Tomato 4/5 |
L'Avventura (1960) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"Told without sentiment or an excess of didacticism, the story of redemption among the urban underclass carries considerable power but never becomes a truly searing experience." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
L.A. Twister (2004) |
"One of those feeble little efforts you'd be inclined to skip at a minor film festival--with good reason." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
L.I.E. (2001) |
"Almost a model of what's best in American independent cinema...
provocative but not exploitative, moving but not maudlin." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 5/5 |
La Bête Humaine (1938) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
La Buche (2000) |
"Takes familiar material and gives it texture, subtlety and
refinement." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
La Ley De Herodes (2000) |
"Half Preston Sturges and half Sam Peckinpah...though it sometimes takes its swipes with a bludgeon rather than a scalpel, it hits more often than it misses." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"Rather fussily structured and ostentatiously virtuosic, and one might wish...it had told us even more. But...it's almost worthy of its subject." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"Interview with Jay Russell, John Travolta, Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Patrick" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"Smothered by the heart-on-sleeve melodramatics of the storytelling, which seems intent on leaving no cliche unused and pounding each of them home." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"Not a great film, but the joy of watching Dench and Smith perform their charming duet for nearly two hours makes it worthwhile." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
The Ladies Man (2000) |
"A putrid mess...simultaneously vulgar and boring." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Ladron que Roba a Ladron (To Rob a Thief) (2007) |
"Ocean's Seven at best...a puny heist comedy that's nowhere near as clever or amusing as it thinks it is." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Lady and the Duke (2002) |
"Talky, artificial and opaque...an interesting technical exercise, but a tedious picture." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Lady and the Tramp (1955) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Lady Chatterley (2006) |
"It lumbers rather than soars, feeling dry and desiccated despite all the greenery and pink skin on display." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Lady from Shanghai (1948) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"You won't see anything else like it this summer, and you'll be really glad about that." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Lady in White (1988) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Lady Vengeance (2005) |
"Exhibits elegant craftsmanship...Unfortunately, the fragmentary narrative style and a distasteful final act leave it another near-miss." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Ladybugs (1992) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"'The Ladykillers in Big Momma's House'...a film that, despite some inspired moments, is alternately arch and crude." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Interview with Marlon Wayans" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Lake House (2006) |
"Couldn't be more heavy-handed and schmaltzy: the supposed magic dust is poured on with a trowel rather than a teaspoon." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Lakeboat (2001) |
"Little more than a succession of acting exercises....But who cares
when the dialogue is so meaty and the performances so canny?" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Flawed but intriguing thriller...while the movie is basically a potboiler, the brew that it keeps simmering is more potent than most." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"We're in Howard the Duck and Pluto Nash territory here...so awful that watching all forty-three episodes of the original without a break would be less painful." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Lantana (2001) |
"While the contrivances tend to pile up rather uncomfortably...the
picture is saved (though barely) by its remarkable leads." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) |
"Obvious hokum, but it's served up with dash and energy...an expertly-crafted bit of dumb fun." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) |
"Bury it -- before the stench overwhelms us all." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"There are so many ways this movie could have gone wrong that it's a minor miracle it never flies off the rails...sweetly quirky, warmly funny and even touching." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Lassie (2006) |
"A nice, pleasant, quietly engaging but slow and determinedly old-school piece of family entertainment." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
The Last Castle (2001) |
"An updating of 'Cool Hand Luke' to a modern military
stockade, minus the eggs and the intelligence...just a Michael
Bay movie with delusions of grandeur." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"A slight and implausible romance that nonetheless has moments of charm, thanks to its stars. Unfortunately, that's not quite enough." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Last Days (2005) |
"Van Sant hasn't found a means of deepening the premise he initially establishes, and his film bores and irritates rather than entrancing us as its predecessors did." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Last Holiday (2006) |
"Though the movie isn't the 'Holiday' from hell, it's not one you should be anxious to go off on." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"For what it is...The Last House on the Left is effective. The problem lies in what it is--a pure exercise in sadism unencumbered by any larger concerns." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"An uneven film not entirely successful in juggling its very different tones, but...Whitaker's performance is so good that it makes the picture almost insanely watchable." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
The Last Kiss (2002) |
"Intimate in its narrative structure but almost operatically extravagant in its cinematic gestures, it's a genuine find...enormous fun to watch." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Last Kiss (2006) |
"Muccino's film was a deliciously surprising, high-spirited dance; Goldwyn's is a dreary dirge,...a sadly typical blend of morose relationship tale and second-rate sitcom." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Last Legion (2007) |
"An old-fashioned boys' adventure yarn...no great shakes as a fantasy epic...but there are far worse movies out there for young boys." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Last Mimzy (2007) |
"A New Age version of E.T....more fuzzy-headed and inarticulate than the title's stuffed bunny." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"A dispassionate autopsy of a passionate triangle, brilliantly devised if not always perfectly executed." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Last of Sheila (1973) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Last Orders (2002) |
"The combination of acting brilliance and filmmaking skill makes the
picture...a deeply satisfying experience." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Last Resort (2001) |
"A small but surprisingly moving film ... reminiscent of the Italian neorealist classics of the 1950s." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
The Last Samurai (2003) |
"A prestige product, the very embodiment of good taste...Ultimately, however, the hackneyed story arc makes 'The Last Samurai' seem rather stale." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Last September (1999) |
"Expends so much effort looking good and creating a dreamy atmosphere that its makers seem not to care about maintaining narrative coherence or building emotional resonance." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Last Sin Eater (2007) |
"Perversely fascinating as a cultural document, but as a movie it's simply dreadful." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Last Starfighter (1984) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
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