Tomato |
Amu (2005) |
"[Amu] is clearly a labor of love for the activist filmmaker, as she breaks all the traditional inhibitions of Bollywood to remind the world of -- and, for most of us, reveal for the first time -- one of the most shameful episodes in Indian history." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
An Education (2009) |
"Captivatingly written, directed and acted with sensitivity and nuance, this is one of the best films of the year. It lives up to its title in more ways than one." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Analyze This (1998) |
"[De Niro and Crystal] would seem to be perfectly cast as this oddest of odd couples, but something has gone wrong with the comic chemistry." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Anatomy of Hell (2004) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"Mr. Lelouch seems to have indulged Ms. Kaas and Mr. Irons beyond any rational narrative consideration." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"My own reaction to the current version fashioned by Mr. Schumacher is one of pure stupefaction." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Angela's Ashes (1999) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Embarrassed and clueless, Mr. Nicholson is clearly slumming. As a goopy, doofus pet-clothes designer whose only talent is nostril-wiggling, Mr. Sandler comes closer to playing his real self." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"Too formlessly turgid." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Another Day in Paradise (1998) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Answer Man (2009) |
"The improbable romance between the two stars is a stretch, but their chemistry is undeniable. Unfortunately, much of the film is too implausible to forgive." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"A fine film that proves the past is never too bleak -- or the future too hopeless -- to discover a productive new life, and a home and family to share it." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Curiously, Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci come out better than I imagined after being compelled to play out the movie's sadomasochistic tag line." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Anything Else (2003) |
"None of this adds up to much of a movie; it's more like a filmed hodgepodge of not-fully- thought-out ideas and one-liners and small shards of jaundiced polemic." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Blood pours from every orifice in what looks like a terrible waste of Smucker’s raspberry sauce." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Ed Harris reunites with Viggo Mortensen, his co-star in A History of Violence, and the chemistry is easygoing and understated. But he should have left the direction to someone else." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"From the beginning I found the plot contrivances more than a little forced, and the behavior of the various characters improbably extreme." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"See it if you aren’t too jaded to appreciate a few laughs in these mostly mirthless times." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Armageddon (1998) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"A film to be seen and savored for its moral magnitude." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Curiously, this relentlessly cynical tone turns out sounding refreshingly original compared to the usual pieties in the genre." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Ashes of Time (1994) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Ashes of Time Redux (1994) |
"One feels the passionate intensity of the filmmaker in every strand of his luminously intricate narrative." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"Despite fine performances and occasional moments of fascinating visual beauty, Ask the Dust is long, lazy, plotless, formless, overwrought, hysterical, unconvincing and very, very boring." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"The extraordinary expressive performers, male and female; the haunting interior and exterior conflicts; the painstaking authenticity of the period detail; and the subtly modulated mood shifts all combine to make a modern masterpiece of an old legend." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"I find that I much prefer Mr. Penn as the not-so-nice cynic in Anthony Drazan's Hurlyburly (1998) or Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003) to his sincere, idealistic fool here." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"It's a curious and unsatisfying lark, in which Robert Duvall the actor is rendered speechless by Robert Duvall the writer and sideswiped by Robert Duvall the director." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"In boots, spurs and bow-legged jeans under his homemade Stanley Kubrick space suit, Billy Bob makes dreamers of us all." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Asylum (2005) |
"A leanly structured, richly detailed and artistically thrilling work that is one of the most important films of the year." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Asylum (2005) |
"Powerful, haunting and beautifully crafted, Asylum deserves attention, praise, respect, admiration and Oscars." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Atonement (2007) |
"One of the most successful adaptations of a distinguished novel I have ever seen." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Atonement (2007) |
"Atonement is everything a true lover of literature and movies could possibly hope for. It is unquestionably, without any reservations, my favorite film of the year." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
August (2008) |
"The direction by somebody called Austin Chick gives the appearance of being phoned in from an Internet bar in another town." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
August Evening (2007) |
"August Evening is infinitely more absorbing and entertaining than we had any right to expect from such simple and undemanding creatures." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"It's all amateur-night vaudeville and movies within movies that degenerate into total inanity." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Australia (2008) |
"I must confess that I might have been harder on Mr. Luhrmann’s film if I had not remained entranced by Ms. Kidman." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"Everything in the movie rises and falls dismally, with little sense even of waste and loss." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"From the opening razzmatazz and Vegas lounge-band arrangements behind the credits, to the crime-lab murder scene itself, Mr. Schrader captures the air-conditioned look and feel of the Hollywood dream factory." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Autumn Spring (2003) |
"Tells the story of a cantankerous and death-denying Czech oldster with enough unsentimental nuances and character reversals to make the film an instant classic in a genre that is seldom high on the list of commercially viable projects." |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Autumn Tale (1998) |
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Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Avatar (2009) |
"Did everything make sense? Nope. And you know what? Who cares! Avatar is thrilling, exciting and, best of all, something new that your eyeballs didn't even know they very much wanted to see." |
Sara Vilkomerson |
Tomato |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"The film serves as a timely reminder of the tastefully sybaritic terrain that our own mainstream moviemakers have largely ignored in the commercially driven thirst for blood and gore." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Mr. Scorsese is a great director who often fails, but you have to give him credit for always being on the prowl for new and demanding subjects, even when the results are disastrous, and for remaining true to his own vision, even when it is not shared." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Away From Her (2007) |
"I have seen few films in recent years as emotionally engrossing and edifying. It is not to be missed by any moviegoer professing to be looking for something different." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Away From Her (2007) |
"A heartbreaking and memorable cinematic experience." |
Rex Reed |
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