Splat 1/4 |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"Just as outrageous as fans were hoping it would be." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 1/4 |
Jackass: The Movie (2002) |
"I'm not sure which will take longer to heal: the welt on Johnny Knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
The Jacket (2005) |
"A movie that seems intelligent until you catch on that it's all images and attitude without much underneath." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Jackpot (2001) |
"Because there is no real chance Sunny will triumph -- Rocky this isn't -- we await the end with the same polite, mildly bemused vacancy with which we await the end of a serious karaoke performance, only without the benefit of alcohol." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jan Svankmajer's Faust (1994) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"Unlike so many chick flicks that celebrate female solidarity as a concept without ever making us feel it, The Jane Austen Book Club is convincingly feminist in a nonpolitical way." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Jarhead (2005) |
"In the end, Jarhead is more of a training exercise than a meaningful mission, one that hits some targets without drawing any blood." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Jason X (2002) |
"Expect the same-old, lame-old slasher nonsense, just with different scenery." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"[Smith's] funniest movie yet." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jay Z - Fade to Black (2004) |
"A concert film that captures last year's Garden party along with well-orchestrated, if not especially revealing, behind-the-scenes footage." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Jeepers Creepers (2001) |
"While it is at heart just another stupid slasher movie, its undeniable style on an obviously limited budget places it a cut above the rest." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 1/4 |
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) |
"More than twice the budget but only half the chills" |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"Looks like a moviemaker stretching in the wrong direction." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"Jesus Camp does what documentaries ought to do: It poses serious questions, then steps out of the argument." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jet Lag (2003) |
"The movie equivalent of one of those paperbacks bought to pass the time when your own flight has been delayed: It's distracting enough to keep your mind off the fantasy of throttling someone without adding any real weight to your carry-ons." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood (2004) |
"Those who wouldn't know the difference between Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, and couldn't care less, will care even less than that about this movie." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Jimmy & Judy (2006) |
"We can't help but wonder why we should care, save the fact that the first-person gimmick makes us feel complicit in the crimes." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"Demme says he entered the project expecting 'fireworks,' and he gets them time and again..." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) |
"More clever than we have any right to expect." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Joe Dirt (2001) |
"[Miller's] reduced to the guy in the backseat spouting off obscure nerdisms when everyone else just wants to talk dirty and get stupid." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Joe Somebody (2001) |
"Corny to the core." |
John Monaghan |
Splat |
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"Falls into a classic Carpenter quagmire, unable to follow through on many of its intriguing ideas." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
John Q (2002) |
"As an argument for national health care, John Q. is embarrassingly one-sided; as a movie, it's just one-dimensional." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"... a teen payback comedy that squanders any potential it might have had on the altar of that all-important teen desire: It wants us to think it's cute." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Johnny English (2003) |
"There's a lot of entertainment, especially for families, in Johnny English." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) |
"An uneasy collection of gags as flat as roadkill and insincere sentimentality, Johnson Family Vacation appears to have been thrown together like a teenage boy packing a suitcase on the night before a trip he never wanted to take in the first place." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) |
"It's got its heart in the right place, but it also wilts after awhile." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"Jonestown is a somber and non-exploitive reconstruction of the events that led the members of the Peoples Temple." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Joshua (2007) |
"An unnerving thriller that has a lot more on its maniacal mind than giving us the willies." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"It's a prefabrication railing at prefabrication." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Joy Ride (2001) |
"Lives up to its title." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"Its noble intentions do not negate its lumpy ordinariness." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004) |
"If you are new to horror that places atmosphere and psychological intensity over gore, Ju-On is a good place to start." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Jump Tomorrow (2001) |
"Doesn't so much charm as insinuate; like its female protagonist, it's under your skin before you know it." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Junebug (2005) |
"As someone with Southern roots, I can tell you I personally know every character in this movie. I am especially knowledgeable of George, a man who knew he had to leave but knows part of him never can." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Jungle Book 2 (2003) |
"A slapdash sequel that hardly qualifies as a feature." |
John Monaghan |
Splat |
Jurassic Park III (2001) |
"The best thing that can be said about JP III is that it's stripped to its essentials; it's all effects and action, with the human element reduced to cliches that will have 5-year-olds rolling their eyes." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Just a Kiss (2002) |
"This one makes Friends look like high art." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 1/4 |
Just Friends (2005) |
"Think of Just Friends as this season's answer to last year's Surviving Christmas, making you wonder what you did to deserve more movie coal in your stocking." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
"The movie clunks along much like its leads, never exactly sure where they belong." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 1/4 |
Just Married (2003) |
"Like all too many marriages, this movie is more an endurance test than the test of true love it pretends to be." |
Terry Lawson |
Splat 2/4 |
Just My Luck (2006) |
"The screenplay for Just My Luck is credited to five writers, all of whom relied on their DVD collections for inspiration." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Just Visiting (2001) |
"Even when the jokes prove a little musty ... they are refreshingly old-fashioned, and some are hilarious." |
John Monaghan |
Splat 2/4 |
Juwanna Mann (2002) |
"Has little on its mind aside from scoring points with drag gags." |
Terry Lawson |
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