Tomato A |
Alexandra (2008) |
"Every woman with a child in the military dreams about the mysterious environs of war into which her child has disappeared. Such a dream is the subject of Alexander Sokurov's astonishing Alexandra." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Allah Made Me Funny (2008) |
"The routines are so clean they could have played on the Ed Sullivan show in the '50s -- which is refreshing and so old it seems new." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
America The Beautiful (2008) |
"Unlike other documentarians who put themselves in front of the camera, Roberts is an affable screen presence." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
American Teen (2008) |
"Faux-doc or not, Burstein's film is funny and engaging, and it gives us an amazing intimacy and identification with these characters as it skillfully strips away the layers of their cliched teenage stereotypes to reveal the true person beneath." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
Another Gay Sequel (2008) |
"Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild is trash filmmaking at its best, which is still too low for those whose idea of slumming is a weekend with the Desperate Housewives box set." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"... a well-told, thoroughly enjoyable and refreshingly direct buddy Western, and that's more than enough." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
Australia (2008) |
"Australia offers plenty of fun, and parades more spectacle, sweeping camera movement and gushy sentimental romance than can possibly be absorbed in 2 ½ hours." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"For die-hard fans of the Fab Four -- and anyone who was touched by the magic of the '60s -- the film is a strange, nostalgic, suitably outrageous ode to a very real revolution in consciousness." |
William Arnold |
Tomato A |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"Every scene is kissed with irony, the characters all seem believably flawed, the narrative unfolds with just the right storytelling panache and everything else about the production seems right." |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
"[Some] may be taken aback by the exhibition of sheer ego in what is clearly a form of replacement therapy for those whose ambitions exceed their talents." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Alice Neel (2007) |
"Alice Neel offers a relatively objective view of a person who, seeing life as a sentence to be served, spent it doing the thing she loved." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Alice's House (2007) |
"In her first leading role, Carla Ribas joins the fast-growing ranks of middle-aged Latina actresses whose performances resonate with a beguiling mixture of emotional complexity and sexual maturity." |
Bill White |
Splat C+ |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"For all of the credibility of the performances (or at least the teens), it all feels like recycled social commentary." |
Sean Axmaker |
- |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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Splat D |
The Amateurs (2007) |
"A sleazy, uninspired, pathetically unfunny sex farce." |
William Arnold |
Tomato A- |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Those who take the plunge will be rewarded with an unusually satisfying and inspiring historical epic from one of contemporary cinema's best filmmakers." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
American Gangster (2007) |
"A heck of a ride, and the most irresistible gangster epic in ages." |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Angel-A (2007) |
"The sleek style and sassy attitude gets mired in a vague, soft-headed psychology of self-affirmation and daytime talk-show platitudes as the angel turns every encounter into a lesson in self-esteem and character building." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato A- |
Angels in the Dust (2007) |
"An inspiring portrait of a saint battling for the lives of the sick and forsaken in a frightened and superstitious world." |
Bill White |
Tomato B- |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"I found it intermittently funny, often weirdly engaging and utterly incomprehensible." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"The film does not preach; rather, it confronts us with the question: Now what are we going to do?" |
William Arnold |
Splat C+ |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"The plot follows an inevitable path of life lessons and forgiving hugs..." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C- |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"... a stiff affair that mixes overripe live action and starchy CGI animation." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato A- |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"This cinematic folk song embraces and celebrates the chasm between idealized outlaw myth and the unglamorous realities of frontier thievery." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"Director Michael Polish and his co-scenarist and brother Mark don't fall into the trap of trying to redo Frank Capra. They have their own approach to the material, with an eye for the eccentric amid the commonplace adding just the right touch of humor." |
Bill White |
Tomato B- |
Atonement (2007) |
"Wright brings off enough scenes to leave us with moderately good feelings about the time spent, but he lacks the David Lean-like vision and flair that might have turned this 75-year epic of love, war and family betrayal into an unforgettable movie." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B- |
August Rush (2007) |
"Yes, it's all pretty silly. But director Kirsten Sheridan weaves a certain spell with her lush poetic montages, heart-tugging close-ups of Highmore's angelic face and mostly appealing performances." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"A thoroughly enjoyably and wistfully charming ensemble drama carried off with an irresistible Gallic flair." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B+ |
Away From Her (2007) |
"... less a drama about Alzheimer's disease than a cinematic poem of love and loss." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"The atmosphere of schizophrenia, paranoia and disconnection from reality is the most faithful screen adaptation of Dick's sensibility to date." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat D |
Abominable (2006) |
"One of those fright fests that isn't so much frightening as it is funny... and not in a good way." |
Winda Benedetti |
Tomato |
Absolute Wilson (2006) |
"Offer insights into the director's methods and motivations." |
Bill White |
Splat C- |
Accepted (2006) |
"Amiably banal and instantly forgettable, it gets a barely passing grade largely for just showing up." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"I can't think of another film in which the embarrassment over a freak bowel movement impedes the course of love and commitment." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"... a celebratory drama engineered to leave you choked up and cheering." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C+ |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"It's not much of a plot and TV veteran director Geoffrey Sax struggles with the big-screen demands of action scenes." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"[Penn's] performance misses both the moral lesson of Willie's rise and fall, and his charisma: he's not sympathetic enough in the first act or menacing enough in the final one." |
William Arnold |
Tomato B |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"It's an enjoyable and frequently hilarious lampoon of easy targets, but a stinging satire would be so much more satisfying." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"Clips of dozens of bands, including DOA, TSOL and SS Decontrol, are as short and fast as the music itself in this informative look at one of the youth culture's last grass-roots movements." |
Bill White |
Splat C |
Annapolis (2006) |
"The underdog story doesn't miss a cliche, even though it never figures out whether it's a boxing picture or a military drama." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B+ |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"It may be too intense at times for wee ones, but kids of 5 and up testing the limits of their independence in the big world should relate to Lucas, dig the crazy insect world and embrace the imagination behind the colorful adventure." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato A- |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"The movie's world is so extreme that it's almost ludicrous. And yet, through Gibson's bravura feat of epic filmmaking, it's also so bizarrely alien, so visually stunning, so interesting in every frame that it's totally hypnotic." |
William Arnold |
Splat C |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"While both Splash and The Little Mermaid are movies that have no shortage of cross-generational appeal, Aquamarine is destined to swim in a much shallower pool of fans." |
Winda Benedetti |
Splat D |
The Architect (2006) |
"... The Architect is filled with ciphers and symbols, without a smidgen of narrative reason to hold it together." |
Bill White |
Splat C+ |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"(Director Terry) Zwigoff paints it all with broad strokes and bright colors, the easier to transform it into a snarky cartoon." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B- |
ATL (2006) |
"... a surprisingly intelligent and admirably modest story about growing up on Atlanta's south side, taking responsibility and taking stock." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
The Aura (2006) |
"It's less a deconstruction of the heist film than an ambitious contemplation of our fascination with the genre..." |
Sean Axmaker |
Splat C |
Aurora Borealis (2006) |
"The script offers neither character revelations nor plot twists. It unfolds by the numbers, like the product of an amateur screenwriter's salon." |
Bill White |
Tomato B |
Azur and Asmar - The Princes' Quest (2006) |
"It's a simple tale with magical imagery and a worthy message, but it's also alive with offbeat humor and witty observations of childhood behavior and adult suspicion." |
Sean Axmaker |
Tomato B |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"... a painful and poignant film at once empathetic and critical, more soberly unnerving than exciting, but never less than compelling." |
Sean Axmaker |
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