Splat 2/4 |
G-Force (2009) |
"What happens when Disney meets Jerry Bruckheimer? You get a whole new kind of rodent, but not necessarily a better one." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato |
Galaxy Quest (1999) |
"It's a sci-fi film. It's an action picture. It's a comedy. And, surprisingly, it works." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Game Plan (2007) |
"A generic, predictable, family-friendly comedy that seems a better fit for the Disney Channel than for a theater near you." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"It's a beautifully mounted period piece whose highlight is a fire-breathing performance by Daniel Day-Lewis." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Garden State (2004) |
"Humanistic and forgiving streak runs through a film that both looks and feels like a labor of love." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"An amusing film that won't disappoint fans of the long-running comic strip." |
Meg Jones |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) |
"Hopefully, Garfield doesn't really have nine lives, because that would mean suffering through seven more sequels." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato |
GasHole (2008) |
"And it has the pastiche style of a work assembled from other sources, at the expense of original reporting." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
The General's Daughter (1999) |
"A thriller in the tradition of military whodunits like A Few Good Men, with lots of menacing suspense, deceptive intrigue and even a few 'You can't handle the truth'-caliber one-liners." |
Nick Carter |
Splat 2/4 |
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008) |
"Fails to come up with anything fresh or particularly frightening." |
Steve Ramos |
Tomato 3/4 |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"Romero was savvy enough to turn a $100,000 indie quickie into a classic and he shows he can still make a corpse stagger with his new film, George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Splat 2/4 |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"The actresses, notably Fonda, are fine, but the characters are a collection of clichés and behaviors that feel as patently false as the generic town built around them." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Gerry (2003) |
"Frankly, I found it at times a beguiling effort, with references to the stark, ambiguous cinema of Iran or of the Dogma group." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"At no time in his career has Sheridan -- his name is the first one on the screen after the title, in case one is uncertain who was in charge -- been quite this far up to his neck in blarney and sentimentality." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Get Smart (2008) |
"Get Smart is like overripe, low-hanging fruit. Not being rotten doesn’t make it edible." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"The images are never ostentatious; instead, they evoke both the terror and wonder of things that lie beyond the grasp of human understanding." |
Rob Spencer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"If you are a viewer mature enough to withstand the stunning onslaught of gore without suffering nightmares, Ghost Ship is worthy entertainment." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"While this idea is as ridiculous as the premise behind countless horror films, that Ghost Town plays it for laughs makes it more spirited than one might expect." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Ghost World (2001) |
"A portrait of a girl who is most at war with the artificial turf of contemporary consumer life and trying to invent a tolerable alternative." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"Overall, Ghosts offers a couple quick laughs in passing, but the movie never seems to generate sparks. All in all, it's a bit like kissing your sister." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"Using breakthrough digital 3-D, Cameron injects enough magic to make a film that appeals to both geeks and Titanic romantics." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Splat |
The Gift (2001) |
"Unlike What Lies Beneath, whose slick style revived the derivative tale, The Gift is a leaden narrative unrelieved by the heavy application of theatrics or atmospherics." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003) |
"Suffers the same banal fate of most band documentaries. It's essential for rabid fans but even ordinary ones will live rich and meaningful lives without ever having seen one minute of it." |
Kevin John Bozelka |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Gigli (2003) |
"Every generation gets the celebrities they deserve, but what have we done to deserve Gigli?" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"Endearing, funny and surprisingly satisfying, at least until it begins to self-destruct toward the end." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2/4 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"For the most part, Girl With a Pearl Earring is simultaneously heaving and static, like the cover of a Harlequin romance novel and about as exciting to contemplate for more than 90 minutes." |
Kevin John Bozelka |
Tomato |
Girl, Interrupted (1999) |
"A film whose themes are general rather than universal." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Gladiator (2000) |
"As gory and gaudy escapism, it is impressive." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
The Glass House (2001) |
"A psychological thriller heavy on schmaltz and light on brains and originality." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 3/4 |
Glastonbury (2007) |
"An alternately rousing and repetitive 138-minute documentary spanning four decades of the Glastonbury Festival." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Glitter (2001) |
"While it seems cruel to kick a person when she's down, it would be inaccurate to call Carey's performance anything other than groan-inducing." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Gloomy Sunday (2003) |
"It's a cracking good yarn, well-told and impeccably acted, especially by Król." |
Mary-Liz Shaw |
Splat 2/4 |
Glory Road (2006) |
"However inspiring the actual events were, the movie feels like an opportunity lost. A powerful, significant true story like this deserves more than the ordinary." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato |
Go (1999) |
"A turned-on, raved-up and spaced-out evolutionary leap of a film!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Go Tigers! (2001) |
"Neither celebratory nor critical, but it has elements of both while staking out the middle ground and asking audiences to make up their own mind." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Godfather of Green Bay (2006) |
"You don't have to be an overly sensitive Dairy State booster to take offense. It's more than enough to simply be a fan of film or comedy." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Gods and Generals (2003) |
"So long-winded that it sometimes feels like the Civil War in real time." |
Dave Tianen |
Splat 2/4 |
Godsend (2004) |
"Godsend serves as a warning that just because you can clone another film doesn't mean you should." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Godzilla (1998) |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack (2003) |
"The sight of a clumsy, bipedal lizard knocking into what's clearly a cardboard and Styrofoam model has a quaint charm all its own." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Tomato 3/4 |
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) |
"... beneath the hagiography is a deeply affecting portrait of a young man of privilege who didn't have to serve in Vietnam, yet in whom the idea of national service had been ingrained." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Gojira (1954) |
"Instead of a disjointed monster movie, this original Godzilla is a masterful statement about humankind's monstrous abilities to inflict harm on itself and the world." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Splat |
The Golden Bowl (2001) |
"Feels like a museum-quality reproduction of a time, place and style that is an acquired taste at best." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Golden Compass (2007) |
"Being afraid of the screen version of The Golden Compass is like being afraid of your shadow. The only ones with no faith are the filmmakers." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Golden Door (2007) |
"[Director] Crialese's talent for poetic illusion, and for finding the general within the microcosm, is reminiscent of Steven Spielberg." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"Director Matteo Garrone replaces the romance and glamour of the genre with brutal, documentary-style realism, and humanizes it in the process." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"Intriguing, compelling and sometimes even poignant." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) |
"Riding on fumes and stuck in second gear." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
"The rare documentary that puts you in a headlock to pin you to your seat, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a bracing masterpiece." |
Graham Killeen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Good Bye, Lenin! (2004) |
"An ironic, nostalgic and often poetic reminiscence about the period circa 1989." |
Duane Dudek |
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