Daddy Day Care (2003)

"I don't know whether [Murphy] has lost his mojo, or just his edge. I just hope he finds it before his next movie."

Dan in Real Life (2007)

"Almost reflexively, the filmmakers skirt Dan's messier conflicts. But it is the moments when they don't dance around the awkward issue of a brother falling for his brother's girl that Dan is the most poignant."

Dancer in the Dark (1999)

"Dancer in the Dark is that curious thing, a movie that by turns is wincingly awful and heartbreakingly fine."

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)

"A fine, inventive '70s period piece about friendship, first love, and growing up to face the hard lessons of life."

Daredevil (2003)

"After sundry Batmans and last summer's Spider-Man, the comic-book formula of childhood loss, filial revenge, and freakish physical prowess doesn't seem all that fresh anymore."

Dark Blue (2003)

"While much of the action rings true in Dark Blue, and the events leading up to the riots make for a tense, eerie framework, the movie heads in a disastrous direction ..."

The Dark Knight (2008)

"Academy Expands Number of Best Picture Nominees to 10"

Dark Water (2005)

"While his movie lacks the psychological resonance of Rosemary's Baby or The Sixth Sense, it easily equals their creep-out quotient."

Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)

"No one enjoys the free festivities more than Chappelle, who wanders through the film like a kid on Christmas morning. A very funny kid."

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

"A surprisingly touching parable of community and the human spirit -- a terribly scary parable with a ridiculously high body count."

The Day I Became A Woman (2001)

"In the uncluttered directness that distinguishes so many of the most memorable Iranian films, Meshkini's movie takes us into three lives at crucial junctures."

De-Lovely (2004)

"Like a Porter song, De-Lovely has melancholy, wit and style to burn."

Death at a Funeral (2007)

"A well-crafted British farce -- albeit one with an American director, Frank Oz, working the controls - this throwback to the haughty high jinks of vintage Ealing comedies begins with an obvious, but effective, gag."

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006)

"By recording this all too commonplace and dehumanizing process, Puiu's film shows the sick old man and the strangers who deal with him to be all too human -- extraordinarily so."

Death Sentence (2007)

"From the perfect family home movies that open the film, to its unconvincing 'urban' settings, Death Sentence is one-dimensional, cliched."

Deception (2008)

"Simultanously silly and sleep-inducing."

The Deep End (2001)

"Remains rooted in the real world, which makes its story all the more satisfying -- and chilling."

Defiance (2008)

"Defiance is a wobbly stool, a seat propped up by the uneven legs of ethics debate, Holocaust movie and action thriller. Still, the fascination and novelty of Nazi-killing Jews who don't perish in the death camps packs quite the wallop."

Deja Vu (2006)

"Déjà Vu is well worth seeing for its visual brio, particularly the boom-crash opera of the ferry explosion, and a chase scene in which Washington is dodging downtown traffic on two temporal planes simultaneously."

Deliver Us From Evil (2006)

"If Berg's movie were a newspaper story, it would win the Pulitzer Prize for public service."

The Departed (2006)

"Freed from iconic figures and weighty themes, Martin Scorsese, in The Departed, gets to riff and rock. And the audience gets a huge, bloody, profane entertainment in the bargain."

Derailed (2005)

"If Deceived was Hitchcock Lite, Derailed is Extra Lite -- there's no caloric content whatsoever."

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

"The jokes are unabashedly pitched at 12-year-old boys, with flatulence, masturbation and excretions as the leading themes."

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

"Zings with unzipped quips about the insular universe of rag mags, where the length of a hemline and color of a season are accorded moral significance."

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

"There is no anchor to this madness. The authorities are just as psychotic and sadistic as the villains. Everyone on TV is a polyester buffoon."