Tomato |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"A clever, innovative satire of movies and consumer technology that marches to its own drumbeat and comes up with continual surprises." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"From time to time during the 99-minute running time, I kept thinking of those old Off Off Broadway impositions on wriggly audiences -- or was it just me who was the transplanted Village square trapped among all the hipsters?" |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Safe Conduct (2002) |
"Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country, but especially from France." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"I had a hard time keeping track of the members of each family from one jagged scene to the next, especially since no one says or does anything particularly interesting." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"It pretends to be a meaningful slice of Americana, but only succeeds in serving masses of tedium while driving its heavy foot down its own throat." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Sahara (2005) |
"Despite the vast beauty of location settings in Morocco and Spain, the vast lack of chemistry between the two stars is appalling." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Saint Ralph (2005) |
"[The] film never runs out of surprises." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Sangre de Mi Sangre (2008) |
"Sangre de Mi Sangre stacks up as an original achievement in its own chosen genre, that of the troubled immigrant in a land of advertised promise, who too often is inflicted with pain and exploitation." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Saraband (2005) |
"If Saraband should indeed turn out to be [Bergman's] final film, he has concluded his career triumphantly with a work of genius." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Satin Rouge (2002) |
"The first Tunisian film I have ever seen, and it's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I'm likely to see all year." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Savage Grace (2008) |
"Savage Grace is a film strictly for avant-garde festivals, at which even minimal exposition is at a premium." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Savage Grace (2008) |
"Mother-son incest, adultery, full-frontal nudity, murder and suicide may not lure summer ostriches hellbent on burying their brains in entertainments as forgettable as Chinese menus, but what a haunting experience they’ll miss." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Savages (2007) |
"To everyone's credit, this film faces these issues bravely and humorously, eschewing any hint of emotional manipulation." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Saved! (2004) |
"After two comically inventive scenes, it quickly turns soft and flat." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
"I found it tediously manipulative despite its Herculean energy." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Saw (2004) |
"The gore is relentless and in your face, and if you grew up glued to the old Universal fright flicks like I did, you won’t want to miss a minute of the mayhem." |
Rex Reed |
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School of Flesh (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Scoop (2006) |
"Woody -- enough with the one-liners." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Scoop (2006) |
"Woody Allen is on a roll. Or maybe I should say he’s on a crumpet. After the brilliant Hitchcockian thriller style of Match Point, he’s now reverted back to his old wry, dry comedy style in Scoop." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
The Score (2001) |
"Manages to waste a prestigious cast on a tediously long-winded caper plot." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Scotland, PA (2002) |
"A trailer-trash version of Macbeth that should be avoided like an Elizabethan pox." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
The Sea (2003) |
"Funny and entertaining ... in an Icelandic sort of way." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"Soars to the fantastically romantic heights of love between a man and a woman." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"[Seabiscuit] clicks on all cylinders as a technical achievement in re-creating a piece of racetrack history, though its larger sociological statements are more than a little overblown and oversimplified." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"If you don’t go away entertained, informed and sated with satisfaction, you need to have your pulse checked to see if you still have one." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Seaside (2003) |
"Along with Ms. Ogier, these four actresses [Fillières, Lizana, Mïkaël, Rovère] are the best reasons to see Seaside." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Second Time Around (2002) |
"With the film's striking ending, one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Secret Ballot (2002) |
"Some of the longest takes in the history of cinema, and a precious bit of ethnographic essence for moviegoers who can appreciate political irony for its own sake." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Secret Life of Words (2006) |
"Though I continue to have strong reservations about the stylistic abstractions in Ms. Coixet’s narrative, the performances given by Ms. Polley, Mr. Robbins and Ms. Christie take me a long way in accepting and recommending the whole package." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"Mr. Rudolph's opus is already guaranteed a place on my year's 10-best list." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"Empty, minuscule and pointless." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2002) |
"What makes this latest sidelight on the Nazi Holocaust more than just another well-intentioned rehash of horror and heroism are the unexpectedly perverse nuances in the film's margins." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2002) |
"It's a wrenching but life-affirming work of great integrity and proficiency." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Secret Things (2003) |
"A sweetly seductive entertainment." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Mr. Depp demonstrates once again that he never disappoints as an actor, even in something as fraudulent as Secret Window." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Has no story, no ending and no redeeming value." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Secretary (2002) |
"I don't know about you, but I found all these outrageously romantic maneuvers both funny and endearing." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
The Secrets (2008) |
"One of the most remarkable movies of the year." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Seducing Dr. Lewis (2004) |
"What follows is only moderately amusing and almost totally lacking in suspense, surprise or even uncertainly." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Seeing Other People (2004) |
"There's a lost-and-found innocence in their characters which Ms. Nicholson and Mr. Mohr express beautifully." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Separate Lies (2005) |
"Wilkinson’s James shines with a complex humanity one seldom encounters on the screen." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Seraphim Falls (2007) |
"The technical revels are arresting, but Seraphim Falls is slow of motive and thin of plot -- a western that dies with its boots on." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
Séraphine (2008) |
"The film is a commendably worthy endeavor, and I am almost ashamed that my ingrained hedonistic attitude toward movies prevents me from recommending Séraphine more enthusiastically." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Serendipity (2001) |
"A movie I found myself liking more than perhaps I should." |
Andrew Sarris |
Tomato |
Serendipity (2001) |
"Fluffy and innocuous as Cool Whip, it is nonetheless uplifting, romantic and delightful, further enhancing the world's enduring love affair with the Big Apple." |
Rex Reed |
Tomato |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"Not one of their best films, but because of its sincerity and the parsing away of sentiment and pretension, it is, in many ways, one of their most likable." |
Rex Reed |
Splat |
Session 9 (2001) |
"Despite the talent involved and the unbearable atmosphere of the asylum, the script is a letdown. The final resolution is more ludicrous than convincing." |
Rex Reed |
- |
Set Me Free (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Sex and Death 101 (2008) |
"The film has its moments of wit and lucidity, but these are few and far between." |
Andrew Sarris |
Splat |
Sex and Death 101 (2008) |
"The best thing that can be said about Sex and Death 101 is that it’s not quite as bad as Hudson Hawk. That is not a recommendation." |
Rex Reed |
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