Tomato 3/4 |
Eagle Eye (2008) |
"Eagle Eye skillfully taps into post-Sept. 11 paranoia -- a briskly paced thriller that blinks at times but mostly keeps its focus." |
Meg Jones |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) |
"Though the result is desperately trendy, it's also seriously short on innovation, coasting mostly on the fumes of previous, and better, indie-fare." |
Graham Killeen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Earth (2009) |
"Jones' narration is both warm and authoritative. If Mufasa can't make kids care about the Earth, it might be a lost cause." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eastern Promises (2007) |
"In Cronenberg, it appears Mortensen has found a like-minded mentor, while in Mortensen, Cronenberg has found something approaching a muse." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Easy Virtue (2009) |
"Sporadically engaging, Easy Virtue would do better swapping amusement for a more elusive quarry: truth." |
Graham Killeen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Edi (2002) |
"First-time writer-director Piotr Trzaskalski takes this slight celebration of the ordinary and makes it life-affirming." |
Michele Kenner |
Splat 2/4 |
Edmond (2006) |
"Even William H. Macy's raw, spare performance cannot save Edmond from distastefulness almost beyond imagination." |
Michele Kenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Edukators (2005) |
"Although The Edukators, directed by Hans Weingartner, is a German-language film, it is set in a global village where all politics are local." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eight Below (2006) |
"It is a Disney adventure movie that does old Walt himself proud." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) |
"As any creature-feature fan knows, when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures, you get a lot of running around, screaming and death. On that score, the film certainly doesn't disappoint." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato |
Election (1999) |
"Volatile and hilarious!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elegy (2008) |
"This is Kingsley's show from start to finish, as he wraps himself in Kepesh's mantle of singularity." |
Michele Kenner |
Splat 2/4 |
Elektra (2005) |
"Elektra's story is as thin and simple as they come, full of genre cliches and established merely to stage one elaborate action scene after another." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Elephant (2003) |
"Elephant invites scrutiny but defies explanation." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Elf (2003) |
"Elf is by far the best effort by an SNL alum in many years." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"[Director] Kapur is like an American Idol contestant who mistakes a song for its high and low extremes." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"Elizabethtown strikes a note here and there, but does so while remaining tuneless and formless overall." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"Leaden, sophomoric, lumpen, Ella Enchanted belongs in only one place: the cinder bin that spawned it." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"When was the last time a Hollywood movie challenged you to think?" |
Sue Pierman |
Splat |
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
"Every new Disney film comes with a ton of baggage, and begs to be compared with the high standards of the studio's roster of animated classics. By this perhaps unfair assessment, it falls short." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Empire (2002) |
"A rehash of every gangster movie from the past decade." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3/4 |
Employee of the Month (2006) |
"A sort of blue-collar Office Space that sends up the dreary world of working at a discount store." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enchanted (2007) |
"The charm of the actors, the unabashedly romantic goofiness and the clever winks at classic Disney set pieces make the movie not only kid-friendly but a guilty pleasure for adults as well." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Splat |
End of Days (1999) |
"With endless violence and gratuitous sex, End of Days has something to offend everyone." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 3/4 |
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
"A portrait of an unpretentious band whose sum was greater than its very flawed parts." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enduring Love (2004) |
"Puts the psychological back into psychological thriller." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Enemy of the State (1998) |
"Handsome, charismatic and funny, Smith gives the film a likability it would otherwise lack." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Enigma (2002) |
"Apted, who directed Gorillas in the Mist, Coal Miner's Daughter and the last James Bond film, re-creates the era nicely, but the circumstances are fleetingly felt." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Enough (2002) |
"The script is like a worn piece of rope -- little by little the strands begin to split and unravel." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"A primer on corporate malfeasance for dummies, clarifying the statistical thicket through illustration and mindful of Deep Throat's advice during Watergate to always follow the money." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Entrapment (1999) |
"A loosely wound thriller of the dime-
a-dozen, no-honor-
among-thieves variety." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Eragon (2006) |
"Eragon is a dull and derivative rehash of familiar fantasy genre elements with a dragon on top..." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Erin Brockovich (2000) |
"It is a star-driven story of a passionate and colorful character who undergoes a transformation along the way and wins the lottery in the end. What's not to love?" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"The real breakthrough comes from Kaufman, whose absurdist sensibility has finally coalesced into narrative maturity." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1/4 |
Eurotrip (2004) |
"Done right, lowbrow comedy can be fun. Eurotrip is a perfect example of doing it all wrong." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2/4 |
Evan Almighty (2007) |
"There is a simple sweetness about this film when it sticks to the likable Carell, God and his family, but it's overcome by the deluge of effects that pay homage to Hollywood's sole focus of worship: the box office." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2/4 |
Evelyn (2002) |
"An unpolished string of events oversimplified in television-movie fashion." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Evening (2007) |
"Even the film's obvious and shallow moments appear haunting, evocative and profound when filtered through this sunrise-to-sunset through-line." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 4/4 |
Every Little Step (2009) |
"Filmmakers James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo were deft and clever in the use of cinematic skills for Every Little Step, their new documentary about the musical." |
Damien Jaques |
Splat |
Everybody's Famous (2001) |
"Deruddere muddles the film by not allowing much variation in mood." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Everybody's Fine (2009) |
"Some well-observed details and a credible performance from Robert De Niro help make it feel genuine now and again before it collapses into simplistic and sentimental clichés." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Everyone's Hero (2006) |
"Despite its slow pace, Hero's message of perseverance is inspiring, coming from the Reeves, who both faced adversity with remarkable grace. If you're yearning for a simpler time, the innocence of Hero may hit a home run for you." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Everything is Illuminated (2005) |
"Schreiber's formal yet poetic aesthetic, from snapshots of clashing cultures, values and chronologies to the irresistible metaphor of an army of sunflowers, matches the recurring theme he has fashioned for the film." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Evolution (2001) |
"Evolution may be dumb, but at least it's dumb fun." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Ex (2007) |
"In its cast, especially Bateman, The Ex has better material than it seems to know what to do with." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) |
"Regardless of the accuracy of the marketing, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a provocative, intelligent and absorbing film." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2/4 |
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) |
"Trips over itself in a rush to get gross and then lingers too long on pustules, gaping wounds and maggots." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Splat 2/4 |
The Express (2008) |
"When it should be scrambling for inches, The Express keeps lobbing emotional Hail Mary passes." |
Graham Killeen |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Extract (2009) |
"The threads running through Extract are less actual ideas than loose screws rattling around aimlessly." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Eye (2003) |
"While this sampler of dreams and sense memory resembles dark clouds on a horizon, it never reaches critical mass." |
Duane Dudek |
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