Tomato |
Hairspray (2007) |
"No winking, no mugging -- just earnest, wholesome, knock-your-socks-off fun." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"Half Past Dead may be the year's funniest unintentional comedy for its inane plot, repetitive, unimaginative stunts and dreadful dialogue." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"Sure, Steve Coogan has his hilarious moments as a delusional drama coach struggling to save the arts program at a Tucson, Ariz., high school, but that's all there is in the movie: moments." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
Hancock (2008) |
"The filmmakers cannot resist embracing the conventions they were tweaking. Hancock turns from a moody, darkly funny character piece trimmed out with a bit of engaging action and veers into a poor impersonation of a standard superhero movie." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
The Hangover (2009) |
"A comedy that stays weird and wild for the first two-thirds, only to disappoint in the final act." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008) |
"Once the movie (and the ringing in your ears) stop, though, it's obvious why Cyrus has become such a phenomenon. She's pretty and stylish but never a mean girl, energetic and popular but not conceited." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) |
"Resistance is futile." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Watching the earnest but under-qualified Ulliel perpetrate Hannibal‘s initial grisly slayings is like going back in time to hear the screeches of a violin virtuoso‘s incipient swipes on the strings the first time he picks up the instrument." |
David Germain |
Splat |
The Happening (2008) |
"The shock value wears off quickly and writer-director Shyamalan strands us in a boring cautionary tale with an infantile eco-message about humanity needing to live in harmony with nature -- or else." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Happily N'Ever After (2007) |
"It wouldn‘t seem possible, but this is yet another fractured fairy tale in which the characters subvert their own genre in self-conscious, smart-alecky fashion." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"Easily the best animated film of the year." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"Riveting." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hardball (2001) |
"Hardball is a two-hankie sports soap opera, but don’t hold that against it. With surprising melodrama, the film packs some powerful emotional swings that will hearten the toughest of jeering crowds." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"They're such lovable goofs that you can't help wishing their quest for White Castle fast food and their flight from Gitmo could live up to the sort of sharp satire these two bright boys deserve." |
David Germain |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Germain |
- |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"Harry Potter's Rob Knox Killed in Pub Fight" |
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Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the franchise's best so far, blending rich drama and easy camaraderie among the actors with the visual spectacle that until now has been the real star of the series." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"Familiarity is not quite breeding contempt for Harry and his friends and enemies. But it's starting to breed indifference." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Harsh Times (2006) |
"Unpleasantly grim and often nasty just to be nasty, writer-director David Ayer's Harsh Times is more an ordeal than a movie." |
David Germain |
Splat |
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"Creaking floorboards, slamming doors, flickering lights -- you've seen it all before, and it's all here again." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat C- |
Haven (2006) |
"Haven has the makings of a decadent nighttime soap, but none of the components of a cohesive, satisfying film." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"After more than two hours, what we're left with feels like a Robert Altman movie on Botox. It has some real substance and heft, but it also might be a bit too glossy." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"Peter and Bobby Farrelly's take on the 1972 Neil Simon-Elaine May original is not nearly as funny as you'd like for a movie that reunites them with There's Something About Mary star Ben Stiller in another gross-out romance." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"A concoction by director David Mirkin that never fails to sink to the lowest common denominator -- yet often hits a funny bone." |
Sheila Norman-Culp |
Splat |
Hellboy (2004) |
"Unfortunately, after setting up this fresh blue-collar scenario in the movie's first hour, Del Toro wallows in pyrotechnics." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) |
"Words don't really do justice in attempting to describe the wondrous array of misfits and monsters Guillermo del Toro has concocted in Hellboy II: The Golden Army." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
High Fidelity (2000) |
"Stephen Frears ... seems on unsteady ground converting an essentially British story (the novel was set in London) to the American idiom." |
Bob Thomas |
- |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) |
"Cameras Roll On High School Musical 3" |
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Tomato |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) |
"For those kids in the target audience, this is movie nirvana." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
The History Boys (2006) |
"The History Boys feels too much like a filmed play, and filmed not all that gracefully." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
Hit and Runway (2001) |
"A captivating, sharp-tongued, very funny romp." |
David Germain |
Tomato B- |
The Hitcher (2007) |
"There are several good jumps and scares, and it's surprisingly tense the whole way through, not just gory and cheesy." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
The Hoax (2007) |
"The film is a timely reminder that even the savviest and most skeptical audience can get snookered by the natural desire for a great story." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
The Holiday (2006) |
"It can also be undeniably charming, so you may as well just check your cynicism at the door and surrender." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
Home of the Brave (2006) |
"This is Hollywood's first big-screen attempt at portraying the plight of the tens of thousands of Americans returning from Iraq. They deserve a deeper, more substantive portrait of their transition back to the homefront, and some day, they'll get it." |
David Germain |
Splat 2/4 |
Hoot (2006) |
"Trying to be lighthearted, it turns lightweight and bland." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
The Host (2007) |
"The Host begins with a dry, frequently absurd comic sensibility, but steadily grows darker, more intense and truly thrilling." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hostel (2006) |
"Whether or not this kind of horror movie is your cup of tea, you have to at least admire Roth for the daring and creativity with which he illustrates that concept." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
Hostel: Part II (2007) |
"Roth is good at what he does. Trouble is, he keeps making the same kind of movie over and over, and with his talent and imagination you'd like to see what other weapons he has in his arsenal." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
Hot Fuzz (2007) |
"What you get from Hot Fuzz is what you rarely see from Hollywood: Something genuinely smart and silly at the same time, a film and filmmakers that respect their characters, their audience and the genre at which they lovingly poke fun." |
David Germain |
Splat |
Hotel for Dogs (2009) |
"A clever concept that quickly runs out of room to roam." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
The Hottie & the Nottie (2008) |
"Working from Heidi Ferrer’s wholly uninspired script, Putnam runs through all the gross-out gags you’d expect." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato 3/5 |
The House Bunny (2008) |
"The purpose of this comedy is to serve as a showcase for Anna Faris, whose sunny disposition and solid comic timing make The House Bunny more enjoyable than it ought to be." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
The House of Mirth (2000) |
"A grim tale well told." |
Sheila Norman-Culp |
Tomato |
House of Sand (2005) |
"The tone can be hypnotic and the pacing requires some patience; just give in to the film's rhythms and you'll find that you're different walking out than you were walking in." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
House of the Dead (2003) |
"Far from being scary, it's oddly comforting in the familiarity of its slasher-flick conventions." |
Christy Lemire |
Splat |
The House of the Devil (2009) |
"In the end, this homage to '80s horror is little more than a faithful flashback -- authentic in execution but about as scary as something you saw again and again way back when." |
David Germain |
Tomato |
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2008) |
"Ms. Reidel also deserves credit for depicting the possibility of finding love at all ages, something that larger and more mainstream movies so often shy away from showing." |
Christy Lemire |
Tomato |
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) |
"How to Eat Fried Worms is a lot tastier than its title implies." |
David Germain |
Splat |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) |
"Unfortunately, it falls into incredibly predictable territory." |
Jake Coyle |
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