Splat 2.5/4
$9.99 (2009)
"It isn't always clear if the animation is integral to the movie or merely a way of sprucing up its more familiar tales of melancholy and yearning."
Lisa Kennedy
Tomato 3/4
10 Items or Less (2006)
"So often the bearer of gravitas and dignity, Freeman shows up with a smirk on his face and a song in his heart"
Tomato
10 MPH (2007)
"10 mph, with its wit, beckoning shots of splendid landscapes, and impromptu interviews, might have you humming Woody Guthrie, This land is your land, this land is my land."
Splat 2/4
The 11th Hour (2007)
"The movie needed to reflect its own lesson: Less would have been more."
Tomato 2.5/4
12 and Holding (2006)
"Flawed but compassionate study of kids struggling with grown-up issues without much adult supervison."
13 Going on 30 (2004)
"Often 13 Going on 30's pleasures aren't deep so much as they are the trained responses to a push of our MTV-programmed buttons."
1408 (2007)
"A psychologically thrilling movie that leaves you gasping in the end."
Desiree Belmarez
16 Blocks (2006)
"It's the clamor and weak script that make it feel like a flatfoot trying to chase down a better movie."
Splat 1.5/4
17 Again (2009)
"If you're looking for the performance that might one day be characterized as Efron's embarrassing breakout role, this is a good bet."
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
"Even more of a joy ride than the original."
2046 (2005)
"In a film that likes teasing mysteries, the greatest revelation is Ziyi Zhang."
21 (2008)
"The film is about a group of MIT students who used a very smart card-counting system to milk the casinos. But the movie blows off the deeper thrills of its source material to make a tidier, less compelling amorality play."
Tomato 3.5/4
24 Hour Party People (2002)
"With enough verve and energy, if a not an absolute devotion to truth, to keep you dancing and thinking for days."
Steven Rosen
28 Days Later (2003)
"This starkly beautiful, harrowing journey into the worst that can happen opens with video feed images of our unnatural disasters."
28 Weeks Later (2007)
"28 Weeks Later underlines the fact that when you come back from the grave, you're not always looking so fresh."
Michael Booth
3 Extremes (2005)
"Makes a persuasive argument for what's wrong with so many horror films today."
300 (2007)
"[Gerard Butler's character] charisma is elusive. He vigorously enunciates like a summer stock player doing Shakespeare. But the writing's overblown. And locating the requisite sorrow in this tale of heroism is an afterthought for Snyder and co."
39 Pounds of Love (2005)
"It's not quite on the level of Enron, or even other disability-themed nominees such as Murderball. But with a subject like Ami Ankilewitz, nitpicking seems out of the question."
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
"The tale never quite resonates beyond the screen."
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
"An American Pie variation without the affection for its characters or original humor."
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin offers some sparkling insights about the cumulative effects of performance anxiety, about how guys struggle with the transit from boys to men with little help from their pals."
50 First Dates (2004)
"50 First Dates offers a seductive vision of a quirky love. But there is a note of melancholy at the conclusion of this mixed bag of the compassionate and the crude."
Tomato 4/4
500 Days of Summer (2009)
"This movie has flighty warmth. It makes delirious use of one of Hall & Oates' boppiest tunes. It has a bluebird of happiness, for crying out loud."
Splat
The 6th Day (2000)
"A product of the trained-chimpanzee school of screenwriting."
8 Mile (2002)
"Making the city look grimy and lonely, dark and wasted but still alive with people who care, the film gets you rooting for the guys who want to make 'Mo' (short for Motown) a major player."
8 Women (2002)
"The acting is such a delight, with each actress nailing her respective personality type with appropriate flair and finesse, that it breathes with life."
Splat 1/4
9 Songs (2005)
"9 Songs is an experiment few serious filmmakers will want to replicate, and most of the people involved will want to forget as quickly as possible."
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