Tomato 3.5/4 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"...Melvin’s counterculture classic will always outshine as the forefather, but Mario’s better-crafted companion piece is just as historically vital and easily as empowering." |
Aaron Hillis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"What unfolds, courtesy of Innaritu and the excellent cast, is a commentary on how the 21st century is a constantly upset balance of cultures whose every move has repercussions upon each other." |
Jessica Letkemann |
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato |
Backstage (2006) |
"Undeniably rousing... Seigner shows astonishing range... Even more tremendous is Le Besco, whose blank, teary-eyed gazes and guarded battles against her own immaturity feel painfully frank." |
Aaron Hillis |
Tomato 4/4 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"A dense, audacious film in which layers of cinematic artifice lovingly camouflage (at least for a while) its characters' dark, damaged heart." |
Glenn Kenny |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"Genuine and well-acted, Ballad has the potential to resonate deeply for those who allow it, most likely as it begins to settle in over the days that follow." |
Peter Debruge |
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Bambi (1942) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Bandits (2001) |
"Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton play a charming pair of bank robbers known as the Sleepover Bandits." |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"For all its intellectual maneuvering, the film never regains the simple power of its opening salvo." |
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Splat 2/4 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"Tries hard, but the routine feels a little too familiar. It's like getting a trim when what you really need is a new style." |
Kelly Borgeson |
Splat 1/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"With shamefully obvious nods to the father/son sentimentality of traditional Disney 'toons and even an awkward love interest, Barnyard is a mishmash of modern cartoon clichés." |
Marie Iida |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"Not bad for summer jollies, but -- "Holy Raised Bar, Batman!" -- let's pray that the next installment measures up to the sequel summits of Spider-Man 2 and X2." |
Aaron Hillis |
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Batman Begins (2005) |
"Director Christopher Nolan & Christian Bale map Bruce Wayne's twisty psychological progression from damaged young man to Batman in this moody, wink-free origin tale." |
Tom Russo |
Splat 2/4 |
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) |
"... the film wishes it were as eccentric as Rushmore, ... but the dubious whimsy, devoid of any directorial voice, plays more like a very special episode of Dawson’s Creek." |
Aaron Hillis |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Be Cool (2005) |
"...the overcooked Be Cool's most disturbing flaw is how the hip-hop motif unfurls some of the most ridiculously honky-white moments." |
Aaron Hillis |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"A would-be heart-tugging, inspiring paean to the do-it-yourself ethic/aesthetic and its concomitant community-building powers, the latest film from visual lo-fi innovator Michel Gondry is slight and finally unconvincing, alas." |
Glenn Kenny |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Beautiful Boxer (2005) |
"An exquisite paradox, a tale of sublime beauty masquerading behind the front of a vicious fighter." |
Peter Debruge |
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Beautiful Creatures (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Glenn Kenny |
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"'[Director] Ron [Howard] is interested in portraying a really adult, human love story, and a glimpse of what a marriage under these circumstances might have been like,' Connelly says." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Beauty Shop (2005) |
"Who'd have thought that two sequels in, the hair-cutting set-up would still be fun?" |
Kevin Allison |
Splat 1/4 |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"Diane Keaton's dizzy iconoclast shtick was kind of cute, rather endearing, and even a little feminist 30 years ago. Now it's just nails-on-a-chalkboard obnoxious." |
Sara Brady |
Splat 1/4 |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"Diane Keaton's dizzy iconoclast shtick was kind of cute, rather endearing, and even a little feminist 30 years ago. Now it's just nails-on-a-chalkboard obnoxious." |
Sara Brady |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) |
"Plenty entertaining and chock full of valuable lessons about friendship and respect." |
Peter Debruge |
Tomato 3/4 |
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"The reality of love's disappointments enriches the film's heroine, who never married in real life, and brings a 200-year-old figure into living focus." |
Deborah Day |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"Russell Brand is absurd, funny and wonderfully out of place in a family movie. And hello: crazy pop-eyed animated guinea pig alert!" |
Jennifer Miller |
Tomato 4/4 |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"This movie is basically a yakfest, but an incredibly fluid and involving one . . ." |
Glenn Kenny |
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Being Julia (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato |
Belle Toujours (2006) |
"A breezy hour-and-ten-minutes long, this beautifully affecting film is less about these beloved characters than its aging filmmaker's wistful reminiscences of cinema itself and a long lifetime's worth of material pleasures." |
Aaron Hillis |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"Maybe it makes me some kind of feminist, but I like how in this picture, the Dream has nothing to do with nuptials..." |
Glenn Kenny |
Tomato 3/4 |
Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) |
"What's most impressive about this movie is how familiar, rather than how different, everything feels." |
Peter Debruge |
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Bewitched (2005) |
"Will Ferrell plays an actor portraying Darrin on a new Bewitched, and Nicole Kidman is the unknown hired to play Samantha, who is really a witch." |
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Splat 2/4 |
Beyond Borders (2003) |
"This pop nugget of McHistory, for all of its aspirations to sermonize, never elevates beyond a simplistic morality tale of, well, black and white." |
Scott Warren |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"Spacey has crafted a vanity project of appalling proportions." |
Peter Debruge |
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Big Fat Liar (2002) |
"Muniz, the young star of TV's Malcolm in the Middle, is stuck in the middle again, this time as a student whose class paper has been stolen by a Hollywood producer." |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Big Fish (2003) |
"Not just Burton's best film, it's his least flawed -- it really does just bound along, an exemplary, and moving, entertainment from start to finish." |
Glenn Kenny |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Big Momma's House 2 (2006) |
"Just like the first film, it’s another basic, unoriginal fish-out-of-water story stocked with predictable plot twists and physical comedy." |
Jessica Letkemann |
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The Big Red One (1980) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Big Trouble (2002) |
"'It's sort of a wacky, energetic version of Get Shorty,' says director Sonnenfeld, who's working again with his Shorty cast members Russo and Farina." |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Biker Boyz (2003) |
"In the end the exposition outweighs the thrills." |
Dennis Michael |
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Birth (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat |
Birthday Girl (2002) |
"A thriller enacted by an energetic cast that can't quite compensate for its slightness." |
Glenn Kenny |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
The Black Dahlia (2006) |
"De Palma has made a bizarre, baffling and at times flat-out bad movie. But at least it's rarely boring." |
Ethan Alter |
Tomato 3/4 |
Black Sheep (2007) |
"The film is carried along by an abundance of enthusiastic energy that's tough to resist." |
Eric Alt |
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Black Snake Moan (2007) |
"Christina Ricci, Hot and Bothered: She's still mysterious and a little ooky. But she has her most revealing role yet in the wildly uninhibited drama Black Snake Moan." |
Cristy Lytal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Black Snake Moan (2007) |
"Brewer has a great affection for his characters and a good feel for the Tennessee slums and backwoods where he sets his stories. But he's also got a B-moviemaker's impertinence and love of button-pushing." |
Glenn Kenny |
Splat 2/4 |
Blade: Trinity (2004) |
"Goyer also wrote all three Blade films, so character misunderstandings can’t be blamed for the two half-realized plot lines crammed into one feature." |
Aaron Hillis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Blades of Glory (2007) |
"Even the surprises aren't particularly surprising here. But the comic performers all deliver." |
Glenn Kenny |
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Blazing Saddles (1974) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2003) |
"Junge articulates with often brutal honesty the horrors of her own situation." |
Chris Cronis |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi/Sonatine (2004) |
"Those so familiar with Kitano's tough-guy roles that they can't credit the fact that he got his start in Japanese show business as a comedian will see a different side of him here; it's his most antic film performance yet." |
Glenn Kenny |
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