Tomato 5/10 |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Daddy is more than happy to go for potty-training humor rather than real jokes ... But kids aren't likely to mind, and should be laughing straight through to the blooper-filled closing credits." |
Bill Pearis |
Tomato |
Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
"This is likely one of the most emotionally devastating films ever made." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato 7/10 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"Malkovich squeezes the most from his exotic locations, and the intriguing performances give a human face to its topical subject." |
Erich Scholz |
Splat |
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001) |
"The result is a very believable strip club, inhabited by cardboard-thin protagonists who come across as caricatures more than actual people." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Splat 2/10 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"Too dark for kids but too juvenile for adults." |
Jackie Potts |
Tomato 7/10 |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Colorful, cheesy and about as deep as the printed page of a comic book -- and that's just Ben Affleck's performance." |
Dan Fazio |
Tomato 7/10 |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"With its charged themes, Dark Blue is a lot to swallow in only two hours, but a thought-provoking ride for those up to the task." |
Bryan Reesman |
Splat 3/10 |
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"As Darkness Falls devolves into an uninteresting chase movie, it disappointingly squanders the film's sorta-clever premise and genuinely scary opening scene." |
Dan Fazio |
Tomato |
The Day I Became A Woman (2001) |
"[Meshkini] immediately finds the amazing lucidity and emotional strength that have given Iranian cinema a worldwide reputation in the last decade." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato 8/10 |
Dead or Alive: Final (2002) |
"Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Tomato 3/4 |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"Completely nasty and consistently hilarious, Smoochy is wild, wicked fun." |
Jonathan Taylor |
Splat |
Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
"Silly dialogue, petrified acting, ludicrous exposition." |
Darren D'Addario |
Tomato |
Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
"Packs a brutal scare!" |
Lucas Hilderbrand |
Tomato |
The Deep End (2001) |
"Smart, suspenseful and subtly moving." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato 6/10 |
Deliver Us From Eva (2003) |
"A pleasant enough romp, but it succumbs to a one-note script that restricts the film's characters from taking advantage of much of its potential hilarity." |
Erich Scholz |
Splat 6/10 |
Demonlover (2003) |
"Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny and Gina Gershon shine, but ultimately this stylish yet dated arthouse feature is more confused than we are." |
Erich Scholz |
Splat |
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) |
"Deuce Bigalow, like the SNL routines it models itself after, starts off funny but doesn't know when to end." |
Sean O'Connell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deuces Wild (2002) |
"A bit too familiar and occasionally melodramatic, Deuces Wild clicks nonetheless, thanks to a gritty screenplay and tight direction." |
Bryan Reesman |
Tomato |
The Devil's Backbone (2001) |
"A beautifully crafted melodrama with rich settings, wonderful actors and skin-prickling horror." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Diamonds (1999) |
"Even in his prime, Douglas couldn't have saved himself from this cliche-ridden script." |
Bill Pearis |
Splat 3/10 |
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) |
"Replace the mullet-wearing redneck from Joe Dirt with a burnout child actor, and you've got Dickie Roberts." |
Dan Fazio |
Tomato 7/10 |
Die Another Day (2002) |
"Make it half an hour shorter, and it's the perfect Bond flick." |
Dan Fazio |
Splat 4/10 |
Die Mommie Die! (2003) |
"Busch is actually pretty great as Arden, but with nothing to hang his wig on, it all gets tiresome rather quickly, inviting unflattering comparisons to John Waters' superior 1980 effort, Polyester." |
Erich Scholz |
Splat |
Digimon: The Movie (2000) |
"Plots are difficult to follow and use the words 'Digi' and 'Mon' to an obnoxious degree." |
Mike Emery |
Tomato |
Dinner Rush (2001) |
"It's refreshing to see a food film that for once doesn't pour on sentimental cooking-as-life metaphors." |
Justin Hartung |
Tomato |
Dinosaur (2000) |
"Dinosaur labors at meticulous visual details adults will marvel over." |
Sean O'Connell |
Tomato |
The Dish (2001) |
"A sunny, ingratiating film that escapes the excessive cuteness and self-consciousness that lately has become the bane of Australian comedy." |
Dave Kehr |
Splat |
Disney's The Kid (2000) |
"Excessively programmed sense of a Spielberg imitation." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Divided We Fall (2001) |
"Comedic touches mix with drama to make this 2001 Academy Award nominee a particularly poignant story." |
Michele McCole Moss |
Tomato 6/10 |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) |
"The film has its strong points, especially the first-rate performances from its A-list cast." |
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Splat 5/10 |
Le Divorce (2003) |
"Unfortunately, a logjam of characters (nearly all from the book are included) means that few get the attention they deserve." |
Erich Scholz |
Tomato |
Djomeh (2001) |
"Has a keen sense of the pace of everyday life." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Splat |
Dog Run (2001) |
"Consisting of little more than episodes, impressions and stock misfit characters." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Splat |
Dogma (1999) |
"A disjointed mess." |
Darren D'Addario |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002) |
"A thrilling look at the mostly unknown history of the original extreme sport." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Don't Say a Word (2001) |
"A particularly anemic entry." |
Bill Pearis |
Tomato 7/10 |
Don't Tempt Me (2003) |
"The story takes a while to get going, but once it does, it includes a few Pulp Fiction-style flourishes and becomes a devil of a good time." |
Bill Pearis |
Tomato 7/10 |
Dopamine (2003) |
"There are just enough insightful and funny moments to expect big things from writer/director Marc Decena next time around." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
Double Jeopardy (1999) |
"Anyone with half a brain will leave the theater feeling cheated by its cockamamie premise and unoriginal styling." |
Bill Pearis |
Splat |
Double Jeopardy (1999) |
"Jeopardy has elements of an enjoyable film, and the various plot twists start out promising, but director Bruce Beresford never quite follows through, and is unable to effectively control the movie's pace and tone." |
Sandra Ramani |
Splat |
Double Take (2001) |
"The blame for this bomb falls squarely on writer-director George Gallo, who provides suitable urban dialogue for his characters but fails to pen a logical script." |
Sean O'Connell |
Splat |
Down to Earth (2001) |
"The romantic side of the story is de-emphasized in favor of Rock's constant patter, which seems to include entire bits from his nightclub routines." |
Dave Kehr |
Splat |
Down to You (2000) |
"Down to You has cute boys, cute girls and little else." |
Steven Boone |
Tomato 8/10 |
Down With Love (2003) |
"Zellweger and McGregor obviously had a blast making this movie -- and you'll have just as much fun watching it." |
Bill Pearis |
Splat |
Downtown 81 (1981) |
"Presents a smug, self-satisfied vision of its own world." |
Bilge Ebiri |
Splat |
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) |
"Seems bland and slipshod next to Betty Thomas's spiky 1998 original." |
Dave Kehr |
Splat 1/5 |
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) |
"Almost entirely unrecognizeable as something from the Seuss world." |
Dan Fazio |
Splat |
Dr. T and the Women (2000) |
"Altman leaves little evidence for his screenplay's contention that 'women are magic.'" |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato 7/10 |
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2003) |
"Amplifying the story's eroticism, Maddin cleverly transforms Stoker's timeless tale into an allegory about both Victorian sexual oppression and xenophobia." |
Bryan Reesman |
Splat 1/4 |
Dragonfly (2002) |
"Director Tom Shadyac takes the leftover sentimental goo from his Patch Adams and pours it all over Dragonfly." |
Bill Pearis |
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