Splat 1/4 |
Facing the Giants (2006) |
"Those looking for an evening's diversion will find it an amateur exercise that has the feel of a film-school project." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 4/4 |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"A movie to treasure." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
Factory Girl (2007) |
"It's a sad, haunting story -- but George Hickenlooper's Factory Girl does little to show us why we should care." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Factotum (2006) |
"Even the most bleary, bloodshot eyes will see a wrenching faithfulness of spirit in Matt Dillon's candid portrayal of Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's autobiographical doppelgänger." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fados (2009) |
"[Director] Saura's personal love of fado goes back to his youth, and Fados reflects what is clearly his deeply imaginative, inner relationship with the genre's songs about loss, shifting hopes and elusive happiness." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"The most focused work of the director's career." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Failure to Launch (2006) |
"Failure to Launch is yet another disposable romantic comedy made with little thought or skill." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Fall (2008) |
"Pace and Untaru generate an unforced chemistry that makes them pleasant company for a couple of hours, but they almost work against the movie's need to establish narrative tension. They appear to be having such a good time that Roy's self-destructive impu" |
John Hartl |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fall to Grace (2006) |
"This is an indie film in the genuine spirit of the word (not some studio-subsidized boutique product), showing compassion while following its own course of low-key redemption." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fame (2009) |
"Much of Fame draws us in, through the irresistible appeal of young people bursting with energy." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Family Law (2006) |
"Family Law offers a sweet, understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness, hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 2/4 |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"Some will find it touching, some will be too weary of the plot contrivances and the smug Stone family to care." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fanboys (2009) |
"While it may score some points as an extended in-joke, the mix of juvenile comedy and insider asides is arcane, snobby and just not very funny." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"When the Four finally use their different powers together to fight Doctor Doom, it's enough to get you past the torpor of Origin Movie Syndrome and make you hope for a sequel that gets right down to business." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 4/4 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"Wes Anderson's utterly charming Fantastic Mr. Fox is that rarity: a children's movie for all." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 4/4 |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"A ravishingly beautiful film." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Even the most mundane lives occasionally sparkle with moments of exhilaration, and so does Moscow, Belgium." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) |
"Put aside the topic and title, and you've got a slick car-racing movie set in a sexy metropolis with a likable teen hero that stands just fine on its own." |
Judy Chia Hui Hsu |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"Those astonished to learn that animals are slaughtered to make hamburgers may well find Richard Linklater's clumsy Fast Food Nation educational; the rest of us may be underwhelmed." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
Fast Food, Fast Women (2001) |
"For all the off-key notes sounded by this story of an overworked New York waitress, a trio of her customers and a loutish cabbie, it never falls apart." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"It takes us to a world we've never seen, to tell us a story both entirely foreign and completely familiar." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Faster (2004) |
"A bland, straightforward documentary about an insane sport." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat 2/4 |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"It's unlikely anyone over the age of 12 will find much to cheer about in the bland, sanitized moralizing this revamp of the decades-old Saturday morning cartoon show delivers." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato |
Fat Girl (2001) |
"Get over the numb shock that accompanies the end credits, give yourself some distance from it and you may actually appreciate the complex machinations behind Breillat's brave, troubled work." |
Melanie McFarland |
Tomato 3/4 |
Father and Son (2004) |
"Although Father and Son is never as deep or wrenching as Mother and Son, the careful casting and Sokurov's unique visual style continue to make this a series worth following." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
Favela Rising (2006) |
"Favela Rising can't seem to find its center." |
Ted Fry |
Splat 2/4 |
Fay Grim (2007) |
"Fay Grim makes giddy sense to a point, but Hartley seems trapped in a bubble of his own, failing to let us in on a joke that would be funnier if its punch line weren't so quirkily obscure." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fear and Trembling (2004) |
"One of the film's pleasures is its unanswered mysteries." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 2/4 |
Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) |
"Maybe different things scare the French. But I'll give them this: Prattling monologues can be unsettling." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fearless (2006) |
"It boils down to a simple but elegantly told morality tale with beautiful sets and scenery and plenty of bracing action." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Feast of Love (2007) |
"It's a worthy effort, even as it does fall short; a good meal but hardly a feast." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Feature (2009) |
"Essentially a collection of home movies, it's almost a dictionary definition of "self-indulgent," filled with famous faces, naked people and what certain celebrities mean to Auder." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003) |
"A worthy and often exquisite tribute to memory and art, to truth and contradiction." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Festival Express (2004) |
"The musical performances are the heart of the movie and it's a toss-up whether the spontaneous jams captured on the train or the classic acts on stage are more thrilling." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3/4 |
Festival in Cannes (2002) |
"Jaunty fun, with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"The screenplay, by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, struggles to make up for a fundamental lack of suspense." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fido (2007) |
"It's a one-gag movie that starts off clever and cute, but wears thin after half an hour, and ultimately is like an excruciating Enzyte commercial for an hour and a half." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action (2009) |
"The message of Fierce Light is not as focused as it could've been (it's essentially a loose compendium of inspiring examples to follow), but that doesn't make it any less urgent." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2/4 |
Fierce People (2007) |
"Rarely has self-pity become so monotonous so quickly." |
John Hartl |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Fighting (2009) |
"Still, the biggest problem with ighting is that Fight Club (which was released 10 years ago) got there first. On almost every level -- pacing, humor, originality, the choreography of the fight scenes -- Fighting can't touch it." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"The Fighting Temptations exists for its rousing gospel soundtrack, which is at times so good that you can forgive the movie its flaws." |
Moira MacDonald |
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Final (2001) |
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Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1/4 |
The Final Cut (2004) |
"The lack of imagination, given the initial premise, is astounding." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat .5/4 |
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"It's sick, stupid stuff, and intentionally so." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"The Final Destination movies may be pointless and crass, but they play on that fascination with malicious efficiency, and 3 is no exception." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) |
"Optically stunning, emotionally cold." |
Melanie McFarland |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Final Season (2007) |
"Perhaps if Disney had gotten their hands on it, The Final Season would have gotten the spitball polish it needs." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Find Me Guilty (2006) |
"It falls short of vintage Lumet while playing to his strengths as an actor's director who's built a career on themes of moral ambivalence." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato |
Finding Forrester (2000) |
"An enjoyable film, made more so by the performances ... and by dozens of thoughtful touches like Bill Frisell's delicate score." |
Doug Kim |
Tomato 4/4 |
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"Enchanting; written with an effortless blend of sweetness and silliness, and animated with such rainbow-hued beauty, you may find yourself wanting to freeze-frame it." |
Moira MacDonald |
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