Splat D- |
Facing the Giants (2006) |
"Would seem sincere enough, but it's just a chain of ludicrous cliches of both the sports and religious variety." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"Interview with Gerzan Ozpetek" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"The parts are never integrated into a smoothly satisfying whole...as such it doesn't quite delight the cinematic palate." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Factory Girl (2007) |
"An old-fashioned poor little rich girl story gussied up with 1960s glitter...as vacuous as the milieu in which it's set." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Factotum (2006) |
"What distinguishes it is Hamer's amusingly deadpan approach to the material and Dillon's uncanny ability to embody it in his performance." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"Though it's clearly a hate letter to Bush, it's a cleverly composed one, and it will succeed in infuriating and satisfying audiences in approximately equal measure." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fail-Safe (1964) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"So limp and mirthless that it would barely pass muster as a single-season network sitcom." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Faithless (2001) |
"A worthwhile, if imperfect, example of its author's self-examining, often lacerating approach." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
The Fall (2008) |
"A fairy-tale that's fractured in ways that seem perversely calculated to alienate us even as it tries to draw us in...a cinematic pratfall." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Fame (2009) |
"Riddled with cliches from beginning to end...[a] misguided exhumation of what was once a pretty lively piece." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Familiar Strangers (2008) |
"Though admirably modest and understated...it has a lot to be modest about." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Familiar Strangers (2008) |
"Interview with producer Barry Sisson" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Family Man (2000) |
"A veritable glacier of treacle, oozing inexorably on for two hours, gradually swallowing the actors, the screen and the audience as well." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"Yet another of those dysfunctional-family-at-the-holidays movies that aim to elicit smiles of recognition but are more likely to make you wince in pain." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Could have been dumb fun...unfortunately, the filmmakers succeed in getting only the dumb part right, omitting the fun entirely." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"Compared to the best superhero movies, the best that can be said of this flyweight effort is that it's unpretentious. But then it has a great deal to be unpretentious about." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"A toon that puts nearly every non-Pixar one of recent years to shame. In this case, the titular adjective is well chosen." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Far Country (1955) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"A small miracle of a film, a pitch-perfect homage to American films of the fifties that becomes genuinely moving in its own right...elegant and astonishingly eloquent." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Farewell My Concubine (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Farewell to the King (1989) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Slick but idiotic action flick...doesn't have any real power, and no intelligence whatever, under its glossy hood." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
"Little more than an old B-movie wreck spruced up and sent speeding onto the screen." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"Though the movie is the most formulaic sort of testosterone-driven junk, it's served up expertly by director Justin Lin and his associates." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"Carries neither satirical bite nor emotional punch, an indictment delivered in an oddly mellow tone. Don't order a helping." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"It brings a myth vividly to life on screen, remaining true to the original while doing so...an extraordinary experience." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Faster (2004) |
"A competently-made treatment, though it does grow a bit repetitious over the long haul and doesn't end with the sort of rousing triumph the filmmaker seems to have hoped for." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"Though inoffensive, it's also flat and rather tedious...the movie isn't ready for the junkyard, but it isn't very fresh, either." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Fat Girl (2001) |
"In spite of the fact that it's almost impossible to take your eyes
from 'Fat Girl,' the film ultimately proves disturbingly obvious." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Father of the Bride (1950) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Father of the Bride Part II (1995) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Fay Grim (2007) |
"Arch, annoyingly complicated and insufferably smug, this will appeal only to those for whom Hartley and Posey can do no wrong." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Fear (1996) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Fear and Trembling (2004) |
"Cool, incisive, funny but also strangely melancholy...connoisseurs of cinematic elegance should find it a brilliant jewel." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Fear Dot Com (2002) |
"A vile, incoherent mess...a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg's brilliant 'Videodrome.'" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Fearless (2006) |
"Almost childishly naive but beautifully crafted and both viscerally exciting and oddly touching...a surprisingly rich and satisfying love letter by Li to the martial arts." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Feast (2006) |
"By any objective standard, Feast isn't a good movie, but by those of its low-rent genre it's kind of fun." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Feast of Love (2007) |
"Half soap opera and half sitcom, but successful as neither." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003) |
"There may be better straight introductions to the accomplishments of this most poetic of cinematic artists, but for the already initiated this will serve as a welcome remembrance." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"Bad girl, worse movie...In the De Palma oeuvre, ranks toward the very bottom, somewhere between 'Body Double' and 'Raising Cain' on the one hand and 'Mission to Mars' on the other." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Festival Express (2004) |
"The artists and audiences obviously had a great time at the Festival Express a quarter-century ago, and you'll probably have one at 'Festival Express' today." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"This is, at best, a distinctly low-grade 'Fever.' If not a foul ball, barely earns a single." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Fido (2007) |
"Stretches its one-joke premise and artificial look beyond the breaking point." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Fighting (2009) |
"May not score a knockout, but it sure wins on points." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"Undemanding audiences may be willing to succumb to 'Temptations,' but the more discerning will easily be able to resist." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Filth and the Fury (1999) |
"Certainly engaging to watch and often compelling to ruminate on." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"For there to be balance in the universe, good movies must alternate with bad ones. This is obviously one of the latter." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Final (2001) |
"Basically it's cable-ready, and it shouldn't be long in getting
there." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Final Countdown (1980) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
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