Tomato A- |
O (2001) |
"Speaks on the level of its subjects through an allegory that stays faithful to its overall purpose, yet while refusing to pander, stack the deck, or dumb itself down." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat C |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |
"The Coens' dark edges inevitably creep in and make the film just unpleasant enough to dislike." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A+ |
O Lucky Man! (1973) |
"Courts brilliance by tempering its cynicism with a hefty dose of protracted, but never quite gullible, innocence in its main character." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat F |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"A landfill of toxic star personas and auteur laziness." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"It rarely shows you anything you haven’t seen in comparable pictures, and has no layer of depth to its coolness" |
Jason Clark |
Splat C- |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"What does it matter if Soderbergh's a far better craftsman than Tony Scott and his ilk when he's lost his soul?" |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato short |
Office Space (1999) |
"The film's subject alone is enough to make it engaging and watchable." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat |
On The Ropes (1999) |
"[The film's] attitude is kind of a don't ask-don't tell policy: we won't ask why we're supposed to be emotionally moved, and [the filmmakers] won't tell us." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato 5/5 |
On the Waterfront (1954) |
"Brando and Kazan achieve career bests in this alternately thrilling and moving drama." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B+ |
Once Upon a Time in China (1991) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jason Clark |
Tomato B+ |
Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1991) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jason Clark |
Splat D |
The One (2001) |
"The cheapest and most nonsensical slice of quasi-Science Fiction silliness since Freejack." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
One Day in September (2000) |
"The only documentary of late not to resort to righteous emotional pandering or talking head syndrome." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C- |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"No matter how creatively saturated in color One Hour Photo is, the craft exists to play up lurid sensationalism and middle-class home invasion jitters." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato 3/5 |
Open City (1945) |
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Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C+ |
The Opportunists (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jason Clark |
Splat D- |
Orange County (2002) |
"Clocking in at a tight and merciful 83 minutes, Orange County feels like an afterthought." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Splat C+ |
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
Tomato B- |
Original Sin (2001) |
"Compulsively fun to watch thanks to the shameful eagerness of the filmmakers and performers." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat C- |
Orphans (1997) |
"Writer-director Peter Mullan never seems clued in as to how hilariously atrocious Orphans is." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A- |
The Others (2001) |
"Elegant, spooky, and with a substantial, albeit macabre, sense of purpose and empathy, The Others not so much exploits its conventions as much as it inverts them." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato B |
Our Lady of the Assassins (2001) |
"A bold re-visitation of themes last explored in Schroeder's 1987 masterpiece Barfly." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato B |
Our Song (2001) |
"The three leads, all making their film debuts, perform with incredible comfort." |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato B- |
Outside Providence (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joe McGovern |
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