Splat 1/4 |
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009) |
"So self-conscious that the movie feels like a feature length music video that's too busy admiring itself it the mirror to make any sense." |
Blake French |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
All In This Tea (2008) |
"It makes one long to sit down with a nice cup of tea. Theaters showing this excellent documentary might want to keep that in mind and stock up." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
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Splat 2/4 |
August (2008) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Australia (2008) |
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Splat 2/4 |
The Abandoned (2007) |
"[Director Nacho] Cerdà's craftsmanship and his overall sense of seriousness keep The Abandoned from being a bad film, but it simply isn't very scary or involving. It just feels too familiar and dull." |
Jim Hemphill |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007) |
"Incredibly powerful -- and never more so than when the filmmakers turn their cameras on the Yokotas and other victims' families, many of whom channel their pain and anger into political activism." |
Timothy Knight |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"It's overlong, exhaustingly so, and barely held together by the flimsiest of narratives." |
Timothy Knight |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Adam's Apples (2007) |
"As intelligent as it is entertaining, and it's the source of great good humor." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"As in any good melodrama, After the Wedding indulges in its share of tears, but it's also surprisingly hopeful." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 4/4 |
Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
"This is all charming and hilariously real." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alone With Her (2007) |
"Alone With Her is a tense, well-shot little thriller in the vein of 'fatal attraction' youth flicks like Fear, The Crush, and Swimfan." |
Gary Goldstein |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Ultimately Alpha Dog is most successful as a teen gangster movie, a kind of cross between Goodfellas and The O.C. that is swiftly paced and extremely compelling." |
Jim Hemphill |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Characters are so imprisoned by the movie's need to drive home its antislavery message that they become utterly lifeless. Pretty pictures abound in Amazing Grace, but they don't serve to illustrate any ideas or emotions worth wrestling with." |
Jim Hemphill |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"As a drama, Angel-A does not rank as a great movie, but as an homage to Paris, it is sensational. For this viewer, at least, that is good enough." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3/4 |
Angels in the Dust (2007) |
"...Angels in the Dust is an important, enormously emotional film that will hopefully have a far-reaching and valuable impact on the plight of Sub-Saharan AIDS." |
Gary Goldstein |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"[Creators] Willis and Maiellaro simply do not have enough material to fill a movie that clocks in at 86 minutes. Too much humor falls flat and there are too many stretches where not much happens at all." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"Its no-bones-about-it message of how global climate change is challenging our furry -- and blubbery -- animal friends at the top of the world is critical and makes the film something everyone concerned with the environment should see." |
Gary Goldstein |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"There's not a whiff of freshness in all of Are We Done Yet?, which goes for the very lowest common denominator in terms of laughs -- and still misses that broad mark 99¾ percent of its seemingly interminable running time." |
Timothy Knight |
Splat 2/4 |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"The routine story and lack of real warmth make this a movie to endure with one's children, not to share with them." |
Jim Hemphill |
Splat 2/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"The movie is merely a long, empty exercise in style." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"There is a lot of charm and warmth in the movie. As stubborn, warm-hearted Charles, Thornton has never been better, and he receives wonderful support from Madsen and the three children." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"The actual Avenue Montaigne may deserve a visit, but the movie celebrating its artsy glamour isn't quite worth leaving home for." |
Gary Goldstein |
Tomato 4/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"Polley is starting from a very lofty place. We can only marvel at what she might do next." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"It's a grand and elegant portrait of paranoia and malfeasance set amongst society's seedy underbelly." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3/4 |
Absolute Wilson (2006) |
"A stirring portrait of a theatrical sensation, one that should motivate artists of all stripes to break away, follow their bliss, and, most importantly, never take no for an answer." |
Gary Goldstein |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"Although it's more amusing than laugh-out-loud funny, Accepted has a good-natured irreverence and ragged charm, thanks to a spirited ensemble cast of newcomers led by Justin Long." |
Timothy Knight |
Splat 2/4 |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"So awkwardly directed by star Chester that its timing and tone are hopelessly uneven." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"... an engaging story of a little girl who learns to dream big ..." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2/4 |
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Parents or older siblings taking the kids to the movies as a family bonding experience are less likely to bond with the kids than find themselves succumbing to the urge to nap. Bring a blankie; you may need it." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"All the King's Men looks good. It's beautifully designed and well shot by cinematographer Pawel Edelman. But make no mistake, it's a bad movie." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
America: Freedom To Fascism (2006) |
"Filmmaking lapses aside, this is an impassioned and generally persuasive film that rings all too eerily true." |
Timothy Knight |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Cannibal - The Documentary (2006) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
American Cannibal - The Documentary (2006) |
"Less a piece of incisive cultural commentary than a riveting portrait of two nice guys whose lives and careers go into a tailspin, one moral compromise at a time." |
Jim Hemphill |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"As the movie reaches its delirious climax with the American Dreamz finale that brings all the disparate characters together, it's purely delightful. You might hate yourself for laughing at a some of the jokes, but you will laugh." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2/4 |
American Gun (2006) |
"Aside from a few moments of quiet pathos that ring true, Avelino's directorial debut is a calculated piece of cinematic outrage marred by on-the-nose dialogue and melodramatic contrivance." |
Timothy Knight |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"It's an expansive look at a genre and a tribe of musicians that found their collective voice. And there's one thing you could always say about hardcore -- it was never boring." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 2.5/4 |
An American Haunting (2006) |
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Splat 2/4 |
An American Haunting (2006) |
"It's less An American Haunting than American humdrum." |
Pam Grady |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"To describe Annapolis as formulaic would be a gross understatement." |
Timothy Knight |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"... a visually inventive charmer that nimbly juggles slapstick comedy, action sequences, and coming-of-age 'life lessons' with a refreshing minimum of sap." |
Timothy Knight |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"The film's ultimate descent into laughable implausibility is regrettable, for there's so much that's otherwise genuinely impressive about the boldly realized, yet wildly uneven Apocalypto." |
Timothy Knight |
Splat 0.5/4 |
April's Shower (2006) |
"Poorly shot, badly timed, lamely idiosyncratic, and annoying." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat 2/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
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