Splat 2/4 |
Hair Show (2004) |
"A predictable urban comedy set mostly in a chichi Beverly Hills beauty salon, Hair Show is a female-oriented Barber Shop -- minus the steady humor and pointed social commentary." |
Robert Dominguez |
Tomato 4/4 |
Hairspray (2007) |
"Adam Shankman's Hairspray is a great big sloppy kiss of entertainment for audiences weary of explosions, CGI effects and sequels, sequels, sequels." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"Ryan Fleck's Half Nelson is one of the most compelling and idea-laden American indie films to come along in a while, and it features one of this year's finest performances from Ryan Gosling." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Halloween (2007) |
"Rob Zombie's lousy remake of John Carpenter's 1978 slasher classic Halloween adds to the argument that horror movies are losing their box-office appeal because filmmakers no longer know how -- or have any desire -- to create genuine suspense." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
Halloween II (2009) |
"Zombie walks the walk, you can't deny it. And he's found the medium where he can let his freak flag fly highest." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"Fortunately, Coogan remains impressively unafraid of humiliation, pushing every joke just far enough to keep us watching. But he deserves more." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Hammer (2008) |
"[Adam] Carolla's grumbly, monotoned, stoop-shouldered pessimism in The Hammer, the first feature he has penned, is actually funny." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/5 |
Hancock (2008) |
"There's a great idea here, but it's buried within a muddled story that lurches between dark comedy and maudlin drama." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Hangover (2009) |
"Amusing as it is, it never feels real." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008) |
"Obviously, there's no replicating the real thing. But it's as close as you'll come to achieving the best of both worlds." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) |
"Like 2003's Lizzie McGuire movie, Hannah breaks little new ground but makes the big screen shift with liveliness and sense of humor impressively intact." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"I can't name an actor who could have made young Lecter as interesting as the older one, but Ulliel does not come close." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
The Happening (2008) |
"The final explanation, which comes as no surprise, is more preposterous than profound. If you want to see a scary movie about humans wreaking havoc on their planet, watch An Inconvenient Truth instead." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Happily Ever After (2005) |
"This is terrific filmmaking." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Happily N'Ever After (2007) |
"While new times deserve new tales, this ground has already been trodden -- twice -- by a more memorable ogre than any you'll find in Ella's enchanted forest." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"Roos' stories eventually overlap in a tangle of pat fairy-tale endings, after which he treats his characters to the sort of wrap party given to the casts of a beloved TV series that has just finished its last episode." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/4 |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"If you fell in love with the wingless heroes of last year's documentary hit March of the Penguins, prepare to surrender completely to George Miller's computer-animated musical/adventure Happy Feet." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Happy Here and Now (2002) |
"Michael Almereyda's futuristic mystery isn't a complete misfire, but it does leave you with the same baffled blankness that suffuses his isolated, techno-dependent characters." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Happy Hour (2004) |
"What you'll remember most about the movie is its banal script and dialogue so ripe it almost laughs at itself." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"Is it possible to enjoy the company of the world's most irritating woman? Mike Leigh's surprisingly sunny dramedy makes a pretty good case that, in fact, it is." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"It's really a canny use of the medium to raise serious questions about point of view and empathy in the exploitation genre." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2003) |
"Panayotopoulou does handle the material with sensitivity, but she relies too much on her young hero's unlikely precocity, which unwittingly diminishes the intensity of a child's very real grief." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"The gore is intended as Tarantino-style black comedy, but instead, it's just weirdly grotesque." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"While Penn and Cho remain casually cool (they're hipper than the fools who spout bigoted clichés), the movie forgets to stay true to their characters or to itself." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"The laugh ratio in this run-on of skits is pretty low, at least to the unaltered mind of one who's seen enough of these films and eaten enough White Castle burgers to last a lifetime." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/4 |
Harry And Max (2005) |
"Too superficial to shock or surprise." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"Goblet shifts effortlessly from dark to light to dark again." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 4/5 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"As for the ever-impressive supporting cast, neither a delightfully befuddled Jim Broadbent nor a wild-eyed Helena Bonham Carter can upstage Alan Rickman, who again proves invaluable as the slithery Prof. Snape." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"It's action-packed, darker, more epic and thankfully schmaltz-free. And it's the best Harry Potter film yet." |
Colin Bertram |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"An entrancing experience for Potter fans." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Harsh Times (2006) |
"Though Bale has the presence of a young De Niro, and the same volatile edge, he's being asked here to fill out a role that doesn't ring true on any level." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 3/5 |
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008) |
"Rafferty keeps the structure so blandly standard, the title is nearly the most intriguing element of the whole film." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"The PG rating is purportedly for 'frightening images,' but the only thing frightening is the bland performance Eddie Murphy phones in." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"It was with considerable surprise that I found myself flinching more than once while watching Peter Cornwell's ghost story, The Haunting in Connecticut." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"Has some good music and hot dancing -- filmed choppily -- but it completely lacks the magic of its predecessor." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Haven (2006) |
"Like a mango rotting in the sun, Frank Flowers' squishy Caribbean thriller has been sitting on the shelf long enough to attract suspicion. Bite into it at your own risk." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Hawk Is Dying (2007) |
"Goldberger's stubbornly insular script might have fared better on stage, where the story would feel more contained than suffocating." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/5 |
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"Yes, that's an impressive collection of actors. And yes, it's deflating to watch them wandering in and out of half-written scenes with no discernable direction." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"An implausible story that enfolds kinky sex with nationalistic fervor." |
Jami Bernard |
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Head of State (2003) |
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Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Head-On (2005) |
"Sloppy, melodramatic yet, ultimately, immensely affecting." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Heading South (2006) |
"A well-acted but misguided tale of displaced sexual longing on the beaches of Baby Doc Duvalier's 1970s Haiti." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Headspace (2005) |
"There are good ideas pulsing through Andrew van den Houten's horror flick, but once the script turns nasty, things fall apart -- and not just literally." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2006) |
"This is an execrable movie." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Heart of Me (2003) |
"An elegant period drama of passion and betrayal." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Heart of the Game (2006) |
"Genuinely touching and unquestionably sincere, the movie certainly has heart -- but it could have used a little more game." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"In some ways, the Farrelly brothers' remake of The Heartbreak Kid is better than Elaine May's 1972 comedy. In other ways, not so much." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
Heavy Metal In Baghdad (2008) |
"The dangers these musicians experience every single day are bound to impact any audience. This is what it really looks like to bang your head against the wall." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Hebrew Hammer (2003) |
"The movie hits as much as it misses, with enough witty observations to ensure that somewhere, Kesselman's mother is kvelling." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Heights (2005) |
"The performances are first-rate." |
Jack Mathews |
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