Baadasssss! (2004)

"An entertaining movie."

Babel (2006)

"How Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga seamlessly link these four stories makes for an unconventional film experience that is weighty, thought-provoking and riveting."

Baby Mama (2008)

"Yes, the film doesn't offer many surprises and grows soft and predictable by its conclusion. But it does avoid the sappy sentimentality of the genre. The movie -- and its lead actresses -- charms us more than we might expect."

The Bachelor (1999)

"The humor never strikes the right champagne-bubbly tone."

Bad Company (2002)

"Bad Company leaves a bad taste, not only because of its bad-luck timing, but also the staleness of its script."

Bad News Bears (2005)

"The material is so solid and Thornton so tailor-made that the movie almost gets by."

Bait (2000)

"If the movies that make 'best lists' are filet mignon, the culinary comparison here probably is bait."

Balls of Fury (2007)

"The gags are either obvious, lame, ineptly timed or repeated so many times as to render them devoid of humor."

Bamboozled (2000)

"Visually drab and ultimately done in by a heavy- handedness no prettier to ponder."

The Bank Job (2008)

"Well-paced, smartly told and unpretentious, this solid British heist thriller also has moments of invention and imagination"

Barb Wire (1996)

"The movie is predominantly a sexual tease, albeit one without appreciably more nudity than you can see in 1968's Barbarella."

Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

"Just as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first."

Baseketball (1998)

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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

"The 1992 phenomenon was creepy, tense and sexually charged in a bold yet tawdry way. This sequel lacks even a shred of those elements."

Batman & Robin (1997)

"Some nifty celestial surfing and a good finale compensate for a dead midsection."

Batman Forever (1995)

"Bigger, battier and better."

Battlefield Earth (2000)

"Deeply dumb, depressingly derivative and just plain nonsense."

The Beach (2000)

"Murky, pretentious and torturously inert."

The Beautician and the Beast (1997)

"Listening to Fran Drescher's nasal squawk for an entire movie is the price you'll pay to see The Beautician and the Beast. Imagine having your ear canal scoured with Brillo. Only more abrasive."

Beautiful Girls (1996)

"The movie lacks the stature or consistency to be truly beautiful -- but you know, it is kind of cute."

Beauty Shop (2005)

"Overall, the parts don't come together and jell as well as they did in the Barbershop films."

Because I Said So (2007)

"It's so derivative, unfunny and thuddingly bad that it's one of the more cringe-inducing movies of a genre chock-full of clunkers."

Becoming Jane (2007)

"Clearly embraces the spirit of the beloved novelist."

Bedazzled (2000)

"There's no real dazzle in Bedazzled, though you may be befuddled trying to figure out why anyone was compelled to make the effort."

Bee Movie (2007)

"Bee Movie is certainly not low-budget, but it has all the staying power and creative value of a B-movie. The secret life of bees, as told by Seinfeld, is a bore with a capital B."