Splat 2/4 |
G (2002) |
"The book was about class and the American dream. The movie is too, though it's most interested in the soap opera machinations of the plot." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gabrielle (2005) |
"Although it is possible that French actress Isabelle Huppert makes the occasional false move, she does not make them in front of a camera." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Game Plan (2007) |
"A Disney comedy that tries to overcompensate with cute what it lacks in clever." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Games People Play: New York (2004) |
"Just interesting enough to relieve the embarrassment you deserve for enjoying it." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"Day-Lewis' larger-than-life Bill is one of the great characters of movies." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Garcon Stupide (2006) |
"Unfortunately, just when you think Garcon Stupide is going somewhere, Baier screws it up with a melodramatic climax and a political message." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Garden State (2004) |
"Sincere, funny and entertaining in a way that not only charms but disarms." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"Garfield isn't exactly a dog, but it's not much fun either." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) |
"There's nothing horribly wrong with Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"Land of the Dead is rich with political metaphors and social satire, none of which ever throws us out of the story or slows the breakneck pace." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"If there is a 'What Were They Thinking?' Hall of Shame, there's a whole wall preserved for Georgia Rule, a feel-good, mothers-and-daughters comedy about child sexual abuse." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Gerry (2003) |
"Directors are supposed to suffer for their art, but we're the ones stranded and craving sustenance." |
John Monaghan |
Splat |
Get Carter (2000) |
"Director Stephen Kay obviously spent an inordinate amount of time studying The Limey ... but he learned all the wrong lessons." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"Get Rich or Die Tryin' can't be accused of not trying, but neither is anybody apt to leave it feeling all that enriched." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"I was not only able to comprehend Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, but connect with it emotionally. And that's all the more impressive considering the characters are something less than human." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Ghost Rider (2007) |
"You would have to be somewhere beyond deep-geek to defend Ghost Rider's unholy melding of religious mumbo-jumbo to motorcycle worship, western folklore, father-son psychology, and Elvis Lives wish fulfillment." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 2/4 |
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"If you're in the right B-movie frame of mind, it may just scare the pants off you." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Ghost World (2001) |
"[Zwigoff] has elicited remarkable performances." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"Though Cameron can't resist using 3D in traditional style -- a deckhand throws out a rope that grazes your head -- he mostly uses it imaginatively." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Gigli (2003) |
"A film that begins badly and gets worse and worse, like someone who has been knocked unconscious in an accident and then bleeds to death because he gets no attention." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gilles' Wife (2006) |
"Easy to fall into, courtesy of the inviting, autumnal cinematography of Virginie Saint-Martin and the persuasive, committed and sensual performance of the title character, played by Emmanuelle Devos." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
The Girl (2001) |
"Forces you to endure endless streams of badly written paragraphs of pseudo-poetic existentialism to get to the sex parts." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Girl from Paris (2002) |
"What director and cowriter Christian Carion has done with the film is give us a genuine feel for the simple joys, disappointments and mind-numbing routine of rural life." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"Beautifully lit, designed and photographed, it is, like much of the Dutch master's work, more to be admired than emotionally embraced." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Girls Will Be Girls (2003) |
"An often hilarious, always surprising 79-minute burlesque." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Gladiator (2000) |
"It is undeniably a triumph, muscular and entertaining." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
The Glass House (2001) |
"There's no tippy-toeing in The Glass House, but you will still find yourself holding your breath." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Glitter (2001) |
"Too poorly made and cornball even to qualify as kitsch." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gloomy Sunday (2003) |
"It has enough opulent, oversized romanticism to make it a guilty pleasure, not to mention three attractive and appealing characters and, of course, that song." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Glory Road (2006) |
"All involved with the project play the game with enthusiasm and purpose, which is all we really require from a committed team and an affirmative movie like this one." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Go (1999) |
"It's exceedingly smart and intentionally crude, and undeniably entertaining." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Goal! (2006) |
"Everything here is beyond predictable." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Gods and Generals (2003) |
"Few of [the actors] are able to compete with the wigs and the platitudes." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Godsend (2004) |
"A mix of A.I., The Bad Seed and a dozen other films, Godsend isn't god-awful, but it's not all that clever either." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Godzilla 2000 (2000) |
"If you can slog through the endless exposition leading up to it, the climactic wrestling match over the latest scale model of Tokyo provides the summer's best guilty pleasure." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) |
"It is difficult to leave this movie without the conviction that Kerry's wartime experience was anything but honorable, regardless of how you feel about his leadership role in Vietnam Veterans Against the War." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Golden Door (2007) |
"Turns an old story into something completely new." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"We give up before the detectives do, not just on the story, but on humanity, which I doubt is what anyone involved really wants." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) |
"No one is likely to confuse Gone in 60 Seconds with a good action movie." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Good Boy! (2003) |
"A clever charmer." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Good German (2006) |
"Everything about The Good German seems a few degrees off, as if the new map of Europe has somehow altered the latitudes along with attitudes." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Good Girl (2002) |
"Long after you leave Justine, you'll be wondering what will happen to her and wishing her the best -- whatever that might mean." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Good Luck Chuck (2007) |
"A desperately unfunny mix of romantic and gross-out comedy." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 4/4 |
Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) |
"Good Night, and Good Luck stands, tall, solid, impressive and expressive joining not only the best films about journalism, but also those about real Americans." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Good Shepherd (2006) |
"The Good Shepherd is a quietly sweeping, intensely intelligent and nail-biting history of the Central Intelligence Agency." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Good Thief (2003) |
"Extremely smart and cleverly crafted, this heist movie set on the French Riviera will keep you guessing even when you already know the outcome." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
A Good Woman (2005) |
"Rarely have so many regularly employed professionals created something so utterly undistinguished as A Good Woman." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Good Year (2006) |
"A Good Year is a chance for Crowe and his Gladiator director Ridley Scott to slow down and appreciate the good things, like beautiful women, good wine and a country home in France." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) |
"Of all the great films of the 1960s, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is one of a fistful that can be truly appreciated only on the big screen." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Gosford Park (2001) |
"The venerated American director's best film since Short Cuts." |
Terry Lawson |
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