Splat 1.5/4 |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"We can see that Simone looks fake, and we can tell that her acting is flat and lifeless, and it is embarrassingly obvious that Roberts is unable to capture the gestures of the great performers her character supposed to be made from. So what's the point?" |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"A surprisingly effective piece of work." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 8/10 |
Saving Grace (2000) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Saving Silverman (2001) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1/4 |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"You really know a film is dead in the water when it runs for 97 minutes and feels too long." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie (2000) |
"You should know not to see a comedy when its premise reveals that the filmmakers can't identify humour." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"The film had eleven writers. I don't see why it needed any. It's unstructured, plotless, and even the truly funny moments are merely juvenile stabs in the dark." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1/4 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"There's no way to sort out the mess in our heads and deconstruct where it all went wrong. This is an hour and a half of daydreaming." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"There is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that don't care about being stupid" |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
Scream 2 (1997) |
"Too serious to be funny and too light-hearted to be scary. Some of the characters in it talk about how sequels are inferior products, and the movie they're in doesn't prove them wrong." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 7/10 |
Scream 3 (2000) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"TV-movie slush." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secret Ballot (2002) |
"Slow, simple, quiet and intriguing. Payami investigates possibilities, and his curiosity carries us along." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
See Spot Run (2001) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Serendipity (2001) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Series 7: The Contenders (2001) |
"Amidst the dry humour, the film is chilling, because it rings far too true." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Sex and Lucia (2002) |
"A beautifully made piece of unwatchable drivel." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1/4 |
Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sexy Beast (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) |
"Shadow of the Vampire might only play a few notes, but they're solid notes, expertly played." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shaft (2000) |
"Enjoyable on the level of cartoon silliness." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 10/10 |
Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
"Shakespeare in Love is a wonder to behold, and to cherish." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shallow Hal (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Shape of Things (2003) |
"Some critics have called the film stolid and stagy. I think the way it sits still and looks hard is just the point, and the key to its effect." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1/4 |
She Gets What She Wants (2002) |
"Takes one character we don't like and another we don't believe, and puts them into a battle of wills that is impossible to care about and isn't very funny." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2.5/4 |
She's All That (1998) |
"This is a movie aimed at insecure and immature pre-teens, but gives these impressionable youths hideous role-models and messages." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 4/4 |
She's Having a Baby (1988) |
"It should have been the movie where Hughes got Oscar nominations; the Academy weren't going to award his comedies, but here is where he showed he could branch out and grow up." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
The Shipping News (2001) |
"Begins so unsurely that it hardly has a chance at recovery" |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Showtime (2002) |
"Makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Shrek (2001) |
"It delivers what the founders of DreamWorks Pictures originally promised -- alternative yet accessible entertainment." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sidewalks of New York (2001) |
"A work of charm, sweetness and ease" |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 4/4 |
Signs (2002) |
"The work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them. Strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 5/10 |
Simpatico (1999) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 9/10 |
A Simple Plan (1998) |
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
The Sixth Sense (1999) |
"One of the characters in this pointless movie has supernatural visions, and audience members are sharing the affliction -- unfathomably." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Skulls (2000) |
"This movie is so damn predictable." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Slackers (2002) |
"Not so much a movie as an unpleasant presence that sits on the screen." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 8/10 |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 8/10 |
Sling Blade (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Small Time Crooks (2000) |
"The obviousness of the humour is fine, because the tone is so old-fashioned." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
Snatch (2001) |
"Snatch gives us a few distinctive and stylish moments, then recycles them and somehow expects that to be good enough." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Snow Dogs (2002) |
"A movie full of gestures that would look over-the-top in primary school plays." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Solaris (2002) |
"It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion. It risks seeming slow and pretentious, because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
Some Voices (2000) |
"Craig gives a great performance, but the screenplay gets involved in the pointless particulars of a romance." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
Someone Like You (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Son (2003) |
"Honest, quietly absorbing and powerful." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Son's Room (2002) |
"A down-to-earth, almost crude film - a simple record of pain" |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 2/4 |
Sorted |
"Our involvement in the drama is undermined and the movie self-destructs." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Soul Survivors (2001) |
"When it thinks it is building atmosphere and mystery, it's really just meandering and suffering from dank cinematography." |
Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
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