Calendar Girls (2003)

"It's actually not bad, or at least it isn't until it takes a weird detour into 'price of fame' issues."

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

"Handled with such conviction by director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) that it achieves the guilty enjoyability of a decent beach book."

Casa de los Babys (2003)

"Turns out to be yet another movie that encourages liberal urbanites to smirk at red-state knuckle-draggers."

Cassandra's Dream (2008)

"By the time the blokes played by McGregor and Farrell get around to confronting their misdeeds, they're the only ones who care."

The Cat's Meow (2002)

"Too often, Cat's Meow feels stagey, dressy, miscast and generally inauthentic."

Catch and Release (2007)

"Catch and Release has been described in the trades as a romantic comedy, but the rambling, episodic movie defies classification."

Catch That Kid (2004)

"The apparent moral in Catch that Kid is that any bank miserly enough to withhold a quarter-million-dollar loan from a non-employee for a risky medical procedure deserves to be robbed."

Catwoman (2004)

"Catwoman is almost unbelievably dumb."

The Cell (2000)

"The movie pretends to be disgusted by the way D'Onofrio's character turns women into fetish objects, then happily turns Lopez into one."

The Center of the World (2001)

"Center illustrates the problem with erotic movies in an age when Hollywood is running scared from the NC-17."

Changing Lanes (2002)

"An inventive, absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist."

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

"A wonderful, faithful, and entirely successful adaptation of Dahl's popular children's book."

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

"Breezy and entertaining."

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

"The movie comes by its Full Throttle tagline honestly."

Charlotte's Web (2006)

"The movie is slow to establish its world of talking animals, but once it starts to work, it works well, and Wilbur becomes a fully dimensional character."

Che (2008)

"A four-hour, two-part epic that brings out Soderbergh's weakness for stylistic doodling, which sometimes strangles his material."

Chicken Little (2005)

"Given Disney's marketing muscle, most kids will probably se Chicken Little whether they want to or not."

Chocolat (2000)

"Punchless storytelling."

The Chorus (2005)

"Jugnot is skilled enough as an actor to sell the viewer on Clement's popularity with this students."

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

"Offers loads of action, an intriguingly creepy story and a roster of entertaining new characters."

Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

"A grandiose, inflated, FX sledgehammer."

Cinderella Man (2005)

"For Crowe, it adds to the winning streak that started with L.A. Confidential and has continued virtually unabated since, and is marked by smart choices and solid performances."

City of Ember (2008)

"There's been far too much attention paid to physical and narrative detail, not enough to the dimensions of the characters."

The Claim (2001)

"Despite the dramatic collision of the characters' interests, screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce doesn't give them much to say."

Clerks II (2006)

"There is grist for comedy there, of course, though I don't know if anything Smith conjures (watch out for the promiscuous donkey), is quite as funny as seeing Dante and Randal (Jeff Anderson) aged and fattened some 12 years."