Tomato 3/4 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"S.W.A.T. is by the numbers, by the book, and, by the way, pretty good." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"Simone, for all its flaws, offers an enjoyable look at the machinations of moviedom and fame." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
Sacred Planet (2003) |
"An Imax feature that is dazzling yet superfluous." |
David Hiltbrand |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"To say that The Saddest Music in the World is not for everyone is to state the obvious. But who's to say whom it is not for? Not me." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"Troche's film derives its voltage from the way it burrows to find that the connections within -- and among -- families are very much alive." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 2/4 |
Sahara (2005) |
"Spectacularly silly and perversely entertaining." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato |
Saint Ralph (2005) |
"A fine, small movie that deserves a long run." |
Howard Gensler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Salon (2005) |
"Despite all the stock characters and scenarios, Fox and company manage to bring things to life. And cut some hair." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Salton Sea (2002) |
"Director D. J. Caruso brings a visual flair to the proceedings, and Tony Gayton ... shows a deft appreciation of the genre, as The Salton Sea twists, turns and twists again." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) |
"Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Saraband (2005) |
"Saraband, flat and static both visually and thematically, doesn't begin to approximate the austere beauty of the director's art-house classics." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005) |
"If you can stand the profanity, the crudeness, and the merciless strafing of all things noble and sacrosanct, then you'll find yourself huddled over in a painful ball of nonstop guffaws." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Savages (2007) |
"Its astringent humor is not funny ha-ha, it's funny-ouch." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Save Me (2007) |
"This earnest, well-acted melodrama has compassion for all of its characters, who include gay men and the Christians dedicated to healing them of their 'brokenness'." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato |
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"Stiles and Thomas are good together, in a warm and fuzzy, as opposed to hot and heavy, sort of way." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Saved! (2004) |
"Isn't as funny, or as wicked, as it should be." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saving Face (2005) |
"A first film with a deft comedic touch and a trio of charming stars." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato |
Saving Grace (2000) |
"Take away the marijuana, and what you have in Saving Grace is a comedy of the old school and, depending on your view of the current state of screen humor, that's either a promise or a warning." |
Desmond Ryan |
Splat |
Saving Silverman (2001) |
"This full-throttle sophomoric comedy still feels forced and phony at times, which undercuts the manic efforts of its cast." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
Saw (2004) |
"The film is a squeamish exercise, like watching a cruel child pull the wings off flies." |
David Hiltbrand |
Splat 1/4 |
Saw II (2005) |
"This is entertainment?" |
David Hiltbrand |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Saw III (2006) |
"The question for moviegoers: Would you rather get your dose of existenz-philosophie from Dostoyevsky or a slasher flick?" |
Tirdad Derakhshani |
Splat |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"It's getting tiresome, this stuff." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"Boring, and decidedly misogynistic." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"Scary Movie 3 is a veritable time capsule of of-this-moment kitsch, schlock and bad taste. And it's funny, too." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
Scary Movie 4 (2006) |
"A throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks onslaught of potty jokes, puns, celebrity cameos, J-horror, and j-high sophistication and wit. You get laughs, but not nearly as many as you'd hoped." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"Despite the appeal of cobra-eyed Thornton and bunny-nosed Heder, Scoundrels trips early, and often." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"An engagingly screwball comic vehicle in which the actor and Tenacious D frontman goes through an inventory of heavy-metal moves and makes a mockery of them at the same time." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"I loved Science, but in its final minutes I felt that I had a one-way ticket to a cul-de-sac. The scenery is something, though." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"The film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Scoop (2006) |
"Cobbled together from memorable parts of Allen's own (not to mention Hitchcock's) classics, Scoop doesn't establish its own identity." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Score (2001) |
"The acting amplitude of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton gives Frank Oz's finely wrought film dimensions and resonance rare in a heist drama." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scotland, PA (2002) |
"... a Shakespearean happy meal." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scratch (2002) |
"Illuminating if overly talky documentary." |
Dan DeLuca |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Sea (2003) |
"A subzero saga where dysfunction and distress -- and large quantities of herring -- rule." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"For the most part, the film stays steady-on, celebrating one man's crusade -- and one family's heartbreak." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"Corny but effective." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"Lions' iron whimsy is a jackhammer on the heart." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"The filmmakers give Latifah and Fanning room to create characters that breathe in the sweet smell of clover and breathe out the contented sigh of independence." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Bloody, bone-chilling fun." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secretary (2002) |
"If S&M seems like a strange route to true love, maybe it is, but it's to this film's (and its makers') credit that we believe that that's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 1/4 |
Seed of Chucky (2004) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"I loved Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction; liked him in Old School and Talladega Nights. Yet, except for a skyhook or two, his work in Semi-Pro is strictly amateur." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
The Sentinel (2006) |
"Rife with meaningless hugger-mugger, the movie is no In the Line of Fire." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
Separate Lies (2005) |
"It's the subtle, tricky ways in which Fellowes subverts the expected -- and unexpected -- in this high-end domestic thriller that make the film so much dark, roiling fun." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Séraphine (2008) |
"The character's fleeting success in the art world, her moody naivete and childlike reverence for both the natural and religious worlds, is conveyed with such tenderness and totality that it's almost heartbreaking to behold." |
Steven Rea |
Splat 2/4 |
Serendipity (2001) |
"Contrived and schematic, Peter Chelsom's film is a mechanical bird that never takes wing." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Serenity (2005) |
"A kicky mix of space-movie mayhem and cowboy-movie corn." |
Steven Rea |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"Embrace the mystery, the Coens tell us. At the same time, they can't resist pulling the rug out from under our feet." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Serious Moonlight (2009) |
"More strident than funny, the film illustrates that old French proverb, "Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out."" |
Carrie Rickey |
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