Tomato 3/4 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"The unparalleled story, the enveloping sense of place and the three captivating, completely natural performances from the little girls overpower the movie's weaknesses." |
Rob Blackwelder |
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"She tells me she's written the perfect script and that I'm the perfect director for it. And I said to her, 'Lady, I hear that every day in this town' -- Philip Noyce interview" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Radio (2003) |
"So sodden with sticky sentimental syrup it's a wonder the film can make it through the projector without gumming up the works." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 5/5 |
Raging Bull (1980) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
"The engrossing feature-length making-of covers the whole trilogy, and despite being fairly standard in its style, it is something any fan will watch more than once." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/5 |
Rain Man (1988) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"Another bland, prefabricated feel-good vehicle for another chirpy Disney-cultivated pop-singer teen queen." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"Despite having several strikes against it — Hudson, Marshall, the outward appearance of cloying sentimentalism — the movie defeated my natural cynicism by being, well, natural" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/5 |
Rambo - First Blood Pt. 2 (1985) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Random Hearts (1999) |
"Random Hearts is disappointing mostly because it didn't have to get this absurd." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Ransom (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Rat Race (2001) |
"...a handful of downright hilarious moments, another dozen chuckles and about 60 dead-on-arrival comedic misfires." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ravenous (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"A great performance does not make a biopic great...a biopic needs to be like Ray Charles — departing from formula and daring to be different." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ready to Rumble (2000) |
"Ready to Rumble is a sloppy, obvious movie, grasping desperately at the thinnest venier of comedy." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"Who's more shallow, the people who want to be in a reality movie or the people who pay to see one?" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/5 |
Real Genius (1985) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"Ana's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery, as she's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her Rubenesque physique..." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
Rear Window (1954) |
"voyeuristic mystery is a masterpiece of meticulous detail." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/5 |
Rear Window (1998) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/5 |
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Rebound (2005) |
"Director Steve Carr doesn't even bother with scenes of the basketball team misfits discovering their skills and a love of the game. He just assumes you know the formula." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Recess: School's Out (2001) |
"Latest in a seemingly endless glut of cheaply animated TV 'toons cashing in on the purchase power of kids." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"(Why would) the people of this village...pay to see the still-fresh horror of a child's brutal murder fictionalized for them like some Middle-Ages Movie of the Week?" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
The Recruit (2003) |
"...long before any real intrigue begins, the film's litany of elementary plot twist are stretched out on the screen like a road map." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Red Corner (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"An uncreative Hannibal the Cannibal prequel with bite but no brains." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Red Eye (2005) |
"Wes Craven tries his hand at Hitchcockian suspense in Red-Eye, and turns in a modest B-movie thriller that's just as invigorating as it is easy to pick apart." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Red Planet (2000) |
"Takes itself pretty seriously for a movie that ask the viewer, in the laborious voice-over prologue, to stow all notions of science and logic." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Red Violin (1998) |
"Like a blending of great symphony and great cinema, The Red Violin is a magnum opus of musical-visual composition." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Ref (1994) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Reign of Fire (2002) |
"The two leads chomp considerably more scenery with their acting than fire-breathing monsters barbecue with their breath..." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/4 |
Reindeer Games (2000) |
"A sorry string of surprises that don't surprise." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Relax... It's Just Sex! (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/5 |
The Relic (1997) |
No article available. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Remember the Titans (2000) |
"A stirring and gratifying 'true story' which nonetheless plays like it was written by a computer and directed by someone consulting an instruction manual before every take." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Replacement Killers (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Replacements (2000) |
"Entirely predictable but utterly entertaining." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Requiem for a Dream (2000) |
"You'll leave the theater very shaken but at the same time spectacularly impressed." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 0/4 |
Resident Evil (2002) |
"It's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since I last walked out on a movie, but Resident Evil really earned my indignant, preemptive departure." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"In an era of resurgent zombie-flick creativity (28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead), this leaden mindlessness is nothing short of pathetic." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Respiro (2003) |
"...has a spicy, sweaty, sun-baked sense of place and an air of magical realism, both of which enhance its central themes of love, passion, perception and faith." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Restoration (1995) |
"Somewhere in this potentially fascinating story of a man's life, the director caught epic fever and his characters got buried in breadth and depth of his ambition." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Return of the Jedi (1983) |
"One dynamo of a climax!" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Return to Me (2000) |
"Intelligently co-written and ably directed." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Return to Never Land (2002) |
"If Disney wants to bastardize children’s classics by imagining what happened (later), the least they could do is show a little ambition and imagination." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Return to Paradise (1998) |
"Although we've been conditioned to want something to cheer about in the last reels of moral thrillers, this picture is all the more satisfying and memorable because it eschews these expectations." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Reunion (2002) |
"You never feel like any more than a tourist in these people's lives." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reunion (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
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