Splat 2/5 |
Faintheart (2008) |
"Even if you hate it, the only thing you’ll be wasting is your time." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Splat 2/5 |
The Fall (2008) |
"The film may look a treat in a static kind of way but the whole is a piece of turgid pictorialism that ends up unbearably dull." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"A film full of style, where the animated creatures are dealt with in the same oblique, unexpected way that has been Anderson’s trademark." |
Andrew O'Hagan |
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Far From Heaven (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Alexander Walker |
- |
The Farewell (2002) |
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Alexander Walker |
Splat 2/5 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Both screenplay and plotting are basic but the action scenes are a wonder to behold if you can forget the number of civilians who would have been killed as the chases progress through various cities." |
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Splat 2/5 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"Though it may well make you vow never to eat a burger again, the film never really holds itself together." |
Derek Malcolm |
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The Fast Runner (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Alexander Walker |
- |
Fat Girl (2001) |
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Alexander Walker |
Splat 2/5 |
Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) |
"It’s recommended by no less than Guillermo del Toro as “images that will slice your eye and nest there for ever” — not quite, I’m afraid." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fermat's Room (2008) |
"An ingenious Spanish thriller about maths, sex, ambition and dog poo." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Few Days in September (2006) |
"Slick, fitfully effervescent, pre-9/11 thriller aims to inject some cross-cultural poetry into the world of political espionage." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009) |
"It is Sturgess who dominates the film, though, showing us how an ordinary man can get involved in the messy, heartless business of informing, seemingly unaware of what might eventually transpire." |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat |
Fight Club (1999) |
"The movie is not only anti-capitalism but anti-society, and, indeed, anti-God." |
Alexander Walker |
Splat 2/5 |
The Final Destination (2009) |
"It amounts to a kind of formulaic silliness, where horrific things only really happen to unreal people." |
Andrew O'Hagan |
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Final Destination 2 (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Sally Chatterton |
Splat 1/5 |
Fired Up (2009) |
"This is not made for anyone with more than a sprinkling of intelligence." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fireflies in the Garden |
"A watchable but ultimately blah family drama." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Splat 2/5 |
Firehouse Dog (2007) |
"Take the kids and have a nap in the dull bits." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Firm (2009) |
"The film is covered in talent, including Love’s, of the sort that makes you look forward to the next thing they do. Here, you feel they have a lot to climb over, but there are scenes where the attempt to get close to something real is powerfully inspired." |
Andrew O'Hagan |
Tomato 3/5 |
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life |
"Director and writer Rémi Bezançon has a view of family life at odds with that of our own curmudgeon Philip Larkin, and the final reel proves the point." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fish Tank (2009) |
"Fish Tank feels electrifyingly bold. And yet, taken as a whole, it’s frustrating." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fish Tank (2009) |
"Well enough written and directed, and certainly acted, to prove a compassionate and in the end and optimistic study of an underclass who, despite everything, refuse to succumb to their circumstances." |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat 2/5 |
Fissures (2007) |
"Kavaite's film is well made and acted but less than credible." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
Flame & Citron (2008) |
"The twists and turns of the plot keep you on tenterhooks throughout, even if this competently made film sometimes looks as if it were shot in a Denmark depleted of ordinary citizens." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 4/5 |
Flanders (2006) |
"Flanders is a film you'll either admire or hate." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
Flawless (2007) |
"Yet for all the imperfections, Flawless is a film you find yourself rooting for. Heists involving a keen sense of history are pleasant to stumble across." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
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The Fluffer (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Alexander Walker |
Splat 2/5 |
Fly Me To The Moon (2008) |
"The result is only just worth 90 minutes of anybody’s time, and has Buzz Aldrin appearing at the end to assure everyone that none of it was remotely possible. Surprise, surprise!" |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat 3/5 |
The Flying Scotsman (2007) |
"It is a straightforward biography but it treads so gingerly around his mental troubles that you feel something is missing." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"May be a small jewel but it is certainly better value than half the biggies around just now." |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat 2/5 |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon play the leads. Do they convince as lawyers or lovers? No. Do they convince as space aliens trying to infiltrate the human race? Yes." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
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The Four Feathers (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Fox and the Child (2008) |
"Children will undoubtedly adore the film, and the local tourist board will probably have to take its phones off the hook." |
Derek Malcolm |
- |
Frailty (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Frankie (2005) |
"The film tells us little or nothing about the model herself and that's its main defect." |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat 2/5 |
Franklyn (2009) |
"McMorrow is clearly an intriguing and talented British director but Franklyn is almost impossible to follow, thus wasting the talents of the good cast trying their best to make sense of it." |
Derek Malcolm |
Splat 2/5 |
Fred Claus (2007) |
"Fred Claus tries desperately for a Bad Santa meets Elf vibe. Five minutes in, the man sitting next to me was sound asleep." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Splat 2/5 |
Free Jimmy (2006) |
"But the characters don’t add to the conception. Nor does the basic animation." |
Derek Malcolm |
- |
Frida (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Alexander Walker |
Splat 1/5 |
Friday the 13th (2009) |
"The beast of high-budget horror can be vanquished only if we starve it of cash. Stay out of the cinemas, my friends, and Jason and his kind will finally be able to rest in peace." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Tomato 4/5 |
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"Devoid of heroes, Frost/Nixon is a film about filming. And — perhaps because I ducked the play and loathed The Queen — I enjoyed every minute of it." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
Tomato 4/5 |
Frozen River (2008) |
"Everything about the film looks and feels authentic, from the desolate landscape dotted with trailers and fast-food joints to the people who populate a borderland that offers none of them much hope." |
Derek Malcolm |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fugitive Pieces (2008) |
"Fugitive Pieces reduces the Holocaust and its aftermath to a cosy soap opera." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
- |
Full Frontal (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Funny People (2009) |
"It’s a film that is more ambitious than Knocked Up or The 40-Year Virgin and yet somehow more frustrating, too." |
Charlotte O'Sullivan |
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