Tomato |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"I hope that Rachel Getting Married is enough of a hit to sustain [Demme's] career of cinematic good works. And I hope also that Ms. Winger gets a long overdue Oscar for best supporting actress, as she is that without a doubt." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"Acted and written with enormous style but with front and back doors open to experiment and surprise, it’s a film that challenges you to keep a jogger’s pace to keep up with it, then leaves you breathless." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Radio (2003) |
"With his goofy sweetness, docile uncertainty and indestructible determination to succeed, I found Mr. Gooding as unique and inspiring as Radio himself." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"Mr. Bacon, Ms. Gay Harden and Mr. Heizer are talented enough almost to bring off this fragile conceit -- almost, but not quite." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Rain (2002) |
"It has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"It is warm, generous, courtly, compassionate and humanistic in the best sense." |
Andrew Sarris |
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Ram Dass Fierce Grace (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"Ratatouille is a veritable feast for the eye and the ear. Don’t miss it." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Ray (2004) |
"Eminently worth seeing." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Ray (2004) |
"Jamie Foxx's all-encompassing performance in the title role more than justifies the early Oscar gossip it has generated." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"Read My Lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Reader (2008) |
"Despite the efforts of [all involved], the Holocaust remains the elephant in the room that deadens the elements of surprise and suspense we have been conditioned to expect in screen narratives." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"Director McGuigan doesn’t show much interest in tempo or character development, and the pace is numbing." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Reconstruction (2004) |
"Ultimately, the narrative becomes too hypothetical for its good, but it succeeds in holding one's attention with its romantic intensity and sheer old-fashioned glamour." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Recruit (2003) |
"Here I suspected the ultimate villain almost from the very beginning -- and, if I wasn't fooled, I can't imagine anyone else will be, either." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Red (2008) |
"It’s Brian Cox’s powerful but low-key performance and an abiding respect for animals that can’t defend themselves that invest this simple, straightforward narrative with an understated passion that is unforgettable." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Red Cliff (2009) |
"It’s hard to know what we’re missing from the extended cut, but this Red Cliff feels awfully complete to me." |
Sara Vilkomerson |
Tomato |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Red Dragon is so good that it might be the final word on Hannibal Lecter." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Red Eye (2005) |
"I’m not claiming masterpiece stature for Red Eye, just a solid professionalism in the acting, writing and direction that seems inextricably related to the modesty of its intentions." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Red Lights (2004) |
"Mr. Darroussin and Ms. Bouquet make Antoine and Helene such compelling characters that their lives seem to become precious by their very fragility." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Red Road (2007) |
"Andrea Arnold’s Red Road, from her own screenplay, is the director’s remarkable feature-film debut after three internationally well-received shorts, Milk (1998), Dog (2001) and Wasp (2003)." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Redacted (2007) |
"Curiously, Mr. De Palma makes very little effort to comprehend the wrongdoers in his version of Iraq. Their vile language and clear class inferiority distance them from any pity or understanding from the average audience member." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Rendition (2007) |
"Hot off the headlines, this is one timely thriller that delivers its message with a huge punch and no heavy speechifying." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Rent (2005) |
"The movie, directed without a personal stamp of any kind by Chris Columbus, is so slick that the grime comes from a spray can and the grungy bohemian costumes look rented from a Betsey Johnson boutique sale." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"A potentially commercial audience-pleaser that retains all of the characteristic Herzog complexity and nuance, Rescue Dawn is an electrifying action adventure that clamps your nerves with jaws of steel." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"This movie probes your inner conscience without losing sight of its breathless entertainment value." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Return (2004) |
"Brilliantly acted and photographed, yet strangely frustrating fable." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Reunion (2009) |
"Since no one in the cast is a household name, the series of confessions and critiques resemble nothing so much as actors’ auditions." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Revanche (2009) |
"One of the most compelling assemblages of character studies I have seen so far in this too-often-dismal year of moviegoing." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"It simply doesn’t play as well as it reads." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"A flawless, moment-to-moment autopsy of a marriage on the rocks and an indictment of the American Dream gone sour." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) |
"A film with honesty, sincerity and a great big heart." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Ring (2002) |
"I found The Ring moderately absorbing, largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Ring Two (2005) |
"Too many loose ends." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Ripley's Game (2002) |
"Arguably the most satisfying distillation of Highsmith's nastiness, ingenuity and humor, with the added dividend of Mr. Malkovich's diabolical charm and insouciance." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Road (2009) |
"Viggo Mortensen gives the performance of his career in the faithfully rendered film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s heartbreaking apocalyptic novel The Road." |
Rex Reed |
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The Road Home (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"Pretentious, portentous and humorless." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"A rare and exemplary work of artistry and humanity that makes you think while it unfolds like the haunting pages of a novel you never want to end." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Rock Star (2001) |
"A grueling and pointless endurance test" |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Roger Dodger (2002) |
"The terrific and bewilderingly underrated Campbell Scott gives a star performance that is nothing short of mesmerizing." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Roman de Gare (2008) |
"Despite all my reservations, I think it is worth seeing, though I do not approve of all the trickery involved." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007) |
"Even though I much prefer Mr. Rohmer’s forays in the contemporary world from very oblique vantage points, I find his period spirituality very genuine." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Rookie (2002) |
"A sports film with feel-happy appeal for all, regardless of age or interest." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Rosemary's Baby (1968) |
"Having escaped the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust in Poland by the skin of his teeth, Mr. Polanski was well equipped psychologically to re-imagine what was, before Rosemary’s Baby, a B-picture genre into an A-picture genre." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Rosenstrasse (2004) |
"The heart of the film is so strong that its images of love and devotion shared by wives and husbands on the edge of an abyss remain indelibly etched in one's memory." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) |
"Anderson is not lacking in cleverness and ingenuity as a filmmaker, but it takes something more to produce a dramatically and emotionally satisfying movie." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Rumor Has It... (2005) |
"Nothing is remotely believable here." |
Rex Reed |
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Run Lola Run (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) |
"Clumsy and inept in demeanor but a whirlwind of comic energy, with an air of self-congratulatory winsomeness, Simon Pegg steals this otherwise minor but enjoyably unpretentious little comedy and pockets it like a Mars bar." |
Rex Reed |
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