Tomato A- |
Machuca (2005) |
"Machuca doesn't just recite a history lesson for us — it lives it as only two children on the cusp of adulthood can." |
Donald Munro |
Splat D+ |
Madagascar (2005) |
"This tepid summer animated offering limps along like an aged, mangy lion with bunions." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
The Majestic (2001) |
"With its fake burnished sunsets and wobbly high school band playing the national anthem, The Majestic wavers uncomfortably between blissfully old-fashioned and just plain maudlin." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"Mamma Mia! wants to be a dancing queen. Try as she might, the highest rank I'd bestow upon her is duchess. And in a few critically wobbly ways, she can't do much better than lady-in-waiting." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B- |
Man of the Year (2006) |
"It's certainly no political classic, but it's worth at least a couple of electoral votes." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"At once a gentle ode to the conventions of the noir genre and a cheerful tweak as well." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
The Man Without a Past (2003) |
"It's an oblique film, so quiet that at times it seems barely more than a whisper. But don't mistake that for fragility. It boasts a hard, clear voice." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"Ratchets up the tension in a way that meshes smoothly with these polarized political times." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
March of the Penguins (2005) |
"The film is at its best when it simply revels in the astonishing story of a stoic battle for everyday survival." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"It's like eating dessert first and never getting around to the main course." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"A handsomely staged snapshot of an era ... yet the film is so deliberately atmospheric that it tends to lose sight of its driving action." |
Donald Munro |
Splat F |
The Master of Disguise (2002) |
"This kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that I even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater" |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) |
"Doesn't amount to much." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
Meet the Fockers (2004) |
"There can be worse holiday fluff than watching a tight-knit group of Hollywood veterans having fun." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Meet the Parents (2000) |
"Meet the Parents is hysterical." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Memento (2001) |
"An all-consuming movie experience." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
"It's hard to get in the film more of a sense than merely skimming the surface." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C- |
Men in Black II (2002) |
"There's a polite, distant, strained sensibility to this inevitable sequel." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Men of Honor (2000) |
"It deserves a court-martial for taking such a promising premise and grinding it into mediocrity." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
The Mexican (2001) |
"It tries much too hard to be loose and carefree." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato A |
A Mighty Heart (2007) |
"A riveting experience that sears its way into your consciousness." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato A |
Milk (2008) |
"Marches forward with insistency and purpose. This immensely heart-felt biographical movie ranks as one of the year's best films." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Miss Congeniality (2000) |
"Like any good beauty pageant contestant, it tries to make everyone happy, and ends up looking as if it's held together by Vaseline and duct tape." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) |
"The wonderful Frances McDormand, who imbues this role with a frazzled charm and endearing insecurity, creates a memorably less-than-super hero." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
The Missing (2003) |
"Blanchett and Jones elevate what could have been a desultory Western-throwback genre picture to a film with surprising emotional bite.
" |
Donald Munro |
Splat D+ |
Mission: Impossible III (2006) |
"On the menu tonight: a big helping of Cruise's ego." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
Mona Lisa Smile (2003) |
"This period film merely shuffles along, content to dress up its all-star cast in swell costumes and take big, easy pot shots at the Dark Ages of the 1950s." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
Monsoon Wedding (2002) |
"A friendly, easily digestible outing seasoned with just the right amount of emotional bitterness to keep it from becoming sticky sweet." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
Monster (2003) |
"Monster has the scary-but-safe feel of a dash in a Lexus through a bad neighborhood.
" |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Monster's Ball (2001) |
"A film in which the smallest of details ... sets a vivid scene." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
Monster-in-Law (2005) |
"Fonda's performance seems so stiff — so strained — that Novocaine immediately comes to mind." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Monsters, Inc. (2001) |
"Is the film as knowing and hilarious in the manner of Shrek? No, and there aren't any DreamWorks jokes, either. But it does hold on fiercely to the idea of clever, heartwarming family fun. And for that, Monsters deserves lots of good ink." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Moulin Rouge (2001) |
"So large and lush and full of itself that it's hard not to surrender to the film's bombastic charms." |
Donald Munro |
Splat D+ |
Mr. Deeds (2002) |
"Sandler strives for an awkward blend of sight gags, comic violence and smarmy sentiment that might even have sent Capra himself retching to the nearest lavatory." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Mulholland Dr. (2001) |
"While I occasionally felt a delicious thrill as I swirled through his surreal world, more often I found myself wielding a more impatiently pedestrian 'Huh?'" |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
The Mummy Returns (2001) |
"The Mummy Returns moves far too quickly to say that it gets bogged down in special effects. It's more like it goes dizzy with them." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
Munich (2005) |
"There's much to recommend in this fierce, complex film." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B- |
Murder by Numbers (2002) |
"An interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse, three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama." |
Rick Bentley |
Splat C- |
Must Love Dogs (2005) |
"The big, dumb movie of the summer for those who can remember Richard Nixon in the White House." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
Mystic River (2003) |
"Vibrant and coldly compelling, Mystic River succeeds in spinning a profoundly American tale on the level of grand tragedy." |
Donald Munro |
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