Tomato |
Hairspray (2007) |
"When Hairspray slows or stumbles, which it often does, the direction and choreography (both by Adam Shankman) pull it back together fast, and it keeps on trucking." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"The key to the direction of all the performances is tactful restraint and nuanced modulation." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"The scalding talents of the moody, introspective young actor Ryan Gosling are sharply focused in Half Nelson, elevating an otherwise slight and depressingly offbeat film high above the realm of the ordinary with blast-furnace force." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Hamlet (2000) |
"The lines are read for the most part with more feeling for the angry-stepchild plot than for the iambic pentameter." |
Andrew Sarris |
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The Hangover (2009) |
Click here to see the review. |
Sara Vilkomerson |
Splat |
The Happening (2008) |
"For a movie with the potential for so much global-warming electricity, it’s disappointingly low on voltage." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Happenstance (2001) |
"Tatou ... gives a more interesting performance than she did in her overly bossy, fussy title role in Amélie." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Happily Ever After (2005) |
"If you ever get a chance to see Happily Ever After at any venue and in any form, drop everything and see it." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Happy Accidents (2001) |
"A cleverly resourceful mixture of romantic comedy and sci-fi time travel." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Serves as a relaunching pad for the magical talents of Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jude." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"Was I enchanted, entertained or even diverted for its 108-minute running time? Not really." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Happy Times (2002) |
"Endows humanist cinema with a heroic moral dimension." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"Mr. Leigh has executed a richly exuberant entertainment for our troubled times, and deserves still another of my honorary Oscars for his astoundingly skillful effort." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"Hard Candy is supposed to be another cautionary tale about the dangerous risks of online chat-room dating, but ends up being just another psychological horror flick about pedophilia in which Little Red Riding Hood turns the tables on the wolf." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"The entire cast perform ably, but Mr. Pearce and Ms. Griffiths ... are something special in their native habitat." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"It's the kind of predictable programmer that used to fill the bottom half of double bills, but it's worth the effort to catch Ms. Griffiths." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Harrison's Flowers (2002) |
"The cast fits very convincingly into the nightmarish landscape of a ravaged country." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"In all fairness, I must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed, fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"The fourth and most boring entry in the franchise." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth and worst installment yet, is two and a half hours of paralyzing tedium, featuring another colossal waste of British talent and a plot a real witch couldn’t find with a crystal ball." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"The silliest, as well as the most contrived -- and confusing -- of them all." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Two and a half hours of pure, uninterrupted enchantment." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Harsh Times (2006) |
"Harsh Times is an hour-by-hour diary of two crazy, unreliable, irresponsible dudes trying to find a way to fit into the same society they hate, facing one hurdle after another until they appear to butcher half of Los Angeles." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Hart's War (2002) |
"An exciting, thoughtful and adrenaline-pumping war picture that is provocative and different." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008) |
"It’s kind of amazing that a film about a sports game where the final score is in the title could be so suspenseful, but Mr. Rafferty manages to pull it off." |
Sara Vilkomerson |
Splat |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"Pure schmaltz, but not without its share of feel-good entertainment value." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Haven (2006) |
"Empty and moribund." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
He Got Game (1998) |
"At the end of Mr. Lee's movie, all you feel is the distraction of Mr. Lee's stylistic exhibitionism, without which, I concede, he might not be regarded as a genius in some quarters." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2003) |
"As for Ms. Tautou, she demonstrates that she's much, much more than just another pretty face. You may love her or you may hate her, but you will never be bored by her." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"It has all the depth of a television sitcom parody. In the end, it’s hard to tell who is more miserable -- the losers on the screen or the victims in the audience." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Head-On (2005) |
"This is a film experience that stays in the mind." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Heading South (2006) |
"The film is too slow for my taste, but for perfectly formed characters and authentic human conflict, Heading South is beautifully written, carefully photographed and eventually devastating." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"Unfolds on the screen as the most moving kind of love story -- intelligent and passionate, carnal and spiritual, joyous, mournful and hounded on all sides by the exigencies of time, history and memory." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"A civilized film about people who are as fascinating for their flaws as for their strengths." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Heartbeat Detector (2008) |
"It has haunted me ever since I saw it, with its implied foreboding for the future. Implied and justified in my opinion, and it may become yours if you choose to catch Heartbeat Detector." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) |
"A sweet coming-of-age story set in the summer of 1960, akin in mood to [King's] Stand by Me." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"The rock score by Stephen Trask that dominates most of the film is loud and unbearable." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Heights (2005) |
"I must confess that there were long stretches in Heights when I felt that the proceedings were a tad too 'theatrical' for my taste." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Heights (2005) |
"The film is never dull, the writing and direction are impeccable, the ensemble performances are uniformly seamless, and Heights is brave, eloquent and riveting." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Heist (2001) |
"I couldn’t believe any of it on any level, though it could be described as 'fun.'" |
Andrew Sarris |
- |
Henry Fool (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Herb & Dorothy (2009) |
"Herb & Dorothy describes and amply illustrates the extraordinary saga of the Vogels, who double-handedly built one of the most important collections of Minimalist and Conceptual Art in history with their modest salaries." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Hero (2004) |
"I wouldn't have missed this spectacle for the world, and neither should you -- despite an admitted quirk in my political sensibility in these contentious times that keeps me from admiring the film wholeheartedly." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Hidalgo (2004) |
"An exciting, colorful and very appealing movie." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Hide and Seek (2005) |
"[An] idiotic, yawn-a-minute thriller." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
High Fidelity (2000) |
"Mr. Frears has managed for the most part to retain the velocity of the narrative without sacrificing the psychological coherence of the characters." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The History Boys (2006) |
"The History Boys is one of the best, most reverent, comprehensive and seamless transfers from stage to screen ever made." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
A History of Violence (2005) |
"Mr. Cronenberg has imbued his narrative with a style of personal conviction that is found in only the greatest auteurs." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Hitch (2005) |
"I didn't expect much from Hitch and, not surprisingly, I didn't get much -- but I was entranced by the film nonetheless, from a historical perspective." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Hoax (2007) |
"Ultimately, The Hoax seems designed to appeal to the larcenous impulse in all of us." |
Andrew Sarris |
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