Pandaemonium (2001)

"A noisy and bombastic period biopic with interminable thuds of anachronistic topicality."

Panic Room (2002)

"Has all the charm of a filmed industrial presentation on recent technological advancements."

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)

"What was ambitious and haunting in the original now comes off as manipulative and pointless."

The Patriot (2000)

"A tough, high-minded work of seriousness--those who turn their noses up at Emmerich's name will be surprised at the amount of integrity he allows The Patriot to hold."

Pay It Forward (2000)

"Few films stoop as low as Pay it Forward under the guise of upright seriousness."

Pearl Harbor (2001)

"What was a film worth taking the time to divine value from becomes the biggest, and most expensive, waste of time in several years."

Personal Velocity (2002)

"By infusing the film with a dreamlike, digitally shot haze, Miller loses a little of the urgency of her tales"

Phone Booth (2003)

"A worthless, witless thriller"

Pińero (2001)

"Ichaso's clumsy and shoddy biopic Pińero has nowhere near enough creative distance from its subject to realize that it should be a cautionary tale."

Pixote (1981)

"A harrowing film about a destitute youth living in Brazil."

Planet of the Apes (2001)

"Awkward missteps in terms of execution and the troubling questions that it raises, being self-condemning rather than provocative, keep Planet of the Apes locked in a cage of its own design."

The Pledge (2001)

"Never less than respectable."

Plunkett & Macleane (1999)

"A two-bit action movie masquerading as legitimate filmmaking."

Pokémon the Movie 2000 (2000)

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Pootie Tang (2001)

"Displays the funniest and most absurd sense of surreal wackiness since the heyday of John Waters."

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

"Read it as a deconstruction of Anime, a triumph of 2-D primary design or just one of the few funny cartoons left on television: The Powerpuff Girls is an all-around delight"

The Princess Diaries (2001)

"A resoundingly light affair."

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

"A dark, rich comedy that finds Nicholson at the top of his game, per usual. Huston's last great film."

Proof of Life (2000)

"About as big a fiasco as the lumbering Gladiator."

Pulp Fiction (1994)

"The movie feels as vital as ever now, with its gallery of colorful characters and unexpected ingenuity lurking beneath every single scene"

Pushing Tin (1999)

"Debased sitcom-style filmmaking."