Splat C- |
O (2001) |
"In this case, unhappily, 'O' stands not so much for 'Othello' as for
'Zero.'" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |
"Lighthearted and amiable, it may be a cinematic trifle, but it's a trifle that has been flawlessly fashioned and polished to a
brilliant sheen." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
O'Horten (2009) |
"A gentle, deadpan comedy-drama...you shouldn't miss the opportunity to make the acquaintance of this wryly observant little film." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
Oasis (2004) |
"Its honesty and avoidance of comfortable closure make it a refreshing change from the sort of phony uplift such stories ordinarily receive on the screen." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Observe and Report (2009) |
"It's Paul Blart with a nasty streak, a perverse kind of farce that most people will be more likely to recoil from than to laugh at." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Obsessed (2009) |
"Tawdry potboiler...a very bad rip-off of Fatal Attraction." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Occupation: Dreamland (2005) |
"Serves a useful public service; more important, it's an engrossing film in its own right." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"Bouncy and amusing...utter fluff, to be sure, but it's
highly enjoyable fluff, far superior to the earlier picture." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"Bright and glitzy but ultimately ephemeral and rather silly, featherweight sleight-of-hand without much of a payoff." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
"Thinks it's hip, but its old-fashioned, anything-goes attitude is less engaging than vaguely obnoxious...far more fun for the performers than the viewers." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Odd Couple (1968) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Of Mice and Men (1939) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Off the Black (2006) |
"Tells a familiar story, but does it well enough to merit a passing grade." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Off the Lip (2004) |
"Modestly engaging, but ultimately the fragile little movie wipes out, like a surfer who's misjudged a wave." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Off the Map (2005) |
"Proves a case of some very good actors crossing the boundary from the region of off-beat domestic drama into the dread realm of preciousness and pretension." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Oh in Ohio (2006) |
"Or more aptly, The Aw in Awful." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Oklahoma! (1955) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Old Dogs (2009) |
"[A] sorry mess, a mangy, flea-bitten comedy of Daddy Day Care caliber." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Old Joy (2006) |
"A minimalist stroll not worth taking...but if Old Joy doesn't do much, at least it doesn't do it for very long." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Old School (2003) |
"A dismally unfunny, crass and rambling farce that flunks out on every conceivable level." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Oldboy (2005) |
"As ludicrously complex and silly as any of Brian De Palma's worst thrillers...suffers from an excess of filmmaking brawn and a lack of brains." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Oliver Twist (2005) |
"Like a Classics Comic Book adaptation of the story--tasteful, subdued and just a bit dull." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Omen (2006) |
"Anybody who's seen the 1976 film will probably be pretty bored by this one, which is rather like an inferior copy of a painting that was no masterwork to begin with." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
On A Clear Day (2006) |
"On a clear day, to misquote the old Broadway tune, you can see the cliches." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
On Guard (1997) |
"Vastly enjoyable--a stylish, affectionate, old-fashioned swashbuckler...staged with such elan that the result is completely winning." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
On the Line (2001) |
"Abominably written, directed and acted...wretched from first
stop to last." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
On the Outs (2005) |
"A sporadically powerful but uneven little film, in which moments of insight and conviction alternate with others that seem contrived and mawkish." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Once (2007) |
"Wins you over without appearing even to try... Once...is so emotionally resonant and exuberantly enjoyable that you might just want to see it more than that." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Once (2007) |
"Interview with Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova and John Carney" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"Might have been intended as a homage, but winds up seeming more like a bad parody...pumps the adrenaline and feeds the eye but starves the brain." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"This strange mixture never gels...the idea might be clever, but the realization doesn't do it justice." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Once Were Warriors (1995) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
One (2000) |
"Goes too far in the direction of reticence, deliberately dampening the emotional resonance of the story so persistently that the characters become opaque and the narrative overly flat and matter-of-fact, even at the most wrenching moments." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The One (2001) |
"An utterly negligible martial-arts flick--cheap-looking,
clumsily written, and not even very well staged, fight-wise." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
One Crazy Summer (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
One Day in September (2000) |
"Has such a powerful subject...that it can hardly fail to make an emotional impact." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
One False Move (1992) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
One Fine Day (1996) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
One Good Cop (1991) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"While unsettling, it's also chilly and unmoving. One has to admire its craftsmanship, but in the end it proves oddly unsatisfying--not unlike Williams' performance in it." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
One Last Thing (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
One Missed Call (2008) |
"Borrows so heavily from the corpus of J-horror flicks, and especially Hideo Nakata's, that it should really be titled The Ring Tone." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"A picture whose wildly different components never really coalesce into a satisfying whole." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
One Tough Cop (1998) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Onegin (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Ong Bak 2 (2009) |
"Not really a sequel but more a misguided prequelish follow-up...obviously enjoyed a much larger budget than its titular predecessor, but it's nowhere near as much fun." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) |
"If you're a fan of old-style Hong Kong martial arts movies, you should find Ong-Bak a blast. And even if not, you may be surprised at how much dumb fun it is." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Only Human (2006) |
"Amiable, and occasionally even insightful, but also sometimes just silly and at others a trifle tasteless...a mixed bag that, unhappily, doesn't deliver quite enough." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Only the Lonely (1991) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
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