- |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"Interview with Mario and Melvin Van Peebles" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"It has a good deal of energy and a splashy visual style, but its mixture of dramatic recreation, interviews and social commentary succeeds only sporadically." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"Merely lets the facts of forty years ago speak for themselves, and one can't deny that its dramatization of them has enormous energy and urgency." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Babel (2006) |
"Interview with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Babel (2006) |
"Like its scriptural model, an impressive structure, but one that doesn't reach the intended emotional heights." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Intermittently strong, often darkly humorous but ultimately uneven." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Babylon A.D. (2008) |
"So bad it will make you nostalgic for The Pacifier." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Back to School (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Back to the Future (1985) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Backstage (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"'Bad Boys II,' which is nothing more than tired formula, pure and simple, feels longer than 'Pearl Harbor.' And it's got a lot more explosions and violence than that World War II picture, too." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Bad Company (2002) |
"Everything in it seems recycled from earlier movies....Any movie in which
a bomb plays so prominent part has no business being such a dud." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
Bad Education (2004) |
"A revelation, combining the colorful flash of the writer-director's previous work with a richer, deeper emotional vein than ever before." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Bad Education (2004) |
"Interview with Gael Garcia Bernal and Fele Martinez" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"Outrageously enjoyable...turns the genre conventions on their head to often uproarious effect." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Not so much a terrible movie as an unnecessary one...a sense of redundancy plagues the movie." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Interview with Kenneth "K.C" Harris" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Bad Ronald (1974) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"A one-joke conceit that can't sustain itself over feature length, a good idea drowned in a sea of crudity and ineptitude. You'll leave it feeling more hung over than Willie." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Baghead (2008) |
"Interview with Jay and Mark Duplass" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato C |
Baghead (2008) |
"Very uneven super-low-budget exercise...the sort of thing that's usually referred to as 'showing promise.'" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Bait (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"A dreary dirge of a movie that's less about real human beings than characters who are little more than literary contrivances, though well acted ones." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"Not only consistently engrossing but genuinely engaging, if technically conventional....Bravo!" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"A shambles of a movie--visually unattractive, unbearably loud and utterly silly...its hilarity is completely unintentional." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"This awful slapstick martial-arts tournament send-up is all bad ideas and worse execution." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"Skillfully done...but the broader historical context may make one just a tad queasy reveling in its visual and emotional excesses." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Bamboozled (2000) |
"The fault lies with Lee, of course: he remains an exceptionally gifted filmmaker, but his writing and helming here demonstrate no penchant for satire." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Bananas (1971) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
- |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"Interview with Eran Korilin" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"Charming and touching...gentle and soft-spoken, but it speaks volumes about the possibility of reconciliation in one of the most politically volatile regions of the world." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Bandits (2001) |
"A somewhat predictable but quite enjoyable lark, a traditional
buddy-heist movie that offers genuine humor instead of the gross-out stuff we usually see nowadays." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Bandslam (2009) |
"Isn't going to win any awards, but it's a distinct step up from most striving-against-the-odds high school movies." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Bang Rajan (2004) |
"This Thai 'Alamo' story is superior to any of the Hollywood versions of the Texas battle and an exciting, effective film in its own right." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"A totally synthetic, artificial movie...like a two-hour sitcom in desperate need of a laughtrack." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Bangkok Dangerous (2001) |
"A succession of set-pieces, each of them individually impressive but
adding up to very little because there's nothing between them to move
us." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) |
"All it proves is that on their home turf the Pangs can make an international hit-man tale every bit as trashy and dull as the ones made in Hollywood or Europe." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
The Bank (2002) |
"An implausible, manipulative but moderately enjoyable crowd-pleaser." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Bank Job (2008) |
"Just isn't clever or surprising enough: it's complicated but conventional, strikes no sparks...[and] fails to juggle its myriad tones successfully." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Barabbas (1961) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
Baran (2002) |
"A tale of unrequited love and maturation so emotionally pure
that it seems effortlessly moving, a picture of rare poignancy
and surprising depth." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Barbarella (1968) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"Visually 'The Barbarian Invasions' has a nice surface, but the more one listens to it the more ephemeral and inconsequential it becomes." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Barbarians at the Gate (1992) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Barbershop (2002) |
"More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative, but on those terms it's inoffensive and actually rather sweet." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"Earns a visit, if only by a hair...if the business isn't quite so brisk this time around, there's an amiable familiarity that warrants your continued patronage." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Barenaked in America (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"Gary Larson did more with this idea in a single Far Side panel than Steve Oedekerk and his army of animators can muster over eighty minutes in this tepid computer-generated kidflick." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Bartleby (2002) |
"As satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago...has a delightfully dour, deadpan tone and stylistic consistency." |
Frank Swietek |
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