Splat 7/10 |
U-571 (2000) |
"The acting ... is merely competent, the dialogue humdrum, the direction without sufficient challenge." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato |
U-Turn (1997) |
"A fun movie." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
U2 3D (2008) |
"The 3-D cameras are as enthusiastic as the U2 rock musicians." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
The Ugly (1998) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Splat C- |
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"Given Robert Luketic's embarrassing, over-the-top direction, the cat emerges as the best actor in this movie. Need I say more?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The Ultimate Gift (2007) |
"Despite a cop-out finale, there is much to rejoice in a young man's redemption." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Un Secret (2008) |
"Demonstrating the effect of the Holocaust on one family four decades later, 'A Secret' deftly demonstrates William Faulkner's saying, 'The past is not dead: it is not even past.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Un Secret (2008) |
"Given its crackerjack performances and fine evocation of period, Miller’s film has already been a popular offering in Paris and should not long remain a secret from sophisticated moviegoers when it opens in the States." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 7/10 |
Unbreakable (2000) |
"Fans of Willis and Jackson may well be disappointed by its foggy, pretentiousness texture." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Uncertainty (2009) |
"A young couple between a rock and a hard place must choose whether to go to a family dinner or run from gangsters, but only the latter choice is intereting." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Under Suspicion (2000) |
"One wonders why Hackman needed to wait for a score of years to get this film produced given its mastery of the techniques of detective thrillers." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"A warm, humorous story showing that there is no obstacle that can prevent a small child from finding his loving mom." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Under the Sand (2001) |
"A wonderfully acted psychological study of a woman whose husband goes for a swim and disappears." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
Under the Skin (1997) |
"Delightfully freighted with heavy sensuality, some deadpan comedy, and a character whose loneliness should strike a chord in all of us." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Under the Skin of the City (2003) |
"A reasonably compelling family drama gains heft by its attack on Iran's social system." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Under the Sun (2001) |
"You'll want to be a farmer in Western Sweden after seeing this one." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B- |
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) |
"Picture-postcard scenery and Diane Lane's charisma makes up for an unrealistic plot and syrupy dialogue." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 2/4 |
Undercover Brother (2002) |
"Unfortunately Eddie Griffin is no Eddie Murphy." |
Harvey S. Karten |
- |
Underground Comedy Movie (1999) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Undertow (2004) |
"A reasonably involving coming-of-age tale with undertones of Greek mythology." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 3/4 |
Undisputed (2002) |
"Walter Hill continues doing what he does best, knocking out a visceral prison melodrama with a show-stealing role from Peter Falk." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Undoing (2007) |
"A smidgen of originality lies in its being a noir film with Korean characters: others nothing new, but still a watchable gangster pic." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Unfaithful (2002) |
"Standard fare made worthwhile by Diane Lane's exceptional performance." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
An Unfinished Life (2005) |
"Reminds me of my favorite bumper sticker: 'If I knew grandchildren were so much fun, I'd have had them first.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The Unforeseen (2007) |
"The director makes a convincing case against the extremism of property rights when those rights trample on the needs of the public." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato A- |
United 93 (2006) |
"Writer-director Greengrass recreates events of 9/11/01 with
astonishing intensity." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
The United States of Leland (2004) |
"Makes an impassioned case for correction within juvenile correctional institutions." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Unknown White Male (2005) |
"Another intriguing tale of retrograde memory loss." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Unleashed (2005) |
"The first martial arts pic in recent memory with a three-dimensional villain." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 7/10 |
Unmade Beds (1997) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
An Unreasonable Man (2007) |
"To the documentarians' credit, you will leave the film pondering the one big question: did Nader do the right thing to stick by his principles, or should he have held his nose and supported the lesser of the two evils?" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Unscrewed (2003) |
"An erotic pic that punches into the national uptightness about sexual dysfunction." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato A- |
Unsettled (2008) |
"A terrific documentary that hones in on the Israeli government's decision to forcibly evacuate 8,000 of its own citizens from Gaza." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Untold Scandal (2003) |
"A nicely filmed period piece, 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' as Korea would see it at the turn of the 19th century." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Up (2009) |
"A lush visual rendering of the Pennsylvania Dutch proverb, 'We get old too soon, and too late smart.'" |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B |
Up and Down (2005) |
"An intriguing cross-section of the post-communist Czech people." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Up at the Villa (2000) |
"Straightforward, well-made tale." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato A- |
Up in the Air (2009) |
"As a send-up of both technology and the myth of the happy bachelor, 'Up in the Air' is fly." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
The Upside of Anger (2005) |
"A terrific performance by Joan Allen as one who is angry for the wrong reasons." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 9/10 |
Urban Legend (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Harvey S. Karten |
Splat 5/10 |
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) |
"The narrative line ... is so hackneyed, so stale, that even the junior high school kids who were admitted to a special advance screening of this R-rated movie ... appeared burned out." |
Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato 8/10 |
Urbania (2000) |
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Harvey S. Karten |
Tomato B+ |
Ushpizin (2005) |
"Adorable folk tale that could have come from I. Bashevis Singer's pen." |
Harvey S. Karten |
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