Tomato 5/5 |
M (1931) |
"Fritz Lang's first sound film, his most chilling and provocative work, features Peter Lorre's greatest performance as a child molester and murderer." |
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Tomato 4.5/5 |
M*A*S*H (1970) |
"Clever camera setups, Altman's patented overlapping dialogue, wonderful sight gags and situations, and universally fine ensemble performances combine to make this one the most enjoyable war-themed films ever." |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
Ma Mere (2005) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Mac and Me (1988) |
"In addition to its lack of originality, Mac and Me is also blatantly commercial, selling everything from candy to soft drinks to fast-food restaurants." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Macao (1952) |
"An exciting film noir entry, steaming up the screen with sultry, sexy Russell and a somnambulistic Mitchum who manage to clinch often, despite their sneering disregard for each other." |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Macbeth (1971) |
"Polanski elicited naturalistic understated performances from his actors which bolstered the play's realism while bringing the poetry down to earth. Some would argue he brought it too far down." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Macbeth (2007) |
"The famous soliloquies are heard in voice-over -- a risky idea that works -- and Wright has found clever ways of naturalizing the play's more supernatural elements..." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
Macbeth (Restored Version) (1948) |
"A triumph of cinematic imagination over the limited resources of the parsimonious Republic Pictures Studio, which originally butchered the film and released it with a poor soundtrack." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Machinist (2004) |
"The film's persuasively doom-haunted atmosphere and star Christian Bale's astonishing transformation into an emaciated walking skeleton are hypnotic, in a roadkill, rubbernecking sort of way." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Machuca (2005) |
"Packs an emotional gut-punch that's all the more devastating for its being rooted in a dreadful historical reality." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Mackintosh Man (1973) |
"This is by no means a bad film, but it should have been better considering the names involved." |
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Tomato 7/10 |
Mad About Mambo (2000) |
"But Ash is a charmer, and Russell (whose Irish accent is passable) flings around her fondly remembered mane with flirtatious gusto." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2/4 |
Mad Cowgirl (2006) |
"Slick and often incomprehensible, it certainly gives you your money's worth, if blood, gore and blasphemy are what you're buying." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Dog and Glory (1993) |
"An edgy romantic drama that never quite jells, but has enough moments of humor and/or charm to make it worth seeing." |
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Tomato 4.5/5 |
Mad Love (1935) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Mad Love (1995) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Mad Love (2001) |
"The film benefits from a phenomenal central performance by Lopez de Ayala." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Mad Max (1979) |
"Australia exported this creative, original, exciting, low-budget genre landmark which gave the young Mel Gibson his first starring role." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) |
"The performances are superb. The script allows Gibson to bring a welcome new dimension to the Mad Max character, and the actor rises to the occasion." |
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Splat 2/4 |
Mad Money (2008) |
"Whatever critique of desire and greed the original script intended is lost amid all the bland good times." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Madagascar (2005) |
"This endearing character piece offers animal high jinks for youngsters, plus pop culture humor and lushly composed animation for adults." |
Angel Cohn |
Splat 2/4 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"Unfortunately, for all the stuff that works well in Madagascar 2, the movie suffers from a serious case of unoriginality." |
Perry Seibert |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Madame Sata (2003) |
"Filled with the sights and sounds of Rio of a bygone era, the whole thing virtually pulses with excitement." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Made (2001) |
"The film's a trifle, but a beautifully crafted one." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Made in U.S.A. (1966) |
"While not one of Godard's best films, Made in U.S.A. does have its moments, many of them comic, such as the absurd dialogue in the bar scenes." |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Made of Honor (2008) |
"The plotting ranges from predictable to ridiculous and with the exception of a handful of laugh-out-loud moments, Dempsey's frequent shirtlessness is the film's main appeal. The rest is as unpalatable as stale wedding cake." |
Erin Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Made-Up (2004) |
"Shalhoub's direction is smart, the dialogue is tart and the Adams' family shares a palpable intimacy that translates directly onto the screen." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) |
"[The film is] too long and its tone is disconcertingly uneven, but Perry never betrays or condescends to his characters: He agonizes with their unhappiness and rejoices in their victories." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Madeleine (1949) |
"The script and direction are handled with amazing restraint, cleverly and carefully constructed, heightened by Todd's inherently enigmatic image." |
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Splat 2/4 |
Mademoiselle Fifi (1943) |
"The whole thing is a less-than-successful allegory for the horrors taking place in Europe during WW II." |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
Madison (2005) |
"Even though it's based on a true story, writer-director William Bindley and his cowriting brother, Scott, manage to squeeze just about every sports-movie cliché ever invented into this tale." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 5/5 |
Maedchen In Uniform (1931) |
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Tomato |
Maelström (2002) |
"Visually striking and viscerally repellent." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/5 |
Maestro (2005) |
"A much-needed celebration of an important era in which subcultures connected and sometimes clashed, and what the DJs were spinning had the power to change lives." |
Ken Fox |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Mafioso (1962) |
"[A] depressing crime drama." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"Mullen's devastating drama is a shocking expose of little-known subject." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 3/4 |
Magic (1978) |
"Magic has few scary moments and is really a rather maudlin examination of a nervous breakdown." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Magic Christian (1969) |
"A brazen, irreverent, and wild satire that hits more often than it misses." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
The Magic Gloves (2006) |
"Only Rejtman's sharp eye for absurd detail and the bleakly subtle joke separates comedy from tragedy." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) |
"A must-see for Beatles buffs and anyone interested in how the '60s looked as they were happening (rather than in slick, retrospective recreations); others might want to take a pass." |
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Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Magician (1958) |
"THe Magician is still fascinating, presenting a myriad of challenging ideas about magic, reality, and the nature of film itself." |
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Tomato 5/5 |
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) |
"Welles's second great masterpiece." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Magnifico (2003) |
"The very definition of sentimental overload. It's also impossible to resist." |
Ken Fox |
Tomato 10/10 |
Magnolia (1999) |
"Anderson gives his cast the room to deliver phenomenal performances." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Mahabharata (1989) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Mahanagar (1963) |
"Interesting portrait of family life in India where a feminist is as rare as a quagga." |
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Splat 1.5/5 |
Maid in Manhattan (2002) |
"If this deeply lame Cinderella story, apparently the result of an unholy tryst between Pretty Woman and Working Girl, had an original idea in its head, that idea would swiftly die of loneliness." |
Steve Simels |
Splat 1/5 |
Mail Order Bride (2004) |
"This amateurish comedy features some amazing sequences shot in Moscow. But everything else about it is second rate." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Tomato 3/5 |
Mail Order Wife (2005) |
"The result, a dissection of the complicated dynamics of sexual and economic exploitation, is pitiless and occasionally inspired." |
Maitland McDonagh |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Majestic (2001) |
"Darabont seem to have conceived this nostalgic tear-jerker in the tradition of Hail the Conquering Hero, without noticing that Preston Sturges's response to small-town patriotism was an astringent shot of satire." |
Maitland McDonagh |
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