Splat 2/4 |
P.S. (2004) |
"Flawless work by the two actors can't quite save this mushy, chick-lit fantasy." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"A protracted piece of schmaltz." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! (2002) |
"The performances are solid, but as a screenwriter, Guttenberg can't make the situation seem like more than a theatrical construct in a contemporary setting." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"This is one of those thrillers where the person on-screen is often the only person in the theater who can't guess what'll happen next." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"Makes last week's cinematic exploration of surrogate parenthood by an authority figure — Man of the House, with Tommy Lee Jones -- look like a Billy Wilder comedy in comparison." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Page Turner (2007) |
"Elegant and subtle." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Paid in Full (2002) |
"Rings true, from the smooth dialogue to the unaffected performances of the central actors." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"Despite a fierce lead performance by Naomi Watts, The Painted Veil is a quaintly bloodless, picture-postcard adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 China-set novel -- more Merchant Ivory than David Lean." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Palindromes (2005) |
"[Solondz] is a blazing original (despite his bland settings), he has a carefully considered point (despairing as it is) and he never denies humanity to even stupid or despicable characters." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"Pan's Labyrinth represents a quantum leap in del Toro's storytelling, drawing on Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and many other inspirations to create something quite new and wonderful." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pandaemonium (2001) |
"Historically and dramatically dubious." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"An acceptably diverting Saturday night at the movies, especially if you're willing to check your brains at the popcorn stand." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat |
Paparazzi (2004) |
"A cheeseball revenge thriller with an alarmingly twisted moral." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paper Dolls (2006) |
"The presentation is conventional, but the subject matter isn't." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"Paper Heart is like a really special five-minute YouTube clip that goes on for an hour and a half." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paprika (2007) |
"I can't claim to have followed the story line of Paprika any better than I did Pirates of the Caribbean, but this mind-blowing, adult animated adventure from Japan is half the length and maybe five times as much fun." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"Too bitterly real to be a comedy, but its irony is a useful tool for needling terrorists from the inside." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
Paraiso Travel (2009) |
"Worth seeing only for Angelica Blandon." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"[An] intriguing, mind-altering skateboard elegy." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"Like legendary producer Val Lewton in the '40s, director Oren Peli, who shot Paranormal in seven days in his own home, understands that what's most frightening is what you don't see but merely suggested." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Paris (2009) |
"Paris when it fizzles -- which is most of the time -- is a dismal series of character portraits about a cross-section of Parisians mulling turning points in their lives." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paris 36 (2008) |
"A shamelessly melodramatic series of romantic, financial and political crises embroil a rundown music hall in Paris 36, a gleaming hunk of French period schmaltz expertly rendered by director Christophe Barratier." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"On paper, the film looks like a slam dunk, but that isn't the way it plays out. Perhaps it's the time-limit constraints or maybe they just don't care, but most of the directors aren't working at full speed." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Park (2007) |
"None of the characters seems particularly believable, except Lake's; she brings some feeling to a thin role. And the campy, "outrageous" comedy is pretty thin, too." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Particles of Truth (2003) |
"One of those painfully earnest -- and pretentious -- little indies in which a pair of emotional cripples neatly resolve all of their problems within 48 hours of meeting each other." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Party Monster (2003) |
"Culkin may be 24, but he still seems in the throes of the sort of awkward adolescence that dooms so many child stars." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
The Party's Over (2003) |
"Apart from the obvious problem that findings from this period are already dated, the scatter-shot approach of filmmakers Donovan Leitch and Rebecca Chaiklin gives too many issues too little time." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Passing Strange (2010) |
"Spike Lee's Passing Strange: The Movie is basically canned musical theater, but this is one Tony-winning Broadway show that's well worth preserving and seeing." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"Mel Gibson's Passion, though well-acted, technically impressive and initially moving, is for the most part not beautiful and certainly not ennobling." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"An impressive, ultra-violent -- and deeply troubling -- take on Jesus' final hours." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Passionada (2003) |
"Despite its porn-movie title, this predictable and uninspired romantic drama fizzles like a wet squib." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paternal Instinct (2004) |
"You can't help but root for them in their quest, which gives a whole new meaning to the term 'family values.'" |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"The movie takes us on a journey to an ugly, contentious period in our misty, ancient past -- all the way back to four months ago, when Apocalypto came out." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Patti Smith - Dream of Life (2008) |
"I imagine you could call Dream of Life a loving meditation on a one-of-a-kind performer. And you don't have to be a Smith fan (I am one, by the way) to enjoy." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"Laughs occasionally ensue." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pauline and Paulette (2002) |
"A charmer from Belgium." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat |
Pavilion of Women (2001) |
"Loaded with ... scenery-chewing melodrama, cornball pidgin dialogue and syrupy music." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"Inspirational Oscar-bait undermined by bad casting." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Paycheck (2003) |
"Unlike Woo's Face/Off or Broken Arrow, there are no stunts, special effects or kinetic moments in Paycheck that really blow you away." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2004) |
"Often, the movie feels like sitting through a college lecture class." |
Russell Scott Smith |
Splat |
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"The bulk of the three-hour epic is third-rate schmaltz that pays only lip service to history." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Penelope (2008) |
"Under Mark Palansky's uninspired direction, magic eludes Penelope in scene after scene." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
People I Know (2003) |
"Almost as much fun as reading Page Six." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
People Say I'm Crazy (2004) |
"It's raw stuff." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 1/4 |
Perception (2006) |
"Director-writer Irving Schwartz has a lot of ideas about plots. Unfortunately, he seems to have jammed each and every one of them into a single movie, Perception." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Perestroika (2007) |
"Perestroika races back and forth between the Soviet past and non-Communist present. The result is highly personal, talky, clunky and somehow engrossing." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
The Perfect Crime (2005) |
"There's not enough good material to fill the film's overlong 105 minutes." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"Twohy serves up a hard-to-swallow second-act twist and an unconvincing back story, but the slightly overlong A Perfect Getaway recovers with a pulse-pounding climax." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Holiday (2007) |
"The cold void of January can't come fast enough if it means an end to releases like The Perfect Holiday." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"Most of this movie is beyond lame." |
Lou Lumenick |
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