Tomato 2.5/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"I found myself entertained, engaged and, occasionally, pleasantly surprised." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Splat 2/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"A mostly threadbare Christmas stocking with too many plot holes to patch." |
Graham Killeen |
Splat 2/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"Even at 97 minutes, The Pacifier is too long." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"Many story elements are predictable, and they rely on superior acting to make up for other shortcomings." |
Michele Kenner |
Splat 2/4 |
Palindromes (2005) |
"Caricature posing as poetic license." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"[Del Toro's] stories have the haunting persistence of repressed memories filtered through history and folklore that can make audiences tremble with recognition, and is the hallmark of fantasy as social, sexual and psychological allegory." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Fincher brings suspense but few surprises to this mousetrap of a tale written by Pewaukee native David Koepp, who has baited it with a cheese-flavored McGuffin." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"The pretend moments call into question the legitimacy of the genuine ones, until it becomes impossible for Paper Heart to make its own point." |
Graham Killeen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paprika (2007) |
"The standard stuff of B-movies comes to life under Kon's playful imagination." |
Michele Kenner |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"How else to understand and, more to the point, pre-empt such actions?" |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"Paranoid Park is different, in that it also has a narrative -- a mystery, in fact -- that gives it a dramatic tension Van Sant's recent films have lacked." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paris (2009) |
"When these Parisians actually do connect, the city's magic finally begins to shine. Binoche, in particular, positively glows when things finally go right for her. Still, such moments seem a long time coming, and often feel, well, a bit rushed." |
Chris Foran |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paris 36 (2008) |
"Paris 36 is a quaint trifle, re-creating an era and its atmosphere with nostalgia and affection." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"Anthologies can be uneven, and that is the case here. Some of these films do feel insubstantial. But others are rooted in the sorts of common experiences that will seem authentic to you, no matter where you live." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Party Monster (2003) |
"Hedonism deserves better representation." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"A dramatically powerful statement." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Patch Adams (1998) |
"This contrived feel-good film is a bit like adding artificial sweetener to eggnog." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"Pathfinder sweeps fantasy to a new level: gritty, layered, chill-chasing." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato |
The Patriot (2000) |
"Whether protecting his brood or his nation, Gibson is the quintessential American stoic." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"Co-produced by Adam Sandler, Mall Cop has an innate sweetness that's reminiscent of Sandler's 1998 romantic comedy The Wedding Singer, although the laughs don't quite reach those levels." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"Like a smart but lazy student trying to get through school on the strength of his or her personality rather than good study habits, it fails to live up to its promise." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Payback (1999) |
"Bloody-handed but hip!" |
Jackie Loohauis |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paycheck (2003) |
"Woo isn't as much interested in ideas as in the physical complications they provide. Nor does he work too hard to give the scenario credibility." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Peaceful Warrior (2006) |
"Works overtime to inspire audiences, but relies way too much on pop-mysticism and half-baked artifice to make its point stick." |
Mack Bates |
Splat |
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"While the scale is mostly grand, the scope often feels cramped." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Penelope (2008) |
"A Cinderella story via Shrek and Tim Burton, Penelope is at its best when we're gazing into those eyes, or seeing the world through them." |
Paul Kosidowski |
Splat 2/4 |
The Perfect Crime (2005) |
"Scattered clever moments do not a good dark comedy make." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Holiday (2007) |
"Queen Latifah often is the saving grace of many of the movies she's in. That can't be said of her latest, however." |
Mack Bates |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"Duff's desperate, self-absorbed attempts to make her scheme work include setting off the water sprinklers in a crowded New York restaurant. It's supposed to be charming and amusing, but it feels irritating and dangerous." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"The abundance of stereotypes is annoying; each character sticks to type and recites dialogue you would expect that type to say." |
Paul Doro |
Splat |
The Perfect Storm (2000) |
"The Perfect Storm is as detached and mechanical as a production of Moby Dick staged by the Weather Channel." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"What's really irritating about Perfect Stranger is not how bad it is, but how close it came to being good." |
Cathy Jakicic |
Tomato 3/4 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
"Perfume is not gratuitously violent, nor does it focus on the act of murder itself. There are numerous suspenseful and creepy scenes showing Jean-Baptiste at work, but, primarily, the movie is the study of a troubled human being." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Perhaps Love (2006) |
"If you're willing to last through the first 20 minutes -- when almost nothing makes sense -- you'll find yourself sucked into one of the most astonishing and original films in recent years." |
Mary-Liz Shaw |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Persepolis (2007) |
"Persepolis is passionate, comically poignant and universally familiar in ways that expose the penguins and rodents that are its fellow Oscar nominees for best animated feature as being commercial and conventional." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Personal Velocity (2002) |
"Together, Miller, Kuras and the actresses make Personal Velocity into an intricate, intimate and intelligent journey." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Peter Pan (2003) |
"Apparently, the filmmakers felt characterization would only get in the way of the special effects." |
Paul Doro |
Splat 2/4 |
Phat Girlz (2006) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"Schumacher's tightening of the noose and Farrell's devolution are fine as far as they go, but they go only to a point short of the cathartic kick in the pants that would move it to the next level." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Pianist (2002) |
"Joins Polanski and Szpilman's memories into a concerto of grief with stunning accompaniment by Brody." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Piano Teacher (2002) |
"The Piano Teacher does not have a sentimental bone in its body, and is smugly difficult for this reason." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"Few films have captured the guilt, anxiety and gallows humor of Thanksgiving as successfully." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Piglet's Big Movie (2003) |
"A better narrative than Tigger, and more faithful to the original stories, with deeper, more meaningful themes." |
Mary-Liz Shaw |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"The simple storyline plays out as expected in a series of comically violent chase and action scenes skillfully rendered by another independent film director gone mainstream -- David Gordon Green." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Pink Panther (2006) |
"Martin does a good job stumbling into Sellers' shoes, and it's all funny enough, depending on your tolerance for slapstick and odd accents." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Pink Panther 2 (2009) |
"Despite all the supporting star power, it's Martin's physical comedy that makes the movie." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"A vastly accomplished bit of commercial filmmaking, with all the payoffs and pitfalls that such faint praise implies." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"Call me old-fashioned, but any movie that lasts two and one half hours should have an ending." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"A fast-moving, wickedly funny and vividly mounted distraction that brings to mind adventure romps like The Mummy, The Princess Bride and Disney's The Mask of Zorro, with Antonio Banderas." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Pitch Black (2000) |
"Lowbrow story line." |
Nick Carter |
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