Splat D+ |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"Visually striking but ponderous and self-important...the serious issues it tries to raise are cheapened by its combination of pretentious preaching and comic-book derring-do." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
V: The Final Battle (1984) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Va Savoir (2001) |
"So pretentious, arch and spuriously clever that watching it almost
makes your teeth ache." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Vacancy (2007) |
"Doesn't make a great addition to the register of motel-based horror movies." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Valentin (2004) |
"Interview with Julieta Cardinali" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Valentin (2004) |
"A moderately engaging, visually lovely, if narratively commonplace tale of a precocious child and his dream of a family." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Valentine (2001) |
"When the big revelations come at the end, they certainly rate an eleven on a Prepostero-Meter with a scale of ten." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) |
"Lovely to look at, perhaps, but in the end there's not much to it behind the surface glamour." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Valet (2007) |
"Another well-oiled piece of comic machinery from Francis Veber." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Valiant (2005) |
"Doomed by its script to a sort of tedious mediocrity, this pigeon's as dead as a dodo." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"A thoroughly respectable historical re-enactment, though lacking the epic scope and dramatic urgency that would make it a truly memorable one." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Vamp (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) |
"May not offer much to think about, but it does provide a feast for
the eye, even if it's a meal that's mostly bright red." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Van Helsing (2004) |
"Monstrously bad...Sommers not only plunders the classic films for material but trashes what he's cribbed from them." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Vanilla Sky (2001) |
"A misbegotten venture that transforms a flawed but intriguing original
into an elephantine, pretentious mess....All that's left is the murkiness
and obscurity." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
The Vanishing (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"Not unpleasant in a bland Masterpiece Theatre way, but not very faithful to its astringent source either...easy to sit through but not particularly engaging." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Vantage Point (2008) |
"The cascade of coincidences and logical lapses drains it of excitement and leaves it seeming overwhelmingly ridiculous." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Velvet Goldmine (1998) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
The Vengeance of She (1967) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Venom (2005) |
"There's no known antidote for a movie as poisonously bad as Venom." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Venus (2006) |
"Thanks to its star it possesses both a delicate charm and a poignancy that doesn't descend into mawkishness...O'Toole lights up the screen with masterful understatement." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Venus Beauty Institute (2000) |
"While almost aggressively French in tone and style, nonetheless an affecting, if fragile and flawed, meditation on the realities of romance and aging." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Vera Drake (2004) |
"May not match Leigh's finest films, but it's still superior to the best most other directors have to offer." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Vernon, Florida (1981) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"A high-brow docudrama, but one that doesn't transcend the conventions of the genre." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Vertical Limit (2000) |
"A proficient enough by-the-numbers nail-biter, but it certainly doesn't scale any cinematic heights." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
"Ultimately a remote, emotionally parched piece whose refinement
seems curiously at odds with its narrative." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Very Annie Mary (2001) |
"So exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"Interview with Gaspard Ulliel" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"An enthralling experience...as intricate, stylish and exquisite to behold as Jeunet's previous films, but with greater emotional richness." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Vice Versa (1988) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"Has a Mediterranean glow that gives the tale of passion and creativity a fundamentally warm quality that will surprise many viewers." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
Videodrome (1983) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
View from the Top (2003) |
"Loses altitude faster than AMR stock." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Village (2004) |
"I see a dead movie...Though it's designed as one of Shyamalan's trademark puzzlers, the only real surprise is how stilted and hokey it is." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Villain (1979) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
The Virgin Suicides (1999) |
"A rather stunted and sliggish exercise in style whose sporadically haunting visual quality doesn't make up for its shallowness and ponderous pace." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Virtuosity (1995) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
- |
The Visitor (2008) |
"Interview with Tom McCarthy and Richard Jenkins" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
The Visitor (2008) |
"A lovely, quietly touching film that approaches a provocative and topical subject with dramatic sensitivity and graceful understatement." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Volver (2006) |
"Moderately enjoyable, but a step back rather than forward." |
Frank Swietek |
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