Tomato 2.5/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"It proves Mottola has a sweet sensibility for intimate grins, as well as broad yuks." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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 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 |
Splat 2/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"The movie is as conventional a biopic as Earhart was an unconventional woman." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
An Education (2009) |
"The film is gentle with its judgments. Or most of them." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Howard seems to count on audience goodwill toward Hanks carrying over to Langdon, filling in the hero's many blanks." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antichrist (2009) |
"Von Trier and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle use sumptuous black-and-white photography and saturated color. Few movies are as beautifully wrought as this." |
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 |
Splat 3/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Harris directs with a steady hand and sharp eye for the best in his fellow actors." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Australia (2008) |
"Even more than a Western, Australia is a musical without a songbook. Its emotions are large, its rhythms bold." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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 3.5/4 |
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 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 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 |
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 1.5/4 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"Fans of Aqua Teen who couldn't wait for the next TV season? You'll likely love it. The uninitiated? It would be a lot cheaper to watch five minutes of the Cartoon Network. Save your money for some higher-quality, nonanimated fast food." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"There's no Jane Goodall required. And the absence of humans proves we needn't be onscreen to make our presence known." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"Awesome splendor and a striking essay on celebrity reward those who brave the 2 1/2-hour run time." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"It tries to be more than an amusing Disney sitcom about crazy dad and his big rocket. But it's somewhat less than a deep exploration of character and responsibility." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"Craft is everywhere in the film, in many touches that make it elegantly forceful." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"Upon seeing Away From Her again, I'm content with my sense memory. I'm even more pleased with how much of this fine film's nuance and detail feel fresh." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Annapolis leaves you vaguely seasick from unearned adrenaline. The editing works to make the climaxes sharp, but in the end your stomach is too empty to keep it all down." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Apocalypto wants us to believe there is an overpowering darkness in the land, while I can't quite get past a suspicion of overpowering darkness in the filmmaker." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Architect (2006) |
"Too many "big" moments are happening to too many people for the movie to feel plausible, and Tauber tries to tie many of those plots together in a way that seems contrived." |
Michael Booth |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"There's not a single person to like in Art School Confidential, a crucial mistake in a movie filled with mean, shallow and self-absorbed characters." |
Michael Booth |
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 3/4 |
Alexandra's Project (2005) |
"De Heer offers a wicked twist on household secrets and lies." |
Michael Booth |
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 |
Splat 0/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the decade." |
Michael Booth |
Splat |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Since Scream poured irony into the mix, it has become mighty hard to write a line of dialogue that doesn't elicit winks and nods. We all know where the mayhem's leading." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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The Animation Show 2005 (2005) |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"How much sweeter Nick's heart-to-heart with Lindsey and Kevin would be if the movie was more than a clichéd journey." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"As The Aristocrats repeats its chorus of dirt again and again, one starts to weary. Call it filth fatigue." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"What gives Ask the Dust its quiet vitality -- beyond Farrell's muscular yet delicate portrayal -- is the fear of failing to grasp the brass ring that appears through much of the movie." |
Lisa Kennedy |
Splat 1/4 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"One of the few good things to be said about Assault on Precinct 13 is that, early in the new season, we get one of the year's worst movies over and done with." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assisted Living (2005) |
"Assisted Living is a remarkably moving look at the prisons in our midst that most of us manage to ignore until we need them." |
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 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Visually dramatic but persistently tepid, Alexander doesn't make a convincing argument for its extravagant resources." |
Lisa Kennedy |
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 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 |
Tomato 3/4 |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"It's pretty darn good and more than a little inspiring." |
Michael Booth |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"A lot better than a slapped-together sequel to a campy original has any right to be." |
Michael Booth |
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