Tomato 3/4 |
Astro Boy (2009) |
"This computer-animated adaptation of the 1950s-created future boy from Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of Japanese manga, is actually a sweet and endearing movie." |
Billy Heller |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Assisted Living (2005) |
"Playing jokes on old people isn't funny." |
Debra Birnbaum |
Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"The combination of genres -- science fiction with fairy tale -- often triumphs but sometimes misfires." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
ABCD (2001) |
"Compassionate, funny and honest." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aberdeen (2001) |
"Intelligent, moving and often beautifully photographed." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Hilarious, acidic Brit comedy." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 1/4 |
Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004) |
"Not only is Adored amateurish and mawkish even by the standards of American 'gaysploitation' cinema, it's weirdly shy about showing nudity and sex." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 0/4 |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
"Hokey, embarrassing costumer." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
After the Life (2002) |
"The fine performances by Blanc and Melki give Belvaux' whole clever undertaking some needed weight." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ali (2001) |
"This overlong but sketchy biopic by Michael Mann, in which style repeatedly tramples substance, actually does the great man a disservice." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"From the very beginning of the movie, irritating implausibilities speckle Mark Moss' script." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"Recycles gags from various, more successful gross-out and romantic comedies, but without any zest or imagination." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
An Amazing Couple (2002) |
"For the most part it's either clunky (as when Alain speaks directly to the camera) or shrill." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"Watching this film from veteran commercial director and cinematographer Louis Schwartzberg is like being subjected to an endless ad for Coke or insurance." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat |
American Desi (2001) |
"The main flaw ... is its willingness to sacrifice the intrinsic fascination of its subject, and the charm of its talented cast on the altar of cultural correctness." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Experience - Daughter from Danang (2002) |
"It isn't really to the credit of the makers of Daughter from Danang -- which understandably won the 2002 Sundance prize for best documentary -- that it turns out be so gripping." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end!" |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Very, very funny, albeit inferior in a number of ways to the original." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
American Psycho (2000) |
"A misfiring black comedy." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"A sophisticated, stylish, fast-moving piece of work." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Amy's O (2002) |
"Davis ... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft Ally McBeal-style fantasy sequences." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 0/4 |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"Its protagonists, their situation and its mechanical but mushy resolution are never remotely believable." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Angela's Ashes (1999) |
"Watson, the queen of suffering-female roles, is as good as ever." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Animal (2001) |
"OK lowbrow comedy about a man given superpowers by animal organ transplants." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"A smart, energetic, often very funny comedy filled with sharp, vivid performances by a terrific ensemble cast." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat |
Antitrust (2001) |
"An inferior factory product, cranked out with little care and less imagination, that seems all the dumber because it's pretending to be smart and topical." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Apocalypse Now (1979) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"You won't see any film this year as beautiful, and plain thrilling as Apocalypse Now Redux." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"The Armenian genocide deserves a more engaged and honest treatment." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat |
Arlington Road (1999) |
"Arlington Road is a dumb, overheated thriller pretending to be a smart, topical one." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Astronaut's Wife (1999) |
"Both leads look terrific." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Uneven, self-conscious but often hilarious spoof." |
Jonathan Foreman |
Splat 2/4 |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"French director Benoit Jacquot is fascinated by American crime drama, but pays homage to the form by removing most of the drama and nearly all the crime." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat .5/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"A campus comedy that's as dull as bong water, Accepted is like the product of a community college filmmaking class, remedial division." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"An interesting failure, not a fascinating one." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adam Resurrected (2008) |
"A semi-unbearable attempt at profundity set in a mental institution 15 years after WWII." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Adventureland isn't as clever as Kicking, and not nearly as hilarious as Superbad, but it's still a sweet little memory ache, a Proustian cookie co-flavored with semiotics and Whitesnake." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"You can't get this kind of full-on sensory-jolt anywhere else, not legally anyway." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2.5/4 |
After Innocence (2005) |
"The film cuts away from such personal stories too quickly, eager to sell us on airy, unjustified claims." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Afterschool (2009) |
"Though thin on story, the film shows poise and vision, using bleak cinema-realite techniques with chilling effect. Campos promises to be heard from again." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Aggressives (2005) |
"It's just a loose collection of interviews about its subjects' feelings and back stories." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Air I Breathe (2007) |
"Brendan Fraser is Pleasure, Sarah Michelle Gellar is Sorrow, Kevin Bacon is Love, Forest Whitaker is Happiness, and the director is Pretension." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Akeelah and the Bee is so warm and well-meaning that you may find yourself wanting to like it more than you really do." |
Kyle Smith |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Amazing Grace isn't quite an accurate title for this entertaining history lesson, but no one will ever write a song titled 'Amazing 20-Year Period of Parliamentary Maneuvering to End Britain's Role in the Slave Trade.'" |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
An American Affair (2009) |
"Even Oliver Stone would giggle." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
American Gun (2006) |
"Handy rule of thumb for first- time filmmakers: No more than one crying scene per film, please. Like any other commodity, tears aren't worth much if they're overstocked." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
American Gun (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1.5/4 |
An American Haunting (2006) |
"The dark force behind this movie is the relentless power of cliche." |
Kyle Smith |
Splat 1/4 |
American Violet (2009) |
"Its blaring earnestness and thin characters (all of whom practically wear badges identifying them as good or evil) fail to add nuance to a story that keeps making the same point in virtually every predictable scene." |
Kyle Smith |
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