Splat C+ |
W. (2008) |
"Neither satire nor drama but a sort of stream-of-consciousness rumination on Bush past and present, Stone's film is little better than a stunt, and a fairly toothless one at that." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Wackness (2008) |
"For many...the picture will fail to strike the desired tragicomic nerve." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
The Wackness (2008) |
"Interview with Jonathan Levine and Josh Peck" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Wah-Wah (2006) |
"Interview with Richard E. Grant" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Wah-Wah (2006) |
"An incisively observed, richly detailed and wonderfully unpredictable portrait of a young man's journey to maturity,...a singularly affecting movie." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Waist Deep (2006) |
"At its core this movie is, despite the title, pretty shallow stuff, but compared to most example of the genre it's reasonably energetic and well-made." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Waiting... (2005) |
"Ostentatiously and unremittingly tasteless. Unfortunately, in this case at least, that does not equate with hilarious...You can't wait for the movie to end." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Waitress (2007) |
"Boasts a distinctive style and tone, but the style is arch and quaint, and the tone too insistently quirky." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Waking Life (2001) |
"A pretentious snoozer...While there's a good deal in the
picture to excite the eye, there's not much to stimulate the ear
or...to engage the mind." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Waking the Dead (2000) |
"Waking the Dead is D.O.A., and none of its manifest good intentions are capable of resuscitating it." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Waking Up in Reno (2002) |
"Cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment... simultaneously degrades its characters, its stars and its audience." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"Offers a few inspired moments in a sea of mediocre gags, fumbled opportunities and that great foul among contemporary comedies--unnecessary grossness." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"Ultimately sinks under the weight of an unwieldy script and uncommunicative performances." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"Though you'll probably leave the theatre swinging to the music, this highly conventional movie really doesn't do its subject justice." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
A Walk to Remember (2002) |
"A supremely schmaltzy sudser that manages to be both laughably
predictable and absurdly pious...an elongated version of
a sappy afterschool TV special." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
The Walker (2007) |
"Though hardly a revelatory journey, it's a stroll that offers some modest pleasures along the way." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"Nothing more than an efficiently-manufactured piece of crowd-pleasing vicarious violence, but it does what it sets out to do, even if that isn't much." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
WALL-E (2008) |
"Pleasant enough--and certainly pretty enough--to serve: a lesser Pixar effort, but one that most viewers, young and old, will enjoy if not be transported by." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A- |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"Transcendentally silly fun...sure to enchant toddlers, great-grandparents and everybody in between." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Walt and El Grupo (2009) |
"A bland tourist souvenir, the equivalent of an authorized biography rather than an independent one." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Wannabes |
"A dreary rehash of genre cliches...a vanity project if there ever was
one." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Wanted (2008) |
"Possesses a 'wow' factor that will make it one of the summer's biggest hits...an unabashed testosterone-adrenaline cocktail spiced up with a dollop of torture-porn bloodlust." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
War and Peace (1956) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
War Dance (2007) |
"The film's artsy surface diminishes its impact [but] tells a story that needs to be told repeatedly." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"This anti-Close Encounters is a spectacular technical exercise, but in the final analysis it's as loud and soulless a piece of equipment as the aliens' Tripod Death Stars." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
War Photographer (2002) |
"A film at once depressing and uplifting--depressing in terms of the sad, often horrifying subjects of Nachtwey's photographs but uplifting in terms of his commitment and integrity." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
The War Room (1992) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Warlock (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Wasabi (2002) |
"A fast-paced, glitzy but extremely silly piece." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Washington Heights (2003) |
"An affecting reworking of a traditional story, told with passion, sensitivity, and a little clumsiness." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Wassup Rockers (2006) |
"It may not dig very deep, but it has a certain grubby charm, and it doesn't overplay its hand." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
The Watcher (2000) |
"Nasty, sadistic, ugly and pointless." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 0/5 |
Watchers 2 (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Watchmen (2009) |
"A $100 million cult movie that some fans may adore--if they can stomach the changes; but despite the visual virtuosity, it will bore many if not most of the uninitiated." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Water (2006) |
"A lovely and compelling film." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Water (2006) |
"Interview with Deepa Mehta" |
Frank Swietek |
- |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
"Interview with Alex Etel" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
"Nessie lays an egg literally and figuratively in this inoffensive, visually attractive but highly derivative family movie about a boy and his beastie." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Waterworld (1995) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
The Way Home (2002) |
"Both heartbreaking and heartwarming...just a simple fable done in an artless sytle, but it's tremendously moving." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
The Way of the Gun (2000) |
"An odd mingling of the old and the no-longer-quite-so-new, a picture that shows flashes of wit but as a whole doesn't hang together." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Wayne's World 2 (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"An authentic and specific story of grit and grace in the face of tragedy has been Hollywoodized--or more properly, bastardized. A shame, indeed." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"So 'literary' that it's drained of every drop of life and truth, it's...rather like a soap opera thoroughly scrubbed of its characteristic bad taste but equally unconvincing." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
We Own The Night (2007) |
"Falters under the strain of clumsy plot turns, banal dialogue and cliched characters." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"Crisply and efficiently made...but ultimately its very old-fashioned
earnestness makes it seem a little creaky,...like a cinematic
nostalgia trip." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
We're No Angels (1989) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"If you're in the mood for a comedy in which the bitter definitely exceeds the sweet, you'll find a good deal to admire and enjoy here." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
The Weather Underground (2003) |
"Solid but technically conventional, and arguably overly sympathetic, documentary." |
Frank Swietek |
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