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Waiting... (2005) |
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Tomato |
Waking Life (2001) |
"Linklater's earnest good tidings eventually win out over his fruity metaphysics." |
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Splat |
A Walk to Remember (2002) |
"Parents wishing to protect their beloved daughters from cliché overload might do well to withhold the old allowance money for a couple of weeks." |
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Walking Tall (2004) |
"...that the chuckles come so easily is a big part of why he is, indeed, the Great One." |
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Walking Tall (2004) |
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Tomato 5/5 |
"Wallace and Gromit are always amazing. No surprise here." |
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Tomato 5/5 |
"Nick Park is a genius. Enough said." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Warlock (1986) |
"A whole lot of fun...just forget the sequels." |
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Splat 1/5 |
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) |
"Should've been Armageddon for the franchise, but unfortunately they made a third one too." |
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Tomato |
"Richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings." |
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Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004) |
"Be patient, and you'll get rewarded with a good old-fashioned castle siege that's worth the wait." |
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Tomato |
Wasabi (2002) |
"Despite Besson's high-profile name being Wasabi's big selling point, there is no doubt that Krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone." |
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Splat |
The Wash (2001) |
"Snoop Dogg (as Dee Loc) and Dr. Dre (as Sean) let their natural chemistry go completely to waste." |
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Tomato |
The Way of the Gun (2000) |
"If The Usual Suspects is all plot, a winding road map on the printed page, then The Way of the Gun takes place between the lines." |
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Tomato |
The Way We Laughed (2001) |
"Beautifully made and performed, this is a film of considerable insight into both the life of the impoverished and the mystery of human personality." |
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Tomato |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"Succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides." |
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Splat |
The Wedding Planner (2001) |
"Think My Best Friend's Wedding, subtract gay best friend, dorky karaoke scene, charm, and any hint of malice or conflict, and you've got it." |
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Welcome to Collinwood (2002) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) |
"Good set-up; less pay-off than I'd hoped." |
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Splat |
Wendigo (2002) |
"Fessenden continues to do interesting work, and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget. But the problem with Wendigo, for all its effective moments, isn't really one of resources." |
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Tomato |
Werckmeister Harmonies (2001) |
"The pacing is slow, but the film is entrancing and earns a permanent place in the viewer's mind." |
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Tomato 5/5 |
Werewolf of London (1935) |
No article available. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
West Beirut (1998) |
No article available. |
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Tomato 3/5 |
West Side Story (1961) |
"Verrrry cheesy, but you probably knew that going in, so what the hey." |
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Splat |
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) |
"Wet Hot American Summer doesn't swing, doesn't score, can't make it to first base, never even drags its sorry ass out of the dugout." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
What About Bob? (1991) |
"Boomers being really charming and funny." |
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What Alice Found (2003) |
"What Boogie Nights did for porn stars, What Alice Found does for truck-stop hookers" |
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Splat |
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
"What Lies Beneath isn't even a ghost story or a thriller." |
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Tomato |
What Time Is It There? (2002) |
"Those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find What Time Is It There? well worth the time." |
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Splat |
What To Do In Case of Fire? (2002) |
"Schnitzler's film has a great hook, some clever bits and well-drawn, if standard issue, characters, but is still only partly satisfying." |
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Splat |
What Women Want (2000) |
"Doesn't even look to have been directed; manufactured is perhaps a more apt description, pieced together using demographic studies and marketing reports and focus groups." |
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Tomato |
What's Cooking? (2000) |
"Chadha and Berges' script gushes with humanity, but (wipe sweat from brow here) doesn't devolve into excessively sentimental junk." |
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Splat |
"Neither the disaster its title indicates nor the cheap laugh-fest that the presence of Martin Lawrence would imply." |
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Splat |
Whatever It Takes (2000) |
"Mark Schwahn didn't really write Whatever It Takes; he more or less assembled it out of spare parts, pop-culture detritus, the best and worst leftovers available to a first-time writer on a school-lunch budget." |
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When a Stranger Calls (2006) |
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Splat |
When Brendan Met Trudy (2001) |
"Truth to tell, this film could have used a lot more of the old screwball sensibility." |
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Splat 2/5 |
When the Whales Came (1989) |
No article available. |
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Tomato |
Where the Heart Is (2000) |
"It's Portman's film to make or break ... and she's basically a good choice." |
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Splat |
Where the Money Is (2000) |
"It's hard to know whether to blame the movie's failings on Kanievska or on the screenwriters." |
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Splat |
Whipped (2000) |
"Hang out at a frat house or sports bar, and you can hear this kind of talk for free." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
White Men Can't Jump (1992) |
"Amusing and fun." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
White Zombie (1932) |
No article available. |
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Splat 1/5 |
Whiteboyz (1999) |
"Whiteboys is almost as short on substance as its poseur protagonists" |
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Who Killed Bambi (2004) |
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Tomato 5/5 |
Wicked City (1992) |
"Seek this one out. A Hong Kong style Men in Black, with monsters instead of aliens, and more sex. Very cool stuff." |
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Splat 2/5 |
The Wicker Man (1973) |
"Way overrated, and cheesy as hell. Decent premise, though." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Wide Awake (1998) |
No article available. |
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Tomato |
The Widow of St. Pierre (2001) |
"Kusturica has such a powerful screen presence that it's startling no one has thought to use him as an actor before." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Willow (1988) |
"It isn't without significant flaws, but overall an effective and memorable fantasy spectacle." |
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Tomato |
"Anyone who doesn't like the Oompa-Loompa song simply isn't human." |
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