Tomato |
O (2001) |
"This intelligent, well-paced film rendition forgoes the Elizabethan verse, while capturing the disturbing essence and gripping plot of Shakespeare's classic tragedy." |
Misha Berson |
Tomato 3/4 |
O'Horten (2009) |
"Thanks to the consistent deadpan tone that Hamer and Owe establish, it's oddly satisfying." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3/4 |
Obscene: A Portrait Of Barney Rosset And Grove Press (2008) |
"The focus of Obscene remains steadfastly on the man, thanks to a rich variety of archival and interview clips that span his entire career and a slew of colleagues, fiends and enemies." |
Ted Fry |
Splat 1/4 |
Observe and Report (2009) |
"Here's hoping the talented Rogen, in the future, sifts out junk like this from the many opportunities before him." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"Need a good argument for remakes? Look no further than Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"The party may well be ending for these gentlemen, but it was fun while it lasted." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
"Much of the movie feels improvised, with laid-back actors tossing off one-liners that work far more often than they don't." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Off the Map (2005) |
"It's so focused on the subject that the downer mood becomes distressingly contagious." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
The Oh in Ohio (2006) |
"Posey's such a delight it's easy to appreciate her even in a film as fruitless as The Oh in Ohio." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 1/4 |
Old Dogs (2009) |
"The ploy of pairing John Travolta and Robin Williams, whose salaries probably represented most of the budget, is the only pedigree Old Dogs has going for it." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 3/4 |
Old Joy (2006) |
"The characters stayed with me, and I'm glad I took a second look now that it's opening for a two-week run at Northwest Film Forum. This time around, its sense of humor seemed much more effective -- as did its less-is-more style." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
Old School (2003) |
"Not quite enough to justify giving this movie 91 minutes of your life, but as stupid gross-out comedies go, you could do worse." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
Oldboy (2005) |
"The script reveals itself as an absurdly convoluted tale of betrayal and revenge." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
Oliver Twist (2005) |
"Great expectations are unavoidable when Roman Polanski takes on a Charles Dickens classic. Alas, his version of Oliver Twist fails to live up to them." |
John Hartl |
Splat |
The Omen (2006) |
"[Thirty] years ago, you didn't hear a lot of mainstream references to the Antichrist, but now it's a routine epithet. It's the curse of the original, which became a huge part of the pop-culture lexicon. Not accounting for that is a fatal error." |
Mark Rahner |
Splat 2/4 |
On A Clear Day (2006) |
"The movie reaches for an emotional climax that is simply beyond the filmmakers' grasp." |
John Hartl |
Splat |
On the Line (2001) |
"On the Line tries too hard to be everything to everyone. And as the saying goes, when you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one." |
Pam Sitt |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
On the Run (2002) |
"Sharp, fast-paced and eminently logical." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Once (2007) |
"Musicals ask us to take a happy leap of faith, to believe in a world in which people express their feelings by bursting into song. With Once, Carney has created that world within our own, and it weaves an irresistible spell." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) |
"An energetic and often enjoyable documentary, particularly for soccer fans." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"Whenever Rodriguez is in a Fairbanks mood, Mexico delivers." |
John Hartl |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"You get ordinary folk stuck within a predetermined plotline. There's no one you want to be. And there's very little catharsis." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat |
The One (2001) |
"It's The Matrix's less-refined cousin, the one that didn't pay full attention in cool school." |
Melanie McFarland |
Tomato 3/4 |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"An impressive debut ... rich with detail and cool-blue style." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"The actors make the most of a predictable story line, and almost without exception the jokes are funny." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato |
One True Thing (1998) |
"Its strong cast and restrained direction lift it above the Kleenex." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
One: The Movie (2005) |
"One looks like a labor of love and is all the more stirring for it." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ong Bak 2 (2009) |
"Features a far more soulful and charismatic Jaa immersed in a ceaseless whoosh of extraordinary fight scenes involving everything from pebbles to elephants." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) |
"Jaa's screen time is largely about athletics, not building a character." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Only Human (2006) |
"There's a political and social clash at its core, but the laughter comes from a deeper, human place (see title)." |
Ted Fry |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Opal Dream (2006) |
"Opal Dream might be one of those movies that has to catch a viewer in the right mood, or be greeted with scorn." |
Tom Keogh |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Open Range (2003) |
"Has a pace as laconic as its director's screen persona." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Open Water (2004) |
"It's a very pure, basic kind of terror, nail-bitingly fun to watch; made more so by the startling realism of the sharks." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Operation Filmmaker (2008) |
"If learning about other cultures shows that we're all basically alike, Operation Filmmaker is a reminder that foreign countries have their own share of nitwits, too." |
Mark Rahner |
Splat |
The Operator (2001) |
"This debut film from local writer-director Jon Dichter has an interesting concept, but its execution feels a bit amateurish, especially in the dialogue." |
Eli Sanders |
Splat |
Orange County (2002) |
"This may be the dumbest, sketchiest movie on record about an aspiring writer's coming-of-age." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato |
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) |
"The Original Kings of Comedy, with its 10 cameras and backstage footage, may be the most innovatively directed stand-up concert film ever made." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat |
Original Sin (2001) |
"Original Sin is really about murky storytelling, bad dialogue and arty close-ups of Jolie's formidable lips." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Orphan (2009) |
"Overlong and overwrought, Orphan stays faithful to every cliché of the genre." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Orphanage (2007) |
"Like the best of horror films, it gets under your skin not with gore or cheap jolts but with an unnerving, ever-building tension, and with images that remain with you long afterward, interrupting your own quiet dreams." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Osama (2003) |
"A melancholy movie, but a necessary one." |
John Hartl |
Tomato |
Osmosis Jones (2001) |
"A very clever, very gross, very funny spoof of the clichéd cop genre." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3/4 |
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2008) |
"Dujardin is what really makes it all work, though. He's an absolute riot, with Conneryesque looks and physicality, and the ability to segue into utter goofballery with a degree of arch-browed suaveness." |
Mark Rahner |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) |
"The Other Boleyn Girl is an agreeable piece of filmmaking, carefully and sometimes artfully balancing solemnity with fluff." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
The Other End of the Line (2008) |
"By the time the filmmakers have set up all the story lines that will blend for a very long third act, the predictability factor has become all but unbearable." |
John Hartl |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Other Side of Heaven (2002) |
"As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer, the rest of us will be lulled into a coma." |
Melanie McFarland |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Other Side of the Bed (2003) |
"Gloriously frothy fun." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
The Others (2001) |
"Bumpy at first, with a few too many clichés and an awful lot of doors opening and closing. But by its final image -- a beautifully fading portrait through a window -- I was swept in." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) |
"Subject matter dominates over filmmaking craft in Rachel Boynton's somewhat sloppy but otherwise riveting documentary." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Our Daily Bread (2006) |
"Compelling, distressing documentary about the weirdly mechanized world of industrial farms, slaughterhouses and other sources of mass-produced food has a surrealist edge that gives the film a dreamlike ambience." |
Tom Keogh |
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