Tomato |
B-52 (2001) |
"This unadorned, iron-gray behemoth truly does speak for itself." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"What keeps the saccharine 'Hey kids, let's put on a show!' vibe at bay is Mario's surprisingly clear-eyed view of his father." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Babe (1995) |
"This Australian-made movie has a darker edge than most American kiddie films, but a perfectly contrived happy ending should soothe juvenile sensibilities. Adults, meanwhile, may find themselves enthralled." |
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Splat 4/10 |
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
"This film may scar impressionable children for life!" |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"Despite its provocative elements, there's less to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Guillermo Arriaga's variations on the theme of miscommunication and careless acts than meets the eye." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/5 |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Superbly acted by everyone involved (Rhames does his best work since Pulp Fiction), the film is really more about character than plot, though frankly, at more than two hours, it could have used a bit more of the latter." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 4/4 |
Baby Doll (1956) |
"An explosive, provocative black comedy from Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan." |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Baby Geniuses (1999) |
"Formulaic and deeply unfunny." |
Sandra Contreras |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Baby It's You (1983) |
"Sayles's class-consciousness is telling as always, and the director is so good at creating complex, persuasive characters that one is tempted to overlook narrative weaknesses, especially in the final third of the film." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"[Writer/director] McCullers came up with a perfect scenario for Fey and Poehler, a true comedy team who honed their chemistry over multiple seasons worth of Weekend Updates." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Baby of Macon (1993) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Babylon A.D. (2008) |
"For all its generic qualities, Babylon A.D. is well acted, briskly paced and consistently clear: Like Neil Marshall's Doomsday, it's bare-bones genre entertainment, no better or worse than it ought to be." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Babysitters (2008) |
"David Ross's stylishly tawdry black comedy fits neatly between Heathers and American Beauty. The Babysitters Club this ain't." |
Ken Fox |
Splat |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"In all honesty, it's not very funny." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Bachelor Mother (1939) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) |
"Siddarth Annan's light romantic comedy takes an abrupt, 11th-hour turn for the melodramatic that imbues it with unexpected resonance without seeming completely contrived." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Back Against the Wall (2002) |
"This is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Back of the World (2002) |
"What the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion, as Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2/4 |
Back Roads (1981) |
"It's a surprise to discover that this hackneyed, relatively dull road picture is the work of director Martin Ritt." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Back to School (1986) |
"The result is unsophisticated, unilluminating, unambitious, and hilarious." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Back to the Future (1985) |
"Robert Zemeckis's direction, like the technical contributions, is first-rate, and after an ambling start takes off into frenetic, non-stop fun." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Back to the Future Part II (1989) |
"The film works best through its magnificent technical achievements (the visual effects received an Oscar nomination) and the inherent charm of Fox, Lloyd and, especially, the delightfully menacing Thomas F. Wilson." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Back to the Future Part III (1990) |
"Fttingly the one installment in the trilogy that most resembles an old-fashioned movie, from its lovingly evoked western setting to its charmingly sentimental mood." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Backbeat (1994) |
"First-time director Iain Softley makes the film more visually distinctive than most music bios." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Backdraft (1991) |
"It's spectacular, yes, but that's not all. Not only do the firefighting scenes evoke a feeling of gritty authenticity, but the fire itself really does seem to be alive." |
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Splat 2/4 |
Backseat (2008) |
"Just a series of character skits, some charming and others tedious." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Backstage (2006) |
"The real fun of the piece, however, is Seigner, who plays the downhill diva to the hilt, throwing cell phones and tantrums that would put Naomi Campbell to shame." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Backyard (2003) |
"Chances are you'll probably watch most of this documentary with both hands over your eyes, but if your curious about just what kind of insanity the kids in the heartland are getting up to these days, you won't want to miss it." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Bad Behavior (1993) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1/5 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Longer, louder, stupider and more vulgar than 1995's Bad Boys." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/4 |
Bad Day at Black Rock (1954) |
"Tracy is at his subdued, thoughtful best, while Ryan perfectly conveys the ignorance behind racial prejudice and Borgnine and Marvin are memorable heavies." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"By turns enthralling, seductive and deeply disturbing, Almodovar's tragic fable is steeped in a swooning sense of passion's power to inspire, pervert and destroy that draws the fractured narrative into a satisfying whole." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) |
"The kind of bad movie that would make a surrealist drool." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"Beautifully shot and lushly scored, this may be one of the least P.C. love stories ever filmed. But it's one of the most deeply felt." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bad Lieutenant (1992) |
"Though hardly a film for all sensibilities, Bad Lieutenant has the courage of its own convictions, and follows them to the bitter end." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Bad News Bears (1976) |
"This charming, funny film takes a gentle poke at Little League baseball and the American obsession with winning." |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Richard Linklater's cynical kiddie-sports comedy is less a remake of The Bad News Bears than a cover version; for all the updated riffs and personal noodling, it's best when it doesn't stray too far from the original material." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"The screenplay just isn't funny: Most jokes fall flat and just lie there in a pool of their own sick." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) |
"One of Kurosawa's finest achievements." |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Badland (2007) |
"Clocking in at just under three hours, writer-director Francesco Lucente's earnest attempt at making an Iraq War-era Coming Home says many things at once without much perspective or clarity." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 5/5 |
Badlands (1973) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Baghead (2008) |
"It's clear that horror isn't really the Duplass' forte: The simple scenes of these four aspiring filmmakers sitting around a table, brainstorming ideas while tearing each other apart are more interesting than all that running and screaming." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Baise Moi (2001) |
"Despentes has her polemical bona fides in impeccable order." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/5 |
Bait (2000) |
"The cliched story makes precious little sense." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 5/5 |
Ball of Fire (1941) |
"Terrific, crackling dialogue, especially in the slangy, machine-gun mouth of La Stanwyck." |
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Tomato 5/5 |
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Ballad of Bering Strait (2002) |
"The sight of earnest young Russians fiddling and banjo-picking as though to the holler born is so wondrously strange it's hard not to smile." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) |
"Not a hit at the box office, it remains one of his finest efforts, funny, touching and never mawkishly sentimental." |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005) |
"Those most interested in seeing it -- New Yorkers themselves -- will probably be left wanting a bit more." |
Ken Fox |
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