Tomato 3/4
Nacho Libre (2006)
"Jared Hess has made another sweet PG-rated movie populated with determined oddballs in surreally timeless settings. "
David Frese
Tomato 3.5/4
The Namesake (2007)
"This is a very good movie."
Robert W. Butler
Nanking (2007)
"A deft and dramatic melding of talking-head documentary, historic photos and film footage and readings by a cast of actors, the film is a devastating depiction of man’s inhumanity to man. It is also about how some of us are brave enough to say 'No.'"
Nanny McPhee (2006)
"Don’t expect to leave the theater singing -- Nanny McPhee isn’t a musical -- but you’ll be grinning. You may not even care if your snaggletooth is showing."
Brian McTavish
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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
"Interview with Napoleon Dynamite actor-assistant director Brian Petersen about his own directing effort, Think Tank."
Dan Lybarger
Tomato
"Napoleon Dynamite has all the markings of a midnight show perennial."
National Geographic - Forces of Nature (2005)
"Captures the grandeur and terror of our Midwestern cyclonic storms."
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
"Haven't watched it in awhile, but I remember it well and I remember enjoying it. One of the better Vacation movies (Vegas Vacation is still the best, though)."
Shawn Bowers
Splat 1/4
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
"Once upon a time, anything associated with the name "National Lampoon" generated as many chuckles as a can of nitrous oxide. Now the effect is more like a laxative."
Tomato 2.5/4
National Treasure (2004)
"Despite its superficiality, National Treasure is undeniably enjoyable."
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)
"Some of Book of Secrets is quite ridiculous, but in a film that plays fast and loose with history and reality, nothing is impossible."
Splat 2.5/4
The Nativity Story (2006)
"For this viewer it felt a bit too much like a made-for-TV special."
Never Back Down (2008)
"If Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever makes a comeback, I’ve got its first movie. A soulless blend of bad action, bad acting and worse writing, Never Back Down is tolerable only if merciless wisecrackers are offering commentary."
Loey Lockerby
Splat 1.5/4
The New Guy (2002)
"For a movie that extols breaking from the pack, "The New Guy" stays well within the herd."
Splat 2/4
New in Town (2009)
"We’ve learned not to expect much from movies released in January. New in Town only proves the point."
The New World (2005)
"This is a willfully noncommercial film, a two-hour-plus tone poem on this country’s origins and original sin. As such it is often uplifting and occasionally exasperating. But it’s unlike anything else you’ve seen."
New York Minute (2004)
"It's as if someone took three or four of the Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley videos and stitched them together in a way that is convoluted and strangely plotless."
Next (2007)
"At least Next has a sense of humor, which helps soften (though not enough) the ridiculous premises on which the enterprise rests."
Next Day Air (2009)
"Guy Ritchie called. He wants all of his movies back."
Jason Heck
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
"The soundtrack is as good as you'd expect from a movie about music lovers, as artists like Vampire Weekend and Devendra Banhart provide the essential background for the characters' adventures."
Night at the Museum (2006)
"Night at the Museum will at least give you a chance to see Andy Hardy beat the snot out of Zoolander. That alone should be worth the price of admission."
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
"Busy is not the same as clever."
The Night Listener (2006)
"The Night Listener has much to recommend it, but I find myself less than enthusiastic precisely because this movie made me feel so lousy."
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
"Some of us could happily watch Diane Lane reading the Congressional Record. But there are limits to that devotion. Like Nights in Rodanthe."
Nim's Island (2008)
"A good idea and a great cast are wasted in Nim’s Island, a kiddie flick pitched to second-grade sensibilities that still manages to underestimate its audience."
Tomato 4/4
Nine Lives (2005)
"You won't find ensemble acting much better or writing more incisive than that in Nine Lives ..."
Nine Queens (2002)
"An incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams."
Ninja Assassin (2009)
"McTeigue obscures whatever is happening on screen, using bad lighting and rapid editing when he should be holding the image still and letting viewers see what they came for."
The Ninth Day (2005)
"The film's star ... is Diehl, who perfectly captures the banality of evil inherent in Nazism. Villains are great characters, and Diehl's Gebhardt is terrific."
No Country for Old Men (2007)
"With No Country for Old Men the Coens may have made their ultimate statement. You may not agree with their pessimism, but they so effectively tell their story that you cannot help but be swept up in their vision."
No Impact Man (2009)
"It’s kinda inspiring. It’s also very funny."
No Man's Land (2001)
"Ranks not far behind Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove."
No Reservations (2007)
"It doesn’t have the freshness and inspiration of a gourmet meal, but it makes for a pretty decent reheated leftover."
Norbit (2007)
"I could deal better with mean-spiritedness if the film were better written and directed. But the picture's humor is hit and miss, with long unfunny passages and characters who really don't change much."
North Country (2005)
"Holding it all together is director Caro, who seems to have a knack for immersing herself in different cultures and finding the pressure points that release a story’s power."
Northfork (2003)
"Northfork is visually stunning, thematically rich and, ultimately, about as exciting as watching an old car rust."
Splat
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
"Perhaps the most tasteless comedy ever aimed at a multiplex. At least until the sequel."
Not Easily Broken (2009)
"The movie sinks beneath a great mass of clichés until the audience has no choice but to wearily raise its hands in surrender."
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009)
"The onslaught of tastelessness begins even before the opening credits and continues nonstop for 103 deliciously sleazy minutes."
The Notebook (2004)
"For those of even a moderately cynical bent, The Notebook is likely to induce apoplectic choking."
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
"Notes on a Scandal isn’t deep. It’s chilly and mean and takes a largely dim view of humanity. None of which prevents it from being good, nasty fun."
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
"Have you seen it before? Well, yeah. Lots. But have you seen it quite like this? Doubtful."
Notorious (2009)
"Notorious is slightly better than the average hip-hop biopic (50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ among them). But the Great American Hip-Hop Film is still out there somewhere, waiting to be told."
Novocaine (2001)
"Moments that should generate big laughs or nerve-racking suspense seem stunted and half-formed."
Nowhere in Africa (2003)
"Populated with personalities so completely rendered that they're as believable as the people next door."
The Number 23 (2007)
"Visually stylish and dramatically moribund, The Number 23 is a half-baked idea posing as profundity."
Nurse Betty (2000)
"Nurse Betty is a film of extremes, offering both tenderness and viciousness, absurdism and genuine emotion."
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