Splat 1/4 |
D.E.B.S. (2005) |
"Only the world of X-rated movies overlooks such flimsiness of plot, absence of acting talent, cheap special effects, banal dialogue and scantily clad young women." |
Susan Walker |
Splat |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"The Da Vinci Code the movie suffers the sin of being afraid to make the same kind of mischief with its sacred text -- Brown's book -- that the author did with a certain other blockbusting bestseller." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"Not quite as funny as a perforated ulcer." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Tepid attempt at comedy." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) |
"Suffice to say that everybody in this totally TV-tempered, finger-waggingly reactionary movie learns a valuable lesson in getting back to basics." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
The Damned United (2009) |
"Sheen's performance is controlled fury, barely touching ground as he presents Clough as being the very picture of a delusional fool." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"A movie nicely packed with pleasantly unpredictable surprises." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1/4 |
Dance Flick (2009) |
"What it isn't is subtle, smart or particularly funny." |
Bruce Demara |
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Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"As a man struggling to carve a moral path through thickets of corruption and violence, the Spanish actor Javier Bardem holds the centre of John Malkovich's directorial-debut like a magnetic core." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"A charming reminder of the combustible mix of puberty and authority in the lives of 14-year-olds." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/5 |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Even in February, it feels like the worst movie of the year." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
Darfur Now (2007) |
"In movie making, as in life, it's not enough to mean well. The real challenge is in being meaningful." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"The movie runs deepest when the brothers finally deal with their baggage, both real and metaphysical." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"A flawed and melodramatic affair with echoes of Training Day and L.A. Confidential that nevertheless has the whiff of truth." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/4 |
Dark Blue World (2001) |
"Looks like the Eastern European version of director Michael Bay's popcorn epic from last summer." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Dark Hours (2005) |
"By the time The Dark Hours starts to get good, it's more than midway into the movie." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"This film is not only one of the year's best; it may well end up as the finest of 2008. At the very least, it deserves consideration for Best Picture and Best Director, along with the expected Oscar kudos for Ledger." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/4 |
Dark Water (2005) |
"Working from a premise that's not only thin but transparent, Salles struggles mightily to generate tension in any other way possible." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"There's not a jot of originality in Darkness Falls, but there are a few good scares." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
"Strange and terrible are the ways of man." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"While unlikely to enter the annals of great concert filmmaking, Dave Chappelle's Block Party does capture the moment at hand with a breezy, offhanded and utterly user-friendly charm." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"[Sarah Polly] pretty much owns the picture, beginning with a slam-dunk prologue that establishes right off that this isn't your dad's Dawn, despite a plot that hews fairly closely to the original movie." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/5 |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"The Day After Tomorrow isn't just bad, it's Godzilla bad, on a par with Emmerich's previous cinematic low point." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Day Watch (2007) |
"In comparison [to Night Watch], Day Watch is straightforward, explaining what's gone before while telling a fantastical story and having fun doing it." |
Malene Arpe |
Tomato 4/4 |
Days of Being Wild (1990) |
"Needless to say a must-see for Wongcolytes, Days of Being Wild is also an excellent entry point for people who haven't yet caught this most exotic and habit-forming of cinematic bugs." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Days of Darkness (2007) |
"Days of Darkness is arguably [Denis] Arcand's most depressing film. Yet it's also one of his greatest and, in a strange way, his most uplifting." |
Peter Howell |
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Days of Glory (1944) |
Click here to see the review. |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Days of Glory (2006) |
"[Rachid] Bouchareb's movie combines convention with insight in a manner that may prevent it from being a great film but probably helped clinch it as a productive one." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"The songs are too plentiful, even for a musical, and pop up with no discernible rhyme or reason -- they aren't performed in chronological order and often fail to fit even the mood of a scene." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Dead Snow (2009) |
"It's almost endearing how little Wirkola disguises his thefts from the gore-fests of Raimi, Peter Jackson and George A. Romero." |
Jason Anderson |
Splat 2/5 |
deadend.com (2002) |
"In its youthful nihilism, the video has an obvious kinship with Larry Clark's Kids, but it's too hit-and-miss to stand up as a dramatic feature." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"There is no unnecessary dialogue, and Auerbach encourages us to listen closely and to study the situation. We are required to learn truths slowly, at the same pace as the characters." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"Although Dear Wendy, like most things Von Trier's name is attached to these days, has been widely attacked for selling a naïve and ersatz version of American gun culture, what's most interesting about it is just how unapologetically unreal it is." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"Death at a Funeral might have been made in the 1960s, not to be released until well past its stale date." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Death of a President (2006) |
"Every thinking person should see Death of a President." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Death Race (2008) |
"This is still summer trash and no brain cells were injured or even fatigued in the making of it." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/4 |
Death Sentence (2007) |
". At both its best and worst, it feels like the missing third part of the faux retro double-bill Grindhouse." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1/4 |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"An annoying, strident misfire." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
Deception (2008) |
"The inevitable absurdities and coincidences of the plot are easy enough to accept along the way, except perhaps for the sex club, which is just a little too absurd to function as a plot device." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 1/4 |
Deck the Halls (2006) |
"As long as atrocious, fake-pine duds like this keep making their money back, there's no such thing as a Christmas that's too commercial." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
The Deep End (2001) |
"If the captivating turns and stellar acting of The Deep End don't carry you away, the incredible water imagery surely will." |
Peter Howell |
- |
Deep Water (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Defiance (2008) |
"It's understandable and laudable that they desire not to sensationalize the Bielskis, and they've made a worthy film. But their understated approach makes the struggle seem less urgent than it must surely have been." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Definitely, Maybe (2008) |
"It's no accident that the producers Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, are the pair responsible for such romantic comedies as Love Actually, About a Boy, Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill, all starring Hugh Grant." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Deja Vu (2006) |
"The fleetingly satisfying Déjà Vu is ultimately a self-fulfilling prophecy." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
Delgo (2008) |
"This flick is like a cheap thriller where the wisecracks always fall flat and the author couldn't be bothered to invent a new plot, so he just patches together some old ones." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 3/5 |
The Delicate Art of Parking (2003) |
"Well before the 87-minute mark is reached, the hilarity has died down to a few titters." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 2/5 |
Deliver Us From Eva (2003) |
"Depicts gender warfare as a kind of pillow fight." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"A stunning indictment of institutional betrayal. It plays like a Catholic Watergate, going right to the top with hard evidence that stuns, dismays and sickens." |
Peter Howell |
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