Tomato 2.5/4 |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"Other than a few witty jokes and a game cast, there's nothing particularly special here. Still, the nods to masters like Wes Craven and George Romero -- along with buckets of blood -- ought to thrill horror fans." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Caché (2005) |
"It's not the usual whodunit, but if you're open to having your cage rattled, you won't be disappointed." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 3/5 |
Cadillac Records (2008) |
"You see all the major landmarks, but how enlightening can a road trip be if you never even get off the highway?" |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"Calendar Girls will leave you with that exuberant smile you wore after The Full Monty." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Callas Forever (2004) |
"This fictional 'what if' scenario is a bit campy and stagey, like a session of Opera 101." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Calvaire (2005) |
"Director Fabrice Du Welz doesn't reinvent the backwoods-freakshow formula, but there is something undeniably entertaining about violent psychos who are also committed art lovers." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Camp (2003) |
"It's fun, but Camp falls short of persuading viewers to go directly into musical comedy." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Campfire (2004) |
"A good movie that could have been better, Joseph Cedar's sensitive Israeli drama falters when he trades sociological observations for political ones." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Candy (2006) |
"... although there are some very striking moments in Neil Armfield's debut, there are simply not enough to keep us absorbed the way a movie should." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
El Cantante (2007) |
"The awkwardly told story of salsa legend Hector Lavoe, El Cantante doesn't even get the title right: It should have been called La Esposa, since it's really less about the singer than his wife." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Canvas (2007) |
"Though Harden has the showier role, a subdued Pantoliano is the movie's real star. Sometimes, the quietest performances are the most powerful." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Cape Of Good Hope (2005) |
"The subject matter is much too dark for children, and the tone is not sophisticated enough for adults, so it's hard to know who Mark Bamford had in mind for this awkwardly sentimental drama." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"The film works best when Moore sits with representatives of the 99 percent of Americans vulnerable to financial freefall." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/4 |
Capote (2005) |
"A devastating portrait of genius and narcissism." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"This extraordinary film refracts truth through the prism of memory, until what you get is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, full of sacrifice and betrayal." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Carandiru (2004) |
"Though the film is based on fact, most of its characters exist only in movies." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Cars (2006) |
"It achieves the near impossible, turning cars, trucks, tractors and farm harvesters into cute Disney characters whose fates you'll care about." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Casanova (2005) |
"A period romp that tries too hard." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cashback (2007) |
"It's no small trick to blend fantasy, slapstick and genuine emotion, but [director] Ellis pulls it off with whimsy to spare." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Fans of anyone other than Sean Connery who has played James Bond may want to look away, because admirers of Ian Fleming's 007 novels are almost bound to agree that Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Sean." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Cassandra's Dream (2008) |
"A dreary tale of two loser brothers who agree to become assassins in exchange for financial help from their corrupt uncle." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"Thanks to a terrifically shaded performance by Robbins, Vos comes across as a complex character with clearly ambivalent feelings about his task and his place in the apartheid system." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Catch and Release (2007) |
"A film that a talented veteran of romantic comedy would have had trouble pulling off, let alone a screenwriter (Susannah Grant wrote Erin Brockovich) who has never directed a film before." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Caterina in the Big City (2005) |
"According to Paolo Virzi's vibrant coming-of-age drama, Italian teens are just like their American counterparts, except that who they vote for matters more than what they wear." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Catwoman (2004) |
"A movie needs more than a few sexual innuendos and throaty purrs to keep us from taking a catnap." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Cave (2005) |
"The makers of The Cave must have conceived their plot by Googling 'creature features' and 'recipes for monster mash.'" |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/4 |
Cave of the Yellow Dog (2006) |
"It's the perfect antidote to overprocessed entertainment, for moviegoers of any age." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Cavite (2006) |
"The hand-held camera work gives the film an effective documentary pulse, but it adds up to only half a movie." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Cellular (2004) |
"There is nothing more to the movie than the usual thrills." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Century of the Self (2002) |
"It will make you laugh, and feel like crying." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Chain (2006) |
"It's still thought-provoking, but not quite as profound as it pretends to be." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chalk (2007) |
"An unassuming indie comedy that just happens to be terrific, Mike Akel's deceptively modest debut is, unfortunately, as likely to go unrewarded as the thousands of teachers who do a great job with little acknowledgment." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Chandni Chowk to China (2009) |
"Think of the title of this Bollywood/martial-arts mashup as a riff on North by Northwest. And like that preeminent American entertainment, CC2C is stylish, slick and full of fun." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/5 |
Changeling (2008) |
"The script is compelling, the direction confident, the production values professional. But it does not, in the end, feel real." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Changing Times (2006) |
"The ending is both shamelessly clichéd and -- for Cecile -- out of character." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Chaos Theory (2008) |
"Oh, Ryan Reynolds. We like you. We want to see you succeed. And yet you keep making the wrong choices." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Chapter 27 (2008) |
"Leto's drawling, blotchy, creepy performance sets it apart." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"A movie that will delight children, annoy fans of the 1971 version that starred a slyly subversive Gene Wilder and perplex everyone else." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"If Charlie doesn't feel quite real, Hanks at least makes him good company." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) |
"As its own collection of Angels' Greatest Hits, Full Throttle winds up embracing the spirit of the original TV series, supplanting it and gleefully eviscerating it." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2004) |
"It whets the appetite to experience again Chaplin's luminous body of work." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"Like its porcine protagonist, E.B. White's classic 1952 story Charlotte's Web manages to be both radiant and humble. If only the same could be said for Gary Winick's live-action adaptation, which is neither." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Chasing Liberty (2004) |
"Chasing Liberty is a comedy with no sense of fun, a romance with no passion." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |
"There is not a frame of Cheaper that doesn't feel contrived. It fails the most fundamental test of movie logic." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/4 |
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005) |
"A cheerless sequel to an uninspired remake." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/5 |
Chelsea on the Rocks (2009) |
"Ferrera's shaggy tone, which fits the iconic building, gets irritating. Still, if you come for the stories, you'll stay for the company." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/5 |
Cheri (2009) |
"Like the exquisite costumes, the scenery is as gorgeous as most of the cast, providing the perfect backdrop for some unabashed escapism." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Cherry Blossoms (2009) |
"Refusing to be rushed, Doris Dorrie blends individual experiences with universal emotions to create a quietly moving study of self-discovery." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Chicago (2002) |
"Scintillating, jazz-hot adaptation." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
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