Tomato 3/4 |
Tadpole (2002) |
"Although it's short, Tadpole has a long-lasting effect." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato |
The Tailor of Panama (2001) |
"The film has been directed with a shrewd balance of wit, tension, parody and empathy." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 2/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Take the Lead is the latest example of a silly and utterly predictable movie where the kids dance in the streets and we pray for a fleet of Humvees to come along and run them out of town." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Taken (2009) |
"Taken is an exploitation thriller, the sort of studio pic that seizes the worst the world has to offer (the sex-slave outrages that The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof exposed so brilliantly) to bolster its rote rhythms." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Jolie needs a role with teeth, not one that merely exploits her bee-stung lips." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"Kinetic director Tony Scott balances his need for speed and flash with fleshed-out drama, making Pelham the best of his recent outings." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"We're asked to jump into the combatants' arguments with no background about either one, no reason to care if Skarsgard sweats or Keitel rages." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"Lee's larkiest film by far, Taking Woodstock features faces familiar and fresh." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"Plays like a gorgeous painting hanging in a gloomy gallery -- you stand in front of one corner, mesmerized by turquoise wallpaper or a burgundy rug, then a fleeting movement in another corner draws you over." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"A work of inspired, embarrassingly hilarious, uncomfortable fiction." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
"He [Anthony Minghella] is aided by the intensely bright cinematography of John Seale, a score by Gabriel Yared that mixes hot jazz with classical, and the bold and lively retro-chic costumes of Ann Roth and Gary Jones." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Taliesin Jones (2002) |
"Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin, sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Lemmons, her extraordinary cast and gifted crew deliver laughing, crying and plenty of signifying." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"This mildly crude yet oddly tame tale about a NASCAR hotshot who burns rubber to the top of the pole before having a speedway blowout runs on underinflated tires." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Tango (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat |
Tape (2001) |
"A failed experiment with arresting moments." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"In making beautiful peace with a difficult past, Caouette has delivered a promising vision of a future." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Taxi (2004) |
"Taxi isn't quite a bad movie, but its slack comic timing may have you wishing they gave the Crown Vic a speaking part." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"The South Park team's sendup of Hollywood action epics and the war on terror is at once admirably furious and sophomorically infuriating." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tell No One (2008) |
"A story of upended love with a mystery that exerts its power till the very end." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"There's nothing heavy about this metal-loving comedy, and there's a lot that is good-hearted." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"In Viktor, Hanks finds a character worthy of his gifts." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines achieves neither the cult tang of the original nor the spectacular melding of FX to a gripping story that T2 did so well." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"One could argue Connor's grim demeanor is precisely what a global disaster demands. But Bale's turn has a bass-note feel that is anti-charismatic." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tetro (2009) |
"It is interesting. Better, it is quite possibly great." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"The book had a fearlessness that the movie version so lacks." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
""The Day the Earth Stood Still" doesn't lack heart. It's surprisingly sincere. No, the human quality it could use a bit more of is humor." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"Remains one of those classics that makes you thankful you haven't seen them all." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Polar Express honors its source, then exceeds it." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Them! (1954) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"If [Day-Lewis] does not win the Academy Award for this protean portrayal, it will be because he's won before. Or because his gift, his discipline, is so daunting it can be confounding." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
They Killed Sister Dorothy (2008) |
"They Killed Sister Dorothy chronicles the life of Sister Dorothy Stang, the 'Angel of the Amazon', her execution-style murder in 2005 and the aftermath." |
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Tomato |
The Thin Red Line (1998) |
"The Thin Red Line shows us freedom at its most visceral and unintellectual - and cinematic." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"Two men of very different generations coming to understand and appreciate each other makes for some fine moments. And that's just the actors." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"[A] jarring and beautiful movie." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
Thirteen Days (2000) |
"Thirteen Days is more suspenseful than the car crashes and breathless chases of most run-of-the-mill action movies." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 2/4 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"Winds up feeling shallow, padded and unrevealing." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
This Old Cub (2004) |
"The problem with the movie for anyone but Cub crazies is that son Jeff gives us no perspective." |
Michael Booth |
Splat |
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999) |
"Stylish, good-looking and frequently arresting, at least until its plot turns too far-fetched to buy." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Thr3e (2007) |
"Directed by Robby Henson, this theologically driven thriller from 20th Century Fox's Fox Faith division, steps gingerly around sex and watches its tongue. But it's far too comfy with the lingua franca of American cinema: violence." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"Jones, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and a crew blessed with pristine vision have delivered a tale of friendship and ethics worthy of Greek tragedy." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
Three Kings (1999) |
"Exciting." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Three Times (2006) |
"Can a film be exquisite and, at the same time, less than one hoped for? This question arose as Three Times unfolded." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003) |
"If Richard Gere annoys you, ignore him and the other celebrities mentioned here and learn something." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2003) |
"Voices is more a prose poem than a film, a moody exercise devoid of suspense and interactions that spark us to care." |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"Corpse Bride will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
The Time Machine (2002) |
"Bears resemblance to, and shares the weaknesses of, too many recent action-fantasy extravaganzas in which special effects overpower cogent story-telling and visual clarity during the big action sequences." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato |
Timecode (2000) |
"Surprisingly breezy to watch, because Figgis smashingly manipulates sound to focus our attention from one place to another." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat |
Titan A.E. (2000) |
"From the 'New Coke' school of miscalculations." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
To Be and To Have (2003) |
"At times, it feels as stultifying as watching paint dry, without the recompense of sniffing fumes." |
Michael Booth |