Tomato 2.5/4 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"As summer popcorn movies go, you could do worse than S.W.A.T." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"While Simone has its strengths, perhaps we should have waited for version 2.0." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Sacred Planet (2003) |
"Left me craving a little messy diversity." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"Watch this movie for its imagination, not its logic." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"A wistful, beautifully acted ensemble drama." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Sahara (2005) |
"Entertaining but flawed popcorn fare." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saint Ralph (2005) |
"Even when it's pushing the limits of shameless manipulation, this cheeky Canadian film has charm and wit." |
John Hartl |
Splat 2/4 |
Saints And Soldiers |
"A worthy effort that's entirely appropriate for mainstream audiences." |
Ted Fry |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Salton Sea (2002) |
"An empty, ugly exercise in druggy trance-noir and trumped-up street credibility." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Salvador Allende (2004) |
"Mixing extensive archival footage and contemporary interviews with survivors of the era, the film gets across, quite powerfully, Allende's long courtship of the Chilean people." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Same River Twice (2003) |
"A poignant meditation on life as a work-in-progress." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Samurai Rebellion (1967) |
"The film's escalation of tension is almost unbearable, and Mifune erupts with a ferocity that's as righteous as it is ultimately tragic, for Kobayashi refuses to soften the film's devastating imbalance of power." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) |
"More than anything, the movie underscores actor Tim Allen's gifts as a star who instinctively finds the middle ground between genuine sweetness and arch appeal." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Santa vs. the Snowman (2002) |
"A dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3D goggles the theater provides." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Saraband (2005) |
"Performed in a series of devastating duets, it's so mature and authentic that it feels like an alien presence in the current (i.e. shallow) movie landscape." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2/4 |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005) |
"Jesus Is Magic may be a bit too much for anyone but the most hardcore Silverman fan." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Sasquatch Gang (2007) |
"The Sasquatch Gang may not fully qualify as an undiscovered gem, but it's got some dynamite all its own." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3/4 |
Satin Rouge (2002) |
"A film drenched in irresistible color and texture." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Savage Grace (2008) |
"Though the film looks elegant, with deceptively simple interiors creating an impression of great wealth, it feels remote. We're impressed by the work the actors are doing, yet the characters don't hold our interest." |
Moira MacDonald |
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Savages (1972) |
Click here to see the review. |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Savages (2007) |
"The Savages isn't cheery holiday fare, ... and yet Jenkins makes her film unexpectedly uplifting, in a small-scale, real-life kind of way." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Save Me (2007) |
"Allen brings such conviction to the part that it's almost possible to look past the gaps in Mark's development. In the end, you may not buy each step he takes, but you respect Allen's attempt to make the effort seem genuine." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Save The Green Planet! (2005) |
"Like any roller-coaster ride, it may make you queasy, but you'll never be bored." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Saved! (2004) |
"Saved! ultimately can't quite go the distance, but it's a promising debut by a filmmaker to watch." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saving Face (2005) |
"A first-time writer-director, Wu handles most of the movie with breezy confidence, drawing strong performances from all of her leading actors." |
John Hartl |
Splat |
Saving Silverman (2001) |
"Overall it's desperately in need of rescue." |
Melanie McFarland |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saw (2004) |
"A sick, twisted, deliriously entertaining horror thriller that rivals The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for sheer, relentless intensity." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Saw II (2005) |
"You'll be hard-pressed to find a shred of the perverse ingenuity that made Saw so effectively unnerving." |
Jeff Shannon |
Splat 2/4 |
Say I Do (2006) |
"Largely relying on improvisation, the movie is nicely characterized and moves along at a good clip, but without quite enough laughs or tearful moments to keep up with the concept." |
Ted Fry |
Splat |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"It's gross, all right. It's just not very funny." |
Pam Sitt |
Splat |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"Some will find this funny. Some people laugh themselves silly flushing the toilet over and over." |
John Zebrowski |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"It's last year's satire, wearing this year's clothes." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Scary Movie 4 (2006) |
"Much of the humor feels tired and unfunny, and David Zucker's directing sags where it should zing." |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Schizo (2005) |
"Nusuppaev simply isn't skilled enough to bring us along on Schizo's journey, and Omarova's sense of pace is uneven." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"While the film is demeaned by sight gags aimed at teenage boys, it has a smart center and delightful performances from Heder and Thornton." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"You'll think about it, weeks after seeing it, with a dopey grin on your face. (Yes, right now I have just such a grin on my face. Wanna make something of it?)" |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
Schultze Gets the Blues (2005) |
"Schorr's award-winning film may be a bit on the slight side to some tastes, but it's a journey well worth taking." |
Jeff Shannon |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"All of this sometimes feels just a bit self-indulgent, and more than a bit random -- but then again, isn't that exactly what dreams can be?" |
Moira MacDonald |
Splat 2/4 |
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) |
"The movie's almost good enough to wash the bad taste of the first Scooby-Doo movie from our mouths. Almost." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Splat 2/4 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"Throws scraps to different audience constituencies and ends up with a muddle." |
Tom Keogh |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scoop (2006) |
"A bouncy comedy/mystery about a young would-be journalist (Scarlett Johansson) trying to solve a crime." |
Moira MacDonald |
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Scorched (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato |
The Score (2001) |
"Like The Score itself, there are moments when we get a little lost, when we even get dull for a while. But if approached right, growing older can leave us feeling invigorated. Just like The Score." |
John Zebrowski |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"It's fast-paced, filled with entertaining action set pieces from start to finish, and is genuinely funny in spots." |
Mark Rahner |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Scotland, PA (2002) |
"... while certainly clever in spots, this too-long, spoofy update of Shakespeare's Macbeth doesn't sustain a high enough level of invention." |
Misha Berson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Scratch (2002) |
"Edited and shot with a syncopated style mimicking the work of his subjects, Pray turns the idea of the documentary on its head, making it rousing, invigorating fun lacking any MTV puffery." |
Melanie McFarland |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Sea (2003) |
"Bad behavior, by itself, can entertain for only so long. By film's end, the laughs had disappeared and black comedy had turned into dour, pointless drama." |
John Hartl |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"Ultimately, this is one man's story, told with great empathy, and Amenábar deserves great credit for lifting the film above the soap-opera sentimentality into which it could have easily fallen." |
Moira MacDonald |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Sea is Watching (2003) |
"[T]here were times when The Sea is Watching bored me. But Kumai and Kurosawa won me back with the final scenes, which are stark and beautiful, and a fitting finale for one of the world's great filmmakers." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007) |
"If you want to see something that just screams, 'Oh, wow!,' this latest IMAX 3-D feature is better than a lifelong angler's best fish story." |
Ted Fry |
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