Splat 2/5 |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"It's ultimately as soft and hollow as fresh-baked Italian bread." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Factory Girl (2007) |
"Tragedy requires us to genuinely care about the character and Factory Girl fails in that regard, despite Miller's emphatic performance." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Factotum (2006) |
"Quite dull, truth be told. As good as Dillon and Taylor are in their roles, making us side with them even as we despise them, there's not a whole lot that happens in a life ruled by the bottle, the butt and the shag." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fade to Black (2001) |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"Unlike Bowling For Columbine, which editorially often seemed something less than the sum of its sketch-comedy parts, Fahrenheit 9/11 makes its case carefully and clearly." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"How, exactly, did an idea with this much star power and comic potential manage to misfire?" |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fame (2009) |
"That fame seems assured to those who merely crave it -- without sacrifice, or spiritual and physical effort -- emerges as the underlying message in this sanitized and unrewarding production. Simon Cowell has much to answer for." |
Greg Quill |
Tomato 3/4 |
Familia (2005) |
"Open-ended, inconclusive, heartfelt, unsentimental and curious, it's a movie that respects something too few popular entertainments do these days: our right to stumble our way from one day to the next." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat |
The Family Man (2000) |
"It's the sort of steamroller seasonal entertainment calculated to make us average folks out here feel temporarily warm and happy about our averageness." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"The Family Stone is a lot slyer than you might expect." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fanboys (2009) |
"Buoyed by infectious high spirits and self-deprecating humour, the film works in strange and perhaps unintentional ways, thanks largely to the sustained energy of the lead actors, and writers Ernest Cline and Adam F. Goldberg." |
Greg Quill |
Splat 2/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Fantastic it ain't, but not bad it sort of is." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a vast and significant improvement -- if not quite "fantastic," then the next best thing: It does not suck." |
Rob Salem |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"The result is not only marvellous whimsy, but also something that advances the burgeoning retro-tech movement." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 5/5 |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"Pulls you in on the strength of its pathos while delighting you with the retrofit boldness of its technique and conventions." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Far Side of the Moon (2005) |
"Lepage's films are always reflections of a curious mind, which constantly puzzles at the absurdity of a life where science, politics and the arts compete for attention with the mundane existence of daily life." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/4 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"It's time for these car fiends to slam the heap into 'park.' Diesel should use his ESP powers to find a better gig with a franchise that still has some gas -- such as maybe The Pacifier 2?" |
Peter Howell |
Splat |
The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
"The guys in F & F are all wusses. Lara Croft and Charlie's Angels could kick all of their asses." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is vile, moronic, sexist and possibly harmful to society. As vile, moronic, sexist and possibly harmful entertainments go, however, it is frequently a hoot." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"Unlike the book it's based on, Fast Food Nation won't make you think twice about what you eat. But it may make you think second thoughts about whether it might have made a better documentary." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"It's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"Fat Albert manages to talk down to two generations of pop-cult consumers - the Boomers and the Gen-Xers - while leaving no reason for their uncategorized offspring to join in on the Hey! Hey! Hey! chants." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Fat Girl (2001) |
"Bold but unrelenting in its depiction of both physical and emotional aggression, Fat Girl will be bracing for those open to its challenges and brutal for those who aren't." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fateless (2006) |
"Koltai, a veteran cinematographer whose credits include more than a dozen movies by István Szabó (Mephisto, Sunshine), has managed something near miraculous with this hypnotically paced, lyrically downbeat, weirdly dreamlike 140-minute movie." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
Father and Son (2004) |
"At once challenging and ravishing." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Father and Sons (2003) |
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Splat 2/5 |
The Favourite Game (2003) |
"Clarifies what may well be a law of nature: That only Leonard Cohen can get away with being Leonard Cohen." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fay Grim (2007) |
"Movie sequels rarely work as well as literary serials, but the Henry and Fay movies have the ring of a satisfying trilogy in the making." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) |
"This French-made chiller proves just how scary a pitch-black theatre can be." |
Jason Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Fearless (2006) |
"A movie that condemns the tendency of global culture to intrude everywhere while embracing the very things that kick multiplex doors down around the world." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Feast of Love (2007) |
"Director Robert Benton finds an emotional through line in a format that might have easily broken down into a series of disconnected anecdotes with little to nourish us." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Feel the Noise (2007) |
"I didn't feel this noise." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"You may loathe [De Palma's] sexual excesses and violent urges, but his images are visual catnip." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 5/5 |
Festival Express (2004) |
"Despite being filmed on ancient Arriflex cameras, and recorded under difficult circumstances, the performances are as good as any you'd hear today, and far better than most other concert films from rock's early days." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Festival in Cannes (2002) |
"Jaglom makes some deft connections between personal and businesslike forms of seduction." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fetching Cody (2006) |
"Ray's script shambles off in all directions and succeeds only in reinforcing our disbelief." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"A romantic comedy with the ultimate in feelgood endings." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Fidel (2002) |
"Makes an aborbing if arguable case for the man's greatness." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fido (2007) |
"Strangely wholesome, gently splattery and adorably gory." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009) |
"The movie, shot it Ireland, has a gritty, documentary feel and a sharp, dramatic pulse that never really falters." |
Greg Quill |
Splat 2/4 |
Fighting (2009) |
"Rock musician-turned-director Dito Montiel fails to make much of a fist with his second feature, Fighting, though he deserves points for trying to add some contemporary New York City grit." |
Greg Quill |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"Has practically nothing to recommend it save its music: Take that away and Jonathan Lynn's movie is as ordinary as an unsold TV pilot episode. But what music." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"Does anyone remember when Madonna was considered shocking?" |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/5 |
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"The filmmakers clearly set out to make a film that featured lots of footage of really disgusting annihilations, then threw together a haphazard script and hired a few hot actors to play the corpses." |
Daphne Gordon |
Splat 1/4 |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"As a horror flick, Final Destination 3 is literally laughable." |
Susan Walker |
Splat |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) |
"Digital technology allows man to create man in his own image with greater sophistication than ever before, and the 'man' he creates is a bore." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat |
Finding Forrester (2000) |
"A transparent attempt by director Gus Van Sant to repeat the Oscar success of his earlier Good Will Hunting." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"One of the strongest releases from Disney in years, thanks to the work of Andrew Stanton, possibly one of the most successful directors you've never heard of." |
Daphne Gordon |
Splat 2/5 |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"There isn't much that's less interesting to watch Johnny Depp do than bring a quiet and steady decency to anything." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Finn On The Fly (2008) |
"A made-in-Saskatchewan shaggy dog story with charm to spare, Finn on the Fly is a family flick that will engage young viewers who won't be put off by its made-for-TV sensibilities." |
Linda Barnard |
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