Tomato 3/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Although the story is greatly enhanced by the mesmerizing visual design, it is also involving because of the duplicity and duality of the characters." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"The boldest go-for-broke film released by a Hollywood studio since Apocalypse Now." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Some credit for that deservedly goes to Grant. To his credit, he doesn't stoop to his puppy-dog pander." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"There is a casual courage and dignity, and no small amount of obliviousness, in Nicholson's Schmidt that will remind many younger people of their parents, and many older people of their brothers and friends -- and themselves." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Acts of Worship (2001) |
"Has all the hallmarks of a high-quality independent production, where real-life texture and genuine emotion more than compensate for lack of polish." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adam & Steve (2006) |
"[Chester] and the goofy Gets make a likable comedy team." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 4/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"It's the most original, exhilarating and hilarious movie of the year." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
"This may be the funniest, most faithful adaptation of any classic television series ever." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
After Innocence (2005) |
"After Innocence is, without making it overly obvious, anti-death penalty on the grounds that a just society cannot afford to make any mistakes that we cannot attempt to rectify." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"Mikkelsen, Lassgard, Knudsen and Christensen seem to burrow into the deepest parts of their hearts and souls to turn the stuff of soap opera into a search for the real self." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"What the new Alfie turns out be all about is Jude Law, perfectly cast in the role played by Caine." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"Intelligent, exquisitely acted though ultimately unengaging." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"Turns out not to be one of those movies that improves in the memory, but actually is better than you remember, mostly because it puts its multitude of imitators to shame." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"Visually, this is another leap for 3D and robotic cameras." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"It's a beautifully realized and assured work packed with the kind of raw emotions that rarely make it to the screen." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Young viewers will enjoy the slapstick, while parents will relate to Lee's amiable frustration as the trio's surrogate dad." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Director Michael Apted has turned out a movie that might be best described as faithful, both in its attention to accuracy and in its acknowledgement of the role faith played in righting one of the great social wrongs." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"Do not be surprised to see Amelie pull a Crouching Tiger and be nominated as both best foreign film and best film." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amen (2003) |
"Costa-Gavras deserves credit for staying the course; in a time when most European film directors are wringing their hands, he's still pointing fingers." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"You can safely watch it without feeling guilty, or indicted." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"American Hardcore gets what most music lovers could not at the time: Sometimes, that noise in your head and that anger in your heart just has to get out, and there's always a guitar around somewhere." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
American Psycho (2000) |
"Bale delivers these lectures without irony and with the same studied lack of passion with which he delivers a deadly blow." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Codirectors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who have three traditional documentaries on their resume, do a good job of keeping the various Harveys and Joyces from bumping into each other." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 2/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"While Analyze That can't re-create the freshness of the first film, writers Peter Tolan, Peter Steinfeld and director Harold Ramis ... have come up with a couple of bits that may inspire you to snort-laugh, though you'll feel guilty about it later." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"It's at least as enjoyable as it is absurd, like wasting time and money at some place you know you can't afford." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"Assumes a meditative, Zen-like quality that sends the viewer floating away, like a leaf." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"Anna and the King satisfies in grand style." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"Never less than entertaining and often much, much more." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"Elon uses quiet and silence to great effect." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"If the Ant Bully story is generic, it is never plodding. It zips along quite nicely, aided by the especially well-constructed action sequences." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"While the film is rated PG-13 for language and the brawling, this is one film that high school teachers can use as a teaching tool without any rationalization." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"It is now a richer, fuller film, if still something short of the longed-for masterpiece." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Say what you want about Mel Gibson -- and people are likely to be saying whatever forever -- he is one hell of a filmmaker." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"A lightweight farce that remains enjoyable primarily for the time spent with Auteuil." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"Part impassioned history lesson, part reflection on the way entertainment distorts history, part extension of [Egoyan's] previous explorations of how desire and need distort our sense of self." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 2/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"Arctic Tale does afford us some beautiful landscape cinematography and up-close looks at creatures in the wild..." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"The dissection of a joke is never pretty, but it has never been nastier than it is in The Aristocrats." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"Place it squarely in the category of overlooked gems." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
The Art of War (2000) |
"The Art of War keeps us reasonably entertained, if not guessing." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"What keeps the film from being altogether snide and smug are the well-intentioned performances." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"It is to the credit of Towne and his cast ... that Ask the Dust is able to convey Fante's passion without making it seem affected." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"Assassination is contemplative and quiet, a studied film that is surprisingly engrossing, not to mention so handsomely made you can hardly take your eyes off it." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"Richet and DeMonaco respect the original movie while adding depth to the characters and complications to the situation." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"Though there is no lack of amusement in all this, the Polish brothers and the cast play it perfectly straight. Farmer is as determined to go to space as Mister Deeds is to go to town or Mr. Smith is to go to Washington." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Asylum (2005) |
"It's a movie you fall for or you don't, and like Stella, I am not ashamed I did." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"ATL may fail to wow on the skate floor, but it still makes decent melodrama." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) |
"A fine Disney adventure about the legendary lost land." |
Terry Lawson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aura (2006) |
"The voyeuristic focus and camera acrobatics may remind you of Hitchcock, but The Aura is also highly original." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Autumn Spring (2003) |
"Worth a look for anyone in the mood for a story about an old man who lives by Dylan Thomas' advice about not going gently into the night." |
John Monaghan |
Tomato 3/4 |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"Watching the charming Avenue Montaigne makes you realize not only how much we miss when mainstream French films are not on the movie menu, but how much we miss when American studios define 'romantic comedy' so strictly." |
Terry Lawson |
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