Tomato 3/4 |
Face (2004) |
"It is the best performance of [Ling's] eclectic international career, and it raises the level of this otherwise competently made movie to something more special." |
G. Allen Johnson |
Tomato 5/5 |
Face Off (1997) |
" It's the picture that proves action films don't have to be silly, that a few thrill sequences don't mean every other value has to be shot to pieces." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 5/5 |
Face Off (1997) |
"This is grand moviemaking with grand acting." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"Poignant and carefully observed." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Factory Girl (2007) |
"Miller gets old and used up before our eyes, and we not only see it, we see what it means to experience it. This is a movie about power, and its spectacle is that of a woman losing all of it." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Factotum (2006) |
"It's a deadpan comedy that looks upon the world with an honesty and impassiveness worthy of its protagonist -- and of the author standing behind him." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fados (2009) |
"For those who've never before heard fado, Fados will be a revelation -- a window into a music that (like blues music) can be poetic, heartbreaking, melodramatic and redemptive, all at the same time." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Tomato 4/4 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"Michael Moore's best film." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"This is a showcase for her [Parker's] sensitive intelligence, her watchfulness, and her way of thinking and reacting. The Family Stone did nothing for Parker, but Failure to Launch makes a strong case for life after Sex and the City." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 2/4 |
Fair Game (1995) |
"An enjoyable movie." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
FairyTale: A True Story (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
Faithful (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
Tomato |
Faithless (2001) |
"Bergman, rare among artists these days, still believes in human complexity and value. He believes that what people do matters." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fall (2008) |
"An achingly beautiful movie and a triumph of location scouting, with more cosmopolitan spectacle than the past three Indiana Jones and James Bond movies combined." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 2/4 |
Fallen (1998) |
"Fallen is not perfect, and eventually it even becomes frustrating. Threads remain loose, and the movie doesn't fully exploit its premise. Still, it would be churlish not to appreciate the ride." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996) |
"Wong brings tremendous vigor and audacity to the effort, asking us to question the most basic rules of storytelling and commercial filmmaking." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Falling for Grace (2007) |
"A mess with moments of transcendence, suggesting that [director] Lee has talent. But she needs to learn how to get out of her own way." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fame (2009) |
"[Its] hyperreal documentary quality is combined with a borderline fantasy feeling, which will probably drive some literal-minded viewers up the wall, but which is actually the movie's best element and its one claim to distinction." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Family Affair (2003) |
"A good old-fashioned love story." |
C.W. Nevius |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Family Law (2006) |
"A subtly perceptive charmer that was Argentina's entry for a best foreign film Oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Family Man (2000) |
"Nicolas Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside." |
Bob Graham |
Splat 1/4 |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"A feel-bad holiday film about a repellent family, with a milquetoast dad and a smug, devious harpy of a mom." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Family Thing (1996) |
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Peter Stack |
2/4 |
The Fan (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Fanboys (2009) |
"Uninspired and only faintly funny." |
Reyhan Harmanci |
Tomato 4/4 |
Fanny and Alexander (1982) |
"It is very much, and in the best way, an old man's movie, the work of an artist resigned to life's mystery, full of wonder at the passage of time, full of forgiveness for past wrongs, and full of understanding." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fantasia 2000 (1999) |
"Not only music made visible. It is a millennial medley to the max." |
Bob Graham |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"If there was ever any doubt that action scenes depend more on context than flash, Fantastic Four proves it." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"Rise of the Silver Surfer doesn't aspire to much. It just happens to have the three things it needs -- velocity, artistry and a pretty good story." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
The Fantasticks (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"If it's ultimately a failure -- and I think it is -- it's still worth seeing, because it's the most ambitious and magnificent failure in recent memory." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Far Side of the Moon (2005) |
"The film may be best appreciated by those who've seen the stage version." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 4/4 |
Fargo (1996) |
"A crime gem that is darkly funny even when it's chilling -- and certain to become a classic." |
Peter Stack |
Splat 1/4 |
Farinelli: Il Castrato (1994) |
"Glossy and histrionic, salacious and empty, Farinelli reduces a fascinating story to a series of hissy fits and leering glances." |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
Farmer & Chase (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 1/4 |
Fascination (2005) |
"The presence of Jacqueline Bisset is the only reason the little man hasn't left the chair." |
George Powell |
Splat 2/4 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Aside from the opening sequence, there's nothing imaginative about it, and the actual filming is routine shaky-quick-cut stuff." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
"It's a formula movie, to be sure, but it's Formula One." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"It quickly tanks, thanks to a lead character with no goals, focus, appeal or intelligence and a lead actor who's just a little too convincing at playing a dunce." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"For all the filmmaker's good intentions, Fast Food Nation isn't a particularly good movie." |
Ruthe Stein |
Splat |
Fast Food, Fast Women (2001) |
"Has a vacant, inept, why-oh-why feeling from its opening minutes and only gets worse." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"At nearly three hours long, it's an endurance test." |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"Every move toward promoting acceptance of differences comes with a conflicting idea." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato |
Fat Girl (2001) |
"Exposes the less sexy things that lust can awaken, like viciousness, deceit and amoral longing." |
Carla Meyer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fateless (2006) |
"Fateless accomplishes the near impossible, bringing a fresh perspective to a horrific subject about which a multitude of films already have been made." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 3/4 |
Father and Son (2004) |
"The best way to watch Father and Son is to let it wash over you and not be overly concerned with prosaic matters like plot." |
Ruthe Stein |
2/4 |
Father of the Bride Part II (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
- |
Father's Day (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
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