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Saraband (2005) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
The Savages (2007) |
"This bittersweet X-ray of American family dynamics may not be a Hallmark-card notion of a holiday movie, but it's one any son or daughter can take to heart." |
David Ansen |
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Saw (2004) |
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David Ansen |
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Schindler's List (1993) |
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David Ansen |
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School of Rock (2003) |
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David Ansen |
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The Sea Inside (2004) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"[It] may be too airbrushed for its own good, but in the end nothing can stop this story from putting a lump in your throat." |
David Ansen |
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The Secret Garden (1993) |
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David Ansen |
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Secretary (2002) |
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David Ansen |
Splat |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"The semifunny Semi-Pro is amiable enough, but you never feel there's much at stake." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Seven (1995) |
"So chic, studied and murky it resembles a cross between a Nike commercial and a bad Polish art film." |
David Ansen |
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Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) |
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David Ansen |
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Sexy Beast (2001) |
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David Ansen |
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Shakespeare Wallah (1965) |
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David Ansen |
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Shattered Glass (2003) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
Shine a Light (2008) |
"This movie is about giving us a privileged glimpse of the Stones in action. It's a record of an astonishing musical chemistry that has been evolving, with no signs of calcification, for nearly five decades." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Shopgirl (2005) |
"A minimalist almost-love story told with epic flourishes." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Shortbus (2006) |
"If the brush strokes are sometimes a bit sloppy, the grand design of Shortbus endears." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Shrek the Third (2007) |
"This is a very skillfully made corporate product, but I wonder who, exactly, will be fully satisfied." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Sicko (2007) |
"“Who are we?” might be a better (if less jazzy) title for Sicko, Michael Moore’s two-hour meditation on the sickly qualities of American health care." |
John Hartl |
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Sideways (2004) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
Signs (2002) |
"A refreshing summer movie." |
David Ansen |
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Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
A Single Man (2009) |
"The movie has a hushed, sensual intensity and formal elegance that leaves no doubt Ford knows what he's doing behind the camera." |
David Ansen |
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Sister Act (1992) |
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David Ansen |
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Sleeping With the Enemy (1991) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) |
"Bold, exciting and full of visions." |
Jeff Giles |
Tomato |
Sneakers (1992) |
"Makes up for its gaps in logic with its breezy tone and its technological razzledazzle." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) |
"If ever there was an example of a director's getting in the way of a story, this is it." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Soft Fruit (1999) |
"The outcome is clear from the beginning. But getting there proves a rare revelation." |
Andrea C. Basora |
Tomato |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) |
"South Park has a gag-to-laugh ratio even higher than the new Austin Powers." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Spanglish (2004) |
"There are signs that a lot has been cut, and in trimming his film Brooks may have squeezed too tight: his movie needs breathing space." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Speed Racer (2008) |
"Speed Racer creates a timeless, visually seductive world suspended somewhere between the pop '60s and the sci-fi future. Its biggest disappointment, strangely enough, is its raison d'ętre -- the races themselves." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"Spider-Man 3 is nothing if not eclectic, but somehow this ambitious mishmash works. Action-packed, with all the digital fireworks that a $250 million (or more) budget can buy, it's both the most grandiose chapter and the nuttiest." |
David Ansen |
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The Spitfire Grill (1996) |
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David Ansen |
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The Squid and the Whale (2005) |
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David Ansen |
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Stage Beauty (2004) |
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David Ansen |
Tomato 4/4 |
Stairway to Heaven (1946) |
"Review of A Matter of Life and Death, the film's original title, part of "The Films of Michael Powell" two-disc set on DVD." |
Robert Cashill |
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Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) |
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David Ansen |
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Star Wars (1977) |
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David Ansen |
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Star Wars (1977) |
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David Ansen |
Splat |
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) |
"Many of the scenes feel shapeless and flat—they're not ended, but abandoned." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) |
"A decidedly mixed bag." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
"Lucas manages to turn the audience's familiarity to his advantage: like a jigsaw puzzle whose final form has always been known, the fun is in discovering how the last pieces fit." |
David Ansen |
Splat |
Stardust (2007) |
"Vaughn, who made the enjoyably tricky gangster movie Layer Cake, gets points for ambition, but this antic fantasy eludes his grasp." |
David Ansen |
Tomato |
Starting Out in the Evening (2007) |
"Refreshingly subtle." |
David Ansen |
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The Station Agent (2003) |
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David Ansen |
Splat |
Step Brothers (2008) |
"Though McKay and his cast make the most of the material, Step Brothers is constrained by its one-joke concept." |
David Ansen |
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The Stone Reader (2003) |
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David Ansen |
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Story (2003) |
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David Ansen |
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