Eagle Eye (2008)

"Check your credulity at the door, and you’ll at least enjoy some high-impact action scenes."

Earth (2009)

"The beauty of the landscape, the beauty of the animals, it's all irresistible."

Eastern Promises (2007)

"Whether in cloaked repose or naked defense, Mortensen dares you to take your eyes off of him."

Edmond (2006)

"Despite the best efforts of all concerned, what seemed explosive and provocative two decades ago now comes across as schematic and artificial."

Eisenstein (2002)

"Fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we're seeing something purer than the real thing."

Election (1999)

"So blackly funny it hurts!"

Elektra (2005)

"The unremittingly dour screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics character."

Elevator to the Gallows (1957)

"If you've never seen this 1957 film-noir gem, you should be seduced by the cool nocturnal cinematography of Henri Decae and the languid improvisational sounds of Miles Davis."

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

"Silence would be a blessing to Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which substitutes symphonic din in place of drama."

Ella Enchanted (2004)

"Its knockabout humor grows on you, as does Anne Hathaway."

The Embalmer (2003)

"Perverse and chilling, but also novel, smart."

The Emperor's New Clothes (2002)

"For all its fabulous outerwear, The Emperor's New Clothes feels very hand-me-down."

Empire (2002)

"Another excuse to trot out the usual ghetto-melodramatic bromides: What Happens When You Leave the Old Neighborhood Behind and Remembering Who Your Real Posse Is and, most of all, Respecting the Woman Who Loves You Best."

Enchanted (2007)

"A shimmering pastiche of missed opportunities."

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004)

"Fulfills its ambition to give these lost boys from Queens their considerable props, not least as inspiration for arty outcasts everywhere."

Enduring Love (2004)

"Michell and company try to make you forget that Enduring Love begins, literally and figuratively, on such a high level before tumbling into the sordid Hitchcockian precincts of dangerous obsession."

Enigma (2002)

"It is Scott's acting -- and that of the lustrous Kate Winslet -- that almost makes sense of a hare-brained movie."

Envy (2004)

"Envy isn't a comedy so much as a welter of mugging, pratfalls and goofy attitudes struggling to coalesce into a comedy."

Eragon (2006)

"With most of the work going into the tech stuff, the actors seem left pretty much on their own."

Esther Kahn (2002)

"It's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character, especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as Phoenix's."

Eulogy (2004)

"Romano's caveman-ish line readings are perfectly pitched."

Eurotrip (2004)

"Eurotrip, much like Old School and Road Trip, is about little else besides gratifying appetites no matter who gets hurt or what gets broken in the process."

Evelyn (2002)

"Good-looking, well-acted and now and then shamelessly sentimental paean to perseverance, spirit and Irish humor."

The Event (2003)

"It feels weirdly dated and disconnected, as it attempts to graft the events of recent years onto an '80s culture that has gone with the wind."

Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2008)

"Romantic comedies don't always have the strongest concepts, but Everybody Wants to Be Italian begins with what barely qualifies as an idea."