Tomato 3/5 |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"While Escape was superior in story, Race does commit to an impressive scope." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 5/5 |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"A film that is both deceptively modest and deeply resonant." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Racing Stripes (2005) |
"The special effects here are surprisingly smooth, and everyone seems to be having fun." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Radio (2003) |
"A lot of whitewash is poured over a subject solely to wring emotion from the hapless viewer." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"A modest but emotionally affecting drama." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"Not since the students spilled out onto the streets in Fame has musical performance been so infectious a part of coming of age." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"Rest assured, these crises will be resolved, and Helen will be enriched by the experiences. But going through them with her throws more sugar into your system than I can take." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Raja (2004) |
"There's little to enjoy in this unsettling tale, but Doillan's unblinking depiction of manipulation and desperation stays with you long after the characters make the deals that seal their unjust fates." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Rambo (2008) |
"The enemies so comically monstrous and their deaths so gory, that you may just throw your head back and roar with laughter." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Rank (2006) |
"That final night of competition is exciting stuff, capped by a heroic victory ride, but this is otherwise a plodding feature." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Rape Of Europa (2007) |
"This meticulously rich documentary chronicles the cultural scavenging of the Nazis and the heroic efforts of art patrons and ordinary citizens to hide the treasures." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird's Ratatouille, a gorgeous, wonderfully inventive computer-animated comedy." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"It is in Ray's many music sequences that Hackford's direction is most confident." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Reader (2008) |
"Provocatively intentioned, The Reader is a movie worth seeing -- the kind of film you'll think about for days afterward. But when all is said and done, you're likely to wonder why the impact wasn't greater still." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"Reality Land is a village built on lowest common denominators -- the cheapest, the dumbest, the wildest -- that Bunim and Murray well know often leads to the most fun." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007) |
"Don't be surprised if, by the finish, you wind up fantasizing about your own rural homestead." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
Rebound (2005) |
"This movie feels like it was the product of some court-ordered community service." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reception (2005) |
"Well-acted but otherwise lackluster drama." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reckoning (2004) |
"Has so many ideas working in it that they all but suffocate its thin plot." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Reconstruction (2004) |
"Languorous art movie." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Cliff (2009) |
"Overlong but ambitious, Woo proves he's as good at tactical maneuvers as he is at close-quarters combat." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Red Doors (2005) |
"Red Doors feels like a first-time film; quirks are overplayed while themes remain underdeveloped." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Eye (2005) |
"This is a sophisticated genre movie, and it's effective on many levels." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Road (2007) |
"If you think about it too closely, Andrea Arnold's jarring feature debut doesn't quite hold up. But chances are you'll be so focused on her lead, Kate Dickie, that you won't even notice." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/5 |
Red Roses and Petrol (2008) |
"Solid performances and a literary feel help turn a standard family-rift drama into a dry but saucy narrative." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Redacted (2007) |
"More significant in its sense of purpose than its uneven execution." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/5 |
Redbelt (2008) |
"This does seem to be a world Mamet knows well, and every so often we see flashes of the great movie he might have made." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Redline (2007) |
"Although the movie's artistic merits are virtually nonexistent, Sadek does understand his audience, most of whom are unlikely to be acquainted yet with two key aspects of the film: driver's licenses and women." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Reel Paradise (2005) |
"If Reel Paradise were being shown anywhere but on Tavianu or in New York, I doubt they could give it away." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/4 |
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"Cheadle is good, as always, but Sandler's portrayal of a guy on the perennial brink of a psychotic breakdown is amazing." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/5 |
Religulous (2008) |
"What [Maher] does do finally in this funny, refreshing movie is assert how unrestrained religiosity could guarantee the 'end days' many of his subjects admit to looking forward to." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Remember the Daze (2008) |
"[Director Jess] Manafort aims for Dazed and Confused, but falls well short of Can't Hardly Wait." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Renaissance (2006) |
"With its halfhearted script, stiff performances and overlong running time, this is the kind of movie that's simultaneously dazzling to look at, and increasingly tough to sit through." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rendition (2007) |
"[Hood] can be accused of one-siding the debate over interrogation tactics like water-boarding and electrocution. But since when do movies have to be fair and balanced?" |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) |
"It's a lot easier to pack laughs into a half-hour television show than a full-length feature film, and if you need proof, you'll find 84 minutes of it in Reno 911!: Miami." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Rent (2005) |
"Rent takes to the streets of New York and convulses in song and dance for nearly two solid hours." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) |
"Check out the trailer before you commit to this one; if it's for you, you'll know instantly. And if it's not, you'll know that, too." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 5/5 |
Reprise (2008) |
"The kind of discovery that comes along only a few times a year (if we're lucky), Joachim Trier's energetic, inventive debut takes such a novel approach to well-worn themes that it makes most movies look downright lazy." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"Problematic is Herzog's wildly romanticized view of his protagonist. No matter what tortures he faces, Dieter never has a moment of vulnerability. He's not a man, he's a superhero." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"Unrelentingly bleak, the movie is nonetheless a riveting drama with some outstanding performances..." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"Should please the target audience." |
Robert Dominguez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
"The action is not so much bloody as bloody monotonous." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Respiro (2003) |
"A beautifully composed tone poem about unspoken group dynamics in an isolated community." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2/4 |
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"What is irony if not a movie whose production notes declare 'A film about truth demands authenticity' and is not authentic?" |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Return (2006) |
"Since Adam Sussman's script is as lazy as Asif Kapadia's direction is disjointed, nothing ever makes sense, even after the anticlimatic explanation is revealed. Not even Gellar can work up any interest in Joanna's fate." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/5 |
Reunion (2009) |
"A respectable B-list cast (Cynthia Stevenson, Jessica Hecht, Christopher McDonald) wades through a sludgy script that finds estranged friends reuniting decades after college." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 1/4 |
RevoLOUtion (2006) |
"Less a movie than an 80-minute promo for a self-help program for the seriously desperate." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) |
"An amazing record of what has been called history's shortest-lived coup d'etat." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 4/5 |
Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"In pieces and in spirit, the many honest parts of this drama about marital life in the 1950s are like the rooms of a house that feel right, even if the exterior slopes somewhat clumsily." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Revolver (2007) |
"Between the manic editing, atrocious acting, and laughably pretentious narration, Ritchie's tired tricks feel like empty distractions in a game of three-card Monte." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
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