Tomato 3/4 |
Habit (1997) |
"Despite its low budget, the assets of Fessenden's film include startlingly rich cinematography and an above-average cast, most of whom have roots in New York's downtown performance scene." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"A solid sleeper: unassuming, unexpected and wholly entertaining." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 4/5 |
Hail Mary (1985) |
"By updating the story of the Virgin Mary, Godard produced, as the critics billed it, 'the most controversial film of our time,' and for once the advertisements exaggerated only slightly." |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) |
"The premier comedy writer-director of 1940s Hollywood strikes again!" |
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Splat 2/4 |
Hair High (2006) |
"The monstrous images that are so effective in Plympton's short Plymptoons can be unpleasant at feature length and eventually overwhelm what is, at heart, a Grease-like teen–movie parody." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Hair Show (2004) |
"What this rehash desperately needs is some real style, but even an industrial-strength can of hair spray can't keep it from coming undone." |
Angel Cohn |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Hairdresser's Husband (1992) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Hairspray (1988) |
"Controversial filmmaker John Waters finally hits his commercial stride in this film, parlaying his keen social observation and great compassion for society's outsiders into a colorful and engaging comedy full of dancing, music and heartfelt nostalgia." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hairspray (2007) |
"It's a pallid, unthreatening version of Waters' original, but it's also breezy, light entertainment, good clean fun on the order of -- who'd have thought it? -- Disney's blockbuster High School Musical." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/4 |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"Even if you're sure you've had enough of indie dramas about drug addicts that all too often serve as showcases for young actors hoping to prove their chops by getting raw, make an exception for this superb drama." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"The entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/4 |
Halloween (1978) |
"A modern horror classic." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Halloween (2007) |
"[It] will come as a welcome relief to fans who've diligently sat through seven Halloween sequels in hopes of one day recapturing some of the terrifying magic of the original." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2/4 |
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982) |
"Though the film certainly isn't awful, the filmmakers couldn't decide on their focus." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) |
"The best of the sequels to Carpenter's seminal slasher movie." |
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Splat 0/4 |
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) |
"Frustrating, confusing, loud, and offensive." |
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Splat 1/4 |
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1996) |
"The film is so dark -- literally -- it's often hard to see what's going on." |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Halloween II (1981) |
"Debra Hill and John Carpenter produced and wrote the screenplay, but this film is still a totally unnecessary and extremely poor sequel to the original." |
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Splat 2/5 |
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) |
"Rosenthal (Halloween II) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hamilton (2006) |
"There's hope there, mixed with a piercing awareness that wrong turns and missed connections will always be part of Joe and Lena's relationship, and that the best intentions may not be enough to overcome the obstacles they face." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Hamlet (1948) |
"Olivier always felt that each different Hamlet is an essay, subject to the individual's interpretation." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Hamlet (1990) |
"Offers what amounts to a comic book intro to Shakespeare's classic, retaining few of the play's psychological complexities." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Hamlet (1996) |
"Simply gorgeous to look at, and a number of the performances are outstanding..." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Hamlet (2000) |
"The film works simultaneously as an offbeat take on an oft-told tale and, in Woody Allen's phrase, as a puckish satire on contemporary mores." |
Steve Simels |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"It's a lot of fun, thanks to Coogan and a strong supporting cast." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Hammer (2008) |
"It's genuinely funny, oddly romantic and surprisingly engaging for what could easily have been an obnoxious vanity project." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/4 |
Hancock (2008) |
"The good cast does what it can with the weak material, but the waste of talent only makes the film's total failure that much more regrettable." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) |
"This jovially sinister, middle-class morality tale-cum-horror show is predictable, implausible and fiendishly entertaining." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Hanging Garden (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/5 |
Hanging Up (2000) |
"Essentially a glib soap opera whose main characters are two-dimensional cliches used as clotheslines on which to hang sitcom-level jokes." |
Steve Simels |
Tomato 4/4 |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
"The plot could easily have been an afternoon soap opera, but Allen has infused it with wit, a superb cast and his usual 'the best direction is the least direction' style, so that the camera never calls attention to itself." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008) |
"For parents who were unable to secure tickets for the young fans in their households, it's nothing short of a godsend." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) |
"The loose, rambling conversations that substitute for action might be more interesting if any of the characters were capable of real introspection." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 8/10 |
Hannibal (2001) |
"Though the movie is clearly meant to work on its own, the relationship between Starling and Lecter plays best if you're familiar with Lambs." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Much of what makes Hannibal Lecter so frightening is the unfathomable gulf between the hypercivilized exterior and the ferocious, bloodthirsty beast beneath the refined mask of sanity. To explain his diseased mind is to rob the character of its mystery." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Happening (2008) |
"Both silly and preachy." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/5 |
Happenstance (2001) |
"Episodic, pretentious, and more than a little silly." |
Steve Simels |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Happily Ever After (1993) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
Happily Ever After (2005) |
"Attal's characters are one-note position statements, which forces the unsubtle soundtrack...to bear the brunt of clarifying their thoughts and feelings." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/4 |
Happily N'Ever After (2007) |
"In all, it's a peculiar mishmash, simultaneously bland and suggestive." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/5 |
Happiness (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Happiness of the Katakuris (2002) |
"It is enormously entertaining, and it marks a refreshing change of pace for the versatile Miike." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato |
Happy Accidents (2001) |
"This sweet, lovingly passionate story is nonetheless a charmer." |
Frank Lovece |
Splat 2/4 |
The Happy Ending (1969) |
"Jean Simmons struggles valiantly but no avail; she's defeated by writer-director Brooks's dreary, overwritten screenplay." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Roos' sly, throwaway insights into the ways people deceive and undermine themselves are both ruefully funny and painfully on the mark." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"The perfect film for audiences who found fault with March of the Penguins because it was too emotionally taxing and you couldn't dance to it." |
Angel Cohn |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Happy Gilmore (1996) |
"Sandler's serious moments are dramatically deadly, while a little of his comedy goes a long way." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Happy Here and Now (2002) |
"Even if you're not quite down with Almereyda's digital-age existentialism, he has impeccable taste in music." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Happy Hour (2004) |
"Sharply written, flawlessly acted." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Happy Times (2002) |
"An extremely funny, ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary China." |
Ken Fox |
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