Tomato
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
"K-19 works well enough as a simple story of survival, and as a way of recognizing the forgotten sacrifices of anonymous cold warriors. But it's working some pretty tired narrative territory."
Gary Thompson
K-Pax (2001)
"If you're going to mix the New Testament with Phenomenon, you ought to know what you are doing. And K-PAX, directed by Iain Softley generally does."
Splat
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
"Kangaroo Jack isn't the only one who took the money and ran."
Keeping Up With The Steins (2006)
"Turns out to be less than we'd hoped, and certainly different -- quieter, smaller, less bombastic but also less funny than we anticipated."
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
"Ferrell polishes his screen image as an oversized, oversensitive man-boy out of place in the adult world, and Duvall does a low-comedy, geriatric variation of his Great Santini character."
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
"It took Tarantino six years to come up with this?"
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
"For nonfans, Vol. 2 will do little to make the characters more involving."
King Arthur (2004)
"The frequently silly Arthur [has] a certain watchability for those of us who enjoy seeing barbarians dispatched in interesting ways."
The King is Alive (2001)
"Thoroughly self-serving as well as pretentious and butt-numbingly dull."
King Kong (2005)
"[The film] uses newfangled computer-generated technology to bring us closer to the big guy than ever before. Close enough to read the emotions on his face, and wouldn’t you know: Kong is just another lonely guy, looking for love."
Tomato B
The Kingdom (2007)
"Has a kind of rough-hewn, B-movie appeal and energy, and it doesn't scrimp on its promise of putting evildoers in crosshairs."
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
"The closing battle scenes are realistic and exciting, and noteworthy for the seamless mixing of live-action and special effects. Jerusalem is one of the first recreated ancient citadels to look real on screen."
Kinky Boots (2006)
"Alas, a great deal of rather obvious dramatic hoo-ha has been added in an attempt to embellish the material for the big screen."
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
"Wickedly funny."
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
"Uneven and raw."
Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
"Westfeldt and Juergensen have that most elusive romantic comedy element - real chemistry."
Tomato B-
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
"It's corny, but maybe it provides insight as to why American Girl stories are drawn from a nostalgia-tinged past."
The Kite Runner (2007)
"The young actors are quite good, as is Homayoun Ershadi as Amir's intellectual father."
Km. 0 (2003)
"It's a formula picture that will succeed or fail on the freshness of the details, and Kilometer Zero is a mixed bag."
A Knight's Tale (2001)
"A Knight's Tale has a lot going for it -- appealing young cast, uptempo treatment, good stunts, winsome sense of humor. But it needed a more judicious editor."
Knocked Up (2007)
"It's what makes Apatow's comedies so interesting: old-fashioned notions of love and commitment, delivered with honesty and without too much sentiment, decorated with a contemporary taste for the vulgar."
Splat C-
Knowing (2009)
"It's meant to be creepy, but the movie's gloomy atmospherics are consistently undone by Cage's strange, disinterested (and possibly Botoxed) performance."
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
"When I saw the woman drop a flower pot on her husband's head, a scene straight out of The Bank Dick, it struck me that Chow was channeling W.C. Fields."
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
"A hero whose power is gluttony? I almost missed this part, because I was out in the lobby getting a bucket of popcorn and a 40-ounce soda, so I'll refrain from comment."
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