Splat |
P.S. (2004) |
"It's a depressing sign of these Botoxed times that we're not meant to question the fact that the ravishing Laura Linney, playing a 39-year-old admissions officer in Columbia's fine-arts department, is over the hill." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"An unapologetic tearjerker, the film lays on the sap at points, but is helped immeasurably by surprisingly clever dialogue and well-played, funny performances by the supporting cast." |
Sara Cardace |
Tomato |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow." |
David Edelstein |
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Palindromes (2005) |
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Ken Tucker |
- |
Palmetto (1998) |
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David Denby |
Tomato |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"His palette here is deep-toned, with bottomless blacks and supersaturated oranges and blues -- as if the Walt Disney of Pinocchio had collaborated with Goya." |
David Edelstein |
- |
Panic Room (2002) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Paper Dolls (2006) |
"Director Tomer Heymann's matter-of-fact style serves him well, but to say that the subject matter is of limited interest would be an understatement." |
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Tomato |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"... remarkable ..." |
Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"Paranoid Park is a supernaturally perfect fusion of Van Sant’s current conceptual-art-project head-trip aesthetic and Blake Nelson’s finely tuned first-person 'young adult' novel." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"In the light of day, it’s all very silly and conventional. But of course we’re not talking about the light of day." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Paris 36 (2008) |
"My tolerance for French kitsch is low and French accordion music lower, so that I stayed in my seat bodes well for the film’s commercial prospects." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Passing Strange (2010) |
"The cutting is hyperkinetic, yet Lee is always in synch with the cast’s phenomenal energy. He’s in their thrall -- and so are we." |
David Edelstein |
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Passion of Mind (1999) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"Bears the same relation to other biblical epics as a charnel house does to your local deli." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Paths of Glory (1957) |
"Paths of Glory is all about that greatest of all movie subjects: power." |
Ken Tucker |
Splat |
The Patriot (2000) |
"The period décor and costuming and production design may be in the overhoned Hollywood classic style, but the plotting is pure melodrama." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (2008) |
"Steven Sebring’s gorgeous, up-close-and-personal doc about the legendary rocker is both a journey into Smith’s storied past and a portrait of her life today." |
Sara Cardace |
Splat |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"With its smorgasbord of moralizings, Pay It Forward is a confusing welter of sentiment." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"The woe and horror of the event is steamrolled by a surplus of special and digitized effects." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
People I Know (2003) |
"Trashy and lurid as this movie is, it’s certainly not boring, and it keeps its star in hog heaven throughout." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
People Say I'm Crazy (2004) |
"A bracing antidote to the usual Beautiful Mind-style Hollywoodization of mental illness." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/5 |
A Perfect Murder (1998) |
"His [Davis] direction is swift and very effective, and the movie, shot in shades of ebony (the color of black marble), looks exceptionally handsome." |
David Denby |
Splat |
The Perfect Storm (2000) |
"The audience, with good reason, is much more conflicted in the end about this voyage than the crew, and so we are put in the unfortunate position of feeling superior to these men." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Persepolis (2007) |
"An exhilarating reminder of what animation can do that other media can’t." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2009) |
"It sounds completely mad, but it hangs together because of the brilliant, hilarious decision to insert the garrulous philosopher into key scenes of the films he discusses." |
Miranda Siegel |
Tomato |
The Pianist (2002) |
"It's Roman Polanski's strongest and most personally felt movie." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
The Piano Teacher (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"Pieces of April is built around the tired premise of a dysfunctional family's Thanksgiving get-together, but -- surprise -- it's fresh." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2007) |
"Pierrepoint is worth seeing for Shergold’s attention to process and for all the ghoulish details." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"It’s empty and formulaic, with plotting that’s lazy even by stoner-comedy standards. Without all the yuck-o sight gags, it would be a huge bummer." |
David Edelstein |
- |
Pink Panther (2006) |
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David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Pinochet Case (2002) |
"The Pinochet Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who, having survived, suffered most." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"The director, Gore Verbinski, has grown more adept at Spielberg-style action, in which the fun is as much in the elegance of the staging as the stunts." |
David Edelstein |
- |
Place Vendome (1998) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
Planet of the Apes (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
John Leonard |
- |
Play it to the Bone (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
The Pledge (2001) |
"Penn can't be faulted for his work with the actors. Most of the featured players have only a scene or two, but they're indelible." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Point of Order (1964) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Denby |
- |
Pola X (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Pollock (2000) |
"Harris as an actor does justice to his long-term passion to play Pollock." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Pontypool (2009) |
"Pontypool is, in all senses, brain food -- and juicy." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Ponyo (2009) |
"When Miyazaki makes films that decry the threat to the natural world, every molecule onscreen resonates with that belief -- a belief that dissolves the boundaries between form and content." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001) |
"Could have used more hog and less hedge, if you catch my drift." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Denby |
Splat |
Poseidon (2006) |
"As a humanist, I applaud the respect for life, but I miss the campy fun. The movie is, in all senses, a big downer." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Possession (2002) |
"For a movie that purports to be about the passions of love and language, Possession is remarkably prim." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"The movie, redolent of death, is a sort of wake, but a funny-sad one, teeming with music, corny jokes, and an ensemble of gifted performers who appear to be having an obscene amount of fun in one another’s company." |
David Edelstein |
- |
Praying with Lior (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"Daniels does everything to hold the melodrama at bay, but there’s only so much he can do." |
David Edelstein |
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