Tomato B |
10 Items or Less (2006) |
"As modest and indie-ish as you can get with the delightfulMorgan Freeman flirting with the lovely Paz Vega." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) |
"Easily transcends its hackneyed plot through vivacious acting, crackling dialogue, and sympathetic characters." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 4/10 |
102 Dalmatians (2000) |
"Given the level of violence (however cartoonish) ... I'd question the wisdom of the MPAA in granting the movie a 'G' rating." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
12 and Holding (2006) |
"A riveting low-budget look at how a group of 12-year-olds
react to the accidental killing of one of their friends." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"Though Jennifer Garner has a huge fan club, she's not a particularly appealing actress in a movie that nonetheless has its moments." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
13 Tzameti (2006) |
"Pays homage to Michael Cimino's 'Deerhunter' in evoking high
tension from a game of Russian roulette." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
The 13th Floor (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
1408 (2007) |
"When Mike Enslin (John Cusack) says he does not believe in ghosts, we in the audience cannot be blamed for not wishing him well, but he does turn in a stellar performance in what largely a stagey, one-man show." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato |
15 Minutes (2001) |
"Migraine-inducing and graphically violent -- but always entertaining." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"A pair with good chemistry who are ultimately mismatched--he a neurotic New Yorker and she a man-hungry Parisian--make for solid comedy entertainment." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
2 X 4 (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 9/10 |
20 Dates (1998) |
"Early on, Berkowitz tells us that he has just two failings: his personal life and his professional career. By the conclusion of the movie, Myles has apparently remedied both." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
200 Cigarettes (1999) |
"Twenty-somethings just do not have the maturity to develop great and universal stories, but these performers try their mightiest." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
2009 Academy-Award Nominated Short Films (2009) |
"Needless to say the Oscar-nominated shorts for films released in 2008 are a mixed bag: some cute, others sentimental, still others uninvolving." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
2012 (2009) |
"Apocalypse new? No such luck: more like apocalypse same ol'." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
21 (2008) |
"The deck may not be the only cardboard character, but this re-telling of an actual event efficiently combines intellect with melodrama." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
21 Grams (2003) |
"A meditation on life and death that's on just the right side of pretentious." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
24 Hour Party People (2002) |
"Involving--though it won't replace 'Amadeus.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
25th Hour (2002) |
"An intriguing study of character given an edge by the concept of a man's final day of freedom." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C+ |
27 Dresses (2008) |
"Bland. Difficult to believe it was written by the scripter who penned The Devil Wears Prada." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
28 Days Later (2003) |
"Stellar acting by two relative unknowns but overly quick editing distances us from the scares." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
3 Extremes (2005) |
"A trio of horror pics, one, Dumpling, being the best, the other two just fine." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
3 Needles (2006) |
"A marginally involving dramatization of how peopledeal with AIDS in 3 separate cultures" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
3-Iron (2005) |
"An unusual romance with minimal dialogue." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
300 (2007) |
"I preferred Gerard Butler as the Phantom of the Opera, didn't you? But he was just dandy here as well." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 5/10 |
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) |
"Yet another mindless, derivative, headache- producing assortment of senseless brutality and unconvincing romance." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"A splendid reinvention of the 1957 movie alternating vivid gunfights against a gorgeous background with brain-games of the most manipulative sort." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) |
"Can be looked upon as an anti-Communist tract and an implied statement about abortion, but far more important, this is an incisive film about two vulnerable people at the mercy of a cynical abortionist and an underground economy." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) |
"Proves that a comedy based on sex need not be ham-fisted to be effective." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"The lions guarding NY's big public library roar when a virgin passes by. They've been silent only because Steve Carell's hilarious character Andy never visited New York." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
44 Inch Chest (2010) |
"The interminable macho bluster overwhelms the senses and makes for a dull time at the movies." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C- |
50 First Dates (2004) |
"Tasteless and unfunny: Sandler has still not duplicated the quality of his performance in 'The Wedding Singer.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 7/10 |
54 (1998) |
"Mr. Christopher's movie at times looks like a parody of the era, at other times like a celebration of a period haplessly gone by." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
5X2 (2005) |
"Director Ozon intrigues us by not obsessing about his charaters' motivations." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 7/10 |
The 6th Day (2000) |
"Suffers from an endless barrage of noise and effects that have been cloned over and over from previous movies." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
8 1/2 Women (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
8 Mile (2002) |
"Who wastes time watching Tiger Woods/When real action comes from the boyz in the hoods?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
8 Women (2002) |
"The genre-bender of the year is intermittently involving." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
8MM (1998) |
"Director Joel Schumacher steadily turns on the tension." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
95 Miles to Go (2006) |
"Ray Romano is good for smiles, no laughs." |
Harvey S. Karten |
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