Tomato |
M (1931) |
"The film grows more unsettling when it becomes apparent that the child killer Beckert is something of a child himself, forcing the audience into something beyond complicity, something dangerously close to identification." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Ma Vie En Rose (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Machinist (2004) |
"It would be easy to accuse Bale of a warped kind of egomania if his performance wasn't so mesmerizing." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Mad City (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Mad Max (1979) |
"More jangly, visceral energy and encompass more creative innovations than something made with today's computer technology and bottomless resources." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Mad Money (2008) |
"Much of the film is predictable. But to its credit, it doesn't present the men in the women's lives as the usual losers who drive them to crime." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Madadayo (1993) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Madagascar (2005) |
"The movie's celebrity voice talent is reined in, and potentially scary parts are toned down, ensuring that even very young kids will appreciate most scenes. Unfortunately, this modulated approach extends to the story, which lacks a climax." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"Boasting talented voice actors and characters already beloved by the audience, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa still only adds up to middling." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato |
Made (2001) |
"The film gets by much the way its two characters do -- on the chemistry between Favreau and Vaughn." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
Made of Honor (2008) |
"Director Paul Weiland and the film's screenwriters offer standard sitcom setups and forgettable supporting characters, in effect hanging the whole picture on Dempsey." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Madeline (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
Mafia! (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"Harsh and angry, this Oscar-worthy film stages a deliberately paced, thoroughly researched indictment of institutionalized cruelty and the kind of ignorance and hypocrisy that validates and encourages it." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Magic in the Water (1995) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Magnolia (1999) |
"Magnolia is a bold, rich, meandering tapestry of lost souls in conflict, made by an artist who may be in conflict himself. It's a film of fits." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Maid in Manhattan (2002) |
"In the affable Maid in Manhattan, Jennifer Lopez's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm, the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly A-list players." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
The Majestic (2001) |
"I think audiences will respond to what seems like the film's 'open heart,' but there's a naggingly insincere and overtly manipulative quality here that leaves an unpleasant aftertaste." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Major League: Back To The Minors (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat |
Maléna (2000) |
"Like so many movies these days, Maléna is a jumble of ideas from earlier films." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Mallrats (1995) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mambo Italiano (2003) |
"You actually come to like these people." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) |
"A terrifically engaging, provocative movie." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Man of the Year (2006) |
"Man of the Year pretends to reach for a steak knife and draws a plastic spoon instead." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Man on Fire (2004) |
"Trash is trash, no matter how expensive or arty it looks, or how well-acted it is." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat |
Man on the Moon (1999) |
"Milos Forman's biopic Man on the Moon is volatile and active -- and, frankly, doesn't make too much sense." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Man on the Train (2003) |
"Your typical buddy film that's been executed in an entirely atypical way." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Man Push Cart (2006) |
"The darkly realistic cinematography of Michael Simmonds gives the film a near-documentary style in its depiction of the endless, physically draining work." |
Bruce Dancis |
Splat |
The Man Who Cried (2001) |
"So campy and overripe that it verges on parody." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"Nothing else matters here except Thornton's blandly bravura performance ... and the film's rampant, detailed atmosphere." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"Demme's variation on Condon's work emerges as little more than a craftsmanlike film with occasional flashes of intelligence and brilliance." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Manny & Lo (1996) |
"An odd, singular movie full of odd, singular moments." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Mansfield Park (1999) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
A Map of the World (1999) |
"[A] imaginative, nimble performance." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"Marston and Moreno make us stop and look, and to see Maria Alvarez as not just another face in the crowd but as an individual person, someone nice. Someone worth knowing." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"Forgive the straw-grasping, but a film made with such care inspires a search for meaning." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Marie Baie Des Anges (1997) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Marley & Me (2008) |
"Marley & Me allows its human as well as its canine characters flaws while delivering a nice message that dogs, like children and marriages, require commitment and work." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Mars Attacks! (1996) |
"The film's penchant for repetition is faithful to its '50s source material and is the very quality that turns Mars Attacks! into such a marvelously unstable comedy." |
Joe Baltake |
- |
Marvin's Room (1996) |
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Joe Baltake |
- |
The Mask of Zorro (1998) |
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Joe Baltake |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Masked and Anonymous (2003) |
"A willful mess made interesting by the talent that it attracted." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"While often exciting and never less than engrossing, Weir's film unfolds at a thoughtful, rather deliberate pace." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Matador (2005) |
"[The film] forces the viewer to work too hard to buy its buddy pairing (Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear), at times preventing the movie from being the goof it ought to be." |
Carla Meyer |
- |
Matilda (1996) |
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Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) |
"The world created so vividly by the Wachowskis is still brand new but not nearly so intimidating or alienating." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |
"This final installment is both too much of a good thing and too little." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Max (2002) |
"This film belongs to Taylor and no one else." |
Joe Baltake |
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