Tomato 3/4 |
P.S. (2004) |
"The result is an intriguing and satisfying romance that may hold some appeal even for those who normally do not like films about affairs of the heart." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"P.S. I Love You is the cinematic equivalent of a Celine Dion song." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"A serviceable gore-minded thriller --- a competent execution of a premise that ultimately becomes hampered by its inherent constraints." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"Vin Diesel is better than the material, but, no matter how hard he tries, he can't rise above the puerile screenplay." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Pagemaster (1994) |
"This clever, often engaging, and always fast-paced motion picture uses the visual medium to encourage its viewers to reach out with their imagination." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"The movie achieves a rare balance for an historical fiction: making use of the backdrop without allowing it to overwhelm the characters and their story." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Palindromes (2005) |
"A shallow, transparent satire/social commentary, Palindromes lives and dies on a gimmick." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
The Pallbearer (1996) |
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James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
Palmetto (1998) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Palookaville (1995) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"An achievement. Many films with 'split personalities' invest all their creative energy into one aspect of the story, causing the other one to founder and feel obligatory." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Panic (2000) |
"Once you've seen the first hour, there's really no need to sit through the rest, since almost everything that transpires during the final thirty minutes is easily predicted by anyone who understands the conventional storyline handbook." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"The suspense in Panic Room never ebbs, and that makes for a thoroughly entertaining -- if somewhat exhausting -- 108 minutes." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Paparazzi (2004) |
"One has the sense that if the level of violence had been ratcheted up a little, Paparazzi might have been more of a guilty pleasure and less of a chore to watch." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Paper (1994) |
"A crowd pleaser, and, regardless of any viewer's experience (or lack thereof) with the behind-the-scenes wrangling that goes on in newspaper offices, the story is affable and entertaining." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"It's easy to see how this quirky, offbeat approach could seem refreshing within the rarefied, hermetic atmosphere of a festival. Elsewhere, however, it comes across as amateurish and considerably less charming." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paperback Romance (1994) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 4/4 |
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"The film offers food for thought, and reminds us that, in any war, one who understands the mindset of his opponent gains an important tactical advantage." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paradise Road (1997) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"Paranoid Park, while still off the beaten path, is less self-absorbed and pretentious than anything Van Sant has crafted since Finding Forrester." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
The Parent Trap (1998) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paris (2009) |
"Paris keeps us involved not because of momentous plot developments but because the production incites our curiosity to see what will happen next." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Passion Fish (1992) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Passion in the Desert (1997) |
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James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Passion of Mind (1999) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"A gripping, powerful motion picture -- arguably the most forceful depiction of Jesus' death ever to be committed to film." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Passione D'Amore (1981) |
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James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
Patch Adams (1998) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pather Panchali (1954) |
"This is the kind of motion picture that will stay with you for hours, or perhaps even days, after you've left the theater, and that's a rare characteristic for any movie." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"The movie is filmed in a way that makes it seem like the camera has epilepsy and the color desaturation renders everything murky. Someone should remind director Marcus Nispel that there's a difference between making a music video and a feature film." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
The Patriot (2000) |
"There's not much to get excited about." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 4/4 |
Patton (1970) |
"Remains to this day one of Hollywood's most compelling biographical war pictures." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"It's a juvenile motion picture designed primarily for a juvenile audience. But there's a little more here than one might reasonably expect." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"Both affecting and effective." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
Payback (1999) |
"It is well written, contains a flock of colorful characters, and gives star Mel Gibson a number of great one-liners." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Paycheck (2003) |
"Paycheck is bad enough that it may convince some movie-goers not to go to another film just because it was made by John Woo." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
The Peacemaker (1997) |
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James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"Better to wait until it's available on video and you have the option of using a fast-forward button." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
Pecker (1998) |
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James Berardinelli |
Splat 2/4 |
The Pelican Brief (1993) |
"An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Penelope (2008) |
"Much as I would like to give Penelope unreserved praise, I can't stretch my lukewarm approbation that far." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) |
"You don't have to like the man to support his struggles and enjoy this dramatization of them." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Perez Family (1995) |
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James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Perfect Candidate (1996) |
"Fascinating, if more than a little depressing" |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 2.5/4 |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"This could have been a triumph of structure over story if only the importance of the structure had been better camouflaged." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
A Perfect Murder (1998) |
"...A Perfect Murder has inexplicably managed to eliminate almost everything that was worthwhile about Dial M for Murder, leaving behind the nearly-unwatchable wreckage of a would-be '90s thriller." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"Next time, director Robbins and his screenwriters should spend a few hours inside a real high school rather than re-hashing stock stereotypes from bad '80s movies." |
James Berardinelli |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Perfect Storm (2000) |
"Exciting, engaging, and, at times, majestic." |
James Berardinelli |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"What would happen if a late-night, D-grade direct-to-cable thriller excised all of the raunchily enjoyable elements and managed to attract an A-list cast? The result might be shockingly like Perfect Stranger." |
James Berardinelli |
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