Tomato 3/4 |
ABCD (2001) |
"An involving study of sibling and interpersonal relationships." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"Too bad what begins as a cheerfully irreverent comedy in the tradition of Animal House gets all pious when it slams fraternity culture at neighboring Harmon College." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"It leaves no bodily fluid unexpressed, no heartstring unplucked." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Reverberates on so many levels, comic and cosmic, that it is as trippy fun to think about as it is to watch." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Egoyan's most affecting film since The Sweet Hereafter." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
"Shyer's film denies us the double dip of vice and virtue. It's moralistic." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
After Innocence (2005) |
"In her clear and compelling film, Sanders lets the innocents do the talking." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Palmer soars, carrying writer/director Doug Atchison's film on new 'tween wings." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"Except for a handful of scenes, Hancock's film isn't good enough to be memorable." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"So misconceived, so shrill, so fetishy is Oliver Stone's epic, so unintentionally hilarious a stew of paganism and Freudianism, that it makes Conan the Barbarian look like Gladiator." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ali (2001) |
"Here Smith is not the gangly charmer beloved by his fans, but a solid mountain of a man." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"Riddled with so many bullets and tasteless jokes that it swiftly loses momentum." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"It's a challenging film, one that rewards the committed filmgoer." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"Crowe is so good on mood and milieu that when Elton John's bubblegum ballad 'Tiny Dancer' swells on the soundtrack, in this context it sounds like a hymn." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"What happened to Alvin, the rodent counterpart of Dennis the Menace? Was he declawed in the translation to CGI?" |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"Though this traditional story about a defiantly nontraditional woman doesn't always soar, it fits Hilary Swank, its producer/star, like a jumpsuit. She and Nair thrill to the life of this American who broke records, hearts, and boundaries." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato |
American Beauty (1999) |
"American Beauty is able to burrow inside the cliche to understand how it came to be." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"Both he [Washington] and Ruby Dee, as his mother, give Oscar-caliber performances." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1/4 |
American Outlaws (2001) |
"As a western, American Outlaws is an utter failure. As the basis of a Mad TV parody, it is an unintentional hoot." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"An offbeat collage of animation, dramatization and documentary that's a banquet of sweet-and-sour wit and grudging humanism." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"An appealing and unexpectedly moving snapshot of 17-year-olds on the tightrope between family and future." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"A gagfest that makes viewers gag at least twice as often as they giggle." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Possibly not since Grumpy Old Men have I heard a film so solidly connect with one demographic while striking out with another." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera combines fingernails-on- blackboard audio agony with bamboo- under- fingernails physical torture." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"On the heels of parts in Frequency and Play it Forward, [Caviezel] just exudes otherworldliness. This sends the physics of this romantic melodrama into the Twilight Zone from whence it never returns." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Howard's fluid camera movement, Salvatore Totino's old master-ly cinematography, and the Gregorian rants of Hans Zimmer's score cannot redeem the Hardy Boys plotting of Dan Brown's source material." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Unpredictably funny." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Much as I enjoyed screenwriter Dave Collard's freshman effort, Out of Time, there's not much to say about his sophomore (and sophomoric) screenplay, which seems to have gleaned its insights from the fortune-cookie factory." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Answer Man (2009) |
"Though his film is a tad choppy and a lot chatty, Hindman elicits sympathetic performances from leads who demonstrate a deep understanding of movie physics." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anthem (1997) |
"Gabel and Hahn, whose thoughtful and frequently amusing commentary carries us through thousands of miles of interstate and more motels than Frank Zappa ever imagined, are guided by John Steinbeck's wisdom that you don't take a trip, but the trip takes you" |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"Watchful, flinty, unexpectedly vulnerable -- and so cathartic it could wring tears from a stone." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anything But Love (2003) |
"An appealing, low-budget musical cowritten by and starring Isabel Rose as Billie, whose pluck and talent are tonic -- if as shopworn as her thrift-store threads." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"This anxious comedy wobbles like a retread of Annie Hall." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Appaloosa is an archetypal western with touches of the modern buddy comedy. Though it falls short of these classics, it is a little bit Destry Rides Again and a little bit more Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Appleseed (2004) |
"The bizarre gulf between the realism of the backgrounds and the stylization of the characters undermines a story line about a conspiracy to rid Utopia of 'bio-roids.'" |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"Although the ingredients are excellent, the result is an overcooked comedy more often provoking indigestion than laughter." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Like its title character, Allen's choppy and inconsistent film has two speeds, ditsy or sentimental, and never gathers momentum." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Cube is a human teddy bear. His charm is about the only thing that carries the movie, 96 manic minutes of two obnoxious children holding hostage their caretaker." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"I laughed myself blue." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"Not even Chan's imaginative fight choreography redeems this folly." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Against this atmospheric background the characters have the depth of stick figures." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"Farrell and costar Salma Hayek have rarely been so affecting, or so effective, as self-hating ethnics who find love." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"Everything about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is longer than it needs to be. Its title, for one thing. Its duration -- two hours and 40 minutes! -- for another." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"Making his feature-film debut, music-video director Chris Robinson expertly choreographs the skating sequences, which are exhilarating fun." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"An impeccable craftsman in the tradition of David Lean, Wright possesses the late director's considerable gifts for drawing out his actors." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 2/4 |
August Rush (2007) |
"With its musical themes for individual characters that come together symphonically at the climax, the music is so persuasive that it carries the narrative rather than complementing it." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Despite the firecracker energy of Beyonce Knowles, on hand as Foxxy Cleopatra, a tribute to bootylicious blaxploitation babe Pam Grier, the film is almost a complete fizzle." |
Carrie Rickey |
Splat |
Autumn in New York (2000) |
"Though individually attractive, together Gere and Ryder are as unappetizing a combo as pimento and peach." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Scorsese's most accomplished, most disciplined movie since GoodFellas." |
Carrie Rickey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"A remarkable character study from actress-turned-director Sarah Polley, Away From Her is a triumph for Christie, who like Helen Mirren and Diane Keaton, grows lovelier and more compelling with every performance." |
Carrie Rickey |
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