Tomato B |
Tadpole (2002) |
"More sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are...an amusing little catch." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Tailor of Panama (2001) |
"Refashioned only imperfectly from the book, it ends up neither fish nor fowl, an amalgam of drama, satire and farce which never comes together into a satisfying whole." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Another tale of an unusual program to help disadvantaged school kids turned into a formulaic, sappily uplifting Hollywood product." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Taken (2009) |
"Better than [Besson's] usual product, but still pretty thin, formulaic gruel." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"A serial-killer-tracked-by-female-detective movie so preposterously contrived that by rights it should star Ashley Judd...more likely to evoke snickers than gasps." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"A reasonably interesting but curiously routine heist movie that will be appreciated more by new riders than those familiar with the superior 1974 incarnation." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"A provocative premise that never achieves its full dramatic and intellectual potential...noise is allowed to overwhelm argument and--more importantly--understanding." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"The scruffiness is hardly accidental, but it gives the picture a gentle warmth and easy charm that make it as pleasant, if as passing, as a warm summer breeze." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
"A nice-looking, respectable but oddly unsatisfying family fable." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"Pretty much a stunt, and not an entirely successful one...on balance the nuggets are embedded in just too much dross." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Taliesin Jones (2002) |
"Certainly warm-hearted and well-intentioned...but its eagerness to
be uplifting is ultimately more calculated than inspiring, and its
message is more than a little muddled." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"If you've cared for Almodovar's previous work, you should like it; if not, it may strike you as equally contrived and vaguely unpleasant." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Interview with Kasi Lemmons" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Though there's tension between the two halves of Talk to Me, both of them are quite good." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Tall Guy (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"Its celebration of infantilism on the speedway runs out of gas long before the last lap." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Tamara (2006) |
"A really dumb, derivative rip-off, slovenly constructed and played with the sort of ludicrous earnestness that just misses being bad enough to qualify as high camp." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Tampopo (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Tango Lesson (1997) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
The Tao of Steve (2000) |
"Though employing an utterly conventional romantic design, it tweaks the formula sufficiently...to come across as charmingly distinctive rather than tiredly imitative." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Tape (2001) |
"A pedestrian filmization of a three-character play that comes
across like a watered-down combination of Sam Shepard and
David Mamet." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Targets (1968) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Both enlightening and creepy in almost equal measure, but it's more than a stunt: it's a cry of anguish you're not likely to forget." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
The Taste of Others (2001) |
"A genial yet insightful comedy-drama, a film of rare grace and
honest humor." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Taxi (2004) |
"An action comedy in which the action is negligible and the comedy nonexistent." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"A moving piece of work...at once sobering and infuriating." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"A weird, off-the-wall bit of surrealistic nonsense that should keep the kiddies transfixed with its colorful characters and slapstick mayhem while amusing adults." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Teachers (1984) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"Though it has moments of inspiration...at best the picture is only fitfully amusing, certainly not up to the standard set by the 'South Park' movie." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"The overwhelming reaction must be one of distaste at seeing so real a human tragedy turned into so false a combination of gung-ho theatrics, pious pontificating and mawkish melodrama." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Movie (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Actually too clever by half, but also so skillfully played that it carries you breathlessly along for the duration." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Ten (2007) |
"Apart from an occasional bright line and amusing throwaway bits of business, the humor here is juvenile and flat...The Ten is at best a five." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"Makes Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure look like a model of cerebral wit...there's a difference between genuine satire and Three Stooges-style stupidity." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Terminal (2004) |
"Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks serve up a heaping helping of Capracorn...and in their hands it's a reasonably palatable, though hardly gourmet, dish." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Terminal Velocity (1994) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"A superfluous sequel...while the movie is as smooth and efficient as one of the cyborgs that populate the series, it's also just as soulless." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"Does pretty much what you'd expect but little more, and its sullen efficiency doesn't make up for its lack of imagination." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Terror (1963) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Terror Train (1980) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Tetro (2009) |
"Old-fashioned melodramatic claptrap, served up in ridiculously overblown style...another deeply embarrassing misfire from a man once considered a major American filmmaker." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"If this sort of thing is to your taste, it's a better-than-average example; but it will never achieve the cult status of Hooper's grotesque, unforgettable version." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) |
"Given that this is a prequel...there's no suspense, only ninety minutes of lip-smacking sadism. This is entertainment?" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Texas Rangers (2001) |
"As far as horse operas go, it's a broken-down old nag
infested with fleas and well past the point of being saddle-
worthy." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Interview with Jason Reitman" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Though it soft-pedals the venom and comes across more as adolescently smart-*** rather than truly abrasive, it's still amusing." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
That Touch of Mink (1959) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
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