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Critics / Publications / Kansas City Star

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Authors
    • Shawn Bowers
    • Robert W. Butler
    • Sharon Chapman
    • Derek Donovan
    • John Mark Eberhart
    • Timothy Finn
    • Robert Folsom
    • David Frese
    • Leah Green
    • James Hart
    • Jason Heck
    • Sharon Hoffmann
    • Steve Kobak
    • Loey Lockerby
    • Dan Lybarger
    • Brian McTavish
    • Eric Melin
    • Nell Minow
    • Steve Paul
    • Sam Sessa
    • Rasmi Simhan
    • Hampton Stevens
    • Ward Triplett III
    • Robert Trussell
    • Calvin Wilson
    • Eric Winkler

Kansas City Star

  
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Rating Title Year Quote Author

Splat
2.5/4

W. (2008)

"W.’s main shortcoming is its wishy-washiness. It lacks a real point of view (unusual for a Stone effort), and as a result there’s little in the way of genuine drama."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

The Wackness (2008)

"Quite aside from its dramatic ambitions, The Wackness does a nifty job of capturing the zeitgeist of Manhattan on the eve of Rudy Giuliani’s big crackdown on drugs, thugs, sex shops and colorful street life."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

Waiting... (2005)

"Don’t expect a message. Waiting is one thing and one thing only: rudely, profanely, obnoxiously funny."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

Waking Life (2001)

"It does have the makings of a major cult item."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

"At least it’s not as bad as it could have been."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato

Walk on Water (2005)

"If you want to test the current state of Israel's collective soul you could do a whole lot worse than Walk on Water."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Walk the Line (2005)

"Phoenix’s performance is more of an interior journey that slowly grows on us."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
1/4

Walking Tall (2004)

"At a too-short 86 minutes, the remake sacrifices exposition and coherence in the name of action. But when the action is lame, what's the freaking point?"

David Frese

Tomato
3/4

WALL-E (2008)

"With its split personality, WALL-E falls short of greatness. Even so, it pushes the animation envelope with every frame."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
5/5

Wallace & Gromit Gift Set (1990)

"The Wallace and Gromit films are always fun for all ages...this set should hold you over until they can get the full-length feature made...."

Shawn Bowers

Tomato
3/4

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

"But the big joys of this movie are the characters."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Wanted (2008)

"With a star-heavy cast, mind-blowing visuals and more blood than a vampire flick, this modern-day fantasy about an ages-old brotherhood of assassins is an over-the-top guilty pleasure."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3.5/4

War Dance (2007)

"This is powerful stuff that reasserts both the evil and the good in human hearts."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3.5/4

War of the Worlds (2005)

"This is one genuinely scary, disturbing movie."

Robert W. Butler

-

The Wash (2001)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Splat

The Watcher (2000)

"Mind you, it's not a bad serial killer movie. Just routine."

Brian McTavish

Tomato
3.5/4

Watchmen (2009)

"It’s only the best superhero movie ever made."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Water (2006)

"It slowly builds in emotional power."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

Watermarks (2004)

"The film's real power comes from the women's personalities."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

The Way of the Gun (2000)

"Uplifting? Not for a second. But if you're in the mood for a furious ride, The Way of the Gun delivers."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

We Are Marshall (2006)

"Matthew McConaughey is the MVP of We Are Marshall."

David Frese

Splat

We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)

"These are terrifically talented actors wasted on a film that's short on insight, long on self-pity and essentially anti-erotic."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
2.5/4

We Own The Night (2007)

"If Gray had put as much effort into his script as he puts into [several] scenes, he might have made a film to rival Scorsese or Cronenberg. As it is, he’s tugging mightily on their coattails."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato

We Were Soldiers (2002)

"Wallace proves himself a first-class action director, with the ebb and flow of battle unfolding in a manner that is comprehensible yet chaotic."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

Wedding Crashers (2005)

"Director Dobkin should have taken a hint from his carousing central characters -- move in quick, score and get out before they know what’s hit ’em."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

The Wedding Date (2005)

"Hardly worth an $8 ticket, however, especially since you can see Messing play the same character in a better-written venue every week. After all, that's one of the central messages of the film: Never pay for something you can get for free."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
3/4

A Wedding for Bella (2001)

"Executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity, with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted Scrooge could fail to respond."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

The Wedding Planner (2001)

"A mildly entertaining flick."

Rasmi Simhan

Tomato

The Weight of Water (2002)

"Works better in its various parts than as a whole."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

"Director Donald Petrie and screenwriter Tom Schulman are masters of middle-of- the-road blandness. What they provide is harmless and occasionally worth a chuckle, but there's not much point in watching a movie when you already know every line."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
3/4

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

"Its effortless evocation of poverty’s emotional brutality could hardly be more topical."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

What a Girl Wants (2003)

"There are about half a dozen sequences of Bynes trying on different outfits and so many bubble-gum pop songs on the soundtrack, it's like being trapped at a junior high slumber party."

Loey Lockerby

Tomato
B-

What a Girl Wants (2003)

"Despite her obnoxious Nickelodeon pedigree, Bynes proves that, given the right project, she isn't half bad."

Shawn Bowers

Splat
2/4

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

"It’s a testament to how good casting can help a film and bad writing can hurt it even more."

Loey Lockerby

-

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004)

"A different kind of movie."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

What Women Want (2000)

"Not many of today's actors could carry this off. The ever-charming Gibson makes it look way too easy."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2/4

What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

"And as far as sermons go, it’s a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it."

David Frese

-

What's Cooking? (2000)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Splat

What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001)

"Despite its flaws, this amoral little movie rises to mediocre."

Brian McTavish

Splat
2.5/4

Whatever Works (2009)

"Unlike last year’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which felt fresh and contemporary, Whatever Works seems dated. Allen has covered these themes so often that they provide few surprises."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

When Brendan Met Trudy (2001)

"Maybe the film is only cotton candy, but as empty calories go, it's satisfying enough."

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)

"When Did You Last See Your Father? is based on a true story, but it still feels contrived."

Loey Lockerby

Splat
1.5/4

Where The Truth Lies (2005)

"Take away the kinky sex -- the reason for no MPAA rating -- and there’s even less to be interested in."

Brian McTavish

Splat
2/4

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

"The resulting movie isn’t for young children. I’m not sure it’s for grown-ups, either -- not unless they’re into boredom."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato
3/4

Whip It (2009)

"Whip It is an unexpectedly touching film about female empowerment."

-

Whipped (2000)

Click here to see the review.

Robert W. Butler

Splat
2.5/4

White Countess (2005)

"... all atmosphere with little dramatic juice."

Robert W. Butler

Splat

White Noise (2005)

"You'd never guess from this glum performance that at one time [Michael Keaton] was among our most entertaining comic actors. Here he's just boring."

Robert W. Butler

Tomato

White Oleander (2002)

"Lohman not only goes toe-to-toe with Pfeiffer, she carries almost every scene, and does so with a performance that should make her a star in her own right."

Loey Lockerby

  
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