Splat 2/4 |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"These offerings by Howard and Goldsman are not enough to turn a page-turner into something that survives and transcends a media phenomenon, in the way of such bad novels as The Godfather and Jaws." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"Owes more to the third or fourth sequel to Meatballs and other character-building summer-camp comedies than it does to Daddy Day Care, with neither director Fred Savage or the writers inclined to come up with a single original idea." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"The humor is strictly potty-level, with its biggest laughs reserved for pee-pee gags and the inevitable gas-passing." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) |
"Daddy’s Little Girls is [Perry's] best-looking film to date. Is it asking too much for a script to match?" |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Hedges is not the most subtle of storytellers, but his sincerity shines through, as does a certain gentleness. Dan in Real Life is one of those films you cheer to succeed, even when it doesn't come close to real life." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
"Von Trier is asking not that you take a leap of faith; he's asking you to hold his hand while he jumps off the bridge." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"Reflects its director, being intelligent and elegantly turned-out but distant." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"[An] engrossing and imaginative coming-of-age film." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"What finally prevents Danny Deckchair from floating away completely is Balsmeyer's seemingly sincere admiration for those Trudy dismisses as 'the little people,' rendered here with as much respect as eccentricity." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Plays closer to the Joel Schumacher campy sequel Batman & Robin: convoluted, junky and obsessed with form-fitting leather costumes." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Darfur Now (2007) |
"A documentary exploring the roots and reason of African political corruptness and its history of a tribal violence that shows no signs of abating might have done more to raise real outrage." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Even those invested in the idea that the journey is the destination may feel they've taken a train to nowhere." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"Those who criticized Training Day for its lack of credibility will be rolling their eyes at the nonchalance with which Dark Blue plays the race card." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dark Water (2005) |
"In a time when American acting icons like Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda take roles in junk and call it good fun, Connelly shows us how an actor can respect commercial moviemaking and her craft." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"Knowing that they don't have the scariest movie around, it would seem as if the filmmakers have vowed to make it the loudest." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
"The movie prefers to show snippets of life and let the audience make the connections. Many of these scenes prove memorable." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"His [Chappelle] return to the public eye doesn't result in much musical magic or comedic fun." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
David & Layla (2008) |
"There is nothing poetic about it." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Scarier, funnier and more entertaining than it has a right to be." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Nothing about The Day After Tomorrow really engages us except for the computer effects, which are certainly impressive enough, in a Powerpoint-presentation sort of way." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Day Watch (2007) |
"To the credit of [director] Timur Bekmambetov, it is possible to dive into the second chapter of the ambitious, visually dazzling Russian fantasy trilogy that began with 2004's Night Watch without feeling completely adrift." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Days of Glory (2006) |
"It's to the credit of the actors, and Algerian-born director Rachid Bouchareb, that we become emotionally involved with the soldiers and the injustices they are forced to endure." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"Porter's music is made for movies, and just about anywhere else, but maybe the man himself wasn't." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dead Silence (2007) |
"Armed with a decent budget, director James Wan and co-screenwriter Leigh Wannell fashion at least a dozen sequences that are spooky even while they defy logic." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"For all its sentimental superficiality, Dear Frankie is emotionally affecting." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"Struggles valiantly to be funny but is mostly dead on arrival." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Death of a President (2006) |
"To the credit of Range and Simon Finch, with whom he wrote the screenplay, it makes its point and poses its moral questions without speeches or quotation marks." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"Death Sentence has a crude, naturalistic style that fails to disguise the fact that its twists and turns become increasingly preposterous." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"For all its calculated cruelties, Death to Smoochy never gets as down and dirty." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Deck the Halls (2006) |
"Since this is ostensibly a holiday family picture, things never get so nasty as to be Bad Santa-style outrageous, unless you think a rigged speed-skating competition or a cross-dressing local sheriff is the height of hilarity." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deep Blue (2005) |
"Absorbing." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deep Sea (IMAX) (2006) |
"If the typical IMAX offering has a handful of unforgettable shots, this one delivers about 50." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deja Vu (2006) |
"DéjÀ Vu is so cleverly thought out and is conceived, directed and acted that the leaps in both logic and scientific theory are more fun to make than they are to ponder." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deliver Us From Eva (2003) |
"Gets you so close to these people that you truly wish them well." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"Even people who reject the idea of inherent evil may be shaken by Berg's scrupulous yet passionate recounting of the story of Oliver O'Grady." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Departed (2006) |
"It's a thinking fan's thriller, a movie involving multiple fully dimensional characters, multiple story lines and edge-of-your-seat twists and swerves, stylized to just the edge of believability." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Derailed (2005) |
"What we can't quite get our head around is the fact that as urbane and smart as Charles would seem to be, he doesn't appear to have ever seen even one film noir movie." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Descent (2006) |
"You genuinely care about the six women who enter a cave in the Appalachian mountains, only to discover it crawling with flesh-eating predators who have adapted to life in the dark." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) |
"Just call it Hustle and Low." |
John Monaghan |
Splat |
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) |
"Lowbrow humor." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Deuces Wild (2002) |
"Deuces Wild is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like The Wanderers and A Bronx Tale without cribbing any of their intelligence." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) |
"This well-done documentary will explain why Johnston has never been able to rise above cult status ..." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Devil Came On Horseback (2007) |
"The Devil Came on Horseback is a documentary account of Steidle's ongoing efforts to educate the world about the violence he witnessed as an unarmed military observer for the African Union in 2004." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
The Devil's Backbone (2001) |
"Even if it waves its psychological and political implications like a flag, it at least takes a stand against mindlessness." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Devil's Rejects (2005) |
"It is possible to be repulsed by The Devil's Rejects while acknowledging it as an effective, high-quality piece of work." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) |
"Diary of a Mad Black Woman is directed by Darren Grant, who is unable to wrangle all of Perry's attempts to entertain -- or pander to -- his audience into anything resembling a satisfying movie." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) |
"There are almost enough fresh elements to make the movie worthwhile." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Die Another Day (2002) |
"If I can't return to the past, I'll happily follow a Bond this reenergized into the future." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |
"If this is living free, you might consider pulling the plug." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Die Mommie Die! (2003) |
"What could have been a one-gag movie turns out to be one of the funniest comedies John Waters never made." |
Terry Lawson |
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