Splat C- |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"A bummer clearly." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"An arid and ultimately pointless exercise in style." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"A good deal of A.I. is striking and memorable, but it's a distinctly uneven picture whose reach exceeds its grasp." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Abandon (2002) |
"'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here'...you should definitely let Dante's gloomy words be your guide." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
The Abandoned (2007) |
"Abandon all hope of entertainment, ye who enter here...dreary as well as dull." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
ABC Africa (2002) |
"So muddled, repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
About a Boy (2002) |
"A sly audience-pleaser...essentially a formula picture, but one
that exhibits sufficiently eccentric touches to make it, some
missteps aside, a pleasure to watch." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Interview with Chris and Paul Weitz" |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
About Adam (2001) |
"May not be as irresistible as its title character, but it's cheeky enough to be a mildly pleasant diversion." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
About Last Night... (1986) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato A |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Showcases what's easily one of the year's best performances, and it's thoroughly delightful besides...one of the jewels of recent American film." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Accepted (2006) |
"Wants to be a new Animal House, but it's more like a rerun of PCU." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"The Beatles survived Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, so they'll survive Julie Taymor, too." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
Adam (2009) |
"Sounds like the stuff of a Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm, but happily Mayer's sensitivity and the skill of Dancy and Byrne raise it to another level." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Adam (2009) |
"Interview with Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne and Max Mayer" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Adam Resurrected (2008) |
"Grapples with important themes and is expertly made, but is simply too odd and off-putting to be anything more than an almost grotesque curiosity." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"An astonishingly tasteless combination of gross sentimentality and simple grossness." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Adaptation (2002) |
"A thin, smug conceit, and one that gets more tired and exasperating as it goes along...clever, but in a juvenile, self-indulgent fashion." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
Adoration (2009) |
"Those who make an effort to respond to its challenges will find it an absorbing and haunting experience." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Adrenaline Drive (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Yet another quirky coming-of-age tale, it's amiable enough but rather lackadaisical, and generates neither the laughs nor the insight needed to set it apart from the pack." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
"Like Disney's Pluto, this one is a dog. Cave canem." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle doesn't so much celebrate the old series on which it's based as cause you to wonder why you look back on it with affection in the first place." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Nothing to celebrate: it's a garish, cluttered piece of plasticine whimsy that's as derivative as it is leaden." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat F |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"Flashy but incredibly dull...a real catastrophe, the cinematic equivalent of a tsunami." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B- |
An Affair of Love (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
"Watching it is rather like strolling through an overstuffed museum
exhibit in the company of a dry-as-dust, long-winded guide constantly
chattering into your ear." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
An Affair to Remember (1957) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 4/5 |
After Dark, My Sweet (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato 3/5 |
After the Fox (1966) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"The plot too frequently gets in the way of indulging in the view. If the picture had been kept a travelogue, it might have been better for all concerned." |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"In less accomplished hands might have been dismissed as mawkish and contrived, but...comes across as surprisingly honest and affecting." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"A punch-drunk combination of pugilistic hokum and feminist empowerment fantasy." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"Just too familiar and unimaginative to be anything more than a forgettable time-waster for undemanding family audiences." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D- |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
"This uninspired, maladroit entry should insure that 'Cody' won't be bankable for long, and that his days as a cinematic 'Agent' are numbered." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Agnes of God (1985) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Tomato B+ |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"Once again, Hollywood's big-budget blockbusters are overshadowed by a small but infinitely more moving piece of expert non-fiction filmmaking." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
Air America (1990) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 2/5 |
The Air Up There (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Airborne (1993) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat 1/5 |
Airheads (1994) |
No article available. |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
AKA (2002) |
"'AKA' is DOA...boring, and boring in an irritatingly complicated way." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C+ |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Nice but more than a little formulaic...like a family telefilm that's migrated somewhat uncomfortably to theatres." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A big, sprawling movie with remarkably little grandeur; what's worse, it's emotionally hollow...with cardboard characterizations and wooden dialogue." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"While the leads imagine themselves in love, you have to imagine you're being entertained by them." |
Frank Swietek |
Splat C- |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Bland and formulaic, a kind of British Cody Banks without that movie's gaudily over-the-top elements and largely minus its humor." |
Frank Swietek |
- |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Interview with Anthony Horowitz and Alex Pettyfer" |
Frank Swietek |
Splat D+ |
Alexander (2004) |
"Pretty much a mess, an alternately turgid and florid movie that feels like a drugged-out version of a Cecil B. DeMille epic." |
Frank Swietek |
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