Splat 2/4 |
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"Without Woody Allen in the cast, this movie is afflicted with tunnel vision." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Hairspray (2007) |
"Who knew that Baltimore was this bouncy?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"A TV-special kind of movie made watchable by Ryan Gosling's magnetic performance." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 6/10 |
Halloween: H2O (1998) |
"Halloween H20 is yet another sequel that cannot match up to the glories of its precursor and, in fact, is considerably less hair-raising than recent horror films like Scream, Scream 2, and even Mimic." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat |
Hamlet (2000) |
"What makes Hamlet a masterful play rather than a Jacobean revenge potboiler is the complexity of its central character ... Hawke is simply a sullen adolescent, never smiling." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Hancock (2008) |
"Subtlety and nuance take a summer vacation." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Hanging Garden (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 5/10 |
Hanging Up (2000) |
"Almost torture to sit through its one hundred minutes of banal chatter and counterfeit crises." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Hannibal (2001) |
"A treat for the eyes and ears and, for some, its all too human flavor." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
The Happening (2008) |
"Lacks scares, wit, humor and acting, and Zooey Deschanel, alas, has lost her cuteness." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Happily Ever After (1993) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Happily Ever After (2005) |
"A frothy, amusing Parisian romantic comedy." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 10/10 |
Happiness (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Happy Accidents (2001) |
"Miscast performers do not help a story which is repetitive enough to outlast its 110 minutes' time." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Overlong, largely because of supernumerary characters." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"Looks good, has important 'messages,' but repetitivenessmakes this appear like a drawn-out 30-minute animated feature." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Happy Hour (2004) |
"Nothing especially new, but a well-acted chamber piece about a self-destructive writer." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Happy Times (2002) |
"A poignant comedy that offers food for thought." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Happy Together (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Happy, Texas (1999) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"this adeptly-made movie will wake us up to how cynical we really are (in comparison to Mike Leigh's the title character)." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"An adult thriller that will have its male audience crossing their legs or holding them tightly together." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Hard Rain (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"A hard-hitting, witty crime film with Tarantino-like audacity." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hardball (2001) |
"A formulaic but amusing tale of a loser who becomes a winner by losing himself in the service of others." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Harmonists (1997) |
"Few films have pointed out more effectively the utter absurdity of Nazi doctrine." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Harold (2008) |
"The low-budget high-school comedy is no 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' but should provide for not only laughs but some insight into the life of a smart, 13-year-old outsider." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"The satire is anything but nuanced in this zany comedy targeted to the 17-35 set, and that's just how its audience likes it." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"The funniest road trip comedy since Todd Phillips's 'Road Trip.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"The best blend of human activity with computer animation since 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"Though critics often denigrate today's overuse of special effects, more of those are needed as the human interactions are a crashing bore." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"Darker than the first two installments though not too scary for the youngest in the audience." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"A series of rich CG adventures in a narrative that does not cohere." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hart's War (2002) |
"That the Nazi commandment allows American POWs to conduct a court-martial of another American POW makes this original and entertaining." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 7/10 |
The Haunting (1999) |
"Director Jan de Bont, known for the razzle he put into the exciting movie Speed and the subsequent dud Twister, proves himself unable to break away from depending on dazzle to substitute for substance." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Hav Plenty (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"White boys can't jump, but some white girls sure can dance." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C+ |
Haven (2006) |
"Convoluted...too many flash-forwards and flashbacks." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C- |
The Hawk Is Dying (2007) |
"The principal human character warns more than once, "Don't look at The Hawk." That's good advice, film fans." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
He Got Game (1998) |
"The final image, Jake Shuttlesworth's coming full circle in his relationship with Jesus, is priceless." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2003) |
"Tatou still inhabits the role of an annoying woman but the Rashomon feature affords heft for this film." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"Idealism struggles with hedonism in this drama that features a menage-a-trois during wartime." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Head of State (2003) |
"Entertaining, but bland at a time that biting satire is called for." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Heading South (2006) |
"Ramples along as a concise parody of sex-linked colonialism." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2006) |
"A stylistic take from a boy's point of view, focusing on his mom and her macho boyfriends." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C- |
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"The characters are as dull as their city is dismal." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
The Heart of the Game (2006) |
"If a late-middle-age tax professor can coach a girls' basketball team, there is hope for all of us." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Heartbeat Detector (2008) |
"Despite the failure to credibly connect modern corporate practices with Nazism, this exquisitely acted film is watchable throughout its 144 minutes." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"A mostly unfunny dumbing-down of the 1972 version, leaving out the subtleties of social class and ethnic friction of Neil Simon's script." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3 |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"Worth seeing if only to give women hope that they can look like Sigourney at 51." |
Harvey S. Karten |
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