Tomato |
The Machinist (2004) |
"Christian Bale gives his all for his art in The Machinist." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Mad Love (2001) |
"The gifted and lovely Ms. López de Ayala makes Joan both an imperious queen and a passionate creature of desire." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Mad Money (2008) |
"A mild comedy that penetrates its see-through cellophane wrap with a few good laughs and many performances that are even better." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Made-Up (2004) |
"The rest of the cast spend so much time trying to avoid tripping over each other and the electric wires strewn all over the carpets that the suspension of disbelief becomes an increasingly strenuous chore." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Maelström (2002) |
"[Villeneuve] seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"Mr. Mullan's fictional treatment of this subject in The Magdalene Sisters has much to commend." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"A great film that deserves genuflection." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) |
"I must say that I much prefer it to Citizen Kane (1941). So sue me." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Magnolia (1999) |
"What this film may have needed to get on its feet is some honest-to-goodness violence." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Majestic (2001) |
"Carrey gets the best role of his own career -- and plays it with tenderness, valor, bravery and deeply moving conviction. I find him positively captivating." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"None of them can sing, and nothing they do looks natural. Rarely have I witnessed so many pros appear so clueless." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) |
"Only the charm and attractiveness of the cast keeps this movie from the remainder bin." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Man in the Chair (2007) |
"At a time when most films wallow in mankind’s basest instincts, Man in the Chair is a rare, once-in-a-blue-moon kind of movie that celebrates the best qualities in people and makes you applaud the human race." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Man on Fire (2004) |
"Suffice it to say nothing about this pumped-up, hyperthyroidal Tony Scott revenge flick makes sense, but it takes two hours to kill off as many people and demolish as many vehicles as Charles Bronson used to do in 30 minutes." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"As the film traces how he plotted his Word Trade Center walk, it starts to feel almost like a heist movie, as Mr. Petit and his cronies map out each minute detail over the course of month." |
Sara Vilkomerson |
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The Man Who Cried (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"The Man Who Wasn't There is all there, artistically speaking, but it never pretends to be a feel-good entertainment." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Management (2009) |
"In this Springtime of our Discontent, Management offers a bit of sunny but not entirely silly escapism." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Manderlay (2006) |
"It may be that the director has overreached in Manderlay by trying to deal with racial conflicts in an excessively abstract manner." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Manderlay (2006) |
"Massive walkouts in Toronto. No wonder." |
Rex Reed |
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Mansfield Park (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
March of the Penguins (2005) |
"Mr. Jacquet's magnificent exploration of the tortured life-and-love cycle of the noble emperor penguin soars as one of the most passionate and perceptive expressions of interspecies empathy in the history of the cinema." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
March of the Penguins (2005) |
"A fascinating insight into a species about which we know little that is loving, compassionate and unforgettable." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Margarita Happy Hour (2001) |
"Ms. Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda's ultimate fate." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
"Only an actress of Ms. Kidman’s stature, talent and proven magnetism could make her mercurial character bearable and watchable for the full 91 minutes of the film, in which she is in almost every scene." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
"Margot at the Wedding provides ample evidence of just how low Noah Baumbach has sunk." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"It is the most amazing first film I have seen in a long time." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"Ms. Coppola and her colleagues have also taken an anachronistic approach to her material with an anarchic pop-music score suggesting the complacent spirit of a contemporary spoiled teenager infatuated with the glistening surfaces of her generation." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"The overwrought director sees Marie as France’s most misunderstood monarch, but provides nary one sane member of the court who misunderstands her." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2006) |
"The point of the film is that anything is possible when you open your heart to new experiences. Simplistic, for sure. Simple-minded, maybe. But the feel-good pleasures in a movie with this much positive thinking are undeniable." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Married Life (2008) |
"Stylish without being overly stylized, intelligent without being boring, Married Life is a classy throwback to the good old days when subtlety meant something at the movies and watching Hitchcock was a good reason to stay home." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Martian Child (2007) |
"Martian Child was directed by Menno Meyjes, who wrote the screenplay for The Color Purple, and written by the distinguished team Jonathan Tolins and Seth Bass. How could so many good people go so wrong?" |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Masculin Feminin (1966) |
"Not to be missed." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"To put it plainly, two ships playing tag across the seas is no longer my idea of whoopee, especially at a time when grown-ups are popping up all over the screen with uncensored stories of the eternal affinities and all their variations." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"If this is the stuff that rings the bell on your macho meter, go with my blessing." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Matador (2005) |
"The Matador is admittedly a trifle in the long view of cinema, but it’s an amusingly adroit piece of work nonetheless." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Matador (2005) |
"It’s a savage, breezy, occasionally obscene and sometimes poignant mix of comedy and crime." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Match Point (2005) |
"Match Point is wittier and more coherent than anything [Woody Allen] has done in ages; it is well made and well thought out to its very last shot." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Match Point (2005) |
"It has Woody’s humor and subtlety; no British bluntness here. The acting is first-cabin all the way. And it’s genuinely moving. Move it to the top of your must-see list." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Matchstick Men (2003) |
"A thoroughly absorbing hour and 56 minutes of entertainment." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) |
"I liked this movie and can recommend it with a clear critical conscience, but it never moved me even half as much as Steven Spielberg's A.I." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Max (2002) |
"The 'what-ifs' involved have offended some people, but I found the movie fascinating for its subtext about art and politics, then as now." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Max (2002) |
"A vivid, spicy footnote to history, and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2007) |
"James Scurlock’s Maxed Out takes a long-overdue swipe at the shamelessly predatory tactics of the credit-card and home-mortgage industries, which are feeding on the most economically vulnerable members of our society." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Maze (2001) |
"The best kind of independent filmmaking to shame the somnolent mainstream." |
Andrew Sarris |
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Me Myself I (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Me Without You (2002) |
"There are several problems with the development of the narrative. Most important is the unequal allocation of audience sympathy between Marina and Holly." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Mean Girls (2004) |
"A teen movie I enjoyed enormously, much to my surprise." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Mean Machine (2002) |
"Another incomprehensible trash explosion from the Guy Ritchie school of cinematic slugfests." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Medicine for Melancholy (2009) |
"Mr. Jenkins and his co-leads, Mr. Cenac and Ms. Heggins, achieve stretches of buoyancy and brio in their search for a romantic epiphany that never comes." |
Andrew Sarris |
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