Tomato B- |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"For anyone looking for something totally different in this most overworked of Hollywood genres (comic-book superheroes), this is it." |
William Arnold |
Splat C |
Vacancy (2007) |
"Routine exercise in New Millennium movie mayhem." |
William Arnold |
Splat C |
Vajra Sky Over Tibet (2006) |
"Provoking more ideas than it presents, Vajra Sky Over Tibet is a sketchy introduction to a fascinating subject." |
Bill White |
Tomato B- |
Valentin (2004) |
"I found it light, agreeably short (86 minutes) and mostly quite enjoyable." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
The Valet (2007) |
"The new film by Francis Veber is far from his best work, but even off-form Veber has its moments of inspiration and the movie is definitely worth seeing." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
Valiant (2005) |
"It's a tale with plenty of spirit and a good heart, and yet, this story doesn't so much soar across the screen as it does waddle." |
Winda Benedetti |
Tomato A- |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"Valkyrie is a highly intelligent and deeply engrossing historical drama and, frame for frame, the year's most suspenseful nail-biter." |
William Arnold |
Splat C- |
Van Helsing (2004) |
"The whole enterprise is boringly repetitious of itself and other movies." |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Vanaja (2007) |
"Blandly executed social drama of caste and social power." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
Vanilla Sky (2001) |
"In an era when filmmakers invariably play it safe, there's something quite wonderful about a big star throwing all caution to the winds and, yes, reaching for the sky." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"This Becky is a bawdier, lustier woman who, by giving us a character who aspires to be that which she already is by nature, peppers this humorously raw telling with a weightier conflict, conscience and irony." |
Paula Nechak |
- |
The Velocity of Gary (1999) |
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Splat C+ |
Venom (2005) |
"... a competent concoction of familiar ingredients, smothered with gothic mood and served up with a generous helping of teenagers: skewered, slashed and stabbed." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
Venus (2006) |
"O'Toole revels in the flamboyance without falling into caricature or sentiment." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato 8/10 |
Venus Beauty Institute (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato A- |
Vera Drake (2004) |
"There's nothing harder for an actor to play than a thoroughly good character, and Staunton does it with a dowdy, sublime originality." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"Assuming an Irish brogue that never gets theatrical and never lets down, [Blanchett] powers through this movie with the riveting intensity and aching, poignant credibility of Meryl Streep in her prime." |
William Arnold |
- |
Vertical Limit (2000) |
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Tomato B |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
"The story is pure melodrama but Tran photographs it with a sense of grace that doesn't judge..." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"Bizarre as it is, the movie works amazingly well as a historical epic." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |
"Clearly, Allen has been inspired by his location, and his film also serves as an evocative travelogue of Spain's most magical city." |
William Arnold |
Splat C |
View from the Top (2003) |
"It dances into Spoofville, then jerks back into straight romantic comedy." |
Ellen Kim |
Splat C+ |
The Village (2004) |
"What seemed so interesting and unconventional about the plot grasps for an ending, spinning the film in a direction that is forced, rushed and incongruous with all that preceded it." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato B |
The Violin (2007) |
"It's all stripped down to a conflict more abstract than historical, a fable of heroic defiance in the face of brutal oppression." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C+ |
The Virgin Suicides (1999) |
"All style, no structure." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato B |
Virtual JFK (2008) |
"Contrary to its title, Virtual JFK is less a counter-history of the Vietnam years than a tribute to John F. Kennedy's stubborn resistance to a military that pressured him to go to war on six occasions during his short presidency." |
Bill White |
Tomato A- |
The Visitor (2008) |
"In The Visitor, Jenkins finally gets a starring role, and he makes the most of the opportunity with a brilliantly sustained performance that gives depth, resonance and spiritual transcendence to what starts out to be one of his stock characters." |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Vitus (2007) |
"... inconsequential fun that sells out the human story with an abrupt third-act turn from childhood rebellion to junior con game." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
Volver (2006) |
"Is there another male filmmaker who so celebrates the mystery of women as much as Pedro Almodovar? Only maverick director George Cukor similarly delighted in the intricacies and moods of the female sex." |
Paula Nechak |
Tomato A- |
Voyages (1999) |
"Shooting with a respectful remove that captures an intimacy by sheer doggedness, Finkiel creates a rich atmosphere by simply looking, listening and peering past the surfaces." |
Sean Axmaker |
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