Splat 2.5/4 |
Kaena: The Prophecy (2004) |
"Feeling for all the world like an extended video game made by teenage boys with no girlfriends and a lot of free time, this sci-fi fantasy doesn't exactly make sense, but it sure looks cool." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kamikaze Girls (2005) |
"This droll Japanese import puts the predictable banality of most Hollywood teen flicks to shame." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Keane (2004) |
"Keane is a movie you might see on a dare, and though I think it is brilliantly conceived, I wouldn't dare to dare you." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005) |
"The director approaches the enormity of his task with an earnest enthusiasm, offering a likable alternative to the assembly-line banality of so many family films." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato |
Keeping Mum (2006) |
"Frothy, good-hearted fun that reminds you of the kind of movies we're always complaining they don't make anymore." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Keeping Up With The Steins (2006) |
"The cast is uniformly charming, while the script both promotes family values and tweaks stereotypes in the gentlest ways." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kettle of Fish (2006) |
"Writer-director Claudia Myers' clunky debut feature makes the case that first-timers should probably focus on either writing or directing." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Keys to the House (2004) |
"Both Rossi and Charlotte Rampling, as the mother of another young patient, do fine work. But the only surprises come at the end, too late to move us the way they should." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Khadak (2006) |
"Even when their picture wanders from any reasonable path, it's never less than stunning to look at." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) |
"As appealing as acid-washed jeans." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kicking and Screaming (2005) |
"Even a soccer-savvy audience has better things to do -- like instilling unsportsmanlike behavior in their kids or sabotaging rival teams." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/5 |
Kicking It (2008) |
"A well-meaning look at the Homeless World Cup, Kicking It presents its topic without much sentimentality, though it could benefit from a more pared-down approach." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Kid & I (2005) |
"Tom Arnold does have talent, but some self-defeating streak keeps him from using it." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Kids in America (2005) |
"You get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"There's a lot to admire in Kill Bill, and a lot that should have been lopped off like the arms and legs and scalps that go flying." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"A dulling experience that can safely be admired from afar without it ever engaging the senses." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kill Your Idols (2006) |
"...an atonal love letter to a single corner of the culture - one built, in the words of singer Lydia Lunch, on 'beauty and truth and filth.'" |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Killing of John Lennon (2008) |
"Piddington does a beautiful balancing act, creating a movie that works both on the level of suspense and as a detailed factual chronicle." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
The King (2006) |
"Surely among the darkest-themed movies ever made, British director James Marsh's The King is the jaw-dropping story of a born-again Christian facing the sins of his past in ways unimaginable." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
King Arthur (2004) |
"This version has action, yes, but the love triangle among Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot is diluted, and there's nothing exuberant about a dutiful slog through the muck." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 4/4 |
King Kong (2005) |
"The $200 million-plus spectacle is funny when it wants to be, exhilarating when it needs to be and a sentimental triumph at the end." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato |
King Kong (2005) |
"Peter Jackson's King Kong is the most thrilling, soulful monster picture ever made. At last, it can be said without irony -- I laughed, I cried." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
King Leopold's Ghost (2006) |
"The movie, directed by Pippa Scott and Oreet Rees, includes beautifully shot footage of the lush landscape, plus horrifying black and white footage and stills of the Congolese under the yoke of Leopold and his successors." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
King of California (2007) |
"This is mighty tricky territory, and Cahill deserves major credit for keeping the story from becoming mawkish or twee." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) |
"Heartbreaking and hilarious..." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
King Of The Corner (2005) |
"Look up the word 'slight' in the dictionary and you could find a still from this film." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat .5/4 |
King's Ransom (2005) |
"After a while, all these odious, yammering people start to sound a lot like Charlie Brown's teacher. And they somehow all end up together at a time and a place you do not want to be." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Kingdom (2007) |
"Does it feel real? No. Is it fun? Yes. Will it win the war? Hey, I see light at the end of the tunnel." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) |
"Filmed in Morocco, in Spain and in computers, Kingdom fills a vast canvas with breathtaking spectacle. In contrast, most of the performances are blandly ordinary." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kings and Queen (2005) |
"Arnaud Desplechin's sprawling drama exudes a go-for-broke determination that is frustrating and exhilarating." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Kinky Boots (2006) |
"Despite the subject matter, the script and direction are disappointingly conventional, though the performances are appealingly spirited." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kinsey (2004) |
"Kinsey is not easy to like as a person, but Condon has done such a good job of filling in the doctor's psychological backstory that we understand his single-minded determination to suss out every last detail of human sexuality." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) |
"Kiss Kiss is so inside Hollywood, so anxious to bite the hand that fed Black, that it plays like an elaborate prank." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
Kiss the Bride (2008) |
"At first, the supremely silly vibe offers a fair amount of fun. But then Cox switches gears and gets serious, which is a huge mistake." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) |
"While the script feels a little stiff and moralistic at times, it's hard to fault a film with such an intelligent, good-hearted heroine." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Kite Runner (2007) |
"The movie has two extraordinary characters and performances. Non-pro Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada breaks your heart as the innocent, wide-eyed child Hassan, and Homayoun Ershadi makes Amir's father a model of intuitive decency." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Klezmer on Fish Street (2004) |
"Yale Strom offers an important addition to his collection of Jewish history movies." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Km. 0 (2003) |
"A light-footed comedy that suggests that for even the most desperate, love is just around the corner." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Knocked Up (2007) |
"Apatow's dialogue is so good, the undercurrent of his story so inherently sweet, and the performances so engaging, that you surrender immediately." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat |
Knowing (2009) |
"Was there a prediction of this laughably bad movie in The Mothman Prophecies?" |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Kontroll (2005) |
"Nimrod Antal's defiantly mordant comedy is smart, imaginative -- and nearly impossible to watch." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Kung Fu Hustle (2005) |
"With its mélange of influences, Kung Fu Hustle is everything, and with its lack of emotional coherence, it's nothing." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/5 |
Kung Fu Panda (2008) |
"This is an unashamedly old-fashioned children's movie, and a predictable message is part of the mission. But that's okay; what the movie lacks in surprises, it makes up for in whimsical fun" |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
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