Tomato 4/4 |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"Richly satisfying entertainment the way movies are at their best, when they prod you to think." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 3/4 |
Va Savoir (2001) |
"As Va Savoir moves along and develops new layers as the characters collide and intertwine, its pleasures increase with its complexity." |
Edward Guthmann |
- |
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001) |
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Tim Goodman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vajra Sky Over Tibet (2006) |
"The material is so compelling that we keep watching." |
Walter V. Addiego |
Tomato 3/4 |
Valentin (2004) |
"A film at once heavy-handed, scattered and heartfelt." |
Carla Meyer |
Splat 2/4 |
Valentine (2001) |
"Valentine isn't scary, but it is unsettling; not ultimately satisfying, but arresting in the moment." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) |
"A thoroughly entertaining look at the preparations for Valentino's last haute couture show and how, indeed, he represents the last of an era of highly trained couturiers who are being swallowed up by mergers and acquisitions." |
Sylvia Rubin |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Valet (2007) |
"At 80 minutes long, it's that rare case of a short film that should have been longer. And that's its problem: It really should have been longer." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
Valiant (2005) |
"A passable animated feature that will entertain small children, but feels as if it was thrown together quickly." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Splat 2/4 |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"Think of Valkyrie as a reasonably entertaining drama about the time Tom Cruise tried to kill Hitler. Do that, and it becomes possible to enjoy the movie." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato |
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) |
"Japanese animation takes a visual leap forward." |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat 1/4 |
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) |
"Vampire in Brooklyn is neither funny nor frightening and comes up a tedious middle-road hybrid from veteran scaremeister Wes Craven, who directed." |
Peter Stack |
2/4 |
Vampires (1998) |
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Bob Graham |
- |
The Van (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
Splat 0/4 |
Van Helsing (2004) |
"A big, loud, boring wreck." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) |
"As the movie itself is only occasionally entertaining, I invented my own competition: picking scenes from other movies that the Van Wilder 2 screenwriters ripped off because they didn't have any of their own ideas." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vanaja (2007) |
"Bhukya delivers an entrancing and natural performance, deftly balancing both the wide-eyed childishness of a young girl with the dawning awareness of life's darker possibilities." |
David Wiegand |
Splat 2/4 |
Vanilla Sky (2001) |
"The film's aim -- to dazzle and inspire -- is sapped by Cruise's vein-popping, running-the-marathon performance." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Vanished Empire (2009) |
"Shakhnazarov, who began his film career in the Soviet era and was about the age of his protagonists in '73, brings an authenticity to the material, as well as a certain wistfulness in his excellent re-creation of Brezhnev-era Moscow." |
G. Allen Johnson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"A lot of things happen, all of it fairly absorbing, some of it rendered vividly." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Vantage Point (2008) |
"When everything is finally revealed, the story Vantage Point tells is fairly pedestrian, and nothing special is gained from all the stopping and restarting." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) |
"A lovely, intimate rethinking of Anton Chekhov's Russian classic Uncle Vanya." |
Edward Guthmann |
2/4 |
Varsity Blues (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 4/4 |
Veer-Zaara (2004) |
"Veer-Zaara is so arresting, its scenes so full of beauty and colors, that the three hours go by almost too fast." |
Jonathan Curiel |
Splat 1/4 |
Vegas Vacation (1997) |
"Why, if [Chevy] Chase is such a funny guy, does he make such unfunny movies?" |
Mick LaSalle |
- |
The Velocity of Gary (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
2/4 |
Velvet Goldmine (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Edward Guthmann |
Splat |
Vengo (2001) |
"The combination of drama and music gives the film a stop-and-go quality, like a mixture of documentary and fiction." |
Bob Graham |
Splat 0/4 |
Venom (2005) |
"There's nothing clever about this movie. It starts too slow, plot points are abandoned and even the killings start to run together." |
Peter Hartlaub |
Tomato 3/4 |
Venus (2006) |
"The suggestion that Peter O'Toole is playing some version of his real self in Venus adds a bittersweet poignancy to this quietly affecting British drama." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 3/4 |
Venus Beauty Institute (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vera Drake (2004) |
"Leigh thinks his movie is a social commentary, but it's really an almost-brilliant character study, with an essential piece left out: the moment Vera is revealed to herself." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"A smart, brisk thriller." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 2/4 |
Vertical Limit (2000) |
"The mountain-rescue movie Vertical Limit doesn't just operate at the height of ludicrousness; it also puts marshmallow Chris O'Donnell in the business of saving lives." |
Wesley Morris |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
"Plays like a holy, erotic mood piece." |
Wesley Morris |
Tomato 4/4 |
Vertigo (1958) |
"In its dark heart, the film is a sorrowful contemplation of love and the veils that manipulate sexual passions." |
Peter Stack |
Splat 2/4 |
Very Annie Mary (2001) |
"A bit too eager to please." |
Edward Guthmann |
Tomato 2/4 |
Very Bad Things (1998) |
"Berg ... brings wit, energy and a twisted kind of joy to a story that's little more than a tasteless anecdote." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato |
A Very Brady Sequel (1996) |
"As a satire of a sitcom that wasn't funny, it's often at its funniest when it's purposely stale." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 4/4 |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"A Very Long Engagement leaves you feeling stuffed but satisfied, like after a very long, tasty meal." |
Ruthe Stein |
Tomato 4/4 |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"When great artists maintain their health and energy into their 70s, amazing things can happen -- and they're happening with Woody Allen." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
View from the Top (2003) |
"This is a comedy with only one genuinely funny scene." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
The Village (2004) |
"This is bad, amateur work given a superficial veneer of professionalism." |
Mick LaSalle |
Tomato 3/4 |
Village of Dreams (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Stack |
Splat 1/4 |
Village of the Damned (1995) |
"A trip to a village of the darned tedious." |
Peter Stack |
Tomato 4/4 |
Violent Cop (1989) |
Click here to see the review. |
Bob Graham |
- |
The Violin (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
|
Tomato 3/4 |
The Virgin Suicides (1999) |
"The Virgin Suicides captures in stylized vignettes the intertwining strands of innocence, desire and despair in the psyches of teenage girls." |
Peter Stack |
Splat 1/4 |
Virtuosity (1995) |
"The presence of Washington lends the picture a much-needed dose of authenticity. But in the end Virtuosity is disconnected and uninvolving." |
Mick LaSalle |
Splat 1/4 |
Virus (1998) |
"The dialogue tends toward the obvious, and the characters are constantly explaining what is happening to one another." |
Bob Graham |
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