Splat |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"The question before us is: When exactly did Jonathan Demme lose his sense of humor?" |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Raging Bull (1980) |
"De Niro is always absorbing and credible, even when his character isn't." |
Richard Corliss |
Splat |
Rain Man (1988) |
"Rain Man's restraint is, finally, rather like Raymond's gabble. It discourages connections, keeping you out instead of drawing you in." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Raising Arizona (1987) |
"To their old fascination with Sunbelt pathology, to their side-winding Steadicam and pristine command of screen space, the Coens have added a robust humor, a plot that keeps outwitting expectations and a...dollop of sympathy for their forlorn kidnapers." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Ran (1985) |
"It is a film that already belongs to the ages." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Rashomon (1950) |
"Rashomon is a novel, stimulating moviegoing experience, and a sure sign that U.S. film importers will be looking hard at Japanese pictures from now on." |
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Tomato |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"From the moment Remy enters, crashing, to the final happy fadeout, Ratatouille parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato 4/5 |
Ratcatcher (2000) |
"Ratcatcher sears; it is hard to take, hard to shake." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Ray (2004) |
"It sings, and it swings." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
The Reader (2008) |
"There's something gripping about the relationship between this ill-assorted pair, and something touching about the way events beyond their control or understanding reach out to blight their lives." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Rear Window (1954) |
"Just possibly the second most entertaining picture (after The 39 Steps) ever made by Alfred Hitchcock." |
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Tomato |
Rebecca (1940) |
"This time Hitchcock does it all his way, does a splendid job and has a splendid cast to do it with." |
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Tomato |
Red (1994) |
"Visually and emotionally, this is the director's warmest film." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Red Rock West (1993) |
"It's well worth tracking down, wherever you can find it. For it has the kind of tension and energy -- maybe even a touch of delirium -- that is only a memory in most of today's big studio movies." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Redacted (2007) |
"The movie is a cry of national shame; for [director] De Palma, it's a new badge of honor for a wily old vet." |
Richard Corliss |
Splat |
Redbelt (2008) |
"It's still basically a boxing picture, not essentially different from dozens of other movies about life in and around what the old time sportswriters used to call 'the squared circle'. Mamet's circle is, alas, just a little too square." |
Richard Schickel |
Splat |
Remember the Titans (2000) |
"Maybe it's all true. But one is always a little discomfited when life, or a movie, imitates weary melodramatic patterns this slavishly." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Repulsion (1965) |
"At second glance, or as often as a moviegoer can bear to peek through his knotted fingers, it is a Gothic horror story, a classic chiller of the Psycho school and approximately twice as persuasive." |
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Tomato |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"Original and gripping." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Return of the Jedi (1983) |
"It is not as exciting as Star Wars itself, which had the advantage of novelty. But it is better and more satisfying than The Empire Strikes Back..." |
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Splat |
Return to Oz (1985) |
"Any movie in which a Midwestern prairie actually looks more attractive and more interesting than the enchanted land over the rainbow is in big trouble." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Rio Bravo (1959) |
"Wayne, of course, walks off with the show -- not by doing anything in particular, but simply by being what he is: at 51, still one of the most believable he-men in Hollywood." |
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Splat |
Rising Sun (1993) |
"It would be nice to see Connery doing something intrinsically interesting instead of trying to make something inherently dull entertaining. And it would be good to see Snipes cut loose more than he is able to here." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Risky Business (1983) |
"This film is deftly made, the humor nicely understated, the leading actors (Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay) smart and appealing." |
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Tomato |
The Road Warrior (1981) |
"Exhilarating entertainment -- and a textbook for sophisticated, popular moviemaking." |
Richard Corliss |
Splat |
Robin Hood (1973) |
"Even at its best, Robin Hood is only mildly diverting." |
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Tomato |
Robots (2005) |
"Will keep adults amused while the kids focus on Robot City's highway system." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
The Rock (1996) |
"Slick, brutal and almost human, this is the team-spirit action movie Mission: Impossible should have been." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
RocknRolla (2008) |
"The good news about RockNRolla is that it more or less erases the tainted memories of Swept Away, and the nearly incoherent Revolver, and marks Ritchie's return to the form of the 1998 Lock, Stock and its 2000 follow-up Snatch." |
Richard Corliss |
Splat |
Rollerball (1975) |
"James Caan, on roller skates, is trying to save the world. This needs a bit of explaining, which is only the beginning of the trouble with Rollerball." |
Jay Cocks |
Tomato |
Roman Holiday (1953) |
"The newcomer named Audrey Hepburn gives the popular old romantic nonsense a reality it has seldom had before." |
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Tomato |
Roxanne (1987) |
"It's a neat trick, being Steve Martin. He's so good; his movies will get even better." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) |
"As with Anderson's Rushmore, there's a certain annoying preciousness to this film -- it's not so consistently wise or amusing as he thinks it is -- but it has its moments." |
Richard Schickel |
Tomato |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) |
"All these years later, as a reminder that every oddball fits in somewhere, it still shines. You could even say it glows." |
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Tomato |
Rumble Fish (1983) |
"If Rumble Fish fails as a traditional movie about real people, it is beguiling as an exercise in hallucinatory style." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Rumble in the Bronx (1996) |
"As the guy who cleans up a ghetto, helps a crippled kid and does battle with a rampaging Hovercraft, Chan shows off the muscle of a superhero and the charm of a deft comedian." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Run Lola Run (1999) |
"Telling the plot three times, with cunning variations, Tykwer mixes pixilated photos, split screens, cartooning, the works." |
Richard Corliss |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Rush Hour 2 (2001) |
"The film seems content to rely on the formula that could (small sigh) extend for a few more sequels." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Rush Hour 3 (2007) |
"The division of labor is the same as in the first two films: Jackie kicks ass; Chris kicks sass. Ratner's challenge is giving the stars enough comedy byplay to keep audiences awake between the big action scenes, and RH 3 gets it done." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Rushmore (1998) |
"You also have to admire the creepy arrogance of Schwartzman's performance." |
Richard Corliss |
Tomato |
Russian Ark (2002) |
"'What's the Russian word for Wow!?'" |
Richard Corliss |
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