Splat |
American Pie (1999) |
"A calculating and exploitative, brightly shining object designed to draw teenagers like moths to a flame." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"The bittersweet subtext of young people grappling with adulthood, and the recurring appearance of Eugene Levy as Biggs' hilariously 'with it' and oafishly understanding father, helps elevate it from the pack." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Berman and Pulcini, documentary filmmakers making their narrative debut, have made a work as unvarnished as their subject." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"Presented with humor but not at the expense of its subjects, American Teen was the toast of this year's Sundance Film Festival." |
Mack Bates |
Splat 2/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"The humor is extreme and desperate." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Its more potent quality is as a portrait -- well, crayon drawing, actually -- of the tendency of the traumatized male psyche toward violence." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
An Education (2009) |
"Scherfig and Hornby craft a portrait of an era whose innocence is overstated without resorting to sepia tinged nostalgia. The result is a snapshot of how we become who we become, as a vibrant and affectionate act of memory." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"You can tell a movie is in trouble when its most emotionally compelling scene involves a monkey in danger of being eaten by a giant snake." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Yes, the script has holes you could drive a truck through, but Crystal and De Niro's verbal pingpong makes it all worthwhile." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato |
Analyze This (1998) |
"Comically dexterous!" |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Anamorph (2008) |
"Anamorph dances around ponderous issues and grotesque scenery but fails to really engage, startle or disturb." |
Graham Killeen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"The desperate and frantic slapstick of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is closer to hysteria than hysterical." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"May not be entirely successful, but there are worse ways to spend an afternoon." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Phantom is more than a photographed stage play: It is an exercise in cinema, abetted by several new songs and first-rate orchestral backing." |
James Auer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"A memorable account of an artist's life, achievements and sacrifices." |
James Auer |
Tomato |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"An unusual yet satisfying offering." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"Angel-A is a not very persuasive argument on behalf of heavenly intercession, but its co-star, Rie Rasmussen, will make you believe in intelligent design." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Angela's Ashes (1999) |
"It is an anecdotal, nostalgic, crowd-pleasing coffee-table book of a film, neither shocking nor challenging." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Like The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons is a smoke-and-mirrors shadow play of half-truths, a synthesis of pseudo-history and pseudo-science. But this time, the Apollo 13 director achieves liftoff." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"The prefabricated nature of Anger Management, which has jokes but little humor, makes it a comedy the way fish sticks can often be mistaken for seafood." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Animation Show - Volume 1 (2003) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Anita O'Day - The Life Of A Jazz Singer (2008) |
"Wow -- now this is how you make a jazz documentary" |
Tom Horgen |
Splat |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"The result may look more genuine than what has gone before, but it somehow feels less substantial." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Rather than settle for one uninspired story, Annapolis gives viewers two." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"The relationships have the ebb and flow of astute observation and inspired improvisation." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"It would be wrong to dismiss The Ant Bully as just another bug movie." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato |
Antitrust (2001) |
"Howard Franklin's script has enough twists and surprises to keep us from dozing into our popcorn." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"Less cinematically powerful than quietly and deeply moving, which is powerful in itself." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Antz (1998) |
"The voice acting is excellent!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"Anvil's plight would be funny if it weren't true. Its extent is intimately examined in a film that makes you uncomfortable because it is true." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Any Given Sunday (1999) |
"Kinetic, cynical, shallow, commercial and entertaining." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Allen's old-school humor can be refreshing in this era of the-grosser-the-better. The problem is that, at least in Anything Else, it often isn't funny." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato |
Anywhere But Here (1999) |
"Sarandon and Portman give strong performances about domination and coping." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"Has sinew, conviction and the spontaneity of a deck of cards hurled into the air." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Whatever Gibson's flaws as a man -- and the public has every right to judge him by his actions -- he is no fraud as a filmmaker." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"There is plenty of plot but not enough story. And the film unfolds in short scenes strung together that beg to be expanded into more detailed examinations of behavior." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"The result may be a high-concept soufflé, but its blackly comic tone and Auteuil's caffeinated whippet of a performance help lend it a cockeyed charm." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Apt Pupil (1998) |
"Intelligently crafted!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"It's a harmless diversion that should keep kids amused and parents relaxed." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"Egoyan uses outrage and curiosity to craft an enigmatic and shifting act of memory, his impression of an event and its repercussions." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"Arctic Tale tries to be everything to everyone but fails at all." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"Like its predecessor, Are We Done Yet? is amiable enough, but not enough to make it compelling." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"The road, it turns out, has a few detours along the way." |
James H. Burnett III |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"It is a toxically funny exercise in vulgarity of the sort for which the First Amendment appears to have been invented." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Arlington Road (1999) |
"Thoughtful, intelligent and brutally realistic!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"Its moral is just as relevant today as it ever was during the resistance years -- that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1/4 |
Around the Bend (2004) |
"Technically a motion picture, Around the Bend is essentially an advertisement for Kentucky Fried Chicken. It also happens to be mind-numbingly cloying." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"Completely mediocre." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"It feels deflated, disgruntled and pathetic." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"It might have been just another humdrum children's film if not for Highmore, who brings the same charm he did in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Finding Neverland to this fun movie." |
Meg Jones |
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