Tomato 3/4 |
D.E.B.S. (2005) |
"Cute, campy and as proudly insubstantial as its heroines' micro-miniskirts." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"The movie is so nervous about offending anyone that it's hardly any fun." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1/4 |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"Daddy Day Camp, the unexpected sequel to 2003's barely watchable comedy Daddy Day Care, is superior to its inspiration in one very significant way. It's three minutes shorter." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Rent Mr. Mom instead, and have a family night in." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) |
"Subtlety has never been Perry's strength, but his previous films balanced the sermonizing with good humor and sincerity. Perhaps next time, he'll ease up on the lectures, and bring back the love." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Dallas 362 (2005) |
"Has little personality of its own." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/5 |
Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008) |
"Unless viewers are aficionados of solo shows and want to see every one they can, this effort comes off as forced, far too self-aware and unfortunately dated." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 1/4 |
Daltry Calhoun (2005) |
"A weird, unpleasant little movie." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Damned United (2009) |
"Just as a great player can take an average team to surprising heights, Michael Sheen turns an ordinary sports movie into an unexpected winner." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Sweet it is. Remotely connected to real life, however, it is not." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Dance Flick (2009) |
"There's an art to making a good spoof, but good luck finding it in Dance Flick." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"It's sober, deliberate, self-consciously mysterious and no fun at all." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Dandelion (2005) |
"Like its troubled protagonists, Mark Milgard's ultrasensitive ode to adolescent angst is equal parts earnest and awkward." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"Move over, Hugh Grant. There's competition in the Handsome British Charmer Department from -- of all people -- Rhys Ifans." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Darfur Now (2007) |
"A disquieting, and somewhat disjointed, call to arms." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Wilson, Brody and Schwartzman have their charms, but the script gives them little to work with. Anderson and his co-writers have come up with an ordinary road movie that is dependent on lame running jokes." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Twisted, tortured, terrifying -- and terrific." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dark Matter (2008) |
"Director Chen Shi-Zheng's film has a graceful energy, and three strong performances help make this serene drama - and its shocking conclusion - quietly moving." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dark Water (2005) |
"Seductively spooky." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Darkon (2007) |
"There should be plenty of material here. But all we see are average men and women looking for an escape from their boring jobs and disappointing home lives." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
"Sauper captures a world in which life and death are treated with equal practicality -- and disregard." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"Once in a great while there's a movie that's so funny, infectious and welcoming - a movie that makes you feel so good about America and the people in it - you just want to climb inside the screen and live there." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"The joke isn't fresh, but it holds up well in this crackling remake of George Romero's 1978 sequel to Night of the Living Dead." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"The second half ... is comically bad moviemaking." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Day Night Day Night (2007) |
"Inspired by an actual event in her native Russia, current New Yorker Julia Loktev's Day Night Day Night offers a chillingly effective look at the ease with which a suicide bomber could wreak havoc on U.S. soil -- specifically in Times Square." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Day Watch (2007) |
"Day Watch could have been shorter and simpler, but the same might be said for any of the current Hollywood blockbusters -- none of which offer as many surprises." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Day Zero (2008) |
"Truth to be told, it's hard to care." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Daybreak (2005) |
"Though Daybreak boasts a couple of minor insights and a compelling performance from Pernilla August, only the masochistically inclined will consider them sufficient reward." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Days of Glory (2006) |
"Bouchareb nobly honors men whose sacrifices have largely gone unnoticed." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"Despite that gaffe and the underwhelming singing of a couple of pop stars on the soundtrack, De-Lovely has much de-loveliness about it." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Dead Girl (2006) |
"Works like a package of crisp, individual psychological profiles of the women whose already troubled lives are disrupted by the murder." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dead Man's Shoes (2006) |
"Like Park Chan-wook's Vengeance trilogy, it explores the nature of the beast of revenge, leaving the audience in a sweat of dread." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/5 |
Dead Snow (2009) |
"Despite some dry humor, this is no-frills horror, from the hacked limbs to the gouged eyes." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Deal (2005) |
"Full of dizzying technical detail that only those in mergers-and-acquisitions may fully appreciate." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"It is a sweet, wonderfully acted cameo of a movie about the lengths to which a lioness will go to protect her cub." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"Bloody as it is, it has no access to viewers' emotions, and its message - play with fire and you get burned -- is too obvious to be provocative." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"It takes a while for Frank Oz's ensemble black comedy Death at a Funeral to hit its deliriously nutty stride. But when it does, the laughs don't stop until the movie, like the subject of its family get-together, has taken its last breath." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Death Defying Acts (2008) |
"Zeta-Jones and Pearce don't have much chemistry, the script lacks any significant depth and the direction feels oddly uninspired." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Death In Love (2009) |
"Yakin and his cast are up to the job, but the current they tap into is so charged it proves overpowering. Still, their bravery is commendable." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Death Of A Dynasty (2005) |
"This narcissistic mockumentary is less a film than a full-length promotional video for Roc-a-Fella Records mogul/director Damon Dash." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Death of a President (2006) |
"D.O.A.P. offers no information, insights or ideas that a couple of political science majors couldn't come up with while hanging out between classes." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) |
"... dark and overlong drama ..." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Death Race (2008) |
"Well, you've got to say this for Death Race: It knows what it is and doesn't apologize for it. What it is, incidentally, is junk." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"Bacon's performance in Saw creator James Wan's laughably extreme revenge thriller Death Sentence is six degrees of ham." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Decade Under the Influence (2003) |
"An almost sublimely perfect summary of a golden era." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
December Boys (2007) |
"While there's not much to the story, the gorgeous setting goes a long way." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
A Decent Factory (2005) |
"Though it lacks a focus or greater artistic vision, Thomas Balmès' no-frills documentary offers Westerners a valuable glimpse into the sweatshops of the new China." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Deception (2008) |
"Every actor has a few titles on his résumé that he'd love to forget. So should you ever have the opportunity to meet Deception stars Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, we highly recommend you pretend this movie was never made." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Deck the Halls (2006) |
"As reliable as your Aunt Harriet's sweet potato casserole, every holiday season brings a movie just like John Whitesell's Deck the Halls, in which otherwise sensible actors commit themselves to a cheerless exercise in jingle bell hell." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Dedication (2007) |
"This might work if there were chemistry between the stars, but eccentric Crudup and girl-next-door Moore may be the worst casting match of the year." |
Jack Mathews |
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