Splat 1/5 |
Eagle Eye (2008) |
"Finally, an action-adventure thriller that feels as if it were created, directed and acted, soup to nuts, by a computer program." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) |
"Scornful laughs are cheap laughs, and although [director] Waititi allows a few moments of gentle sweetness, he takes the easy way out too often." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Earth (2009) |
"As a virtual tour of what Earth Day is about, kids ought to be entranced. If it helps them get greener, even better." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/5 |
Earth Days (2009) |
"A rich trove of news clips and interviews inform Robert Stone's fast-moving documentary about the movement to save the planet and the cultural forces that helped it along or held it back." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eastern Promises (2007) |
"Eastern Promises is the first must-see adult film of the young fall." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Easy (2003) |
"The movie ends on exactly the right note, but it hits a lot of bad ones on the way." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Easy Virtue (2009) |
"The fizz falls flat." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Eating Out (2005) |
"The story doesn't make any real sense, and the production values are home movie-cheap." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Eden (2008) |
"Adapting a play by Eugene O'Brien, director Declan Recks has made a remarkably interior movie anchored by two heartbreakingly real, lived-in performances." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Edge of Heaven (2008) |
"Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel, this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/5 |
The Edge of Love (2009) |
"While Thomas fans will regret seeing their literary hero reduced to a generic drunk, even those awaiting the aforementioned bathtub scene will find it barely worth the effort." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Edmond (2006) |
"Edmond is too self-absorbed for us to care much about his fate, but like the proverbial train wreck, you can't tear your eyes -- or your ears -- away from the spectacle." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
The Education of Charlie Banks (2009) |
"Another nicely understated performance from Jesse Eisenberg anchors this shambling drama, the latest film from Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Edukators (2005) |
"The dialogue between the captive and the captors gets a little didactic, and the ending is as contrived as it is cynical." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eight Below (2006) |
"Walker, of 2 Fast 2 Furious, is 2 flat 2 forgettable." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
El Leyton (2002) |
"Director Gonzalo Justiniano beautifully captures the fishing village but never quite captures the story." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/5 |
Elegy (2008) |
"The movie dog days of August can include dramas, as this abashed adaptation of a Philip Roth novel shows." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Elektra (2005) |
"Elektra is stripped of the unrepentant ferocity that made her a crossover hit in the first place. Here, she quickly succumbs to her gooey, maternal side -- which means if ever there's a sequel, she'll have no edge." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Elephant (2003) |
"The film is infuriating." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eleven Minutes (2009) |
"Fashion fanatics will appreciate the behind-thescenes perspective as McCarroll plans his first show." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elf (2003) |
"It wiped away the Scrooge in me for 90 enchanting minutes." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"From its extravagant costumes to its pompous score, The Golden Age is packed with distractions. But the biggest of all is the story itself, which works so mightily to tarnish the queen at its core." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"Whether Elizabethtown proves to be Crowe's Johnstown or just a run-of- the-mill flood, it's still a soggy mess." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"O'Haver ... has a great time juggling silly jokes, contemporary tunes and anachronisms like hand-cranked escalators at the medieval mall." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Ellie Parker (2005) |
"There's the germ of a comic idea here, but most of the movie consists of acting-exercise skits that ramble on until they croak." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Embalmer (2003) |
"At moments, the story skirts uncomfortably close to the grotesque. But this atmospheric oddity delivers a surprisingly sensitive take on the overwhelming ache of loneliness." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Emerald Cowboy (2003) |
"Having written, co- directed and played the lead in this awkward, ego-driven memoir, Hayata has turned a genuinely compelling life story into an embarrassing vanity production." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Emile (2004) |
"Confusing the profound with the pretentious, director Bessai packs the story with elliptical, ominous flashbacks that undercut all the advances he makes with the contemporary tale." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Emmanuel's Gift (2005) |
"Yeboah is so levelheaded about his own accomplishments that the swelling score and emotional narration from Oprah Winfrey feel embarrassingly sentimental." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Empathy (2004) |
"It's smart, inventive and well-crafted. But as a feature film, it's a novelty item at best." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Employee of the Month (2006) |
"Just like a real job, Greg Coolidge's workplace comedy Employee of the Month offers long, slow stretches lightened by a few laughs and some oddball characters." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enchanted (2007) |
"Cute and clever enough to enchant little girls -- not to mention their mothers." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Encounters At the End of the World (2007) |
"A hypnotically digressive travelogue." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
"A thorough, gutsy and appropriately scuzzy-looking documentary by Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields, featuring rare footage and interviews with the stars of the CBGB era." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
End of the Spear (2006) |
"Though designed by director and co-writer Jim Hanon to be spiritually uplifting, the story feels as whitewashed and disingenuous as an episode of Lassie, with the natives emerging as savage buffoons." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enduring Love (2004) |
"Movie love is usually so idealized it ennobles behavior that ordinarily would be considered stalking. Enduring Love deliberately smudges the line between what is bizarre and what is simply human nature." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/5 |
The English Surgeon (2009) |
"Why see such a difficult film? For the same reason Smith made it: There is great beauty in watching one heroic soul insist that he can improve upon a cruel and complex world." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"A thoroughly fascinating -- and horrifying -- documentary about the giant corporate house of cards that came crashing down on the heads of all the little people while the big guys cashed out for mega-millions, smirking all the way." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Envy (2004) |
"A mean-spirited black comedy saturated with dog-poo jokes and only intermittent yowls of mirth." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1/4 |
Epic Movie (2007) |
"How can you make fun of such self-aware subjects as Borat or Johnny Depp's winkingly fey Jack Sparrow? Who hasn't already noticed Tom Hanks' bad Da Vinci Code hair? And really, is there anything left to say about Samuel L. Jackson and those snakes?" |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Eragon (2006) |
"Paolini was 15 when he began writing Eragon, and the book's epic imagination reflects its creator's precocious youth. What a shame a bunch of grownups had to step in and muck it all up." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Eros (2005) |
"When the producers of Eros... described what they wanted from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, American Steven Soderbergh and Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni, they must have written the memo in Chinese." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
The Escapist (2009) |
"The splintered viewpoints help with the monotony, but from the taunting of new inmates to the cell-block sadist, we've gone through all this before, right down to the final twists." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Eternal (2005) |
"It's impossible to overstate the silliness of all this, but it would still be a decent Halloween trick -- if it were Halloween." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/4 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"A masterpiece? Probably. Ingenious? Absolutely! Unforgettable? I'll see you at the 10th-year anniversary." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Eulogy (2004) |
"When a filmmaker is savvy enough to hire Torn to play an eccentric codger, then has him do little more than play dead in a casket, he has a lot of learning to do." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Eurotrip (2004) |
"A string of sketches." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Evan Almighty (2007) |
"This film is to faith what a box of animal crackers is to nature." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Even Money (2007) |
"If you're looking for entertainment, save your 10 bucks for the lottery." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Evening (2007) |
"Things are happening too fast to be convincing, and the romance -- rather, the one-night stand -- between Ann and Harris hardly seems worth a lifetime of regret, or two hours of your time." |
Jack Mathews |
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