Tomato B+ |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"At once cerebral and melodramatic, 'The Da Vinci Code' should please those who think and those who feel."" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Has enough gags to transcend its saccharine and predictable plot." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dahmer (2002) |
"Chilling but uncommercial look into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Dallas 362 (2005) |
"Seems made for 8 o'clock TV." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Daltry Calhoun (2005) |
"Inconsequential with a made-for-TV look." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
The Damned United (2009) |
"Michael Sheen's flamboyant performance as a football (soccer) manager makes him a credible nominee for end-year film awards." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Director Hedges's signature trademark of broad comedy with family sentiment on display with reasonable success." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Dance Flick (2009) |
"Who needs Middle Eastern oil when the Wayans Brothers project enough energy for U.S. needs until the next Wayans comedy?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Dance With Me (1998) |
"A crowd-pleaser which just might encourage some viewers to get up and frolic in the aisles." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
Dancemaker (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 9/10 |
Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
"Von Trier shows himself once again as a director with imagination, one who continues to push back the boundaries of cinema." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"Though character-driven, there is heart-pounding tension in this spy story, John Malkovich's directorial debut." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 6/10 |
Dangerous Beauty (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"A quirky coming of age tale with the original touch of comic-book animation to reflect the thoughts of a 14-year-old lad." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Dans Paris (2007) |
"When the depressed Paul jumps from the bridge into the Seine, I was hoping he'd not swim ashore. There is not a character here that one could care about." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Here's one situation in which being a cartoon character (like Colin Farrell's off-the-wall Bullseye) is a compliment. Absorbing, fun, and delightfully empty." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"A moderately amusing shaggy dog story that evokes director Wes Anderson's love for human beings with quirky personality traits." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"A conventional cop story as predictable as it is lacking in suspense." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dark Blue World (2001) |
""Pearl Harbor" Czech-style...a more authentic mixture of romance and battle." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat |
Dark City (1998) |
"...focused though [Proyas] may be on providing a classic tale of the woes of conformity and the benefits of individuality, he succeeds principally in creating visual grandeur." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Visually arresting, with an awards-worthy performance from the late Heath Ledger -- the story bogs down in subplots and subplots to subplots." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Dark Water (2005) |
"No wonder tourists avoid Roosevelt Island! Scary!" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Vid-game style shoot-ups displace needed character development." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Clunky dialogue undercuts spectacular visuals." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3 |
The Day I Became A Woman (2001) |
"Pity the day that an Iranian becomes a woman." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Day Night Day Night (2007) |
"Amazing how a no-budget movie with no music, celebrity actors, production design, explosions, witty dialogue, can create so much tension!" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Day Zero (2008) |
"An implausible story centering on three characters whose differences in social class and temperament make the proceedings less than involving." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"An imaginative reconstruction of key events in Cole Porter's life." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
The Dead Girl (2006) |
"Confusing until you see all the loosely connected shortstories in the series." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Dead Man's Shoes (2006) |
"Brit thriller, downbeat revenge story, but why can't the English learn to speak?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
The Deal (2005) |
"Though torn from tomorrow's political headlines, the story is too convoluted to be either entertaining or comprehensible." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"Sensitive acting warms the heart while avoiding soap-opera cliches." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"Even pacificsts love guns." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"Funerals can be fun is the point made by this British comedy, a Feydeau-like farce brimming with brio, one that travels beautifully across the Atlantic." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Death In Love (2009) |
"A stagy, melodramatic, and downright effective story about the way a mother's pain is passed on to her brood." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Death of a President (2006) |
"Amazing merging of archival footage with fictionalized doc but the second half is a tedious political thriller." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C+ |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) |
"An antidote to 'E.R' but too much like a docudrama played
out as though in real time." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"Charles Bronson is alive and well in the form of Kevin Bacon." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 2/4 |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"Children's shows as fronts for gangster? My innocence would be destroyed if this picture had any subtlety." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Debut (2000) |
"Predictable but heartfelt, and valuable in that it is one of the first Filipino-American productions." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Deceiver (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Deconstructing Harry (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Deep Blue (2005) |
"Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly: you'll see both, nicely choreographed." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 6/10 |
Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
"Not a smidgen of originality!" |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Deep Crimson (1996) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Deep End (2001) |
"Tilda Swinton makes the movie eminently watchable and believably suspenseful." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 6/10 |
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
Deep Impact (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato A- |
Defamation (2009) |
"Intelligent, muscular documentary filmmaking that asks all the right questions about anti-Semitism today." |
Harvey S. Karten |
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