Splat D |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"There are worse things to be found in the slimiest corners of the Internet, but this second film installment of the MTV series brings the lowest excesses of webcam exhibitionism to the mutiplex." |
Bill White |
Splat C+ |
The Jacket (2005) |
"Maybury's attempt at a more mainstream movie is really just a simple love story cloaked in a lot of metaphysical mumbo-jumbo." |
Paula Nechak |
Splat C |
Jackpot (2001) |
""Jackpot" takes a wrong turn down the backroads of the American dream without giving a satisfying glimpse of the travelers or the landscape." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
Jakob the Liar (1999) |
"Williams' self-conscious and rather bland performance never comes close to bringing his character to life." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"The actors are good -- especially Bello, Blunt (who makes Prudie a heartbreak of shrill, unfulfilled dreams and desires) and Dancy." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato B |
Japanese Story (2004) |
"A profound and moving movie." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato A- |
Jarhead (2005) |
"It's a powerful experience that measures the human cost of its war -- and all war, really -- less in terms of battlefield statistics than in the subtle, degenerative psychological effect that it sends rippling through a generation and a society." |
William Arnold |
- |
Jason X (2002) |
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Tomato B- |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"I can’t imagine how Smith can capture a big enough audience to pay off this private joke, but the inner geek in me had too much fun to care." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
Jeepers Creepers (2001) |
"... an eerie return to old-fashioned scary movies. You get the sense writer/director Victor Salva really takes this seriously.
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Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
Jellyfish (2008) |
"It has the modest scope of a short-story collection, with simply but vividly sketched characters that briefly glow within their tales." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C+ |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"His ease with characters and clever dialogue helps sustain the film through an otherwise utterly familiar story and pat, predictable ending." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"It makes an unsettling case that America is fast becoming the thing it professes to hate." |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Jesus' Son (1999) |
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Paula Nechak |
Tomato B- |
Jet Lag (2003) |
"While there aren't many surprises in Jet Lag, there's joy in watching the film's stars -- the ever-likable Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno." |
Paula Nechak |
Splat C |
A Jihad for Love (2007) |
"It is presented as an inside view of the issue, but bears the judgmental stamp of the outsider, almost to the point of cultural exploitation." |
Bill White |
Splat C |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"Jimmy Carter/Man From Plains... is a smug, self-righteous monologue from a professional politician." |
Bill White |
Tomato A- |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) |
"For all their rambunctious energy and rebellion, these kids are innocents out of a 1950s sitcom and the film steers clear of the adult in-jokes and bodily function humor that litters so many recent family films." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato A |
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (2001) |
"...this sober, subtle socio-political suspense tale has more in common with a John LeCarre conspiracy novel than space opera or metaphysical sci-fi." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
Jindabyne (2007) |
"A rich, unsettling film that gives us insight into all sides and forces us to wrestle with conscience and our own brand of right and wrong. It polarizes us to make us united." |
Paula Nechak |
- |
Joe Dirt (2001) |
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Tomato 6/10 |
Joe Gould's Secret (2000) |
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Sean Axmaker |
Splat |
Joe Somebody (2001) |
"Marginally enjoyable but wincingly shallow and eminently forgettable." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) |
"Julien Temple has assembled a complex portrait of a human being and the times in which he lived." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Joe the King (1999) |
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Paula Nechak |
Splat C- |
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"Instead of Ghosts of Mars, this movie should be called Ghosts of John Carpenter, because it's the palest possible imitation of the kind of movies he made in his better days during the '70s and '80s." |
William Arnold |
Splat C |
John Q (2002) |
"The criticism never rises above easy, cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters..." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"The direction by Betty Thomas is snappy and bright... (but) the film lacks the nerve for any genuinely nasty fun or comic bite." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
Johnny English (2003) |
"Fans of Rowan Atkinson and the low-key lunacy of his brand of British humor are going to love his turn as the world's most unqualified secret agent." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat D |
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) |
"Tired and glib, it tries to milk humor from the sniping, sass and simple disrespect of its unpleasant traveling companions." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat D |
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) |
"The pandering, sappy script misses ample opportunities for satire and never brims with enough material or ideas to sustain the picture's 85-minute running time." |
Paul West |
Tomato B |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"It is a frightening epitaph for what is surely one of the 20th century's most heartbreaking cautionary tales against giving one up to the will of another." |
Bill White |
Tomato B+ |
Joshua (2007) |
"Director George Ratliff plays pitch-perfect on the tautly wound strings of our innermost fears that nothing -- not love, wealth or intelligence -- can protect us from the monsters we harbor." |
Gianni Truzzi |
Splat C |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"Kaplan and Elfont aren't skilled enough to make the film work as a stinging satire." |
William Arnold |
- |
Journey From The Fall (2007) |
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Tomato B- |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
"It's harmless fun, and it makes for an often impressive display of the latest generation of computer-wizardry." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Joy Ride (2001) |
"A white-knuckle ride all the way." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"The performances are first-rate, the production values (which do not rely on the usual cartoonish CGI effects) are strong, and [director] Carion captures the special insanity of stalemated trench warfare with an unusual horrific flair." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004) |
"... 90 minutes of ghost story goosebumps. Shimizu has an old-fashioned sense of scary movies and creates an atmosphere of dread from simple techniques..." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C+ |
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) |
"While julien donkey-boy is neither bourgeois nor romantic, it is often unsettlingly funny, though it ultimately recedes into a dark womb of despair." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato B+ |
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) |
"The film is just wonderfully ... well, Fellini-esque." |
William Arnold |
- |
Juliette of the Herbs (2000) |
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Tomato B |
Jump Tomorrow (2001) |
"The feature debut of NYU graduate Joel Hopkins is an old-fashioned screwball road-trip romance with a modern flair and a funky lounge score." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
Jumper (2008) |
"The proceedings soon deteriorate into one more tedious slugfest, with some laughably inane dialogue and so many story holes that you quickly lose count." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Junebug (2005) |
"Composed of small moments that, in their questioning, touch on something illuminating about the human heart and its mysterious adaptability." |
Paula Nechak |
Splat C- |
Jungle Book 2 (2003) |
"The message that beats weakly beneath the heart of The Jungle Book 2 -- be true to yourself -- is muddled by a slow pace and some musical numbers that are labored and surprisingly uninspired." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato A- |
Juno (2007) |
"The sophomore film from Jason Reitman is as smart and funny as his debut feature Thank You for Smoking, and even more affectionate and full of life." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
Jurassic Park III (2001) |
"The movie goes down much easier than its predecessor." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
Just a Kiss (2002) |
"Stevens has a flair for dialogue comedy, the film operates nicely off the element of surprise, and the large cast is solid." |
William Arnold |
Splat C- |
Just Friends (2005) |
"Just Friends is a dumb teen comedy." |
Bill White |
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