2/4 |
Air Bud (1997) |
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Mick LaSalle |
2/4 |
Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bob Graham |
Tomato 5/5 |
Air Force One (1997) |
"Air Force One is a thriller that taps into our secretly cherished associations with the presidency. It gives us the president of our dreams..." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 5/5 |
Air Force One (1997) |
"It's a gamble. Air Force One goes against the current grain of presenting presidents in movies as evil or idiotic, or mock heroic, as in last year's 'Independence Day.'" |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
"In this pitch-perfect documentary about the very real rise of air guitar competition in the United States, and two of its top performers, stony thoughts will arise as to whether one is suddenly trapped inside a satire that got wrapped in a reality." |
Justin Berton |
Tomato |
Airheads (1994) |
"A spoof of heavy-metal culture that at the same time respects the vitality and pent-up passion behind it." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 4/4 |
AKA (2002) |
"An unforgettable film." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"It's the kind of movie parents will want their kids to see as opposed to much of what's playing at the multiplex." |
Ruthe Stein |
Splat 2/4 |
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
"A documentary in search of a story." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A valiant but losing effort." |
Carla Meyer |
2/4 |
The Alarmist (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
Alaska (1996) |
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Edward Guthmann |
Splat 1/4 |
Albino Alligator (1996) |
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Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 2/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Alex & Emma is lighter than helium, but it's just sturdy enough to be pleasing." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"With so much talent involved with this film, the finished product seems like a waste." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Splat 1/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Epic in scale but not epic in spirit, a wallow in carnage that fails to demonstrate what was so great about this conqueror, after all." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 4/4 |
Alexandra (2008) |
"In the hands of visionary filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, this simple material makes for a haunting drama about war, generational relationships and the human condition." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Alexandra's Project (2005) |
"De Heer, who also wrote the script, would have us believe that a wife who's tired of her oblivious bloke of a husband could suddenly become conniving and cruel, coolly defending her actions with twisted logic that's sold as feminism." |
John McMurtrie |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"The new script raises the emotional stakes of the old scenes it retains, cuts plot elements that can't be updated and creates new story lines that are just as effective as those it replaces." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ali (2001) |
"If Michael Mann's new biopic of Muhammad Ali is not right up there with the gold standard of boxing biographies, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's Raging Bull, it misses by only a whisker." |
Bob Graham |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ali Zaoua (2000) |
"Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing ... and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alias Betty (2002) |
"A provocative movie about loss, anger, greed, jealousy, sickness and love." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato |
Alice et Martin (1998) |
"Even a flawed Techine film merits our attention." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 2/4 |
Alice Neel (2007) |
"So many people speak onscreen, from so many folds of Neel's life, that, despite captions, the viewer feels taxed to keep straight their identities and relationships to Neel." |
Kenneth Baker |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alice's House (2007) |
"Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast." |
David Wiegand |
Tomato 4/4 |
Alien (1979) |
"Ridley Scott's new cut won't change the way people think about the movie, but it reinforces the film's strengths without alienating the series' biggest fans." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Splat 2/4 |
Alien Resurrection (1997) |
"This film should be an amazing thrill ride, but it has the emotional impact of a bowling ball at rest." |
Peter Stack |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alien Trespass (2009) |
"How much you enjoy this strange picture depends on two things: Your appreciation of the genre that is being feted here, and the enthusiasm of the audience that you view it with." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Splat 0/4 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"Take a wretched premise. Imagine the worst picture that could be made from it. Then imagine something even worse." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 4/4 |
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"A streamlined improvement on the original." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Splat 1/4 |
Aliens in the Attic (2009) |
"It's doubtful that many people will be asking for their money back after seeing this movie. But they won't be remembering too much about it 24 hours later, either." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 4/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"An educational and thoroughly entertaining documentary that's in the Everest class of great IMAX movies." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alive and Kicking (1996) |
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Octavio Roca |
- |
All About Eve (1950) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato |
All About Eve (1950) |
"Is there anyone alive who hasn't seen All About Eve -- anyone who doesn't love movies, that is?" |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2002) |
"Once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato 3/4 |
All About My Mother (1999) |
"The tone of All About My Mother has the heart-on-the-sleeve emotions of soap opera, but it is completely sincere and by no means camp." |
Bob Graham |
Splat 1/4 |
All About Steve (2009) |
"There's no footing in reality. Nothing about it feels authentic: not the blathering Mary, not the lifeless secondary characters, not the bromide-happy dialogue or the plot that twists less often than it spasms." |
Amy Biancolli |
Splat 2/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"Everything is off." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Sullivan |
Tomato 3/4 |
All for Free (2008) |
"Alienated characters are presented with gentle humor, a spirit of absurdity and a world-weariness that put the film in the tradition of Wim Wenders' early movies." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 4/4 |
All In This Tea (2008) |
"The film is both delightful and informative at every turn." |
David Wiegand |
Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"We're back on the social and emotional turf that Leigh knows best." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato |
All Over Me (1997) |
"Sichel strips her story to the essential, offering a film that's tough, compassionate and true." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 2/4 |
All Over the Guy (2001) |
"If you want to watch a gaggle of pretty faux-neurotic people hang out and throw quips, you're probably better off watching Friends." |
Wesley Morris |
Splat 1/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"It has a labored feel. The editing is choppy, allowing little of the film to flow naturally." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 3/4 |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"An elegiac, visually hypnotic film about love, honor, reverence for nature and the loss of tradition." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 2/4 |
All the Queen's Men (2002) |
"What we have here isn't a disaster, exactly, but a very handsomely produced let-down." |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
All the Rage (1998) |
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Bob Graham |
Tomato 3/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"A movie that eliminates Hollywood gloss and pop cliches -- and in their place offers an honest look at young love and its pitfalls." |
Edward Guthmann |
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