Tomato 3/5 |
Tadpole (2002) |
"[D]emonstrate a certain affinity for the intimate observation of moral waywardness." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"At times the performances seem more akin to the histrionics of old silent movies, when emotions had to be seen because they couldn't be heard." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Take (2004) |
"Feels considerably less like a charged piece of documentary filmmaking than a long-form current affairs special." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Take the Lead is pure entertainment, if only for the endless amusement of watching Banderas spread the gospel of ballroom like he was born wearing a tuxedo." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taken (2009) |
"You'll miss out on a good movie if you consider Taken just another January dumping." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"While not breaking any new ground, director D.J. Caruso's movie also doesn't disappoint." |
Malene Arpe |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"Against all odds and better advice, director Tony Scott, screenwriter Brian Helgeland and main protagonists Denzel Washington and John Travolta take a much-loved genre classic and arguably make it better." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"Can you dig it? Maybe, if you aren't already up to your tie-dyed shorts in Woodstock memories, and if you can accept that there's relatively little music in this happy-go-lucky movie about history's most celebrated music festival." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
". The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"The gorgeous slow-moving cinematography by Lee Mogae is remarkable." |
John Terauds |
Tomato |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
"And there are good reasons to see the new film, both for the scenery and the generally fine acting." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"One of the finest films of 2002, the work of a master who shows no signs of slowing down." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"The characters are brought to vivid life with remarkably compelling performances by two of the screen's most versatile actors: Don Cheadle as the freewheeling Greene; and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Hughes, the aggressively ambitious executive." |
Rob Salem |
Splat 2/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"Ferrell and his writing partner Adam McKay (who also directs, as he did Anchorman) are utterly without shame in their eagerness to recycle old ideas. This pair could make a blue box jealous." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tape (2001) |
"If Tape's claustrophobia doesn't get to you, and if you've got the intestinal fortitude to spend nearly 90 minutes in intimate proximity with two equally unlikeable guys, the movie does exert a certain propulsive fascination." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Although aggressively unconventional, it's never pretentious." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
The Taste of Others (2001) |
"Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"The film certainly makes its case, tracing a chain of abuse from Bagram to the notorious Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, to the cells of Guantanamo." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 2/5 |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"Give Teacher's Pet a C-." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 4/5 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"Funny string-driven action satire." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"If you ever wanted a reason to root for a righteous invasion, this sequence -- like My Lai but improved because it's perpetrated by the bad guys -- provides it." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
The Technical Writer (2003) |
"While the set-up is pure neo-noir -- vamp wife, slimeball husband, sucker hero -- The Technical Writer takes its eye off the light at the end of the tunnel." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Tell No One is a thoroughly absorbing whodunit with more twists and switchbacks than the Le Mans racecourse." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/5 |
Ten (2003) |
"A very interesting film, despite structural limitations that keep it from approaching greatness." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ten Canoes (2007) |
"It's not every director with a camera and curiosity about his fellow man who'd try a stunt like this. And it's not every viewer who'll be content just to watch and listen as the story slowly unfolds." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 2/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"Begins with flatulence, ends with flatulence and is one big gaseous emission in between." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 3/5 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"The small joys it has to offer are wholly dependent on the willingness of the audience to indulge in the proverbial suspension of disbelief. And believe me, much indulging is necessary." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"T3 is easily the funniest of the three films, no small achievement when you have Ah-nold playing a cyborg who cracks wise like Joe Clark at a celebrity roast." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"How could such a great idea go so horribly, horribly wrong?" |
Rob Salem |
Tomato 3/4 |
Terror's Advocate (2007) |
"The movie functions crackingly well as a non-fiction international thriller." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tetro (2009) |
"What makes it eminently watchable is the craft. Cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr. films in luscious widescreen monochrome that looks almost wet. Osvaldo Golijov's score is another pleasure." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"Next to this redundant, pointless and witless retread, the classic status of Tobe Hooper's original version is officially beyond dispute." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"It's a movie that isn't afraid to inhale, and to do so deeply." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
That Beautiful Somewhere (2006) |
"[Actor] Dupuis's presence obscures some of the flaws in this film, and makes the other actors look better than they otherwise might have appeared." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Cemetery Club (2006) |
"Both a salty comedy of uncompromising eccentricity and a requiem for a generation still sending sparks from fading embers." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1/4 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"Pretty much drives a stake into the heart of every loyal fan of the movies. And now he's out to stick it to those too young to know about Jar Jar Binks." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"A drama based on true historical events that leaves no conscience unchallenged." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/4 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"The only awe this movie inspires is realizing how well the original stands up, and how little we puny Earthlings have learned in the past 57 years." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"If I were a kid, I'd have nightmares. Come to think of it, I did anyway." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"There Will Be Blood, the astounding new film by Paul Thomas Anderson, is Horatio Alger by way of Faust." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
These Girls (2006) |
"Fun precisely because it allows its characters to have theirs." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
They Wait (2008) |
"There are elements of a good fright flick and intriguing ghost story in They Wait. It's too bad that they are overshadowed by all the bad aspects – terrible dialogue and cheesy special effects and makeup." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"Reiser, a famous face from the long-running TV series Mad About You, here proves himself to be a skilful writer and actor for the big screen." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"If this were a Susanne Bier film made on her home turf we'd feel a lot more wrung out by the movie's end. Instead we're just worn out." |
Susan Walker |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Thirst (2009) |
"Too bad the film never quite gets the blood pumping in the viewer, which may be a failure of Park's to define his audience." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"Only people who have forgotten their own adolescence, or who are terrified of relinquishing it, could find it startling to discover that teenagers do things to shock their parents." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) |
"Often messy and frustrating, but very pleasing at its best moments, it's very much like life itself." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
Thirteen Days (2000) |
"Thirteen Days sustains a pretty good boil for a movie that's basically a series of scenes of middle-aged white guys shouting at each other." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/4 |
This Beautiful City (2009) |
"A sense of coherence is not helped by an arty, handheld-camera feeling." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 1.5/4 |
This Christmas (2007) |
"If the real-life Christmas experience tends too often to be marred by the rude contradiction between expectations and reality, movies like the ultra-bland holiday family movie This Christmas are at least partly to blame." |
Geoff Pevere |
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