Splat |
Jack Frost (1998) |
"There is little sign of his acerbic wit here." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"At the end of the film, one actor pronounces, 'It's just not funny anymore, and I want to go home.' Amen to that." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Jacket (2005) |
"The turgid, lurid hybrid is finally more donkey than thoroughbred." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Jackpot (2001) |
"These appealing characters wear out their welcome at about the same time it becomes apparent they're going nowhere slowly and that the teasing promises made by the story's fractured sensibility will be modestly realized at best." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Jakob the Liar (1999) |
"Unsatisfying!" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"One won't learn much about Austen from this film, and Austen purists may pop their corsets at the license taken. But Austen's books were part of the popular culture of her time, and the film is in that tradition." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Japon (2003) |
"Its pretensions have the ring of, if not exactly a vanity project, a strictly personal obsession." |
Nick Carter |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Jarhead (2005) |
"Jarhead is a chaos of seemingly abstract moments arranged into a triptych." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2/4 |
Jason X (2002) |
"It's all silliness that makes for a perfect, goofy Saturday-night flick, undoubtedly the best in the Friday the 13th moneymaking saga." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato |
Jawbreaker (1998) |
"Does an admirable job of further defining just how ruthless, superficial, symbolic and saccharine is that social and vocational training ground called high school." |
Nick Carter |
Splat |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"Smith is a smart guy with more ideas than directorial skills, which accounts for the scattershot quality of his work." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Jeepers Creepers (2001) |
"Just when Joe Dirt thought it had a lock on being this year's worst film, along comes Jeepers Creepers snatching that distinction from its grasp." |
Mack Bates |
Splat 1/4 |
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) |
"Considering how inconsequential the first film was, it should come as no surprise that the second installment is nearly as trivial." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"Fanboys get to drool over haughty, come-hither Megan Fox, playing the oversexed and undead title character. And fangirls get a feminist version of a genre that typically is made in the image of a male fantasy." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"The title is by way of Bruce Springsteen ... but the film itself has as much bite as a pop song by Paul McCartney." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Jet Lag (2003) |
"The airplane movie equivalent of elevator music." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"Jimmy Carter Man From Plains shows a relatively unvarnished portrait of a man who's not afraid to take on his critics." |
Meg Jones |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) |
"Jimmy Neutron should appeal to carbon-based life forms both young and old -- at least until the media blitz becomes unbearable." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jindabyne (2007) |
"Jindabyne is not about just one murder but about the death by a thousand cuts that happens in its aftermath." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Joe Dirt (2001) |
"The first Saturday Night Live-related comedy to produce belly laughs in a long, long time." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato |
Joe Somebody (2001) |
"It's terribly predictable, like turkey on Thanksgiving Day. But that doesn't mean you don't love it." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat |
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"In space, no one can hear you groan, since sound does not carry in a vacuum. Theaters showing Ghosts of Mars will not have this advantage, so the film's inanities will be audible and visible." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
John Q (2002) |
"It looks much more like a cartoon in the end than The Simpsons ever has." |
Kevin John Bozelka |
Splat 2/4 |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"In the end, John Tucker is a lot like high school: I'll look back on it with a smile, but I'm glad it's behind me." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato 3/4 |
Johnny English (2003) |
"In a summer filled with overcooked turkeys, it's a refreshingly irreverent snack." |
Mack Bates |
Splat 2/4 |
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) |
"For the most part, the road scenes drag on too long and get the movie sidetracked en route to the movie's modest 'family always comes first' message." |
Nick Carter |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"Nelson gives plenty of time to the intelligent, articulate members who provide riveting details about those days nearly 30 years ago and their reflections now, but he doesn't provide historical context for the events." |
Michele Kenner |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Joshua (2007) |
"Scenes that are meant to be scary end up generating laughs." |
Steve Ramos |
Splat |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"As calculating as the consumer marketing machine it villainizes." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Tomato 3/4 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
"The last time I saw a 3-D movie in a movie theater I got the glasses from a cereal box. Suffice it to say, the technology has advanced a bit, and the filmmakers use it to impressive effect." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato 3/4 |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"A microcosm of humanity whose members are more alike than not." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 3/4 |
Julie & Julia (2009) |
"Elevating the mediocre simply by one's presence is probably the definition of star power, and Streep makes good material better and marginal material worth watching." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
Jump Tomorrow (2001) |
"The film takes its multiethnic casting for granted, and the earnest Adebimpe gives the comically pleasing impression of a man uncomfortable in his own skin." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jumper (2008) |
"Jumper has all the pieces of an exciting, engaging supernatural slugfest: exotic locations, cool high-tech toys and sweet special effects." |
Stanley A. Miller II |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Junebug (2005) |
"It is a modest but brilliantly acted, spiritually rewarding and often heartbreaking portrait of life as a work in progress." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jungle Book 2 (2003) |
"An innocent, entertaining film that boasts big names in lead roles." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Juno (2007) |
"The film is a portrait of family as a messy group hug and a dysfunctional miracle. And, considering that it is a comedy about teenage pregnancy, it preserves the dignity of its theme by revealing the humanity of the people involved." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Just Friends (2005) |
"Just Friends will ultimately be as forgettable as the weird kid who sat in front of you in geometry. He may have made you laugh during seventh period, but you can't recall his name today." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
"Viewers are likely to feel they are enduring the film for an eternity rather than being entertained by it." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 1/4 |
Just Married (2003) |
"Ideal for those who think that someone getting hit in the face every two minutes is absolutely as good as comedy gets." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 1/4 |
Just My Luck (2006) |
"It turns out Lohan isn't the one with the bad luck; the audience is." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat |
Just Visiting (2001) |
"Makes one wish government inspectors were as diligent in keeping it out of the country as they are in monitoring diseased livestock." |
Duane Dudek |
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