Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Aside from the tantalizing moral questions, A.I. is a delight visually." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
About a Boy (2002) |
"Summer comedies are notoriously shallow, but About a Boy lets us dive into refreshing waters." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato A |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"It's beautiful, moving, silly, strenuous, overreaching, exuberant and one of a kind." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
The Alamo (2004) |
"As earnest and safe as looking both ways three times before crossing the street." |
Donald Munro |
Splat D |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"Alex & Emma is so flat -- so lifeless, so desultory in concept and execution -- that it practically retreats to one corner of the screen and takes a nap." |
Donald Munro |
Splat D+ |
Alexander (2004) |
"The drippy romantic death-bed dialogue reads like it was swiped from an episode of 'One Macedonian Life to Live.'" |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Ali (2001) |
"This is a not a celebration of the boxing champ's life but a kind of gloomy eulogy that seems to have been compiled by strangers." |
Rick Bentley |
Splat C |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"A rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by Epps." |
Rick Bentley |
Splat |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
"It has the truncated, jumpy feel of a sprawling epic novel shoehorned into a space far too small for it to comfortably breathe." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"It's heartfelt, funny, sensitive and wise, and Crowe's obvious love for the music runs so deep that the film ends up rattling around in your soul, like a thumping bass on the other side of a thin apartment wall." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"A smooth, lightweight, disposable outing." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"Stiller has turned into a submissive dog that rolls over the instant we settle into our seats, content to bask in our affectionate derision." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Yes, the movie is juvenile and occasionally stupid. What do you expect in a story about singing chipmunks?" |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Amelie (2001) |
"A delirious sensory experience from start to finish." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"There's nothing wrong with broad and campy humor, but America's Sweethearts rarely gets the tone right." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
American Pastime |
"While historically sensitive and thought-provoking, the film has serious flaws. The story line is scattered and the direction uneven." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato A |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Wildly original, fiercely funny, refreshingly unsentimental and so loyal to its source material that it splashes the real Harvey Pekar with abandon across the screen." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Crass, goofy, disgusting and very funny." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"Ferocious and beautiful." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Half inspired and half a moronic exercise in brain stagnation." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"This Phantom's menace is the Phantom himself." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"Tries so hard to be natural, somehow feels like it's wearing a little too much mascara." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C- |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Makes a better book than a movie" |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
Another Gay Movie (2006) |
"Move over, American Pie and Road Trip: There's a new sheriff in town, and he's wearing leather chaps." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Anything Else (2003) |
"If Allen feels compelled to continue with his time-honored bundle of tics, New Yorkerisms and sexual insecurities, at least he's trying to pass it on to another generation rather than carry the torch all the way to the nursing home." |
Donald Munro |
Splat D |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Makes you want to dunk your head in a paint can." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"A bleached-out dreariness and lethargic pace drains this challenging film of much of its impact." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B |
ATL (2006) |
"A well executed, charming and often affecting drama that manages to carve out a comfortably mainstream feel." |
Donald Munro |
Splat |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) |
"It's closer in kinship to a Saturday morning cartoon than its vibrant, animated-classic Disney ancestors." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato B+ |
Atonement (2007) |
"It grapples with some of the most bruising aspects of the human condition" |
Donald Munro |
Splat C |
August Rush (2007) |
"If sentimentality were a cymbal, it'd be like having a percussionist standing right behind you and crashing every other beat." |
Donald Munro |
Splat C+ |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"Yet for all the giggles, I can't help but feel that Austin's a little too full of himself these days." |
Donald Munro |
Tomato A |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Unfolds with the assurance of a heartbeat." |
Donald Munro |
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