Tomato 3/4 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"A tour-de-force by Mario Van Peebles, who not only does an uncanny impression of his cocky and often unsympathetic father, but briskly directed and wrote the insightful screenplay (based on his father's memoirs) with Dennis Haggerty." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"The Baader Meinhof Complex isn't, very: This saga of Communist terrorists sowing mayhem in 1970s Germany treats a bloody band as a unit of stouthearted warriors sallying forth to fight for their principles against impossible odds." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"The director, Nacer Khemir, wrote the story 'with the participation of' Tonino Guerra, who has worked with greats such as Fellini, Antonioni and Tarkovsky. Enough said." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 4/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"[Babel] is, in short, one of the year's best movies." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Baby Boy sometimes gets repetitive and is slightly overlong. But it's got solid performances and great dialogue, and, most impressively for a summer movie, it actually gives you something to think about." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"With virtually nothing in the way of visual or physical comedy, there are more chuckles here than belly laughs, and most of them are delivered by the supporting cast." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
The Babysitters (2008) |
"I'd call it a depressing soft-core porn flick, but that overstates its titillation factor. Mainly it's just icky." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"Unremittingly vulgar and inept." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Back Against the Wall (2002) |
"If ... you're the adventurous sort, check it out." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Back of the World (2002) |
"An unflinching look at the world's dispossessed." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 2/4 |
Backseat (2008) |
"Sporadically funny, micro-budgeted indie comedy." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Backstage (2000) |
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Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Backstage (2006) |
"There's a pleasing tension in the air as their relationship comes to seem like something of a contest: With two women this needy, who will out-crazy the other?" |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Backyard (2003) |
"If you were depressed about the future of America before, you'll be doubly depressed after seeing this film." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Basically the longest, the most expensive, most vulgar and by far the stupidest episode of Miami Vice ever" |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Bad Company (2002) |
"Formulaic but funny." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 4/4 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"Owes much to Bernal, who stunningly portrays three distinct personalities." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"Becomes more and more confused, unpleasant and preposterous." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"There can only ever be one Bad Lieutenant: Harvey Keitel." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Ritchie's movie was genuinely subversive and hilarious; Linklater's, despite amped-up sexual references (the team celebrates at Hooters) is merely a passably amusing excuse to pass a couple of hours in an air-conditioned theater." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"For all its laughs, the movie ... is a mess." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat .5/4 |
Badland (2007) |
"The year's dullest movie has arrived: the deeply silly Badland, which is as dead as winter and twice as long." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
Baghead (2008) |
"Satire, you see, requires the sort of artistic discipline that is anathema to mumblecore filmmakers." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Baise Moi (2001) |
"A crude piece of work, unfocused, slackly structured and rambling." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat |
Bait (2000) |
"Thanks to Antoine Fuqua's ... feverish and self-indulgent MTV-inspired direction, with its desperate overreliance on close-ups, you just can't tell what's going on." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ballad of Bering Strait (2002) |
"Little is made of the cultural fusion aspect of their story, and ultimately the struggle-for-success tale is as homogenized as the music." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005) |
"[A] sometimes entertaining and illuminating, but more often superficial, labor of love." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"When Daniel Day-Lewis sprays lead in his new film, though, we're supposed to consider him a misunderstood romantic, a crusading outlaw. Bob Dylan keeps popping up on the soundtrack to make sure you get the point." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballast (2008) |
"Hammer, whose blunt name belies the movie's many subtle touches, has his own distinct style. He also has an enormous trust in the audience to sort out this wounded family's miseries without the assistance of narration or even a musical score." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballerina (2008) |
"Ballerina will be of interest mostly to balletomanes, but even folks who don't know their right foot from their left will find inspiration in the lives of these devoted dancers. Besides, who isn't moved by Swan Lake?" |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"An affectionate look at the legendary dance comany." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"Ecks this one off your must-see list." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"Christopher Walken does not actually show up in Asian drag until halfway through Balls of Fury -- not enough to salvage this mostly unfunny, extremely silly pingpong comedy." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Balseros (2002) |
"Well-done documentary." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"A meditation on literature, love and remembrance that is able to find humor and hope in the dark days of the Cultural Revolution. Quite an achievement, we'd say." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bamako (2006) |
"Credit [director] Sissako for entertainingly blending serious international issues with the daily comings and goings of village life." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato |
Bamboozled (2000) |
"Bamboozled may not be the year's best movie, but it's undoubtedly the most important." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"Kolirin doesn't go for belly laughs. He prefers subtle, wry humor, much in the fashion of Finland's Aki Kaurismaki." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato |
Bandits (2001) |
"Plenty of great one-liners." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Bandslam (2009) |
"Director Todd Graff does have a keen understanding of kids in the world of performing arts, as he shows here and in his earlier and better film Camp." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bang Rajan (2004) |
"Features scrumptious-looking jungle battles, with a cast of thousands -- not to mention elephants and water buffalo." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"It's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bangkok Dangerous (2001) |
"The shooting sprees are full of razzle dazzle." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Bank (2002) |
"Despite a crafty premise and a clever kink in the tale that almost saves it, Connolly isn't dexterous enough to achieve the Hitchockian level of suspense the movie needs." |
Megan Turner |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Bank Job (2008) |
"With its cockneys and coppers and the caper that comes a cropper, the movie is fully engaging on several levels." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baran (2002) |
"A far more impressive and affecting piece of filmmaking and storytelling than most movies put out by Hollywood this year, and offers, as a bonus, a glimpse into a fascinating, contradictory society." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"Schmaltzy and contrived." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Barbershop (2002) |
"Combines big laughs, a big heart and thoroughly winning characters." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"What's intact from the original is the premise's big heart and the wonderful ensemble led by Ice Cube." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"If you want to punish your kids, send them to bed without dinner. If you want to disturb, frighten and depress them while making sure they fail biology, take them to the animated feature Barnyard." |
Kyle Smith |
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