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Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
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Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Hairspray (2007) |
"Hairspray is more fun than anything we’ve seen at the multiplex so far this year. And unlike most of this summer’s blockbusters, it’s got something on its mind." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"A gripping, deeply affecting experience delivered with no Hollywood hooey but an appreciation of small lives and human foibles." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hancock (2008) |
"That pain in your neck is cinematic whiplash." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Hangover (2009) |
"If there is any justice in the universe, The Hangover will make Zach Galifianakis a household name." |
David Frese |
Tomato 2/4 |
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) |
"I’m not much of a fan of the whole Hannah thing, but it’s pretty clear that young Miss Cyrus is the real deal." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Hannibal (2001) |
"Slick, sophisticated and essentially soulless." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Nothing in this film has the visceral or emotional impact that would make it more than an average thriller. It just goes through the bland, mass-produced motions." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat 2/4 |
The Happening (2008) |
"Basically it's a half-hour Twilight Zone episode blown up to feature length." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Happily Ever After (2005) |
"In a world filled with empty lust and marital discord, Yvan Attal’s wistful comedy is about a guy who loves his wife." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Happy Endings is two-thirds of a really good film." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"It piles lots of contemporary issues on what should be a simple children’s fable and becomes an overlong, emotionally muted and tiresome epic." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"Mike Leigh, cockeyed optimist?" |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"... once seen, Hard Candy doesn’t easily give up its grip." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Hardball (2001) |
"If David Spade were introducing Hardball ... he would say that he liked it better the first time, when it was called The Mighty Ducks." |
Leah Green |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"Cho and Penn are winning leads and play well off of each other. When the film works, it’s often due to their interaction." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Harrison's Flowers (2002) |
"Despite its melodramatic framework and thin characterizations, the movie does deliver an unforgettable sense of the desperate civil conflicts that seem to be a recurrent phenomenon of our troubled times." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"There are enough pleasures here to guarantee a diverting time to all but the most curmudgeonly Muggles." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"Visually exciting and dramatically flaccid, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire seems destined to separate the faithful from the phonies." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"The greatest pleasures offered by Steve Kloves’ screenplay involve these familiar characters enduring the unexceptional pangs of adolescence." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"[The fans] have a lot invested in Harry Potter, and far from running out of steam it seems the series is willing to take them to new and unsettling places." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"A whole lot of fun, even for those of us who haven't read the books." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Poorly paced and frequently dull." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"It's not very scary, and it's not very funny. In fact, The Haunted Mansion isn't very anything except perhaps a very smart display of the production designer's art." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
The Haunting (1999) |
"The Haunting is entertaining enough in its excessive, fun-house fashion." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2/4 |
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"By the final reel you’ll either be swept along by the sheer energetic absurdity of it all, or you’ll be laughing at how goofy and muddled it is. The only thing you definitely won’t be is scared." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"Before it gets all gooey in the last reel, the film casts an eye on the self-destructive ways so many young women approach love and romance." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Head of State (2003) |
"For someone who became famous for his daring attitude, Rock seems strangely determined to be as formulaic as possible here." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat |
Head Over Heels (2001) |
"Isn't so much a story as it is a bunch of situations that boil down to crude jokes and even cruder sight gags." |
Brian McTavish |
Tomato 3/4 |
Heading South (2006) |
"A compact drama boiling over with political and sexual subtext, Heading South gives us yet another opportunity to soak up the wonder that is Charlotte Rampling." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"This must have been a great idea on paper." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"It doesn't take long, though, for the deficiencies of this comedy to assert themselves." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) |
"For all the excellence of performance and execution, Hearts in Atlantis feels too formulaic." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Heaven (2002) |
"The ambiguous note on which Heaven ends would be irritating in a conventional film, but here it seems curiously fitting." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Heights (2005) |
"According to this film, New York is a joyless place where people live only to drop names, attend parties, cheat on loved ones and brood." |
Dan Lybarger |
Splat |
Heist (2001) |
"It's only skin deep." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hellboy (2004) |
"Silly stuff, to be sure, but Perlman is so spectacular that he holds it together." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) |
"Enjoy The Golden Army for what it is, a big fat piece of eye candy. But for the next Hellboy movie could we please have a lot more Hellboy?" |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Her Majesty (2005) |
"Despite its clunkier moments, Her Majesty generally works because it realizes that kids often understand adult foibles much better than grownups themselves." |
Dan Lybarger |
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Her Majesty (2005) |
"For writer-director Mark J. Gordon today's opening in Kansas City for Her Majesty is the end of a nearly 15-year odyssey." |
Dan Lybarger |
Splat 2/4 |
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) |
"While Fully Loaded doesn’t have much for grown-ups who think characters need dimensions or a good story requires an unexpected turn or two, it offers a nice pit stop of nostalgic memories." |
Ward Triplett III |
Tomato |
Hero (2004) |
"A brain-teasing, eye-delighting, pulse-pumping marvel." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) |
"Its makers coast along on the assumption that kids who like the show will drag their parents to the multiplex -- whether the film is any good or not." |
Loey Lockerby |
Tomato |
Hidalgo (2004) |
"Even when it stretches credibility to the breaking point, Hidalgo is a larger-than-life adventure with a brisk pace and a charismatic star." |
Loey Lockerby |
Splat |
Hide and Seek (2005) |
"Hide and Seek is the worst sort of horror film -- one that takes itself seriously without having anything to back up that attitude." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat |
High Crimes (2002) |
"If High Crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato |
High Fidelity (2000) |
"A romantic comedy that rather quickly runs out of fresh ideas but remains afloat simply because we get so much pleasure in watching Cusack." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) |
"High School Musical 3: Senior Year is actually better than it needs to be." |
Robert W. Butler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
High Tension (2005) |
"An alternately shocking, creepy and fiendishly suspenseful ride." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) |
"The new Hills Have Eyes has little reason to exist, except to obey the law that every film from the '70s must be remade at least once before 2010." |
Loey Lockerby |