Splat C- |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"It certainly succeeds in being different, but peculiar doesn't necessarily mean enjoyable." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Naked Lunch (1991) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Name of the Rose (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
- |
The Namesake (2007) |
"Interview with Mira Nair" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Namesake (2007) |
"Sprawling but affecting family drama, marked by sensitive direction and fine performances." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"Uncomfortably straddles the line between revival and send-up...[Nancy Drew] probably should have been kept in mothballs." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"A sour, stilted, graceless misfire that can't make its mind whether to be an edgy satire of class division or a feel-good feature-length sitcom." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"A delightful surprise, visually witty and almost unfailingly charming, perhaps the best film of its kind since 'Babe.' This should become a family perennial." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"Supremely condescending...If you need to look down on others to feel better about yourself, 'Napoleon Dynamite' is the movie for you." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Naqoyqatsi (2002) |
"Despite its visual virtuosity, 'Naqoyqatsi' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Narc (2002) |
"An empty exercise, a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Narc (2002) |
"Interview with Ray Liotta" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Narrow Margin (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
NASCAR: The Imax Experience (2004) |
"Surprisingly earnest and sedate...the sort of perfunctorily informative instructional film that might be the first leg on a guided tour of a NASCAR museum." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
"Such a stinker that each ticket should come with a can of Glade." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) |
"Another week, another gross-out college comedy--ugh." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
National Security (2003) |
"A slapsticky buddy action-comedy so bad that it's hard to decide who's dumber: the two guards at the center of things or the filmmakers who've put them there." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
National Treasure (2004) |
"One scavenger hunt that's definitely not worth playing...it has more climaxes than a porno movie." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"Monumentally silly...But viewers looking for the dumbest sort of escapism are likely to be satisfied." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"It avoids Hallmark greeting-card slickness and Cecil B. DeMille razzmatazz, but replaces them with a plodding earnestness that leaves it largely inoffensive but rather dull." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 0/5 |
Natural Born Killers (1994) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Near Dark (1987) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Ned Kelly (2004) |
"Elegantly mounted and realized, to be sure, but basically a fairly conventional portrait of your typical noble rebel...it might have been much more." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Needful Things (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Neil Young - Greendale (2004) |
"An egomaniacal misfire...a foolproof defense against both CD and VHS/DVD piracy." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A |
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006) |
"This joins the ranks of really special concert films. Whether you're a fan of Neil Young or not, don't miss 'Heart of Gold.'" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Never Again (2002) |
"Cutesy and artificial...Just a predictable take on the 'Affair to Remember' formula with a thick overlay of heavy-handed quirkiness." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"Bruising but brainless teen action-melodrama...like a match that delivers a few good punches but drags on to a dull and predictable end." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Never Die Alone (2004) |
"So outlandishly bad that it actually incites a viewer's morbid curiosity: you watch it wondering how much worse it can get." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Never Say Never Again (1983) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
New Best Friend (2002) |
"A cautionary after-school special gone completely berserk, an
anti-drug movie so loopy that it seems to be on speed itself." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
The New Guy (2002) |
"An incoherent jumble of tastelessness, stupidity, poor cinematic
takeoffs and cloying sweetness, all delivered with numbing
clumsiness." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
New in Town (2009) |
"Frozen Capracorn [that] will leave you cold...Minnesotans might legitimately want to sue for defamation." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The New World (2005) |
"Pretty much a mess--a woozy, sometimes inspired but mostly infuriating piece far more interested in conveying mood than information." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
New York Doll (2005) |
"You needn't be a fan of rock and roll to be both amused and moved by this documentary...a winningly bittersweet little film." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
New York Minute (2004) |
"If it actually lived up to its title and lasted a mere New York minute, it might be tolerable. Unfortunately, it drags on for ninety-three ordinary ones, and it's not." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
New York, I Love You (2009) |
"This love letter to the Big Apple has more than its share of worms." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Next (2007) |
"An extremely simple-minded present-day chase movie...blown to smithereens by plot holes the size of the majestic mountain canyons where some of the action is set." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
The Next Best Thing (2000) |
"This astonishingly bad tearjerker, a Fannie Hurst weepie with a gay twist, is as phony as a three-dollar bill and just about as entertaining." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Next Day Air (2009) |
"Winds up seeming less pleasurably anarchic than simply messy and crude." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
"May be Dickens Lite, but taken on its own slick, genteel terms it's a surprisingly winning confection...a film of wit and style." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Nick and Norah's playlist may be infinite, but the enjoyment they provide is definitely limited." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Interview with Michael Cera and Kat Dennings" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Nico and Dani (2001) |
"The rare coming-of-age film that avoids cliches, refuses to engage in stereotypes, and wins over both your intellect and your heart." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Nicotina (2004) |
"Intricate but curiously drab...for all the cigarettes that are smoked and talked about in the movie, it's resolutely non-addictive." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Night and the City (1992) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Night at the Museum (2006) |
"A film suffering from an acute case of Jumanjiitis...the one exhibit that would be most appropriate for this Museum would be a white elephant." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) |
"A big, bloated bore, so overstuffed with effects and racket that it's simply exhausting...the kind of empty extravaganza that gives family films a bad name." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Night at the Opera (1935) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
A Night at the Roxbury (1998) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
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