Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"Anyone who loves movies will have no defense against the seductions of Amelie -- either the film or the young woman." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"A film that manages the frustrating feat of being pleasant and misguided at the same time." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
The American Astronaut (2001) |
"A movie so goofy and affable about its willful, second-rate cheesiness that anger becomes a waste of time. You either go along with it or you don't go at all." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
American Beauty (1999) |
"Superlatively well-made." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
American Buffalo (1996) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
American Experience - Return With Honor (1999) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
American Experience - Riding the Rails (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"American Gangster is 2 1/2 hours of pleasure with a guilty aftertaste." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato |
American History X (1998) |
"As provocative and daring as it is, the film is also rather simplistic and obvious." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
American Movie (1999) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
American Outlaws (2001) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 1/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"Arch and pretty dull, with a certain sour undertone. And it just isn't very funny." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Jim and the gang feel like strangers, and their attempts to create an instant-party atmosphere and pull us into it, demanding we have fun with them, are a little creepy, even a tad sociopathic." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
American Pimp (1999) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
The American President (1995) |
"A shrewd new depiction of 'office sex,' as well as an utterly positive view of the idea that a president's character is important." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Psycho (2000) |
"A savagely funny feminist take on just how dangerous stupid men can be." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 4/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Pulcini and Berman have inventively rethought the notion of the biopic, and the results are audacious." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
Amistad (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Is it scarier than the original? No, despite souped-up visuals by commercial and music-video director Andrew Douglas, making his feature-film debut." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Anaconda (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 1/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"If they gave Oscars to good actors who do the worst job in picking out films -- and subsequently make too many bad movies -- it would be a tossup between De Niro and Anthony Hopkins." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"There isn't a second that goes by without Ferrell filling it with some form of comic shtick - a well-turned punch line, a goofy facial expression, a pratfall or some other kind of physical comedy business." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"This is like a collection of the best moments from Claude Lelouch's filmography -- with bits and pieces joyously borrowed from his films from the 1970s and '80s, when he was at his most prolific and ingenious." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Given the overall weakness of the material, director Joel Schumacher works beyond the call of duty to pull us into his musical fable." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Angel Baby (1995) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"If Angel Eyes falters, it is because it becomes more obvious as it goes along, its sense of religiosity becoming less subtle." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Angela's Ashes (1999) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Angels & Demons might cause controversy among viewers who like their Tom Hanks films to be of some substance." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Angels & Insects (1995) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"It's the perfect mating of two of the screen's best 'bad boys.'" |
Joe Baltake |
- |
The Animal (2001) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"A simple, no-frills story." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Anne Frank Remembered (1995) |
"An accomplishment, a genuinely humbling one." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"This film is monumentally annoying." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Another Day in Paradise (1998) |
"Another Day in Paradise is one big pleasurable wallow in grunge noir as only Larry Clark could have concocted it." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
Antitrust (2001) |
"A witty but repetitious and predictable paranoid thriller." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antonia's Line (1995) |
"Here is female empowerment as you've never seen it on screen before, with the narrative daring to make no compromises at all." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"The level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we've long associated with Washington the actor." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Any Given Sunday (1999) |
"Rousing, entertaining." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"The film is even more imperfect -- and, curiously, still an odd masterpiece." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"The seamlessness of the actors' performances underscores Gibson's directing skills." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (2002) |
"The transfer to the IMAX screen diminishes none of the film's drama, which was always much more about human emotions than technology." |
David Barton |
- |
The Apostle (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Appaloosa carries a whiff of feminism. Or at least an awareness of what life was like for women on the frontier." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Apple (1998) |
"This tiny, alternately simple and complex movie is fascinating on a number of levels." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Apt Pupil (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Heartfelt but clunky, the mermaid-out-of-water story Aquamarine offers enough female-positive messages to make it worthwhile viewing for 'tween' girls." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"The work of an artist tormented by his heritage, using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"In most films, a bathroom-related joke would represent the lowest form of humor. In this one, it's a highlight." |
Carla Meyer |
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