Tomato 3/4 |
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002) |
"Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast, and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace, occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato |
Yana's Friends |
"One of the best date movies to come out in months." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Yang Ban Xi - The Eight Model Works (2006) |
"Entertaining and informative, but it suffers from distracting voice-overs of what are supposed to be Madame Mao's thoughts. Too bad." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato |
The Yards (2000) |
"Remarkable for the way in which every character has more than one side." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Yasukuni (2009) |
"The film is visually compelling, but suffers because [director] Li fails to put events into context, a fact likely to confuse viewers not versed in Japanese history." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (2008) |
"A pleasant mix of sentimentality and political intrigue." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Year of the Dog (2007) |
"A very low-key, well-acted dramedy." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Year of the Fish (2008) |
"The director-writer, David Kaplan, is able to hold our attention, and the film's unusual look lends a magical feeling." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Year One (2009) |
"Year One is nowhere near as funny as the ancient-civilization movies I saw in high school: Life of Brian, History of the World Part I, Caligula. Its script isn't worth the papyrus it's inscribed on." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
A Year Without Love (2006) |
"[The film] may whip a rather specialized audience into a frenzy. But for others, A Year Without Love will be a less pleasurably painful experience." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Yella (2007) |
"Makes for interesting viewing." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Yellow Asphalt (2002) |
"The passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange, stark beauty of the Mideast desert, so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air." |
Megan Turner |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Yes (2005) |
"The more serious Potter gets (there are several earnest soliloquies about dirt), the harder it is not to laugh." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Yes Man (2008) |
"The first time I saw Yes Man, I thought the concept was getting kind of stale toward the end. As it turns out, that was only the trailer." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Yes Men (2004) |
"Subversively funny." |
Megan Lehmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Yes Men Fix the World (2009) |
"Even if you don't agree with the Yes Men's political agenda, you'll get a big kick out of this movie." |
Thelma Adams |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2004) |
"A campy, brightly colored musical comedy based on a popular '60s Dutch sitcom that's unlike any other film out there." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato |
Yi Yi (2000) |
"In its low-key way, Yi Yi presents an intelligent, profound and at times heartrending slice of Taiwanese middle-class existence." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Yonkers Joe (2008) |
"An extremely awkward cross between Ocean's Eleven and Rain Man." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) |
"[A] fawning and formulaic documentary about Gertrude Berg." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Yossi & Jagger (2003) |
"Just 71 minutes long, but Fox sees to it that viewers get their money's worth." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat |
You Can Count on Me (2000) |
"It is visually flat and uninteresting and too often feels like a (leisurely paced) filmed play." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) |
"How much you like this will depend upon your appreciation for repeated jokes about hummus, gays, Zohan's crotch and his fondness for older women." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1/4 |
You Got Served (2004) |
"Every bit as cliched, amateurish and feeble as its predecessors." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
You I Love (2005) |
"Stolpovskaya uses jump cuts, flashy graphics and cool techno music to paint a delightful portrait of a post-Communist Russia overdosing on capitalism." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
You Kill Me (2007) |
"You Kill Me really belongs to Kingsley, whose character's deadpan reactions to his new environment are priceless. He really kills." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story (2005) |
"Documents Wilson's amazing story." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 1/4 |
You'll Get Over It (2002) |
"Does anybody care?" |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
You, Me and Dupree (2006) |
"Think of the uncompromisingly mediocre comedy You, Me and Dupree as a referendum on whether audiences are tiring of Owen Wilson's beatific stoner dude character as rapidly as I am." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
You, the Living (2009) |
"Presenting the funniest movie of 2009 (so far). It's You, the Living, a collec tion of 50 absurdist sketches written and directed by Roy Andersson, a talented gentleman from Sweden." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Young & Restless In China (2008) |
"[Director Sue] Williams should have used subtitles, rather than Western voices, to translate the words of her talking heads. Still, her film is a timely look at the massive changes overtaking China." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Young Adam (2004) |
" Besides terrific performances, it boasts terrific cinematography by Giles Nuttgens that contrasts stunningly beautiful and grimly ugly Scottish landscapes." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Young Black Stallion (2003) |
"A visual treat diminished by lifeless dialogue and self-conscious acting." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Young Girl and the Monsoon (2001) |
"It's canned theater." |
Lou Lumenick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Young Rebels (2005) |
"A labor of love, Young Rebels is essential viewing for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the hip-hop curve." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
The Young Unknowns (2003) |
"L.A. inconsequential." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 2/4 |
Young Yakuza (2007) |
"If you're expecting a real-life version of a bloody Takashi Miike movie, forget it." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Young@Heart (2008) |
"Anybody who thinks the Rolling Stones are old should check out the charming documentary Young@Heart, which features a group of rock performers whose average age is around 80." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Yours, Mine, & Ours (2005) |
"Largely laugh-free." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 2/4 |
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2009) |
"[Director] Vasarhelyi offers only generalities on the Egypt dispute and never really tells us about N'Dour the man." |
V.A. Musetto |
Splat 2/4 |
Youth Without Youth (2007) |
"I don't want to say this thing is complicated, but Tom Stoppard just called to beg for an explanation.... I apologize for all the elements I'm leaving out, but my editor ordered me to keep this piece under 40 million words." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
YPF (2008) |
"YPF caused a minor sensation at last year's Toronto Film Festival, but I guess the chance to see Canucks even partially disrobed is a selling point up there." |
Lou Lumenick |
Splat 0/4 |
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie (2004) |
"Would be hilarious if it weren't so dreadfully cynical." |
Megan Lehmann |
Splat 2/4 |
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War (2002) |
"Bogdanich is unashamedly pro-Serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side." |
V.A. Musetto |
Tomato 3/4 |
Yves Saint Laurent: Empire Collection (2002) |
"Enlightening and enjoyable." |
V.A. Musetto |
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