Tomato 3/4 |
Tadpole (2002) |
"Both calculated and breezy, spoofing romantic film cliches while indulging in some of those tactics, Tadpole is a frisky swimmer." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The Tailor of Panama (2001) |
"I might have enjoyed The Tailor of Panama a bit more if it did not echo a much sharper and more amusing romp in the cane field of Latin American intrigue, Our Man in Havana." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"This handsomely lighted movie has the craft to make the dances vivid but not too spectacular, the dancers eager but not just showbiz animals. Take the Lead merits taking the lead for a weekend or so." |
David Elliott |
Splat 1/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Jolie hits a new low in Taking Lives." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"A basket of old thorns." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
"About as facile and sidewinding as its main character." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"Somewhere between a warm buddy's embrace of earthy turf and a sneering grin at the slob underbelly of America, the comedy has traction. It's like the crop from a seed that Burt Reynolds lobbed into a spittoon, years ago." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Tape (2001) |
"Nothing is quite deep, but the actors are utterly at home in their outbreaks and ambushes." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Often this is like watching a film by a Diane Arbus who grew up in the video age." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
The Taste of Others (2001) |
"Good-hearted and deeply funny." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tattoo (2002) |
"Its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 4/4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"A methodically constructed, step-by-step detailing of how the Bush administration's policy of condoning torture trickled -- flowed, really; poured -- down the chain of command to inundate the largely untrained troops in the field." |
Arthur Salm |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Te Amo: Made In Chile (2001) |
"An uneven but endearing movie." |
Beth Wood |
Tomato 3/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"Three times in the course of Team America: World Police I laughed so hard I thought I was crying, and when I checked, sure enough." |
Arthur Salm |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) |
"Camp out with Tears, a hoot, and your tent will be wet only from tears of laughter." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"Fuqua has a fairly conventional script for a war team film, but his feeling for the thick landscape and the people within it has moral thrust." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Teknolust (2002) |
"The plot is vapor, but tech whimsy, movie lifts and funny multiples of Swinton sustain a San Franciscan charm." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ten (2003) |
"A fine film." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"Just fasten your seat belt for an undisciplined, unrefined mess. That's a compliment, by the way, on the movie's pleasures and appeal." |
Lee Grant |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Tennis, Anyone...? (2005) |
"The movie isn't deeply about anything, even including tennis, though it has a smartly rancid skill in spearing phonies." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"The word on this one is simple: Enjoy." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"... satisfying." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 4/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Watch it and light up, mentally." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"We'll spare you the spoiler. And though it has its moments, you might want to spare yourself the movie." |
James Hebert |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"A marvel of postwar British skill with a frisson of Gallic flavor." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Except for children, who might find this a breathless gift, the film's personality is defined by its locomotive: showmanship." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"Anderson is a gambler who likes wild cards." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
The Thin Red Line (1998) |
"A subtler, stronger, deeper film than Steven Spielberg's D-Day epic." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"It's a soaper about a doper and a classy widow. Keep that in mind, even if you give way to seduction." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"A powerful drama about a girl, her family and the pressure-cooker temperature of modern life." |
Beth Wood |
Tomato 4/4 |
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) |
"The movie has a soft, percolating magic, a deadpan suspense." |
David Elliott |
Splat |
Thirteen Days (2000) |
"Thirteen Days is like TV writ large, but not large enough to freshly illuminate history." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) |
"As long as the kids leave the theater twirling and dancing, you've got a magical family experience." |
Nina Garin |
Tomato |
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999) |
"A swift, deluxe and enjoyable escape." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Thomas in Love (2001) |
"Thomas in Love touches on so many subjects and is so visually interesting to watch that it won't just enrich your weekend movie plans, but stimulate your way of thinking as well." |
Nina Garin |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"Jones holds it all together like old chaps glued by sweat, and if you want a modern offshoot of the Western even beyond the risks of Brokeback Mountain, here it is." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Three Kings (1999) |
"A macho action movie with a brain. And some political conscience." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Three to Tango (1999) |
"Super-cute." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thumbsucker (2005) |
"Mills can compose and hold an image, has a gift for sly pacing and mood seepage, and seems a hipster aware of how melancholy and absurdity correspond." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (2006) |
"This pilgrim's taste runs more to Martin Scorsese's Tibetan drama Kundun, and a third-act exit should not be taken by the pious as a skeptic's review." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 4/4 |
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2003) |
"You can feel the movie's skin against your own, and your heart goes out to it." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"Corpse Bride is like cotton candy, spun to glisten by happy spiders." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Time Machine (2002) |
"... a far smarter remake of Wells than the 1996 Island of Dr. Moreau, a ludicrous giggle party for Marlon Brando." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Time Out (2002) |
"Full of bland hotels, highways, parking lots, with some glimpses of nature and family warmth, Time Out is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life." |
David Elliott |
Splat 2/4 |
Timeline (2003) |
"The hack novel by Michael Crichton did not inspire anyone to the level of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Titan A.E. (2000) |
"Delivers more than enough to satisfy." |
David Elliott |
Tomato |
Titus (1999) |
"Titus is a spectacle for the eyes and viscera, but also the heart and brain." |
David Elliott |
Tomato 3/4 |
Todo El Poder (2003) |
"A humorous and highly entertaining film." |
Hiram Soto |
Tomato |
Together (2001) |
"So on-target is writer and director Lukas Moodysson's satiric, affectionate and hilarious re-creation of this time and incense-laden atmosphere that Together sometimes feels like a homemade documentary." |
Arthur Salm |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Together (2003) |
"Kaige's movie is in the long tradition of sentimental slop about musical dreamers." |
David Elliott |
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