Tomato 3/4 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"The story, acting and dialogue somehow came out weaker and creakier than before." |
Rafer Guzman |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"At its best, this movie feels like a real experience, thanks to terrific performances and Demme’s informal direction." |
Rafer Guzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Racing Stripes (2005) |
"Makes a good case for taking children's entertainment out of the hands of directors and producers in arrested development." |
John Anderson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Radio (2003) |
"Shameless inspirational pulp that does everything but hold a gun to your head to get you to stand up and cheer." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"Scripts [don't] come any sudsier than Micky Levy's awesomely bathetic Rails & Ties." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rain (2002) |
"A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy, languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 2/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"One could be forgiven for thinking of Raise Your Voice as a Disney Channel special that was mistakenly spun out into the multiplexes." |
Gene Seymour |
Tomato 3/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"A cunning and immensely likeable coming-of- parenting-age saga that repeatedly flies in the face of its own sitcom impulses." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"Real, sweet and often really sweet." |
John Anderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Rambo (2008) |
"The battle sequences are so muddled in execution that we can't tell who's killing whom. Which may have been the point, but knowing Stallone -- and Rambo -- one doubts that very much." |
Gene Seymour |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Rape Of Europa (2007) |
"A fascinating account of art's fate during the rise of the Third Reich and the Second World War." |
Ariella Budick |
Splat |
Rat Race (2001) |
"Rat Race is like being locked in a car trunk for two hours with a marching band playing the collected hits of Spike Jones." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"So many computer-animated movies are brash, loud and popping with pop-culture comedy, but Ratatouille has the warm glow of a favorite book. The characters are more than the sum of their gigabyte-consuming parts -- they feel handcrafted." |
Rafer Guzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"Foxx is worth the price of admission." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"[An] ingenious, amoral and atmospheric thriller." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Reader (2008) |
"The Reader asks profound questions about guilt and redemption, but its answers are misguided and misleading." |
Rafer Guzman |
Splat 1/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"I don't want to say that The Real Cancun, is boring, but I fell asleep on my arm during the last 45 minutes and chewed it off rather than wake myself up." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007) |
"What a blessing this film is, for everyone who's chosen the road less taken, and even perhaps for anyone who's stood in their way." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"Real Women may have many agendas, but it also will win you over, in a big way." |
John Anderson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Rebound (2005) |
"I should be 6 years old right now. That way, I could enjoy Rebound without thinking about all the better movies made from its concept." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat |
Recess: School's Out (2001) |
"There are times when I wonder why so much energy is expended finding alternatives to funny animals who hit each other with anvils." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"Fine cast delivers the goods, but the murkiness is thick and finally overpowering." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2/4 |
The Recruit (2003) |
"It's hard to tell which brand of coffee they're plugging in The Recruit but they sure drink a lot of it. Which is a good thing. A vicarious caffeine buzz is better than nothing, and you're going to need something to keep you awake." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Doors (2005) |
"Well-shot, well-written film." |
John Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Limited tension, lots of laughs, just what you want from a psychological thriller." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Red Eye (2005) |
"Preposterous, to be sure. And the credibility gap only widens as Jack's lethal mission nears its consummation. But by that point, Craven already has us in the palm of his hand, smooth-talking us with a finesse worthy of his dashing villain." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Lights (2004) |
"Austere little thriller that works its way under your skin even before much of anything happens." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat |
Red Planet (2000) |
"Any movie that requires this much narration-background, plot line and introductions to each and every character-is as deprived of oxygen as outer space." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Red Road (2007) |
"A sexy and cunningly disorienting thriller that provokes the viewer into a state of anxious participation from first to last frame." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Redacted (2007) |
"If righteous indignation was the most direct highway to art, Redacted would be his masterpiece." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 1/4 |
Redbelt (2008) |
"Redbelt fails on nearly every level, from its incoherent story line to its threadbare action sequences." |
Rafer Guzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Redline (2007) |
"Redline isn't exactly a car wreck, mainly because it's far less exciting and you can, in fact, look away." |
John Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Reel Paradise (2005) |
"One wish[es] James could have followed him and his family from the beginning of their year-long adventure, rather than being swept in at the emotional tail end." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Reign of Fire (2002) |
"Reign of Fire is basically one great set piece surrounded by thickets of iron filings, oily hair and knotty-pine acting." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"Sandler tries to please his existing fan base while also stretching himself to new and unexplored lengths. If you hear something snap, please inform the theater management." |
John Anderson |
Splat 1/4 |
Religulous (2008) |
"It's a nasty, condescending, small-minded film, self-amused and ultimately self-defeating. Its only accomplishment is to make atheists look bad -- and in this political climate they didn't need Maher's help with that." |
Rafer Guzman |
Tomato |
Remember the Titans (2000) |
"All heart, big muscles and not a whole lot of gray matter upstairs. Still, once in a while, it shows itself to be just smart enough to make a key play." |
Gene Seymour |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Renaissance (2006) |
"[Director] Volckman's vision, however unrelentingly monochromatic, does just enough with 'motion capture' to persuade you that it could tell substantive, even provocative grown-up stories." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2/4 |
Rendition (2007) |
"Reduces issues of burning domestic urgency to a rubble of burnt melodrama." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 2/4 |
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) |
"While you may laugh here and there, if you wait for the DVD you can skip the slow sections for the high points." |
Gene Seymour |
Splat 2/4 |
Rent (2005) |
"No amount of confident theatrical pedigree will carry a movie musical in the wrong directorial hands." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat |
The Replacements (2000) |
"You can write the script yourself, just think nursery school. Then simplify." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Requiem (2006) |
"Just as haunting as a horror film and far more heartrending." |
Gene Seymour |
Tomato |
Requiem for a Dream (2000) |
"Dream proves a number of things: the audacity of director Darren Aronofsky's eye, the brilliance of Ellen Burstyn's acting and an apparent poverty of discernment or intelligence on the MPAA ratings board." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"If you know the original, then you may receive this gripping and faithful dramatization as a kind of cinematic experiment in the relative merits of the spoken word vs. the illustrated." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 2/4 |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"An arduous melodrama set in a high-tax-bracket corner of Connecticut." |
Jan Stuart |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"No one looking for nonstop violence, galloping gore, end-of- days-style hysteria or dogs slathered in barbecue sauce will come away disappointed." |
John Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Respiro (2003) |
"A shimmering, mystical beauty emanates from every frame of Emanuele Crialese's Respiro." |
Jan Stuart |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"When Resurrecting the Champ climbs off its high horse and makes itself comfortable within the contours of daily newsroom life, with its alternating languor and tension, the movie feels authentic and lived-in." |
Gene Seymour |
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