Baby Mama (2008)

"Mommy culture, with its capacity for smugness and solipsism, seems like a ripe topic for parody, but Baby Mama approaches it with kid gloves."

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

"Tediously monotonous."

Barbershop (2002)

"Barbershop is a cozy place to hang out for a while, even if you don't need a little off the sides."

Batman (1989)

"Pat Hingle: 1924-2009"

Battlefield Earth (2000)

"Battlefield Earth simply asks too much and delivers too little."

Because I Said So (2007)

"Everything about Because I Said So screams out generic chick flick -- and we do mean scream, literally -- from the forgettable title to the excruciatingly corny ending."

Bedazzled (2000)

"The lavish scenes and gaudy effects can't compensate for the lack of genuine wit."

Bee Movie (2007)

"Yet another animated flick with a starry cast in which a creature that ordinarily would seem pesky is rendered as not just harmless but even lovable and idiosyncratically human. Enough already."

Beowulf (2007)

"Beowulf bellows 'I am Beowulf!' so many times, it could be a drinking game; it certainly rivals 'This is Sparta!' as the year's preferred macho catch phrase."

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)

"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt feels like some throwaway 1980s TV movie, with its implausible premise, dizzying twists, cheesy montages and melodramatic score."

Big Momma's House (2000)

"Even though Lawrence's act is getting repetitive, it's still good enough to make for an amusing time."

Black and White (1999)

"Manages to be cutting-edge authentic and utterly unconvincing at the same time."

Black Snake Moan (2007)

"Love lost and found, faith lost and found -- Brewer takes these tried-and-true themes and breathes bold, fresh life into them."

Bless the Child (2000)

"Must the makers of Bless the Child bang us over the head with symbolism?"

Blindness (2008)

"National Federation of the Blind Picketing Blindness"

Blow (2001)

"Consistently entertaining."

Bobby (2006)

"Estevez probably could have cut the cast in half and come up with a richer, stronger film."

Bolt (2008)

"Bolt certainly moves along at a lively clip that will satisfy both kids and adults, but the script (from Williams and Dan Fogelman) is a little too Hollywood-insider."

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

"It's consistently double-over-laughing hilarious, never an easy feat when you're extending a comedy sketch into a full-length film."

The Box (2009)

"What button, on whose box, did Kelly push to get the money to make this awful, preposterous thriller?"

The Boys Are Back (2009)

"The content of Allan Cubitt's script, based on Simon Carr's memoir, is meaty and straightforward, which gives it an unexpected power."

The Brave One (2007)

"The Brave One seems to be implicitly saying that only men are capable of forceful action, only men are interesting at the centre of a moral quandary -- or at least, women who resemble men."

Bread & Roses (2001)

"If you want social commentary but absorbing entertainment, gritty realism but fictionalized whimsy, something for the head but something for the heart, too, Bread and Roses delivers."

The Break-Up (2006)

"When they break up, which happens pretty early in this self-professed 'anti-romantic comedy,' it doesn’t seem tragic. It just makes sense."

Bride of the Wind (2001)

"Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) allows Bride of the Wind to spend too much time spelling out the film's passions in words rather than letting the players show them."