Splat |
W. (2008) |
"In the midst of these tumultuous times, in the midst of this tumultuous election, Stone has delivered his most tepid film." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
The Wackness (2008) |
"The fun is watching Thirlby -- second banana in Juno -- do a tantalizing sex-bomb number, and Kingsley get to flout his knighthood by sticking his tongue down the throat of Mary-Kate Olsen." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Wag the Dog (1997) |
"The picture conveys an irresistible pleasure in fakery for its own sake, and that’s its charm." |
David Denby |
Tomato |
Wah-Wah (2006) |
"As a story, Wah-Wah is far from perfect, but its wonderful cast brings it a complexity all too rare today." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Splat |
Waitress (2007) |
"An overstuffed, overcooked pie -- too ungainly to eat all of, too generous to pass up, too heartbreaking to contemplate for long." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Waking Life (2001) |
"If there was ever a film that made ontological exploration fun, this is it." |
Peter Rainer |
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Walk the Line (2005) |
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Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
WALL-E (2008) |
"The new Pixar picture Wall-E is one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before or after the end of the world -- assuming, like the title character, you’re still around when all the humans have taken off and have access to an old video player." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Wanted (2008) |
"Wanted has the kind of irresistible summer-movie allure that makes studio executives drool in anticipation. Even its title must swim before their eyes and transform into 'Want-to-See'." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
War Dance (2007) |
"The glories of War/Dance are torturously won, and all the more glorious for it." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds is huge and scary, moving and funny—another capper to a career that seems like an unending succession of captivations." |
Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
War Photographer (2002) |
"Nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you. He makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
The War Tapes (2006) |
"See The War Tapes. Maybe this picture can be worth a thousand lives." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Watchmen (2009) |
"They’ve made the most reverent adaptation of a graphic novel ever. But this kind of reverence kills what it seeks to preserve. The movie is embalmed." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Water Lilies (2007) |
"The drama never merely titillates, instead developing a convincing dynamic among the three." |
Logan Hill |
- |
Way Past Cool (2003) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
Waydowntown (2002) |
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Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"A sense of unease, of incompleteness, is, I think, the appropriate response to this movie. Instead of trying to fill in the blanks, Curran and Gross leave things open and ambiguous. Just like life." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
We Own The Night (2007) |
"We Own the Night plays like gangbusters." |
David Edelstein |
- |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
The Wedding Singer (1998) |
"The movie is a tame affair, shot on calm, manicured streets; the interiors are decorated in pastels." |
David Denby |
Splat |
The Wendell Baker Story (2007) |
"The Wilsons can't even tell a been-there-done-that story of a con artist who gets his comeuppance without calling it The Wendell Baker Story, as if the character belongs, by virtue of his Wilsonian pedigree, on a pedestal." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
What Just Happened (2008) |
"What Just Happened? is a doodle, but its aura of dread seems earned." |
David Edelstein |
- |
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
What Planet Are You From? (2000) |
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Peter Rainer |
Splat |
What Time Is It There? (2002) |
"An art piece in which everything seems to be a metaphor for something else, and as pleasing as it is to watch, it's too pretentious by half." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
What We Do Is Secret (2008) |
"The amateur vibe suits the subject matter, and the young cast rises to the challenge." |
Sara Cardace |
Splat |
Whatever Works (2009) |
"In small doses, [David] turns the narcissistic jerk into a hipster. But as an actor he has no equipment for suggesting a conflicted inner life: It’s all just straight to the camera, uninflected bombast." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
When Will I Be Loved (2004) |
"The (inadvertent) question we are left with is, How much is there to know about [Vera] anyway?" |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Where God Left His Shoes (2008) |
"The acting, the on-the-fly atmosphere (the film was shot quickly), and Leguizamo’s increasingly urgent hustle are deeply evocative, but parts of the movie are almost too painful to endure." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) |
"The film is a hodgepodge, and it closes with a whimper. But along the way some lucid voices slip through." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Where the Heart Is (2000) |
"The movie isn't all that much -- it's too cloyingly ramshackle -- but Portman isn't playing down to her character this time around." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Where the Money Is (2000) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
Where The Truth Lies (2005) |
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Ken Tucker |
Tomato |
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"Instead of being bombarded by computer illusions, we’re allowed to suspend our disbelief, to bring our own imaginations into play. For all the artfulness, the feel of the film is rough-hewn, almost primitive. It’s a fabulous tree house of a movie." |
David Edelstein |
Tomato |
Whip It (2009) |
"Barrymore hovers over her actresses like the nicest, most nurturing den mother imaginable, and on its own, Go For It formula terms the movie delivers." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Who Is Norman Lloyd? (2007) |
"Matthew Sussman’s film doesn’t quite do its fascinating subject matter justice." |
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The Wide Blue Road (1957) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
The Widow of St. Pierre (2001) |
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Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
Wild Style (1982) |
"Charlie Ahearn’s groundbreaking film about hip-hop, graffiti, break dancing, and rap in eighties New York celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new 35-mm. print." |
Sara Cardace |
Splat 2/5 |
Wild Things (1998) |
"It is my dreary duty to report that Wild Things ... lacks fantasy and flamboyance, that it lacks, precisely, wild things, and that most of it is just flat." |
David Denby |
Splat |
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008) |
"Yee-haw, I love a good Wild West variety show! Disappointment sets in when it’s clear that there will be little in the way of variety." |
David Edelstein |
Splat |
Wild Wild West (1999) |
"Smith's hip-hop aloofness and Kline's Master Thespian routines don't mesh." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007) |
"The acting is solid all around -- so convincing that the rough Irish accents are appropriately indecipherable at times, and the story itself is as tragic and complicated as that moment in history." |
David Edelstein |
- |
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Windtalkers (2002) |
"I kept wishing I was watching a documentary about the wartime Navajos and what they accomplished instead of all this specious Hollywood hoo-ha." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Winged Migration (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
- |
The Winslow Boy (1999) |
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Peter Rainer |
- |
With a Friend Like Harry (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Without Limits (1998) |
"Beautifully made and features a marvelous performance by Donald Sutherland as the track coach Bill Bowerman, but the movie is no more than moderately interesting." |
David Denby |
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