Splat D |
G-Force (2009) |
"Do what you must to ensure that somebody else ferries your kids to this dud. Thank me later." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Galaxy Quest (1999) |
"Star Trek nerd-dom gets affectionate homage in Galaxy Quest." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Games People Play: New York (2004) |
"Definitely not for everyone and it may not be for anyone, but it is different -- and thanks to six attractive, likable actors, oddly riveting." |
Howard Gensler |
Tomato |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"Gangs, despite the gravity of its subject matter, is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti western." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Garage Days (2003) |
"Fast, funny and extremely light." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Garden State (2004) |
"Worth seeing for some funny, insightful writing, and some nice character work from the cast." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"Tolerable, and, at 85 minutes, mercifully short." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) |
"A movie that should be seen only by children, or by adults who bring either a hip flask or an iPod or both." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
The General's Daughter (1999) |
"Dumb!" |
Gary Thompson |
Splat D |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"If Hollywood keeps cranking out movies like Georgia Rule, specially tailored for the second Sunday in May, we should probably just cancel Mother's Day." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"It's a shapeless, poorly scripted mess of a movie that fumbles a chance to turn elements of Jackson's eventful life into a compelling story." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C |
Get Smart (2008) |
"It might have worked had Get Smart simply dropped Carell into Don Adams' tapered suit. For the big screen, though, writers have tried to pump Max up and flesh him out, giving him a backstory that makes him more dimensional but somehow less appealing." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"The longer the movie goes, the worse it gets, but it's actually pretty good in the first few minutes." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"It's a consistently funny comedy that exactly captures Gervais' gift for playing self-centered jerks with a barely visible softer side." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Ghost World (2001) |
"Birch and especially Johansson are not just uncomfortable in the space between childhood and adolescence -- they're uncomfortable in front of the camera." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C- |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"Made me unexpectedly homesick for Fool's Gold." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Gigli (2003) |
"The movie is pretty much as bad as you've heard, a tangle of badness so thick it's hard to hack your way through and find the good idea that made writer/director Martin Brest think this was a story worth telling." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"What makes this dodgy scenario effective are the performances." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"It's not exactly NC-17, but in its own slow-burn way it has more sexual energy than the dreary, self-serving show-off explicitness of, say, Britney and Madonna." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Girl, Interrupted (1999) |
"A movie with a lot of studio polish." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat c |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"You don't know how much you miss actors until you watch a movie with so many neophytes, who are for the most part stiff and unreadable." |
Gary Johnson |
Tomato |
Glory Road (2006) |
"Glory Road, the true-ish story of the first all-black NCAA championship basketball team, throws down a 360 slam dunk in the face of racism." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Godzilla 2000 (2000) |
"The 'Big G' is back, just in time, to save Japan by practically destroying it. To thrill a new generation. And to remind an older one of Saturday afternoons." |
Jim Nolan |
Tomato |
The Golden Compass (2007) |
"Spotty but often effectively weird." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B |
Gomorra (2008) |
Click here to see the review. |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"Gomorrah, a portrait of mob-ruled Naples, is a violent, long, hopeless, dispiriting movie, and also possibly a work of genius." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Good Boy! (2003) |
"Light and fast." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B |
Good Hair (2010) |
"It's an inside look at an offbeat, under-examined corner of American life -- one of the things that documentaries do best, and Good Hair does it well." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) |
"Every day, more spin remains encrypted, more stonewalling goes unchallenged, more stories go unreported. Good luck, indeed." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B- |
The Good Shepherd (2006) |
"The movie is carried by Wilson's professional relationships, propelled by an able supporting cast." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C |
A Good Year (2006) |
"Crowe never connects with this character, and his internal journey from putz to prince never attains any emotional resonance." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Gosford Park (2001) |
"Altman has always shown particular skill at managing ensemble casts, and it's on display here." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C |
Gothika (2003) |
"The movie is never incompetent -- it builds atmosphere, and the atmosphere pulls you along -- but its technical competence is always at war with a story that has a very familiar Ring to it." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C+ |
Gracie (2007) |
"The movie tries a little too hard to weave in wholesome messages about how athletics can keep kids out of trouble." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat C+ |
Gran Torino (2008) |
"Attempts to alter Walt to fit Eastwood's outsized legacy feel heavy-handed and add to the weird tonal shifts that hurt the movie as it lurches, finally, toward its solemn finale." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Gray Matters (2007) |
"All the characters feel superficial, a sensation heightened by a roster of too-cute secondary characters." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B- |
The Great Buck Howard (2009) |
"Audiences crave the mental comfort food of an accessible good time, and Buck Howard is an affectionate ode to the kind of performer who provides just that." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato B+ |
The Great Debaters (2007) |
"There's so much to like in Denzel Washington's new movie, it's easier to accentuate the positive." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
The Great Raid (2005) |
"The story of one of the most daring and successful raids in U.S. Army history turns out to be mystifyingly inert on screen." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) |
"By the time the field has dwindled to Ouimet and Vardon, it's a match between good-guy heroes. We'll be happy no matter who wins, and happy that it's finally strolled to a conclusion." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
The Green Mile (1999) |
"One thing confirmed by The Green Mile is that if Tom Hanks' head gets any bigger, the rest of his movies are going to have to be filmed in IMAX." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Green Street Hooligans (2005) |
"We learn that violence is bad, except when it feels good, or helps solve our problems." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat |
Greenfingers (2001) |
"If you are plagued by the feeling you've seen this before, it's because you have." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Grindhouse (2007) |
"Feel free to talk, howl, and throw your popcorn at the screen." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Grizzly Man (2005) |
"A documentary crew, a horrible massacre and found footage reassembled to yield insight into the final moments of the luckless victims -- it's all there in the riveting Grizzly Man." |
Gary Thompson |
Splat D |
The Grudge (2004) |
"The sort of horror that exchanges character, narrative even atmosphere for a collection of dated scare-'em tactics, not excluding loud sudden noises." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
The Guardian (2006) |
"It's a subject worthy of a well-told, well-acted story, and there are times when The Guardian meets that standard." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
Gunner Palace (2005) |
"Isn't a smooth piece of filmmaking, but the work of directors (Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein) who simply want you to see what they saw." |
Gary Thompson |
Tomato |
The Guys (2002) |
"The movie is emotionally convincing, and it's a thoughtful memorial to firefighters who died in the tower collapse." |
Gary Thompson |