Splat 2/4 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"Strictly standard issue." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"In boldly departing from the safety of a strong, unifying plot, Troche makes virtual objects of her characters by showing us plenty that intrigues and not enough that enlightens." |
Vic Vogler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Sahara (2005) |
"McConaughey and his co-stars make the case that fun, however fleeting, is still fun." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Saint Ralph (2005) |
"What began as a too familiar coming-of-age story set in an all-boys Catholic school steadily morphs into something arguably as familiar but more satisfying -- a triumphant sports tale." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Saints And Soldiers |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Salton Sea (2002) |
"For what it is, it's well-done -- a stylized-beyond-reality derivation of Natural Born Killers, perhaps. Or a more gonzo version of Go or Blow. But the heart has been stylized out of it." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Same River Twice (2003) |
"The documentary The Same River Twice will ring startlingly true to any ski bum who ever went legit." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Sangre de Mi Sangre (2008) |
"[Director Christopher] Zalla may have provided his characters with a overly constructed tragedy, but his eye for city life and his seeming gift with actors promises astute, generous work to come." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) |
"Has plenty of ingenious takes on North Pole mythology to skate over the rough spots of a scattered script." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005) |
"Jesus Is Magic is the second part of the title of comic Sarah Silverman's very funny, very wrong movie, which weaves wacky musical numbers and odd backstage moments with an L.A. performance of her one-woman show." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Save Me (2007) |
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Splat |
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"The intent is a feel-good film, sort of an American version of Billy Elliot and I didn't believe a minute of it." |
Glenn Giffin |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Saved! (2004) |
"A wickedly funny movie well worth seeing." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saving Face (2005) |
"[Saving Face] gets its heart pumping by putting its lovers smack in the middle of family and community." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saving Marriage (2008) |
"Saving Marriage makes the deeply personal, powerfully political tussle a thriller with a number of intriguing characters and subplots." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat |
Saving Silverman (2001) |
"Dreadfully stupid and insincere." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"A horrifyingly moronic comedy that is boring rather than outrageous." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Scary Movie (2000) |
"This movie, too, will pass." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"Because there is little scene-by-scene coherence, the story becomes little more than the sum of its 'quotes.'" |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"If you don't think Mother Teresa commemorative bobbleheads are funny, this movie is definitely not for you." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"Guys are guys in Todd Phillips movies, for better or worse, but almost always for the purposes of arriving somewhere in the same ZIP code as the truth." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"School of Rock will play you like a Gibson Flying V. And you will like it." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Schultze Gets the Blues (2005) |
"The first-time feature director has a gift that will be interesting to watch. Still, his well-executed choices make Schultze at times slow going." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"This determinedly nonlinear filmmaking tells the story more accurately than cinéma vérité ever could." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scoop (2006) |
"A romp of a thing, Scoop won't be mistaken for splendid. Yet for diminutive pleasure, the murder- mystery comedy can rightly be called splendini." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
The Score (2001) |
"After sitting through such sloppy and reckless high-concept heist films as Mission: Impossible and Entrapment, it's refreshing to witness the careful, methodical attention to details that distinguishes The Score." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 1/4 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"As an actor, The Rock is aptly named." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scotland, PA (2002) |
"There are some truly wacky parallels with Shakespeare's play." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) |
"Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (which takes its title from a Walker-penned song) makes a fascinating case that in the years that followed, Walker became the music equivalent of a 'poet's poet.'" |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat |
Scream 3 (2000) |
"Isn't that good." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Sea (2003) |
"There is something willfully balanced about director- co-writer Baltasar Kormakur's vision of this imploding family." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"In death is found a profound argument for life." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"The real find of the film is Gary Stevens as George Woolf, the famous jockey who steps in at a crucial moment for his friend Pollard." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) |
"The mystery of Fischer's talent and torment adds depth to Searching for Bobby Fischer, about a young New York chess prodigy who doesn't want his genius to ruin his life." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005) |
"Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is one of those movie-long non sequiturs where, though one thought does not logically follow another, we know what is meant." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Second Chance (2006) |
"Second Chance delivers its parable of spiritual growth with enough tender nuance that it doesn't merely preach to the choir." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"The Secret Life of Bees maintains a smartly calibrated balance between the personal and the historic, between nature and culture." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"Director Rudolph and writer Craig Lucas ... use a wry and compassionate touch as they present this X-ray vision of a relationship long past its annual checkup." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Secret of the Grain (2008) |
"Never sagging, it unfolds over 2 1/2 hours. Nothing is overexplained. Indeed, it takes us time to suss out Slimane's various familial relationships." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Secret Things (2003) |
"Deteriorates into a silly farce that lands somewhere between Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and Guccione's Caligula." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Not even Depp can quite save the relentless obviousness and preposterous turns." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Secretary (2002) |
"It is truly original in its tone, its choices made and paths taken." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Secrets (2008) |
"The Secrets belongs in a mini-tradition of involving films that limn the border where spiritual and sexual awakenings collide and entwine." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Self-Medicated (2007) |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"Technically, it's not a foul to shoot a stupid sports comedy. In fact, it's becoming something of a routine maneuver for Will Ferrell." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Señorita Extraviada (2001) |
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Splat 2/4 |
The Sentinel (2006) |
"The movie strains with fast cuts and Steadicam swoops to make thrilling a job that, while hardly mundane, should be routine." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Separate Lies (2005) |
"As always, Fellowes has a pitch-perfect ear for British diction." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
September 11 (2003) |
"An uneven but telling document." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The September Issue (2009) |
"[A] wise, engaging frock-umentary." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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