L.I.E. (2001)

"A disturbing and provocative study of adolescence and isolation."

La Vie En Rose (2007)

"For Piaf fans, La Vie en Rose is a must-see. For Piaf fans yet-to-be, [writer-directors] Dahan and Cotillard's extraordinary film is an opportunity rich with discovery."

Ladder 49 (2004)

"A series of Hallmark-card platitudes, not a human portrait."

The Lady and the Duke (2002)

"Rohmer pulls off a wonderful feat: celebrating the elegance, and artifice, of another era at the same time he brings this tale of social upheaval boldly into the present."

Lady in the Water (2006)

"It's a busy made-up universe -- with rules, rituals, and a deity-tree that could give the Hindu hierarchy a run for its rupee. And it's extremely silly."

Ladykillers (2004)

"I'm not sure whether it's been so long since Hanks has done comedy that he just seems fantastically funny or whether he really is. But he's clearly enjoying himself, and so are we."

Lakeboat (2001)

"The raw raunch and the latent yearning and pain [Mamet] sets down here with such assurance yield a movie of special rewards."

Lan Yu (2002)

"Hu and Liu offer natural, matter-of-fact performances that glint with sorrow, longing and love."

Lantana (2001)

"A psychological thriller that emphasizes the psychology over the thrills. It's a smart, heart-twisting picture."

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

"'Time was stolen from us!' someone cries as they go chasing around fighting over the two halves of a mystical tablet that holds the key to the past and the future. Yup, I'd say 1 hour, 44 minutes, to be exact."

The Last Castle (2001)

"Although this film from the writer/ director of The Contender underlines every sentence and overemphasizes every camera setup, it has a certain schlocky appeal."

Last Dance (2002)

"It's a rare window on an artistic collaboration."

The Last House on the Left (2009)

"The Last House on the Left is the best in the latest crop of slasher remakes. Admittedly, that is faint praise."

The Last Kiss (2002)

"Muccino ... orchestrates the alternately comic and catastrophic goings-on with a maestro's touch."

The Last Mimzy (2007)

"An involving fantasy for beamish boys and girls -- and their parents. At moments, Mimzy captures the moonbeam awe of E.T."

Last Orders (2002)

"An epic with the economy of an epitaph, a flawlessly told tale about a flawed man."

The Last Samurai (2003)

"It's not just Hollywood convention that gets in the way of the story, it's the lack of depth, heft and heart at its core."

The Last Waltz (1978)

"It reinvigorates and refreshes while giving the audience a microphone's-eye-view of legendary rockers."

Laurel Canyon (2003)

"McDormand is superb. Likewise Bale and Nivola."

Lawless Heart (2002)

"This low-key affair is graced with fine performances and a decidedly grown-up view of the world."

Layer Cake (2005)

"Pulses with nasty thugs, cold-blooded crime lords, drug traffickers, blond seductresses, and a thumping suspense that can lead to head-cracking violence."

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

"Ill-conceived, sloppily directed, shoddily acted, LXG looks like the work of a confederacy of dunces."

Left Behind - The Movie (2001)

"As a film, it's a sorry mess of addled plotting that serves up byzantine paranoia about conspiracies lurking around the United Nations."

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)

"This sequel to the surprise hit is as resistible as a filibuster, as frustrating as a puff of cotton candy that dissolves too quickly on the tongue."

The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

"There's no Jackie Chan movie more pleasurable than Drunken Master II, which Miramax's Dimension Films has dubbed into English and rereleased as The Legend of Drunken Master."