Splat 1/4 |
Ma Mere (2005) |
"There's no attempt to get inside the sick minds of Helene and her buddies." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Macbeth (2007) |
"The movie thinks it is daringly up-to-date, but forsooth, 'tis as hip as the ghost of Don Johnson." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
The Machine Girl (2007) |
"Nonstop violence, gallons of spurting blood, outrageous humor (a kitchen scene is a hoot), extreme vomiting, a drill bra, human sushi and tempura, and other perversity." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Machinist (2004) |
"Anderson gives The Machinist a sickly noirish look that contributes to the creeping horror -- but it's the emaciated Bale's spectral presence that leaves the imprint." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Machuca (2005) |
"Grabs our hearts by lingering over details of the trio's friendship." |
Russell Scott Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
Mad Cowgirl (2006) |
"There's a lot happening here, perhaps too much." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Detective (2008) |
"Mad Detective doesn't always make sense, and you cannot always tell what is real and what is imaginary, but viewers will be having too much zonked-out fun to care." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) |
"Mad Hot Ballroom is a crowd-pleaser of the first order." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Mad Love (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Mad Love (2001) |
"Overwrought, melodramatic bodice-ripper." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Mad Money (2008) |
"Holmes, with Alice Cooper hair and crazy Jim Carrey eyes, looks terrible and acts worse, unless this movie is unintentionally a lobotomy documentary. Whatever could have happened to her in the last couple of years to zap the talent out of her like this?" |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
Madagascar (2005) |
"Sputters to an end without building to any sort of satisfying conclusion." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"A by-the-numbers follow-up to the highly successful 2005 feature that was no great shakes to begin with." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Madame Sata (2003) |
"One of those films that takes up a potentially fascinating subject only to fumble it." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Made (2001) |
"Lacks the visual virtuosity and breathless pacing director Doug Liman brought to Swingers. But the Vaughn-Favreau chemistry still flares and Favreau's fine ear for comic dialogue hasn't dulled." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat .5/4 |
Made of Honor (2008) |
"There was a certain amount of suspense in the air at the screening of Made of Honor: Would Tom and Hannah realize they're perfect for each other at the altar, or would I burn down the theater first?" |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Made-Up (2004) |
"The well-intentioned but wobbly directing debut of character actor Tony Shalhoub tries to be many things -- romantic comedy, mockumentary, a satire on beauty and aging -- but ends up succeeding at none." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) |
"Too bad the story is so predictable and the big wedding scene, in which women dressed as angels dangle from the church ceiling strumming harps, is cornier than an Orville Redenbacher factory." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Madison (2005) |
"Madison brings us the news that miracles really can happen, and an apparent case of divine intervention is the only reason this artifact is being dumped into theaters." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Maelström (2002) |
"Not for all tastes. But I, for one, was hooked by this fish's tale." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
Maestro (2005) |
"Anybody involved in the underground scene might get a kick out of Maestro -- but others will likely be bored stiff." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mafioso (1962) |
"Mafioso isn't likely to receive the critical exultation accorded Army of Shadows, but still it should not be missed." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"Mullan triggers all your emotions -- anger, sorrow, pity, disgust, shame. And once he gets hold of you, he won't let go." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) |
"Adults will be more than passably entertained by this short, patriotic feature, and kids will be entranced." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Magnifico (2003) |
"Director Maryo J. De los Reyes and writer Mitchiko Yamamoto shamelessly press viewers' emotional buttons. But the film is so well-made and the performances so accomplished that it doesn't matter." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 4/4 |
Magnolia (1999) |
"It's an audacious, hilarious, deeply affecting three-hour tapestry." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Maid (2009) |
"Silva's script has the ring of truth, not surprising since he based it on real-life experiences. He even shot most of the scenes in his own family's house." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Maid in Manhattan (2002) |
"Painless date movie." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Mail Order Bride (2004) |
"It took a committee of directors and scriptwriters to assemble this oafish farce, brimming with creaky jokes, frenzied overacting and 'madcap' moments such as an ineptly staged pie-in- the-face bar brawl." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mail Order Wife (2005) |
"A remarkably smart and weird film, even if it's sad and sometimes difficult to watch, with jokes designed to make you cringe." |
Russell Scott Smith |
Splat |
The Majestic (2001) |
"A bloated Capra-esque fable that stubbornly refuses to come to life." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Make it Funky! (2005) |
"The musicians swear this is dance music, but the beats are far too ponderous to get a rise out of the hip-hop generation." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Making Grace |
Click here to see the review. |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat |
Maléna (2000) |
"Too often seems like a slightly silly film about the dangers of being too beautiful." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) |
"It's wack." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Mama Africa (2002) |
"A worthy idea, but the uninspired scripts, acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Mambo Italiano (2003) |
"Parts of Emile Gaudreault's broadly appealing movie are so, well, broad that they make Greek Wedding look like a model of restraint by comparison." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"A fun, crowd-pleasing alternative for an audience whose idea of entertainment runs more to infectious '70s pop ditties, spandex, sex-starved women of a certain age and bare-chested hunks than watching a caped sadist torturing criminals." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Mammoth (2009) |
"Any semblance of subtlety was unfortunately lost in translation." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Man (2005) |
"The Man is yet another screwed-up mess that will give audiences another excuse to shun the multiplexes this weekend." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
A Man Apart (2003) |
"The movie hiccups whenever it veers into gushy melodrama." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) |
"Lasker's canny, meditative script distances sex and love, as Byron and Luther ... realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Man in the Chair (2007) |
"It's a cute idea that a better filmmaker than writer-director Michael Schroeder could have done a lot with." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Man Named Pearl (2008) |
"Meet the real-life Edward Scissorhands, Pearl Fryar." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Man of the House (2005) |
"Mindless, vapid fare." |
Debra Birnbaum |
Splat 1/4 |
Man of the Year (2006) |
"Man of the Year is longer than the FDR administration, less funny than Calvin Coolidge and deader than Abe Lincoln." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
Man on Fire (2004) |
"Man on Fire feels vaguely like something left over from the 1980s, when action heroes were one-note tough guys methodically picking off baddies." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Man on the Moon (1999) |
"One of the year's most entertaining movies." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Man on the Train (2003) |
"A literate story that relies on a thoughtful script and the work of two exceptional performers." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"[An] engrossing and exhilarating documentary Man on Wire, which uses vintage footage, interviews and re-creations." |
Lou Lumenick |
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