Splat C+ |
Hamlet (2000) |
"This Hamlet depends on audience members with a prior knowledge of the play and an interest in how Almereyda has interpreted it -- newcomers would be hard pressed to either understand or enjoy it." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat short |
Hannibal (2001) |
"It’s difficult to trace back to the exact moment when this project became not just a bad idea, but a really bad idea." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D+ |
Hannibal (2001) |
"The ultimate monster of Hannibal, more dangerous and frightening than Dr. Lecter himself, is Ridley Scott." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato B |
Happy Times (2002) |
"Happy Times maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato B |
Happy, Texas (1999) |
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Joe McGovern |
Tomato B+ |
A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
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Jason Clark |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Hard Way (1991) |
"An amusing diversion, with Woods and Fox perfectly cast." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat 0/5 |
Harlem Nights (1989) |
"There's maybe two funny moments in this shrill directorial bomb from Eddie Murphy." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat B- |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Its efforts to set itself above the bar are rather admirable, if not quite charming or endearing in their eventual failures." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C+ |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"What director Chris Columbus hasn’t brought to it is any kind of inherent wonder or more palpable reason for being" |
Jason Clark |
Splat D- |
Hart's War (2002) |
"So predictably sanctimonious it feels like it’s been sitting on the shelf since the 1950’s, when big-name, naively feel-good message movies were a dime a dozen." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D+ |
Harvard Man (2002) |
"Heavy with flabby rolls of typical Toback machinations." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat short |
The Haunting (1999) |
"Doesn't try to spook you as much as it tries to browbeat you into a defeated, whimpering submission." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C |
The Haunting (1999) |
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Joshua Vasquez |
Tomato B+ |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"It's not often that you find a malevolent, mean-spirited comedy that keeps its heart in the right place." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat short |
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) |
"The movie is light years behind the touching celebration of youth found in Stand By Me." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"What Mitchell has to say about sexuality and love, equaling little more than feel-good sentiments about unity and duality, comes off as trite and inconsequential." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B |
Heist (2001) |
"The real pleasure is found in a cast of actors who are smart, energetic craftsmen that are good at their jobs." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Splat F |
Here on Earth (2000) |
"Every establishing scene is like a loaded gun on the temples." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato A- |
Himalaya (2001) |
"Valli never lets the immense rawness of the film oppress the grace found in its gripping character-driven firmament." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
The Hole (1998) |
"Cheerfully postulates the end of the world as an invitingly loony escapade." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C+ |
Hollow Man (2000) |
"The movie is stuck in the middle of nowhere, halfway removed from quality and with no means of finding its way home." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C- |
Hollywood Ending (2002) |
"None of this so-called satire has any sting to it, as if Woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally, to some extent, warmed up to him." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat |
Hollywood Ending (2002) |
"A few more of these and his Hollywood Ending could be a very, very dark one" |
Jason Clark |
Splat short |
Holy Smoke! (1999) |
"The film's only moments of electricity come in its first ten minutes, as its two stars are introduced to strains of Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy" and "I Am, I Said."" |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C |
Holy Smoke! (1999) |
"Watching films like this and Guinevere, I get the distinct impression that the people behind them genuinely believe they're crafting something much more boldly effectual and significant than it actually is." |
Rob Morlino |
Tomato short |
The House of Mirth (2000) |
"Far better than most swill heading for shelter under comparisons to Merchant-Ivory or Masterpiece Theatre." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A- |
The House of Mirth (2000) |
"A devastating, deliberately measured film with the power to sink one's stomach by the close of its prim but vulgar tale." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato B- |
House on Haunted Hill (1999) |
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Joshua Vasquez |
Splat short |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
"Watching it approaches the disturbing position of being bedside as a loved one expires from a terminal disease." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
"An unnecessary reworking of a classic." |
Rob Morlino |
Splat C- |
Human Nature (2002) |
"An instantly forgettable stream of lackluster ideas and unremarkable gimmickry." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato A- |
Humanité (1999) |
"It's loaded with pretension, and it comes dangerously close to being little more than an exasperating stunt--and in the end that's what's so great about it." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
The Hurricane (1999) |
"a glowing depiction of the resilience of humanity that extends beyond skin color or political affirmation." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
The Hurricane (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
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