Tomato 3/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Filled with likable actors and 1980s pop songs, Adventureland ambles, entertains and … ends … without ever trying to be more than a tribute to odd jobs, unlikely friends and hanging out." |
Carla Meyer |
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 |
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 |
Australia (2008) |
"For much of its more than 2 1/2- hour length, this sweeping film from Aussie director Baz Luhrmann provides old-fashioned thrills and entertainment." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat 2/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"The film engages for about 30 minutes, or about 10 minutes longer than you might expect. This picture, after all, has only one idea: chipmunks that talk and sing. It's the same idea that fueled novelty recordings and a two cartoon series." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"American Gangster is 2 1/2 hours of pleasure with a guilty aftertaste." |
Carla Meyer |
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 |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"Lovely on many levels, from its gauzily sunlit interiors and sweeping shots of stunning landscape to its warm depiction of family, The Astronaut Farmer reveals an ornery individualism as it unfolds." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"Epic and heart-rending, Atonement accents its old-fashioned qualities with a modern-day frankness." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"With Away From Her, Christie, Pinsent and actress-turned-filmmaker Sarah Polley have crafted an intensely moving portrait of a marriage." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat 2/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"All the King's Men doesn't reveal anything new about the ins and outs of politics, even as it insists, via showy visuals and James Horner's sledgehammer score, that it is revelatory." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"The seamlessness of the actors' performances underscores Gibson's directing skills." |
Carla Meyer |
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 |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Visually and even physically irritating, the movie follows dream logic, which is to say, no logic at all." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"An adventure that -- right up until the end -- is a magnificent journey of scientific discovery and exploration." |
Jim Carnes |
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 |
Splat 1/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Too bad some studio executive didn't post a 'wrong way' sign when this road picture was pitched." |
Reed Parsell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"An intentionally one-joke film, The Aristocrats can't help but be repetitive, and its endless muck and perversions can wear on a viewer." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A heartfelt yet strangely uninvolving account of the mythic Texas battle." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Ultimately stumbles and falls, much like the horses in the battle scenes. But it is an interesting failure, always brimming with life." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"It lacks the harsh, biting punch of its memorable 1966 predecessor. And perhaps there was no other way to do it." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"There's enough originality here to offset some of the more questionable humor." |
Joe Baltake |
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 3/4 |
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 |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the Bend (2004) |
"This is the male equivalent of the chick flick. It could have been titled Divine Secrets of the Da-Da Brotherhood." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"Wonderful family escapist entertainment." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"The polemical nature of the film undermines any possibility of satire, as the posturing grows more ludicrous by the scene." |
David Barton |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"A film that's extremely well-made but tantalizingly or clumsily (take your pick) oblique." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"One of those infamous 'based on a true story' movies in which just about everything is a lie." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"The film is cute but never much beyond that." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 0/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"This seriously dull romantic comedy -- an anti-romantic comedy, to be more accurate -- is something of a chore to sit through, with its biggest laugh coming even before its story kicks in." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"The characters just sit there and talk, and you start to feel you're trapped not at a movie but in a tiny diner somewhere, eavesdropping on a lot of uninteresting conversations." |
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 |
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 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"It's the perfect mating of two of the screen's best 'bad boys.'" |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"Its many tiny character details make up for the ludicrous story it's telling." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Abandon (2002) |
"[Gaghan] successfully illustrates that if a filmmaker is capable and intelligent -- and assumes that his audience is the same -- he can transcend the limitations of even so lowly a genre." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"About a Boy vividly recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More, Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant, irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"I liked About Schmidt a lot, but I have a feeling that I would have liked it much more if Harry & Tonto never existed." |
Joe Baltake |
Splat 2/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights grows on you -- like a rash." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 4/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"There's a flash of excitement to this clever film and its performances." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"It is almost impossible to sludge through this tiny morality tale and not recognize bad habits, small and familiar, that we all share -- and also take for granted." |
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 3.5/4 |
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 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 |
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 |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"You'll laugh at either the obviousness of it all or its stupidity or maybe even its inventiveness, but the point is, you'll laugh." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato 4/4 |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"Kinnear is brilliant here ... and he's matched by Dafoe." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Seriously flawed but provocative and fascinating nonetheless." |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"Even though Smith is nothing at all like Ali in either looks or temperament, the young actor has obsessively willed himself to become Muhammad Ali." |
Joe Baltake |
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