Daddy Day Camp (2007)

"By now you've seen most of the visual gags. A bus drives into a building. An outhouse explodes."

Dan in Real Life (2007)

"[Carell's] uncanny ability to make us care what happens to him salvages Dan in Real Life."

The Dancer Upstairs (2003)

"It thrives on the hush before the explosion instead of its aftermath, and it's that eerie sense of expectation that gives the film its thick aura of suspense."

Danny Deckchair (2004)

"The easygoing humor and uplifting messages -- that it's never too late to turn your life around -- are welcome, especially in the September movie doldrums."

Darfur Now (2007)

"Informative and effortlessly gripping."

Dark Blue (2003)

"In the wake of TV's powerhouse The Shield, Dark Blue comes off as something of a retread, with little of The Shield's electric fury, edgy camera work or deft characterizations."

The Dark Knight (2008)

"It's proof that popcorn entertainments don't have to talk down to their audiences in order to satisfy them. The bar for comic-book film adaptations has been permanently raised."

DarkBlueAlmostBlack (2007)

"What could have seemed insufferably self-pitying becomes strangely moving instead -- a sign of a filmmaker placing his absolute trust in their material and coming up all the stronger for it."

Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)

"Watching the concert on screen is almost as good as being there."

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

"Faster, leaner and more compact than the original."

A Day In Paradise (2003)

"As a light, easy, hardly thought-provoking 98 minutes at the cinema, it somewhat satisfies."

A Day Without A Mexican (2004)

"As many times you consider A Day Without a Mexican a crude and underdeveloped parody, there are moments that it vindicates itself with on-the-money situations."

Dear Frankie (2005)

"A small movie with a big soul and no easy formula for the happiness of its big-hearted characters."

Death Sentence (2007)

"An old-school exploitation picture, polished off with a modern sensibility by Saw director James Wan."

Deck the Halls (2006)

"Movies like Deck the Halls should make us all thankful that Christmas only comes once a year. What other season could possibly inspire a story as insipid as this?"

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

"Deep Blue Sea is an enjoyable little B-movie, mean and gory and single-minded in its pursuit of cheap thrills."

Defiance (2008)

"Defiance may lack the sort of emotional punch that sticks, but its story of courage and responsibility is undeniably compelling."

Deja Vu (2006)

"The usually enjoyable time-travel paradoxes about how changing the past would affect the present coming off as more annoying intrusions than anything else."

The Departed (2006)

"A great, resonant, psychologically complex popcorn movie made by a cast and crew of filmmakers at the top of their game. Welcome back, Marty."

The Descent (2006)

"The movie is also spooky and atmospheric, has at least three great jolts and an equal number of memorable gross-outs, including what has to be the goriest and most protracted eye-gouging of the year."

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

"The teenage boys say 'ewww' and the teenage girls say 'awww,' and you've recouped your $8 million in no time."

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

"A heartbreaking, yet strangely uplifting and inspirational, exploration of the fine line between genius and madness, and how sometimes, one becomes impossible to discern from the other."

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

"After a leisurely first half, The Devil's Backbone becomes utterly spellbinding, its tension mounting in steady increments."

Diamond Men (2001)

"Cohen obviously knows the dealings and dangers of the diamond trade, but instead of creating an interesting study of that world, he prefers to venture into the obvious and ridiculous."

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

"After a few initial pratfalls, the humor gives way to a saccharine pathos as Dickie is supposed to be growing up emotionally and becoming mutually attached to the family. Unbelievable conversations and stupid dance numbers replace the humor."