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Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1/5 |
Hairspray (2007) |
"This screen-to-stage-to-screen disaster spits in the face of John Waters’ decade-defining pop pastiche of harmonious camp and progressive thinking, retaining the basic plotline and anti-segregationist morals but none of the authenticity." |
John Thomason |
Tomato 4/5 |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"The performances are utterly natural, seemingly as offhand as Andrij Parekh's hand-held cinematography." |
Mark Jenkins |
Splat 1/5 |
The Hangover (2009) |
"As if it wasn’t bad enough to be stuck in Las Vegas with these middle-aged misanthropes, The Hangover does the inconceivable disservice of robbing the audience of that elusive sweet spot of GCA usefulness: the drunken escapade." |
Justin Strout |
Splat |
Hannibal (2001) |
"Instead of seasoning Harris' cannibalistic recipe with a few new, nasty flavors, perhaps Scott and his crew should have followed the example of master chefs everywhere and started from scratch." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Having whipped up three basic story ideas, any one of which could be the basis of a decent feature, Roos throws them all in together and gussies them up with preposterous complications." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"Here’s what makes Mike Leigh’s films so good: We expect, since we’re watching a movie, that we’ll eventually see the other side of these characters." |
Anders Wright |
Splat |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"Hard Candy enters a miasma of revelation and revenge – one that might have worked better on the stage than the screen, where the story's claustrophobia and increasingly unwieldy plot twists take a major toll." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"The movie wants to be provocative but just comes off trashy." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3/5 |
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"Often, the boys' misadventures attain a farcical perpetual motion that's as funny as anything playing out on today's movie screens." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
Harrison's Flowers (2002) |
"The graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn Croatia is uncomfortably timely, relevant, and sickeningly real." |
Adele Marley |
Tomato 3/5 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"Chamber of Secrets justifies its 161-minute running time by successfully conjuring a transporting sense of place and injecting stronger themes of darkness and corruption into Harry's previously whimsical existence." |
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Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"Newell not only does Harry Potter right but eclipses the scope, scares and drama of his J.K. Rowling source novel." |
Ian Grey |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"Engaging and beautiful." |
Jason Ferguson |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Fans will welcome the mostly reverent translation, but the uninitiated will find the movie cramped and static." |
Steve Schneider |
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Harsh Times (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
John Thomason |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Hart's War (2002) |
"The second half of the film is pure malarkey." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"You don't go to a movie like this for the sparkling repartee; you go to ride the ride one more time, and director Rob Minkoff delivers with a slew of sight gags and character cameos that will keep faith with the fans." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat |
The Haunting (1999) |
"Most of the blame for this butchery goes to De Bont, who shows less interest in relating a simple haunted-
house story than in engineering a theme-park ride of pure overkill." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"At a certain point, you stop counting the plot elements lifted from the first DD and start clocking the times the movie dares to place them in a different order." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2/5 |
Haven (2006) |
"A film that tries to be sordidly humid, but winds up frustratingly dull." |
Jason Ferguson |
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1.5/5 |
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"It's the worst performance by an Oscar-winning actress since Catwoman." |
Steve Schneider |
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Head of State (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat |
Head Over Heels (2001) |
"Unless you're happy as a pin-up, Freddie, go find yourself something real. Fast." |
George Meyer |
Tomato |
Head-On (2005) |
"Teutonic despair hasn't looked this good since Fassbinder was in business." |
Jessica Bryce Young |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"Three stars, for a trio of quality lead performances that survive the relentless card-shuffling of the plot -- and because Ricky Masters is just a great name any way you slice it." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Heart of the Game (2006) |
"An astounding drama that spans seven years, wrestling with issues of race, gender and class while capturing the struggles of competition with intelligence and intimacy." |
Corey Hall |
Tomato |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"Lacking in keen observation but spirited enough in its old-fashioned bad-girl posturing to win our eyeball-rolling affection." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
Hebrew Hammer (2003) |
"Everybody needs a little burlesque fun with his digital reprogramming, and the politically incorrect good times barely let up in this story." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"Loud, colorful and affecting." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
Heights (2005) |
"The story defies the convention of its genre by actually going somewhere." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 4/5 |
Heist (2001) |
"The tough-guy talk and some great performances give Heist real heat." |
Adele Marley |
Tomato |
Held Up (2000) |
"Thanks to an attractive cast and an air of amiability, much of it works." |
George Meyer |
Splat |
Hellboy (2004) |
"What the picture could use is more in common with del Toro's The Devil's Backbone" |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 5/5 |
Hero (2004) |
"What we're seeing here is nothing less than literary ambition given a one-film-only visual syntax." |
Ian Grey |
Splat |
Heroin Town (2004) |
"Though [Goldbloom's] shot-on-DV movie has a crisp look and an economical 82-minute running time, it lacks variety of both the narrative and ideological types." |
Steve Schneider |
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Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3.5/5 |
Hidalgo (2004) |
"The touches of shocking physicality impart a genuine sense of consequence to a potentially trivial horse opera." |
Steve Schneider |
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Hidden River (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1.5/5 |
Hide and Seek (2005) |
"A predictable pastiche." |
Steve Schneider |
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High (1967) |
Click here to see the review. |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
High Crimes (2002) |
"Much of what happens in High Crimes is utterly stupid, and almost all of it is derivative. But Judd and Freeman bring a zip to their characters that goes far beyond what's on the scripted page." |
Steve Schneider |
Tomato |
High Fidelity (2000) |
"Flawed but smart comedy that works more often than it doesn't." |
Philip Booth |
Splat |
The History Boys (2006) |
"Unfortunately, the staid production never manages to justify the leap from stage to screen." |
Cole Haddon |
Splat |
A History of Violence (2005) |
"Remote and feeling overly fussed over, it's a schematic of identity conflict and family drama with airs of American psycho/socio-study and theme-muddling genre add-ons." |
Ian Grey |
Tomato 3/5 |
Hitch (2005) |
"The streamlined plot is nothing new, but the physical comedy and trademark Smith glibness work their charm." |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
Splat 2/5 |
The Hitcher (2007) |
"This one gets most of its thrills via flashy car wrecks and some spectacularly stupid one-liners." |
Jason Ferguson |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) |
"Flawed-but-fun." |
Steve Schneider |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Hoax (2007) |
"This lie-streaked retelling of a fraud aims not for the meta, but for history-repeating object lesson, explicitly drawing parallels between Irving and Nixon's cons and our current hoax-based regime. But it all rings hollow." |
Ian Grey |
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