Splat 2.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"The artiness gets in the way of thrilling plot twists; we're still trying to sort out images when we should be sorting out facts." |
Michael Booth |
Splat |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"It could bear the initials 'E.D.' -- emotionally deficient." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Although the plot devices that bring Will and Marcus together are complicated, they never seem strained or artificial." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 4/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"About Schmidt winds up being about us all." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Across the Universe isn't beholden to any stage incarnation. It owes its vision to the vibrant imagination of its director, who created a musical that reminds us how cultural-political events can change our tune." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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Adam's Apples (2007) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Kaufman's carefully constructed screenplay emphasizes so many layers of duality, it's beyond gimmick. It's a world view." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"It proves Mottola has a sweet sensibility for intimate grins, as well as broad yuks." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
"The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is a masterpiece." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 2/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Great effort for a kid, perhaps, but not worthy of the big screen box office." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
After Innocence (2005) |
"Each lost face in the documentary is a burning reminder of the human toll when our justice system succumbs to its imperfections." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
After the Life (2002) |
"The Trilogy's amazing partnership is Agnès and Pascal's. With After the Life's tango of enabler and addict, Belvaux finally delivers emotional resonance." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"You leave the movie feeling exhausted, argumentative and exhilarated, surely the sign of a powerful film in any language." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"In the class of American boxing movies, it's barely a welterweight." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
"Broomfield is too fond of himself by half, and tilts the movie too much toward his personal objections to the death penalty." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
AKA (2002) |
"It's an eloquent testament to the fragmentary nature of identity." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Akeelah and the Bee carefully diagrams every cliche we've absorbed from sports movies, urban dramas, mentor flicks and precocious-children portraits. Yet it works." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"As talented as the cast is, not a one makes this an Alamo worth remembering" |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Alex & Emma has trouble overcoming the badness of the novel at the center of its story. It doesn't help that the movie declares it a literary success." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Visually dramatic but persistently tepid, Alexander doesn't make a convincing argument for its extravagant resources." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alexandra's Project (2005) |
"De Heer offers a wicked twist on household secrets and lies." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"Alfie is embodied -- quite nicely -- by Jude Law, who is still a cad but more of a lad than Caine ever seemed." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"It does connect solidly more often than not." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato |
Alien Trespass (2009) |
"It's comfy. It's kitschy. There are lovely enticements but also much that is simply put and beautifully, beguilingly silly." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"What you will find is that the old mayhem is still masterful and that there is nothing like the big screen for this type of mortally wounded space exploration." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"Both dazzling underwater ballet and a welcome salvo for clarity in the current backlash against evolution." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
All About Steve (2009) |
"Despite her downward-tilted head and her nattering ways, Mary really does want to connect. Watching her realize this isn't deep but it is sweet." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"Leigh makes these lives count. And he allows a gawky actor like Spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"No use getting sore that one art form trumps another. It's not the first time an outstanding book became a ponderous film." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"Whether you're familiar with the story or not, you'll have trouble feeling connected to it." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 0/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the decade." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"It's a workmanlike romantic comedy that by the end has quietly added up to a little more than you expected." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 0/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"I truly doubt Hollywood will produce anything this year that bottoms Alpha Dog for offensively bad filmmaking." |
Michael Booth |
Splat |
An Amazing Couple (2002) |
"This comedy built around marital misunderstanding is the weak link." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"I'm sure [director] Apted meant well, but Amazing Grace comes across as a surprisingly graceless biopic narrowed down to one white man's uncomfortable burden." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"The movie is as conventional a biopic as Earhart was an unconventional woman." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"One leaves the theater thinking, as so many Americans of past generations have, 'Ah, there's always Paris.' And there will always be Amelie, too." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3/4 |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"It's pretty darn good and more than a little inspiring." |
Michael Booth |
Splat |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"Given its subject matter, it's too genial to cut deep." |
Steven Rosen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The American Astronaut (2001) |
"It's a rockabilly space romp, often very bad but usually a visual treat." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
American Beauty (1999) |
"Funny and highly entertaining." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 4/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"American Dreamz pulls off that rare feat of shooting at dozens of big targets, and hitting so many of them that we want to stand up and cheer because someone even tried." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"For talent, Scott couldn't start much purer. Washington and Crowe are consummate craftsmen who burrow deep into their characters." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
American Gun (2006) |
"The guns seem to have been shoved in various characters' pockets as afterthought, and Avelino's interlocking stories never click." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"What's irritating about the movie is how much time it spends on empty nostalgia -- shouldn't real punks scorn reminiscing? -- and how little time it spends truly exploring the roots of America's punk prime in the early 1980s." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"The main characters are further developed ... and just as endearing as the first incarnation." |
Asher Price |
Tomato |
American Psycho (2000) |
"Entertaining and amusing." |
Steven Rosen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"As touching as it is achingly, hilariously prickly." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"It's a vexing mixture of agendas, one that may be engaging but brings little new to the conversation." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"If you like the formula -- Hallmark card sentiments contracted out to hardcore youth offenders -- American Wedding may be the best of the trio." |
Michael Booth |
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