |
Election (1999) |
"Witherspoon has the most expressive pair of nostrils in the business." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Elegy (2008) |
"The spell cast by most films evaporates before you can fish out the car keys. Elegy, though, only grows in the memory -- more potent, more immediate, more disturbing." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Elektra (2005) |
"Gaps don't ruin the film, thanks to Garner's performance and Bowman's apparent enjoyment of his job." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elephant (2003) |
"A haunting, maddening, scary and very sad portrait of America as it enters a new millenium." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato A- |
Elf (2003) |
"Big laughs in an Elf-sized package." |
Shawn Bowers |
Splat 2/4 |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"Moments occur in the film’s first hour when Elizabethtown seems poised to take off. But it never quite happens, and the second hour is a total mess." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"Whether audiences find it charming or dreary depends upon their tolerance for cutesy ideas indifferently executed." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ellie Parker (2005) |
"Ellie isn’t a particularly likable character, but thanks to Watts she’s an imminently watchable one. In many ways this is a daring, unforgiving performance." |
Robert W. Butler |
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The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"With Sedgewick, I thought of a kind, charismatic, well-meaning person, and I took away the kind and well-meaning part.
Emile Hirsch" |
Dan Lybarger |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Emperor's New Clothes (2002) |
"Gives Holm one of his rare cracks at a true starring role, and the man is magnificent." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
"It's got consistently witty writing, engaging characters, inspired voice acting, jazzy animation and a strong message of brotherly love all wrapped up in a family-friendly bow." |
Brian McTavish |
Splat 2/4 |
Empire (2002) |
"Empire can't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film. It doesn't work as either." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enchanted (2007) |
"There’s plenty to enjoy here." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
End of the Spear (2006) |
"Whether or not you’re religious, End of the Spear tells a compelling and moving story that leaves you wondering at the human heart’s capacity for love, forgiveness and change." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001) |
"The great strength of this documentary is that when it's all over, you half feel you've been to the South Pole, too." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enduring Love (2004) |
"This Brit import has several things going for it, including the best 10 opening minutes of any movie we've seen this year." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
"If Saving Private Ryan didn't thoroughly convince you that war is hell, Enemy at the Gates should complete the job." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Enigma (2002) |
"It's hard to care much about the uncharmingly eccentric characters of Enigma or its overcomplicated plotting." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Enlighten Up! (2009) |
"When she inserts herself into the action, she reveals only her own insecurity. It ends up being very enlightening, but probably not in the way Churchill intends." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"Alex Gibney's documentary is a concise examination of the Enron affair that's poised between straight journalism and outright satire. When it's over you will be so mad you can't see straight." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
Equilibrium (2002) |
"You can practically hear George Orwell turning over." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
Eragon (2006) |
"Any hint of narrative complexity or character development is wiped out by the film’s slavishly straightforward storyline, and its special effects that might be state-of-the-art but never show anything we haven’t seen before.
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Brian McTavish |
Tomato |
Erin Brockovich (2000) |
"A triumph for [Roberts] and her director, Steven Soderbergh, and a thoroughly satisfying time at the movies for the rest of us." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"One of the most realistic movies ever made about the unpredictable impact our experiences have on our sense of self." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 2/4 |
Evan Almighty (2007) |
"Apparently all the money went into the animals. The jokes wouldn’t earn a round of applause at open mic night at your local comedy club." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Evelyn (2002) |
"It's the relationship between Desmond and his daughter Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur) that gives the movie its heart and emotional heft." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Evening (2007) |
"Evening wants desperately to be The Hours. Better luck next time." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Evergreen (2004) |
"This modest coming-of-age story eschews poor-little- poor-girl emotionalism in favor of carefully observed moments that slowly build in power." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Everlasting Moments (2009) |
"Heiskanen is a revelation, capturing and illuminating every flicker of Maria’s growing self-awareness." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Every Little Step (2009) |
"This is a film about young dancers desperate for a job auditioning for a show about … young dancers desperate for a job. It’s wonderful." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Everybody's Famous (2001) |
"Dominique Deruddere's film is at heart all soft and squishy." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Everybody's Fine (2009) |
"A phony premise made tolerable only by the efforts of a strong cast." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Everything is Illuminated (2005) |
"'Everything Is Illuminated' is a movie so in love with its own quirkiness that the moving story almost gets lost in a cacophony of eccentricities." |
Dan Lybarger |
Splat |
Evolution (2001) |
"Evolution suffers from the belief that grandiose special effects are incredibly funny. At best they're weirdly fascinating. Mostly they're simply garish." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ex (2007) |
"About the only person here who seems to be working hard for laughs is Braff. Even Bateman, who was so brilliantly hysterical on TV’s Arrested Development, is denied any major comic moments. And that’s a crime." |
Robert W. Butler |
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Exit Wounds (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) |
"Emily Rose never quite delivers the goods. It’ll get you thinking, no doubt. But emotionally it becomes bogged down in its own indecision." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 1/4 |
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) |
"Director Paul Schrader delivered a movie that the studio didn't like. Now Renny Harlin makes one that nobody likes." |
Dan Lybarger |
Tomato |
The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000) |
"Still has the power to unnerve even cynical audiences." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Express (2008) |
"It will make you care even if you don’t like sports." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Extract (2009) |
"There’s considerable pleasure in watching Bateman take a fairly bland character and imbue him with personality, humor and even a dash of pathos." |
Robert W. Butler |
- |
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert W. Butler |
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