Va Savoir (2001)

"The sort of lighter-than-air cinematic souffle that only the French seem capable of making nowadays."

Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009)

"Frequently this doc plays like a real-life Fellini movie, filled with beautiful people and bizarre incidents. And ultimately it’s an unexpectedly touching love story."

Van Helsing (2004)

"A two-hour bludgeoning that smacks more of grave-robbing than resurrection."

Vanity Fair (2004)

"Thackeray's lumbering, episodic narrative rarely comes to life. Even Witherspoon's trademark perkiness seems muted and dulled."

Velvet Goldmine (1998)

"A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good."

Vera Drake (2004)

"A brilliant character study within a detailed snapshot of a moment in English history and society, a perfectly realized environment that makes you forget this is a filmed artifice populated with actors."

Vertical Limit (2000)

"Vertical Limit delivers."

View from the Top (2003)

"It's all mapped out in such a simple, obvious fashion, there's virtually no way to find it interesting."

Vincent: A Life in Color (2009)

"A lovely film."

Volver (2006)

"Volver shifts effortlessly from suspense to pathos to giddy humor; the cast members negotiate all these changes while delivering low-keyed, reality-rooted performances."