Tomato 3.5/4 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"The best summer action movie since 1994's Speed." |
Mack Bates |
Tomato 2/4 |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"Sure, the film is a strange vehicle for Pacino. But he pulls the part off perfectly." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"Everyone overacts to beat the band, in time to Maddin's madcap and totally original beat." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sade (2002) |
"This time out, [Sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful, responsible and reckless, idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested." |
Nick Carter |
Splat 2/4 |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"The effectiveness of The Safety of Objects and all such 'burb-angst weepies comes down to how far viewers will go toward feeling empathetic, or even sympathetic, rather than resentful toward such self-absorbed and self-loathing characters." |
Nick Carter |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sahara (2005) |
"Believable? Nah. But when a movie is this fun, who cares?" |
Meg Jones |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Saints And Soldiers |
"Little makes good use of modest resources, but after a while, the film's less-is-more aesthetic grows threadbare." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) |
"That the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, Mother Nature and Cupid even appear suggests that the franchise is already out of ideas, and is aiming itself at a less discriminating audience of the very young." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saraband (2005) |
"A good note to end on for a filmmaker renowned for his greatness." |
Piet Levy |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005) |
"Sarah Silverman is the third rail of American comedy." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
The Savages (2007) |
"The moral is: Don't get sick and don't get old." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"The movie is flabby and fails to pack a punch, lacking the high-energy numbers needed to boost the tempo and get toes tapping." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Saved! (2004) |
"This faith-generic look at belief is spirited and sly but never subversive." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Saving Face (2005) |
"Equal parts adorable and unbelievable." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat |
Saving Grace (2000) |
"You can save yourself from this desperately amiable and harmlessly dull Britcom ... if you just say no." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Saw (2004) |
"Though crudely drawn, clumsily acted and 20 minutes too long, Saw is just ingenious enough to hold your interest." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Saw II (2005) |
"Think gore, gore and more gore. That's all the filmmakers can deliver from a concept that's already broken its teeth." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Splat |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"There are a few giggles among the grossness, but with movie tickets going for more than $7 a pop these days, don't you want more?" |
Sue Pierman |
Splat |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"This film doesn't have the overall hilarity of the first." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"Someone needs to tell Mrs. Zucker that her son David is being naughty again." |
Jackie Loohauis |
Tomato 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie 4 (2006) |
"Scary Movie 4 piles on the gags rat-a-tat-tat style. Like clowns throwing cream pies, some hit their mark. Many miss." |
Meg Jones |
Splat 1.5/4 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"The screenplay, co-written by director Todd Phillips (Old School) is obvious and uninspired and prevents the comically adept Thornton from letting loose." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3/4 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"A family movie in the way The Osbournes is a family TV show. It puts the brimstone back into the treacle and, in the process, puts in the fun." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Schultze Gets the Blues (2005) |
"In his debut film, German writer-director Michael Schorr has crafted a deadpan and droll, yet lyrical, whale-out-of-water tale about defying peer pressure and self-limitations." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"The result is a portrait of your brain on imagination and joy. It's not rocket science, but it would be hard to dream up a more satisfying experience." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) |
"Aimed squarely at young viewers, Scooby-Doo 2 makes little effort to please anyone else. Even at 90 minutes, the movie drags." |
Paul Doro |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"Worth its weight in Scooby snacks." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Scoop (2006) |
"If Match Point, the most successful of the seven films that Allen has made this millennium alone, brought him one step closer to creative vigor and a renewed relevance, Scoop is two steps back." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato |
The Score (2001) |
"...no worse or no better than the rest, which makes it just good enough." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"Nothing but an episode of Smackdown! in period costume and with a bigger budget." |
Gemma Tarlach |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scotland, PA (2002) |
"The combined talents of cast and crew create a new take on an enduring drama that pairs nicely with a side order of kitsch." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2/4 |
Scratch (2002) |
"A determined and carefully made but ultimately unsatisfying effort." |
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Splat |
Scream 3 (2000) |
"More of the same." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"The result, as imagined by Amenábar, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo Gil, is like watching the human spirit flash before your eyes." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"[Ross'] fair and noble account captures the spirit of the book, if not the journalism." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Seaside (2003) |
"A poignant and often charming but always understated look at drifting lives." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"Secondhand Lions is a sweet remembrance about an endless summer and two old men who changed a 14-year-old boy's destiny." |
Sue Pierman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secret Ballot (2002) |
"An ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"Although the lessons seem slight and sometimes even elementary, this does not make them any less heartfelt or sincere." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"Deeply felt." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Blandly staged and simply told." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secretary (2002) |
"Shainberg weaves a carefully balanced scenario that is controlled by neither character, is weirdly sympathetic to both and manages to be tender and darkly comic." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
Seducing Dr. Lewis (2004) |
"While it begins with a whimsical, promising and slightly bawdy bit of magical realism, it turns into a familiar, conventional and sentimental underdog tale that just won't hunt." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
The Seeker (2007) |
"Screenwriter John Hodge strips Cooper's story of its details and charm, reducing it to a kind of characterless, elemental video game -- an apocalyptic scavenger hunt." |
Paul Kosidowski |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"The conceptually canny but narratively disappointing Semi-Pro finds [Ferrell] taking one step forward and two steps back." |
Duane Dudek |
Splat 2/4 |
The Sentinel (2006) |
"It's a direct-to-DVD-quality effort with a byzantine pulp-airport-novel plot line." |
Duane Dudek |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
September Dawn (2007) |
"If September Dawn is a kind of Western, it's a Western utterly devoid of heroism or the usual archetypes. But the core message transcends time: Hatred laced with religious fanaticism is a toxic blend." |
Dave Tianen |
Splat |
The September Issue (2009) |
"Wintour's face, sometimes sans her trademark shades, is often the focus of Cutler's lens. But she reveals little of what's in her heart ... and neither does the movie." |
Kathy Flanigan |
Tomato |
Serendipity (2001) |
"A pleasant enough diversion, but it doesn't pack the wry punch of Cusack's classic romantic comedy, 1989's Say Anything." |
Sue Pierman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Serenity (2005) |
"The Serenity itself is a low-tech Millennium Falcon-type scow, losing parts on its way to another hard landing, and the film's effects are modest yet effective." |
Duane Dudek |
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