Tomato 3/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"As fascinating and intelligent as the movie is, A Scanner Darkly leaves you wishing it might have actually been less faithful in word, and more in spirit, to Philip K. Dick's universe of bugged-out paranoid weirdness." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Stone's Throw (2006) |
"Strong performances across the board help smooth out the bumps. A Stone's Throw is a welcome sign that environmental concerns need not be consigned to the realm of documentary film." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"The real joy of the movie for me, and why I recommend it despite everything, was watching Spielberg salute Kubrick, his friend and mentor, while at the same time defy him." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"About A Boy measures out its redemption, but it's keenly felt all the same, and very much enjoyed." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
About Adam (2001) |
"Townsend ... makes quite an impression in the title role." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"A road trip of self-discovery, by turns hilarious and poignant, for a man unexpectedly at odds with the tiny world he has so laboriously made." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Adam (2009) |
"The film rides on Dancy's wonderfully authentic performance." |
Bruce Demara |
Tomato 4/5 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"What Adaptation nails about writing is the soul-splitting duality of it: The combination of arrogance and neediness, of ego and insecurity, of the writer's lonely inertia with the romantic grandiosity of what they create." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Egoyan draws strong performances from the entire cast, including a solid performance from Scott Speedman, sporting a heavy beard, as the uncle raising the orphaned Simon, a sort of everyman embodying Western liberalism who is flawed by his own insularity." |
Bruce Demara |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adrift in Tokyo (2009) |
"It takes a while to get to its destination, but the journey is a memorable one thanks to the film's charmingly odd sensibility and the affable rapport between our two travelers." |
Jason Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"Adventureland is what you might call stealth comedy. The laughs are few but they sneak up on you and really deliver." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"Even when [Bier's] movie ventures in deepest contrivance it pulls you along like a willing puppy on a gently tugged leash." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"Agent Cody Banks provides the kind of high-quality entertainment one would expect in an adult action adventure that is expected to rake in major bucks." |
Daphne Gordon |
Tomato 3/5 |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
"Here's just about everything a 6-year-old spy would hope to find in a kiddie-espionage flick, with just a twinge of romance, but nothing serious to interrupt Cody's undoubtedly continuing career." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"A portrait of an optimist in a time of despair." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
"As dumb as the idea of grown men dressing up and pretending to play guitar may be, there's no arguing that some of these grown men do so with a truly awesome degree of energy and flair." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"With all the charm of the early James Bond movies and all the heart-stopping chase scenes of the contemporary spy series ... Alex Rider heaves into view as a reluctant, but thrilling young spy." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/5 |
Alexandra's Project (2005) |
"It's a movie that will leave few men unrattled and many women vicariously satisfied." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"A movie that, at its best, is as brashly eloquent in cinematic expression as Ali was with his fists." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
Alias Betty (2002) |
"While laterally propelled films like this are often exercises in structural cleverness, Miller's movie makes organic use of its incidental associations." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Alice's House (2007) |
"Nothing much happens in Alice's House, and a turning point in the plot is terribly contrived, but as sociology and maybe even a pilot for a soap serial, the movie is worth a look." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"Goes a long way on hedonistic gusto." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
All Hat (2007) |
"The plot is reasonably convincing, the pace tight, the laid-back score of jazz guitar and harmonica suitable to a film about country living, in which blood and gore are conspicuously absent." |
Philip Marchand |
Tomato 4/5 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Green confirms his status as the most atmospherically distinctive American movie director since Paul Thomas Anderson." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
All Together Now (2008) |
"All Together Now enthrals. It also makes you want to fly to Las Vegas immediately and buy a ticket to LOVE." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"The message is as stillwater clear as it is irresistibly romantic. By virtue of its transcendent graces, music pulls us above the din of our own pettiness." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"Like the composers the film so wondrously depicts, Amadeus: Director's Cut is a divine work in need of a little earthly restraint." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Amal (2008) |
"There is nothing obvious about the story, which moves carefully and unpredictably, taking us through the streets of Delhi with a view from the back of a rickshaw." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 4/5 |
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"The sound of liberation, set to the beat of human destiny." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"The sunniest face and the greatest acclaim belong to Audrey Tautou, who is new to these shores. A delight in the title role, she's like a young Audrey Hepburn, making us laugh and feel empathy without feeling manipulated." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"A reverential but knowledgeable documentary about an aggressive offshoot of punk that flourished on the Left Coast from 1980-86, with outposts in such far-flung locales as Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago and Austin, Tex." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Still seems fresh, despite using the same ingredients of the first one." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
American Psycho (2000) |
"By no means a crowd pleaser, but it uses intelligent satire to make a pungent statement about the shallowness of modern society." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"The humour is dark but frequently funny." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"A moving and engrossing slice-of-life documentary about teen life in small-town Warsaw, Ind." |
Bruce Demara |
Tomato |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"Stylishly gritty." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amreeka (2009) |
"Amreeka makes its points with gentle humour and engaging performances -- especially Faour, who makes Muna so likeable it's impossible not to cross your fingers and hope her luck is about to change." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amu (2005) |
"[Director] Bose embeds her history lesson in a drama with authentic emotional mother-daughter conflict." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 4/4 |
An Education (2009) |
"The point here is not to judge past missteps by modern standards, but rather to point out how easy it is to allow dreams to overtake reality." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
The Animal (2001) |
"A lunkheaded, sorta gross-out comedy that manages to be likeable and funny." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"A winning performance by Chow Yun-Fat!" |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"Bright visuals, snappy dialogue and a smart plot make The Ant Bully a welcome summer treat." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ants (2006) |
"Stand[s] out with exceptional force." |
Philip Marchand |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"An alternately humorous and heartbreaking film." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"If, as a filmmaker, the obviously soul-stricken former movie star is an unabashed red-meat primitivist, he's also become an undeniably polished one." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Harris follows his strong helming debut Pollock with a contribution to the western movie revival that looks and sounds like a classic." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Aquamarine's modest charms make it an agreeable diversion for its intended demographic." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Ararat (2002) |
"A pertinent powerfully intelligent account of the morality of making history." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"The point is made: life, as the wondrous animals of our very far north know it, is severely endangered. And that can only spell disaster for the inhabitants of lands farther south." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"If the Marquis de Sade had set The 120 Days of Sodom in a Catskills club, the result might have been something like The Aristocrats." |
Geoff Pevere |
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