Tomato 2.5/4 |
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) |
"It's almost impossible not to be moved by the movie's depiction of sacrifice and its stirring epilogue in post-Soviet Russia." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
K-Pax (2001) |
"K-PAX virtually becomes a two-character film -- a mighty talky one with an utterly banal ending." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kaaterskill Falls (2002) |
"You just know something terrible is going to happen. But when it does, you're entirely unprepared." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Kabei: Our Mother (2009) |
"For those who prefer movies of substance, there are alternatives -- and I don't mean Terminator Salvation." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kabluey (2008) |
"Kabluey, which has no discernible political agenda, is wildly uneven and often seems like a short stretched to feature length. But it's also kind of oddly endearing." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kaena: The Prophecy (2004) |
"The film's plot, themes and dialogue are markedly less inspired and original than its imagery." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) |
"Uncomfortable melding of East and West." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 2/4 |
Kambakkht Ishq |
"Advertised as the first Bollywood movie shot at a Hollywood studio with an appearance by a major US star, Sabbir Khan's proudly silly Kambakkht Ishq otherwise hews closely to a familiar Indian pattern." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Kamikaze Girls (2005) |
"What Kamikaze Girls doesn't have is a plot" |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kamp Katrina (2007) |
"A touching documentary by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon, introduces us to [residents] of the makeshift Kamp Katrina." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato |
Kandahar (2001) |
"Despite the self-consciousness and occasional crudeness of the exercise, there is often a visceral intimacy to Makhmalbaf's depiction of the cruel, medieval oppressiveness of Taliban rule." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kangaroo Jack (2003) |
"This is barely enough story ... to sustain a Three Stooges short, let alone an 88-minute movie." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2/4 |
Karmen Gei (2002) |
"A worthy addition to the cinematic canon, which, at last count, numbered 52 different versions." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kate and Leopold (2001) |
"Even by movie standards, the time-tripping in K & L doesn't work." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Keane (2004) |
"John Foster's hand-held camera rarely strays from Keane's face. He's loony, all right, but you have to feel sorry for him." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
The Keeper (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005) |
"The writing, acting and direction are so amateurish that the only thing you'll care about is escaping the theater." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Keeping Mum (2006) |
"Dame Maggie is simply delightful (has she ever been less than wonderful?), and she has sparkling backing by Kristin Scott Thomas as Gloria and Rowan Atkinson as the good vicar." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Keeping the Faith (2000) |
"The laughs are nearly nonstop in this extremely well-acted story." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Keeping Up With The Steins (2006) |
"A sitcom with enough big laughs and emotional truth to get audiences past awkward pacing and some slow spots." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol (2006) |
"The stunning adventure Mountain Patrol: Kekexili is like a John Ford western set, not in the master's beloved Monument Valley, but in remotest China." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Kettle of Fish (2006) |
"The film's leisurely pacing -- and Modine's overly laid-back work -- leave something to be desired." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Keys to the House (2004) |
"Amelio deals with the sensitive subject in a mature matter, refusing to descend into Hollywood-style schmaltz." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Khachaturian: A Musician and His Fatherland (1955) |
"The doc is better suited to public TV, for which it was made, than the big screen." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Khadak (2006) |
"Khadak is beautifully filmed and energetically acted, with standout performances by newcomer Tsetsegee Byamba as Zolzaya and Batzu Khayankhyarvaa as Bagi." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 0/4 |
Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) |
"A pathetically unfunny comedy that should have been shipped straight to video, if not recycled as guitar picks." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kicking & Screaming (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kicking and Screaming (2005) |
"Both Duvall and Mike Ditka, who plays himself and helps coach Phil's team, spend too much of the movie on the bench, and while they're there, the jokes run thin." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
The Kid & I (2005) |
"The mesmerizingly awful The Kid & I is a historic first: a comedy about the making of a vanity production that is itself a vanity production." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) |
"Unabashedly subjective but deliciously entertaining biopic." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kids in America (2005) |
"Filmmaker Josh Stolberg claims to have been inspired by real-life events, but mostly he ineptly rips off other movies and wastes a cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Adam Arkin and Elizabeth Perkins." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace (2007) |
"Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace studies the frizzy-haired, multi-tattooed woman as she works in her East Village house preparing sculptures, paintings, drawings and furniture for an eight-room installation at a palace in Venice." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"A maddeningly uneven spaghetti Eastern that's well worth seeing for his technical mastery, even as it challenges you with the geeky auteur's boundless self-indulgence." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"A very good movie." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kill by Inches (2001) |
"Light on dialogue and heavy on creepy atmosphere." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Kill the Poor (2006) |
"KILL the Poor is sort of a poor man's Rent - - minus the music and the AIDS - - and much blander than the title would have you expect." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Kill Your Idols (2006) |
"The documentary enters more dubious territory when it tries to present today's more consumer-friendly post-punkers (like the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs) as some sort of successors." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Killing of John Lennon (2008) |
"Even if you can forgive [director] Piddington's mangling of the basics, you will find it hard to overlook his frantic use of slo-mo, a wobbly camera, freeze frames, double exposures and a close-up of a single eye." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
The King (2006) |
"There is no tragedy without character, yet the way The King drapes heavy situations around its feebly imagined personalities suggests a tire thrown around the neck of a poodle." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat |
The King is Alive (2001) |
"The performances Levring gets from his international cast are almost strong enough to distract you from his failure to develop any of the grand themes so self-consciously set-up by the choice of King Lear." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 4/4 |
King Kong (2005) |
"Most great movies are lucky to have a handful of moments to remember; King Kong has at least two dozen." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
King of California (2007) |
"This weak script would not have been filmed if it hadn't been for Douglas' weakness for acting as nutty as a Snickers bar." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) |
"Not since 300 have I seen such manly mano-a-manoing as the iron clash of wills in the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
King Of The Corner (2005) |
"A witty and wise midlife comedy." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
King of the Jungle (2001) |
"One of those films that feel drunk on their own virtue." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 0/4 |
King's Ransom (2005) |
"None of this is remotely funny, despite screenwriter Wayne Conley's resorting to virtually every known stereotype about African-Americans and more crass references to menstruation and prison sex than have ever appeared in a movie rated PG-13." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Kingdom (2007) |
"A xenophobic, overblown, revenge-driven action thriller that exports the Rambo mentality to the contemporary Middle East." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat |
Kingdom Come (2001) |
"This is so amateurish that the cast members, whose characters are all supposed to come from the same little Southern town, don't even bother to adjust their wildly differing accents." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) |
"The battle sequences here are actually worth the cost of admission, and there is exemplary supporting work by Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, Edward Norton and especially Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud as the legendary Muslim leader Saladin." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kings and Queen (2005) |
"Devos, as Nora, does much to hold it all together with a layered performance. Almaric has powerful moments as well, notably in a climactic rambling monologue about life he delivers to the boy." |
Kyle Smith |
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