Tomato 3/4 |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"You won't want to eat, drink or be touched after a bout of Cabin Fever." |
Mark Rahner |
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Caché (2005) |
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Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"Any of these musicians deserves a Walk the Line or Coal Miner's Daughter-type biopic of their own; perhaps this flawed but enjoyable movie is the first step toward that." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cafe Lumiere (2004) |
"The film often takes on the hypnotic rhythm of a dream." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3/4 |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"A heartwarmer of a story." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Call + Response (2008) |
"How much impact Call + Response will have is anyone's guess. But when you see a 4-year-old sex slave, ignoring this crisis is no longer an option." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Callas Forever (2004) |
"A tribute to an artist that never approaches art." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
Calle 54 (2001) |
"What makes Calle 54 great is precisely what's missing from the other. Trueba shows us the creative act of playing music, not just a bunch of famous folks performing." |
John Zebrowski |
Splat 2/4 |
Camp (2003) |
"Graff so determinedly romanticizes his characters that he alienates all but the most musical-mad of audiences." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
El Cantante (2007) |
"El Cantante has nerve but can't follow through on the edginess of its intentions." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Cape Of Good Hope (2005) |
"Brown's spunky, funny Kate helps hold the piece together." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"The script gradually becomes an ambiguous mixture of hope and desperation; at times it feels almost bipartisan in its politics." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 4/4 |
Capote (2005) |
"The great strength of Miller's film -- aside from Hoffman's brilliant portrayal -- is that it both tells the story behind Capote's masterpiece, the true-crime tale In Cold Blood, and serves as an homage to it." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Captain Abu Raed (2008) |
"Making a polished feature debut after directing shorts at the American Film Institute, Jordanian-born, American-educated Matalqa demonstrates a subtle touch with a well-chosen cast." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"A lovely tears- and-popcorn movie." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 4/4 |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"A fascinating meditation on truth-telling, and on the flickering nature of memory." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
Caramel (2008) |
"Delightful." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Carandiru (2004) |
"Has moments of raw, unflinching power." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cars (2006) |
"Though the central idea of nostalgia for a quieter, small-town life may well be lost on this movie's young audience -- Cars finds a pleasant and often sparkling groove." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Casa de los Babys (2003) |
"Sayles, a rare screenwriter who consistently creates thoughtful roles for grown-up women, has outdone himself here." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Casanova (2005) |
"Pretty as the picture is, only Platt's engaging performance keeps it from fading out." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cashback (2007) |
"As observers we can project our own fantasies onto Ben's, and [director] Ellis enhances this dreamy effect with low-budget ingenuity, like cleverly executing location changes in the same unbroken shot." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3/4 |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Now I'm glad they didn't euthanize James Bond, because Casino Royale is the best movie of the series in almost 40 years." |
Mark Rahner |
Splat |
Cast Away (2000) |
"Cast Away is, in many ways, a bold, adventurous bid for Oscardom. Unfortunately, what it delivers for audiences, as opposed to Oscar voters, is a little questionable." |
Doug Kim |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Cat's Meow (2002) |
"Primarily works as a reminder that Bogdanovich, who hasn't made a feature film since 1993, is still very much a force as a director -- and as another signal of Dunst's astonishing talent." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"As long as there's oppression anywhere, well-told stories like this will always be relevant." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2/4 |
Catch and Release (2007) |
"There's barely anything new in this well-designed, prettily shot piece of fluff hewn from the realm of tragic-comic romance immemorial." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
"Ultimately about fathers and sons -- but it's also about the pleasures of telling a good story, with retro charm to spare." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Catch That Kid (2004) |
"Despite its high concept, director Bart Freundlich keeps the film grounded in reality." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Tomato |
Cats & Dogs (2001) |
"A treat to watch." |
John Zebrowski |
Splat 1/4 |
Catwoman (2004) |
"Most respectable comic-book plots rely on a genius scientist gone insane, an alien invader or the like as villainous foil. In Catwoman, the bad guy is a cosmetics company." |
Ted Fry |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Cave (2005) |
"The Cave is an over-the-top horror flick with one novel offering: It's shot amid a stunning network of subterranean caverns." |
Judy Chia Hui Hsu |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cave of the Yellow Dog (2006) |
"A quiet gem, suitable for all ages." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat |
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) |
"What saves the movie from mediocrity is its visual style." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cavite (2006) |
"Cavite will go down in history as a classic of no-budget filmmaking, making such ingenious use of bare resources that it's a wonder the movie is an effective, even thoughtful thriller." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato |
The Cell (2000) |
"This is one beautifully surreal and unsettling thriller, with astounding visuals that will lurk in the crawlspaces of your brain after you've left the theater." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Cellular (2004) |
"A plucky thriller that also serves as a satire on today's instant- gratification phone culture." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Celsius 41.11 (2004) |
"It's not that Moore's film doesn't deserve an argument. But it does deserve a more thoughtful one." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat |
The Center of the World (2001) |
"The characters aren't very interesting, caught in a cycle of sex and rejection that while explicit, gets a little tiring." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato |
Center Stage (2000) |
"An unexpected pleasure." |
Mary Murfin Bayley |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chalk (2007) |
"There are still moments when the tone is uncertain and the actors visibly struggle, but for the most part there's a freshness about the performances that could probably not have been achieved in any other way." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Chandni Chowk to China (2009) |
"If you can get into the frenetic rhythm of the thing, it has its charms." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3/4 |
Changeling (2008) |
"The line between drama and melodrama is a fine one, and Clint Eastwood steps on both sides of it in his elegantly sad new film, Changeling." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Changing Lanes (2002) |
"Thanks to a tight screenplay by Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin and the unflagging pace set by director Roger Michell, Changing Lanes doesn't feel overburdened by all its drama." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chaos (2003) |
"There's a core of anger running throughout Chaos, particularly in the steely performances by its two female leads, that gives this satisfying feminist revenge drama/satire its soul." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Chaos Theory (2008) |
"It's swift and watchable enough, and the actors keep things interesting, but ultimately the movie falls short." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"Burton has pulled off the near-impossible: a fresh look at a classic." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"The season's oddest and perhaps most effective war movie." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat |
Charlie's Angels (2000) |
"While the initial three-on-one fight between the Angels and Glover is an outright hoot, the excess, the sameness and the lack of so much as a bruise from all of it on any Angel T or A gets numbing." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 2/4 |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) |
"As a movie, it's a mess, but there's a loopy spirit to it that's infectious, and the giggly camaraderie of its heroines shines through, like sunlight over a junkyard." |
Moira MacDonald |
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