Tomato 2.5/4 |
B.A.P.S. (1997) |
"They both do good work, but it's Desselle who steals the film and grabs the major laughs." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"Crystallizes two rich moments -- one, in American cultural life, when movies seemed full of danger and possibility, and another in a man's life." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"A rare epic that deserves every minute of its epic length." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"There's nothing wrong with being difficult if there's a payoff at the end. Screenwriter-director Nacer Khemir provides that with a visually stunning final scene that makes sense of everything that came before." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 4/4 |
Babe (1995) |
"A lovely, intelligent gem of G-rated entertainment that is also rib-tickling funny." |
Peter Stack |
Splat 1/4 |
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
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Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"In the end, a film of profound ambition is unmasked as one without real purpose, a misguided attempt to make a serious, important statement despite having nothing, really, to say." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 2/4 |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Baby Boy can be tough going, very tough going, but the cast is built to take it." |
Bob Graham |
Tomato 4/4 |
Baby Face (1933) |
"If you've never seen Stanwyck in a pre-Code film, you've never really seen Stanwyck." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 0/4 |
Baby Geniuses (1999) |
"The film has a freak-show quality." |
Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"It's a movie that deals in emotion and attempts to pass counterfeit goods. There's nothing there... . And yet by the deprived standards of the modern romantic comedy, one would have to say, well, it's not bad." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
The Babysitters Club - The Movie (1995) |
"85 minutes doesn't provide an adequate format for developing seven distinct characters." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 2/4 |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"A pretty lame premise for a movie." |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
Backseat (2008) |
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2/4 |
Backstage (2000) |
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Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/5 |
Bad Boys (1995) |
"A good half-hour's worth of nonsense in the middle keeps Bad Boys from being little better than a break- even proposition." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Very funny at times, maudlin at others and excruciatingly violent throughout, Bad Boys II -- director Michael Bay's latest festival of exploding cars and shaking cameras -- is, at 147 long minutes, just too much of a mediocre thing." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato |
Bad Company (2001) |
"Penetrates the madness of the teenage imagination with a story that feels both authentic and chilling." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad Company (2002) |
"Seems more like a product than an attempt to tell a story." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"Intoxicating and flawed noir-melodrama." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"The film is filled with lovely images (Kim studied painting in France), and ultimately becomes, against all expectations, quite moving." |
G. Allen Johnson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"It's a rare and precious thing when a filmmaker gets funding for a script that features a coked-out, OxyContined-out, sleep-deprived Cage with a .44 Magnum in his waistband, spewing lines like "Shoot him again ... his soul is still dancing."" |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Manners (1998) |
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Mick LaSalle |
- |
Bad Moon (1996) |
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Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Perhaps someday French auteurists will be able to figure out how Bad News Bears fits into the cinematic oeuvre of Richard Linklater." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"A tasteless, vulgar, savage assault against everything that is good and decent in the Christmas season. I think you are going to like it." |
C.W. Nevius |
Tomato 4/4 |
Badlands (1973) |
"Among the great American crime movies, 1973's Badlands stands alone." |
Peter Stack |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baghead (2008) |
"Keep your eyes open, and there are lots of other, subtler things going on." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Baise Moi (2001) |
"Whatever message it wants to impart is overwhelmed by shoddy technique ... and a tendency to embrace the kind of exploitation with which it's supposedly in conflict." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 2/4 |
Bait (2000) |
"Two things pretty much save the movie. The last 40 minutes are well-plotted and paced. And Foxx is enormously likable." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"A film of scenes, not a cohesive whole." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Sullivan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballast (2008) |
"Ballast is truly a winter's tale, set in a bleak and rainy corner of the Mississippi Delta and recounting the story of three African Americans teetering on the edge in just about every way." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballerina (2008) |
"The movie is an admirable look into the venerable St. Petersburg company and how dancers thrive or just survive in the physically challenging world of dance." |
Leba Hertz |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"A daisy chain of touching now-and-then moments." |
Steven Winn |
Splat 0/4 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"Two big things are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick, and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
Ballot Measure 9 (1995) |
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Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"The real trouble is that it's supposed to be an outrageous comedy, but in fact it's fairly tame and not all that funny." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 4/4 |
Balseros (2002) |
"A seven-year time lapse that's full of drama, poignancy and some heartbreaking moments." |
Jonathan Curiel |
- |
Balto (1995) |
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Peter Stack |
Tomato 4/4 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"Sweet, funny, sad and profound -- the sort of film that becomes more remarkable when you realize it's based on someone's real life." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bamako (2006) |
"Trial movies can be painful, but Bamako is a powerful polemic leavened with moments of beauty and humor." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bamboozled (2000) |
"A rousing, vital, important experience." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Band of Brothers (2001) |
"Band of Brothers is an immense achievement, raising the bar for combat realism. But to the end, it's hobbled by its noble disinclination to play the Hollywood game." |
John Carman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bandit Queen (1994) |
"Devi is played by Seema Biswas as a fireball of unrelenting, white-hot fury -- a slap in the face to her country and its barbaric, outdated treatment of women." |
Edward Guthmann |
2/4 |
Bandits (1999) |
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Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bandits (2001) |
"Bandits isn't any better than a good formula picture -- it isn't incisive or memorable, just light and amusing -- but it's different." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 2/4 |
Bang Rajan (2004) |
"Jitnukul can direct action, and every slice of the blade, thwack of the arrow and the glistening of sweat on near-naked bodies makes Bang Rajan a mostly pleasurable diversion." |
G. Allen Johnson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"What The Banger Sisters offers in place of an eloquent statement is the charm of two actresses at the top of their game in flashy roles and a smart script that's decidedly more coarse than sentimental." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 2/4 |
Bangkok Dangerous (2001) |
"Mongkolpisit as the hit man keeps it afloat." |
Bob Graham |
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