Tomato 3.5/5 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"Watching Van Peebles portray papa Melvin's struggle to bring filmdom into line with his militant conscience, you can't help but be swept up in the rediscovered intoxication of it all." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3/5 |
Babel (2006) |
"At two and a half hours, it's never boring but has trouble connecting the disparate characters into a cohesive whole. In fact, the Japanese story, while providing many beautiful, graceful moments, belongs to another movie entirely." |
John Thomason |
Splat |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Fans of Singleton’s early work may be disappointed by the shrill, pointless exchanges, directionless nature and tidy conclusions of Baby Boy." |
Philip Booth |
Tomato |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"The Bachelor makes for a fine date movie." |
George Meyer |
Splat 3/5 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"[A] numbing extravaganza of cynical dumbness." |
Steve Schneider |
- |
Bad Company (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"Rendering child molestation and its aftermath as pulp pursuits raises all sorts of moral red flags, but it proves an efficient method of renewing audience interest in an ever-more-familiar pandemic." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3/5 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"What the remake does contribute is a reassuringly unforced tone and the idea that losing with (something like) dignity beats winning at all costs -- a message that resonates even more now than it did in 1976." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"It isn't always a model of ingenuity, but more often than not, it's terrifically funny. As in still-laughing- the-next-day funny." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
Bait (2000) |
"If nothing else, Bait reasserts Foxx's possibilities as an actor who can carry a movie on his own." |
George Meyer |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"[A] strange blend of a daughter's coming of age and a father's advancing toward death." |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
Tomato |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"... fun and informative ..." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"[A] big, beautifully photographed and somewhat mushy film." |
Richard C. Walls |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"The Band’s Visit is a charming little drama that skirts sentimentality and manages to be a feel-good film without necessarily feeling very good." |
Anders Wright |
Splat 2/5 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"Too bad writer/ director Bob Dolman can't think of anything better to do with the premise than turning it into Grumpy Old Sluts." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"Sébastien, Nathalie and the film's other secondary characters are neat, shaded creations ably played. But unfortunately, this isn't their movie." |
Ian Grey |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Barbershop (2002) |
"Pratfalls aside, Barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other." |
Steve Schneider |
- |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"Barnyard doesn't know if it wants to be another tiresomely 'hip' piece of post-Shrek postmodernism or a comfortably traditional kids' movie that delivers family values without the self-conscious smirk." |
John Thomason |
Tomato 4/5 |
Basic (2003) |
"A crackling good popcorn movie with perhaps one too many twists in its pretzel of a plot." |
Tom Siebert |
Splat |
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"The film's hilarious intended subtitle, Risk Addiction, sadly didn't make it to the release stage, but there are still enough variations of it in the final shooting script to make for a fun drinking game when you rent the DVD three weeks from now." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 3/5 |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"Battle for Terra makes a visually sophisticated break from the usual kid-fare, but the filmmakers have neglected to up the ante in any other respect." |
Cynthia Hawkins |
Splat |
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"Wooden acting, sappy melodrama and illogical plot lines." |
Philip Booth |
Tomato 3/5 |
Be Cool (2005) |
"A fun reunion of sorts and a new spin on the senseless sequel." |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"Gondry invites us to rewind to a time before corporate domination, while failing to realize that 'corporate' and 'professional' are not synonyms." |
Scott Renshaw |
Splat |
The Beach (2000) |
"Less -than- gripping." |
Philip Booth |
Tomato |
A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"An affecting motion picture that confronts its subject head-on yet doesn't lay its life-affirming message on too thick." |
Steve Schneider |
- |
Beautiful Washing Machine, The (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jason Ferguson |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"There’s not a member of the cast who isn’t better than this premise or its execution." |
Cole Haddon |
Splat 2/5 |
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"The film’s notion of Austen’s great works being nothing loftier than the result of failed puppy love suggests the filmmakers perversely believe that gross oversimplification is a virtue." |
Ian Grey |
- |
Bedazzled (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
John Thomason |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Bee Movie (2007) |
"A desperate, unfocused collection of bits and schtick that sends you out of the theater exhausted and unsatisfied." |
Michael Hastings |
Splat |
Bee Season (2005) |
"We're knee-deep in tastefully presented balderdash." |
Ian Grey |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Beerfest (2006) |
"Its most egregious trait is the inability to conjure up laughs over the course of two hours." |
John Thomason |
Tomato |
Before Night Falls (2000) |
"Some of Schnabel's out-there tactics work, and some don't, but when he scores, he scores big time." |
Mike Giuliano |
Splat 1/5 |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"As dull as drying paint -- little more than the sound of Linklater talking to himself in an echo chamber." |
Ian Grey |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"Loaded with operatic gravity and noirish fatalism." |
John Thomason |
Splat |
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) |
"A perpetual din of screeching metal and roaring jet engines; if we wanted to hear planes this loud, we would enlist." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Being Julia (2004) |
"A character like this one has more layers than a viewer can count, and Bening is just brilliant at conveying the idea that Julia is always acting." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 5/5 |
Bella (2007) |
"Where a typical love story is often fantastical, the characters and situations in Bella are penetratingly real, with the grit, glare and sorrow that so often invades reality." |
Cynthia Conlin |
- |
Below (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat |
The Benchwarmers (2006) |
"Rob Schneider and David Spade welcome Jon Heder into the fraternity of comic actors who will never again enjoy a shred of credibility." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"Yes, you've seen every second of it countless times before; thanks to some slick filmmaking and heartfelt performances, you won't mind terribly watching it again." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
Best in Show (2000) |
"A laugh-out-loud mock documentary." |
Philip Booth |
Splat |
The Best Man (1999) |
"Lee's story, which rambles on for a good half-hour longer than is necessary, contains little we haven't already seen dozens of times at the movies." |
George Meyer |
Splat |
Better Housekeeping (2002) |
"The script lacks the sophistication that would motivate anyone but a Springer fan to keep watching in hopes that the battling couple would soon annihilate each other." |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) |
"You don't have to be an honor student to take this Ellis-esque exposé over The Rules of Attraction any day." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat |
Bewitched (2005) |
"The only elements that really work are the supporting cast's spot-on imitations of Bewitched series vets like Paul Lynde and Marion Lorne." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2/5 |
Beyond Borders (2003) |
"[A] message-lite stinker." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
Beyond the Mat (1999) |
"Intriguing." |
Serena Donadoni |
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