Tomato 3/4 |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"A great glimpse inside an artist's struggle. That is, an artist's funky, nasty struggle." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"Impressive in its scale and momentum, it's the kind of action-packed political melodrama that generates more heat than light." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"Using a mostly seamless series of narrative techniques, the film spins a string of interconnected stories based on Sufi mysticism." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"The film is something to see. But despite the dynamism of all those individual moments, Babel looks like an empty edifice." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat |
Baby Boy (2001) |
"Maybe if Singleton didn't try to repeat Boyz N the Hood with Baby Boy, he would've made a better movie." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"Baby Mama ultimately gives in to sweetness, but it has some deliciously tart moments along the way." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
The Bachelor (1999) |
"As much as I hate to admit it, The Bachelor is funny." |
Sharon Pian Chan |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Back To Normandy (2007) |
"It's a bit too convenient to credit Philibert's film with Proustian significance, but this particular remembrance has been constructed with similar profundity." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Backseat (2008) |
"Once in a while, a movie inspires nothing more than complete apathy. Backseat is such a lackluster work." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 2/4 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Bad Boys II delivers, but as nearly every summertime spectacle is proving this year, more seems more and more like less." |
Ted Fry |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad Company (2002) |
"If you can cut the right wires and deactivate key portions of your brain, Bad Company is sort of fun and sort of funny -- although it doesn't take a CIA agent like Jack Ryan to note that that phrase always means a movie ain't much good." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bad Education (2004) |
"A dazzling exercise in storytelling -- and a loving tribute to the power of cinema." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"Its international reputation seems difficult to justify." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"Like the late Klaus Kinski, who so often played crazies in Herzog's earlier movies, Cage is in your face all the way. Laughing maniacally, lying with no sign of a conscience, he pushes the character's frequent tantrums beyond over-the-top." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"If you missed The Bad News Bears the first time around, this one might be worth catching just for Thornton; otherwise, it's just extra innings on a game that's already played out." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"A profane, wildly politically incorrect and sometimes shockingly funny holiday comedy." |
Mary Brennan |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Baghead (2008) |
"Too bad the characters are so rote. The women are almost nonentities, and the bond between the men borders on the maudlin. The actors are often better than their lines." |
John Hartl |
Splat |
Baise Moi (2001) |
"Like an eager kid trying too hard to be noticed, it ends up just being tiresome." |
John Zebrowski |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"Most of The Ballad of Jack and Rose takes itself too seriously." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ballerina (2008) |
"Such a brief glimpse into these women's lives and art whets the appetite for more; alas, Ballerina ends far too quickly, leaving only their willowy shadows behind." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ballets Russes (2005) |
"Dance fans will be dazzled by its treasure trove of archival dance footage. But those who know little of ballet will find plenty here to feed the soul, in the film's rich portraits of men and women nearing the end of a life lived in the arts." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat .5/4 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"A picture for idiots." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat 2/4 |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"...there are plenty of funny bits, but the movie runs out of ideas long before its end" |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"Dai's episodic treatment has the force of memory, equally embracing the beautiful, the bittersweet and the absurd." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bamako (2006) |
"Unlike other recent films about the plight of Africa, Bamako channels its outrage more directly, yet with greater subtlety, by recruiting real-life witnesses to Africa's economic crises." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat |
Bamboozled (2000) |
"The most outrageous and disturbing movie Spike Lee has made to date, Bamboozled works only about half the time, perhaps even less." |
John Hartl |
Tomato |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"[Director] Kolirin wonderfully maintains an atmosphere of both humor and melancholy." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
Bandits (2001) |
"Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton may be the bank robbers in Barry Levinson's likable comedy Bandits, but Cate Blanchett is the real thief." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bandslam (2009) |
"An utterly charming work of pure pop exuberance, Bandslam is full of unexpected pleasures set to a surprisingly retro soundtrack." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bang Rajan (2004) |
"It's a humid, rough-edged epic that occasionally finds startling beauty amid devastating carnage." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"Sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies, but fails loudly in execution." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Bank Job (2008) |
"Blending suspense, humor, period detail, interesting characters and bringing together a complex plot in an immensely satisfying way, [director Roger] Donaldson really pulled one off this time." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Baran (2002) |
"It stays with you in fleeting images of gazing faces, muddy footprints, small fires lit against the chill." |
Misha Berson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Barbershop (2002) |
"Very funny, and remarkably mature, retro-1970s ensemble comedy." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"It's still funny and warm and neighborly inside Calvin's barbershop; it's just a little predictable as soon as you step outside." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"This is a darn cute movie and I think you'll find it funny." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Bartleby (2002) |
"An intriguing near-miss." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Basic (2003) |
"There are so many shifts, so many 'Gotcha!' moments, so many characters who are 'not what they appear to be' that, by the final twist, you've stopped caring." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat 1/4 |
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"Despite all the heavy breathing and mood lighting, Basic Instinct 2 is so dull that you might find yourself easily distracted by side issues." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"A superhero saga grounded in the real world." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"A dystopian view of future interplanetary relations, and a real bummer of a picture of humankind's future, Battle for Terra is a solid, though not sugarcoated, animated film for the whole family." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Battle in Heaven (2006) |
"If you dare to see it, prepare for a challenge." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 4/4 |
Battle of Algiers (1966) |
"Few movies have done such an eloquent, evenhanded job of defining the conflict between colonialists and natives determined to free themselves from foreign rule." |
John Hartl |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) |
"It feels put together by committee -- which, apparently, it was." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1/4 |
Battlefield Baseball (2003) |
"It's purposely, triumphantly stupid." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat |
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"The only people this film could recruit are members of the rock band Kiss, who, with their high-heeled boots and face paint, might figure they've got a spot if this alien thing ever really came down." |
Keith Simanton |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Be Cool (2005) |
"Keeps wandering off on tangents, and after a while its audience does, too." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2005) |
"Both frustrating and touching." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"Give Be Kind Rewind a little time and an open mind, and it just might grow on you. Its premise is absurd, but adorably so." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Beaches of Agnes (2009) |
"The warm, elfin filmmaker makes a fine companion through this vivid story of a life well lived, reminding us at the end of how we create our own safe havens within our families." |
Moira MacDonald |
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