Face Addict (2008)

"Audiences already interested in the period will enjoy Face Addict best, but Bertoglio makes it surprisingly inclusive and accessible."

Failure to Launch (2006)

"Director Tom Dey throws in so much energetic slapstick that the film feels lively and fresher than it probably should, especially during several scenes involving animal-induced mayhem."

Falling Angels (2003)

"It's the attention to small details that makes the characters so believable, especially in the way Smith delivers their sentiments: in quiet, personal moments."

A Family Affair (2003)

"Lesnick's sharp eye for humor manages to keep things from getting too preachy."

The Family Man (2000)

"For a holiday movie, it doesn't have much about giving or sharing."

Fantastic Four (2005)

"Even if you can get past the acting -- and in the case of the beautiful, blank Alba, that's asking a lot -- the film just sits there, not exactly torturous, but never very exciting, either."

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

"The film's premise may be child-like, but its themes -- family, self-identity and existential angst -- are all engagingly adult."

The Farewell (2002)

"A gentle film about a lion of a man who, as a communist, was forced to leave Germany, lived almost penniless in Europe and America during the war and returned to his homeland in 1948."

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

"The movie is pretty funny, except it's not a comedy."

Fast Food Nation (2006)

"Fast Food Nation would have benefited from a longer running time -- the movie often feels like it's missing big chunks of plot -- but Linklater's cautionary message gets through."

Fateless (2006)

"In looking at Gyuri -- you see an indomitable spirit that rises above the horrors of his past."

Fearless (2006)

"The action scenes are disappointingly conventional, constrained for the most part to one-on-one ring matches with inferior opponents."

Femme Fatale (2002)

"You don't need to take Femme Fatale seriously in order to derive great pleasure from what De Palma is up to here."

Festival in Cannes (2002)

"Jaglom has never been required viewing, but he has never been this trivial, either."

Fiction (2006)

"Beautifully performed by actors who make as much use of silent glances and body language as they do dialogue, and directed in an instinctual, subtle manner that trusts the audience to derive meaning from scenes where nothing much seems to be happening."

The Fighting Temptations (2003)

"Its musical sequences could make the most hardened atheist want to go to church."

Final Destination (2000)

"The main problem is that Morgan and Wong don't seem to have a clear idea of what they want -- campy, schlocky slasher flick or moody, intelligent thriller -- and as a result they create neither."

The Final Season (2007)

"Belying the claim there's no longer any truth in advertising, The Final Season is exactly the formulaic, by-the-numbers movie it appears to be. These Tigers deserved better."

Finding Forrester (2000)

"This is pure formula -- and practically identical to the story arc of Good Will Hunting -- but Van Sant keeps things just off-kilter enough to make it compelling anyway."

Finding Neverland (2004)

"Watchable and passably engaging."

First Daughter (2004)

"First Daughter is just one more in the plague of weak Cinderella stories released in the past year."

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

"If Flags of Our Fathers lacks human dimension, though, it certainly succeeds as an exploration of the nature of heroism."

Flicka (2006)

"The latest version of this beloved kid-loves-horse story has everything a film requires to attract an equine-crazy audience of all ages."

Flightplan (2005)

"It's a grabby premise in search of a movie."

The Flower of Evil (2003)

"Told without drama, as if this were just an ordinary family, it is the subtleties of the details that win you over."