Splat |
O (2001) |
"The oddball O is a blunt answer to the conceptual question: When is Shakespeare no longer Shakespeare?" |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |
"[The Coen brothers] show fine streaks of vim and do great casting." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
O Fantasma (2000) |
"It extends the writings of Jean Genet and John Rechy, the films of Fassbinder, perhaps even the nocturnal works of Goya." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"All glitz and glibness, the film makes 1960's ego party, which had the mock substance of happy-hour celebrity, seem rather deep." |
David Elliott |
Splat 1/4 |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"Plot pieces barely fit, almost nothing is clearly explained, the gizmos and twists are stupid, the wit witless. This movie smokes a fat cigar of assumption, smug that most viewers will need to feel like insiders." |
David Elliott |
Splat 0/4 |
Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
"Pitt and Clooney seem to be on paid vacation, goosing their egos like jolly truants (the royal theft here is their salaries)." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
October Sky (1999) |
"A story both grounded and ascendent, a movie that puts your emotions in orbit." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Off the Map (2005) |
"Despite some florid narration it is quietly spoken, humorous, quick with sympathy." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Office Space (1999) |
"Brilliant!" |
David Elliott |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Oh in Ohio (2006) |
"The Oh in Ohio has a light, scampy spirit that rides to its rescue, often enough." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Oldboy (2005) |
"Much of it is well made, capably acted and photographed." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 4/4 |
Oliver Twist (2005) |
"Oliver Twist has been done repeatedly on film and TV, but never better than in Roman Polanski's beautiful and tough-minded movie." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
The Omen (2006) |
"John Moore directed with verve, and glosses nonsense with artful lighting. The audience is lured into not giggling too early or often, though decapitation gets a howl." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.4/5 |
On A Clear Day (2006) |
"The social, economic and personal stresses don't seem very surely addressed by the big swim." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
On the Line (2001) |
"Unless you're 10 and an 'NSYNC fan, you can afford to miss this flick." |
Jessica Yadegaran |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) |
"New York went bust, so did the team, yet scattered seeds for smarter soccer growth later." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"Goes nowhere, furiously." |
David Elliott |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"[A] flaccid bore." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The One (2001) |
"The moviemakers left the story line open for a sequel, but in this case, let's hope once is enough." |
Jerry McCormick |
Splat 2.5/4 |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"This could have been a modest classic, but writer Romanek turned the suspense of artful neurosis toward pulpy psychosis." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"The script's interlocking stories are dull, and the actors respond with variations on their most predictable themes." |
Karla Peterson |
Tomato |
One True Thing (1998) |
"It's Streep to the max!" |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) |
"The opening scene is best, of men combatively climbing a huge tree like crazed monkeys. After that, it's a steady slide down into the sludge pond of global junk cinema." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 4/4 |
Open Range (2003) |
"If you grew up on Westerns, which are now an old-time religion, Open Range is a ride you want to share." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Open Water (2004) |
"Not bad at all (the music is a little trite), but where is the incentive to experience it? Less a horror film than a misery spree." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Orange County (2002) |
"The wit is smart but also snarky." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) |
"Judging by audience reaction -- out of their seats, in the aisles, standing up, swaying to the music, howling in recognition of material that hit home -- these kings rule." |
Jerry McCormick |
Tomato |
Original Sin (2001) |
"Works on a sensual, insinuating level." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
The Orphanage (2007) |
"The truly disturbing element is the heavy reliance on childhood loneliness, fear and sickness." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Osama (2003) |
"Outrage is concentrated by art, but how can you urge people to watch a child being tortured for 82 minutes?" |
David Elliott |
Splat |
Osmosis Jones (2001) |
"We sense Howard the Duck II struggling to emerge, perhaps holding the flaccid trunk of Murray's elephant bomb Larger Than Life." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Other Conquest (2007) |
"A grand mural of trauma, with superb colors, a great escape scene and fertile myth-probing about how masters and vassals together forged the hot core of Mexican Catholicism." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The Other Sister (1999) |
"This movie offers itself to us like a cow with too many udders." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The Others (2001) |
"Favors too much teasing delay spiced by arbitrary insinuations (war guilt, marital discord, etc.) and a 'surprise' topper that could have made even Rod Serling squirm." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Our Lady of the Assassins (2001) |
"Schroeder has made his best film." |
David Elliott |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Out of Time (2003) |
"Dynamic but obsessively remote from reality, Out of Time is like a drive-in movie for a car junkyard. The motor races, but the tires are flat, while the characters are given sizzle by their cell phones." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Outside Providence (1999) |
"Baldwin is so good he deserves a Farrelly Oscar." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
Over the Hedge (2006) |
"Two directors plus five writers show some taste and keep things impish for kids, with cute jokes and a soft pitch at the end for family values. But we can tell when they're seeking to amuse themselves." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Owning Mahowny (2003) |
"More like a case study than a drama." |
David Elliott |