Tomato 3.5/4 |
U-Carmen (2007) |
"[Director] Dornford-May deftly balances the details of his setting with the universality of his themes, exploring every dusty corner of a village thrumming with tension between patriarchal leaders and strong-willed women." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) |
"While there is nothing particularly new in the film, it is a stirring celebration of a man of enormous talent, humor and humanity, laid waste by an assassin in New York in 1980." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
U2 3D (2008) |
"The concert itself is spectacularly produced, with Jumbotrons providing backdrop and long, curving runways that allow Bono and other band members to move far out into the crowd." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/5 |
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"Ugly is, indeed, the word for any comedy that manages to insult both its cast and audience with nearly every scene." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ultimate Gift (2007) |
"Has a mercifully light hand in selling its Christian-values themes, but its plodding story about a spoiled young scion who must complete 12 tasks assigned him by his late grandfather is still a slog." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/4 |
Ultraviolet (2006) |
"Wimmer has created no logical framework for flashy, ultraviolent and frankly cheesy sequences." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
Un Secret (2008) |
"Beautifully acted and exquisitely photographed, director Claude Miller's superb drama, from Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel, is awash with the ripples created by unlived lives." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Unaccompanied Minors (2006) |
"Unaccompanied Minors is a Christmas headache looking for an audience." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
The Unborn (2009) |
"At least writer/director David S. Goyer had the sense to boost these generic proceedings with pros like Alexander, Oldman, Elba and Carla Gugino, who plays Casey's mother in a series of embarrassing flashbacks." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion (2006) |
"Here's a movie everyone can hate. Anti-abortionists will hate it because, without any editorializing, [it] show the activists for the self-righteous zealots they are. And pro-choicers will hate it because the people and their propaganda are so odious." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004) |
"A crisp historical document that is worth your time." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1/4 |
Undead (2005) |
"It's downright boring for an hour, then picks up, at least visually, when the zombified are hauled into space and hung there as if in a cosmic closet." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"Director Patricia Riggen's film mostly succeeds, despite a sometimes maudlin story that seems to bring multiple dangers a day to its young hero." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/5 |
Under the Sea 3D (2009) |
"If you’re not taking the family on an exotic beach vacation anytime soon, consider this a reasonable alternative." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) |
"It's because of Lane's performance that we don't discount Frances as a silly thing with a weakness for rustic charm, big-eyed kittens and poetic tableaux." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1/4 |
Underclassman (2005) |
"It's off to detention for Underclassman, a remedial comedy for idiots." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Underdog (2007) |
"Underdog is made for the Saturday morning TV crowd, and parents who lead their tykes to this adventure aren't likely to leave disappointed." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/4 |
Undertow (2004) |
"Bell's performance as a teenager becoming a man in midflight pulls us through this murky, slow-paced affair, but it's a slog." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Underworld (2003) |
"The movie is stylish and cruel, and mightily entertaining for certain covens out there." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1/4 |
Underworld: Evolution (2006) |
"... a movie that beats you over the head until you -- along with all the fanged and furry beasts of the future -- are senseless." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Undiscovered (2005) |
"Tyson, a brown and white English bulldog, has his own Web site, which offers clips of the eager fireplug flying down the street on his skateboard. In other words, you don't have to endure this dreadful movie to see him in action." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
An Unfinished Life (2005) |
"It's no great thing, but in their heyday as Oscar campaigners, they could have made Redford a contender." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2/5 |
The Uninvited (2009) |
"What can I tell you about The Uninvited that you haven't already heard about every other instantly forgettable horror flick?" |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat 2/4 |
Union Square (2003) |
"A moving film but not, to be frank, an entirely memorable one." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
United 93 (2006) |
"It is a docudrama done with great sensitivity, and with unerring judgment in the writing and in the depiction of the passengers and hijackers." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The United States of Leland (2004) |
"There's a reason filmmaking is considered a craft, and Hoge, a former teacher in a juvenile prison, cannot pull off what would be a tricky proposition for a skilled veteran." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/5 |
Universe of Keith Haring (2008) |
"Utilizing copious film footage of her puckish subject and new interviews with Haring's contemporaries, gallerists and mentors, director Christina Clausen makes her fascinating movie as big-hearted, city-centric and energetic as its subject." |
Joe Neumaier |
Splat 2/4 |
Unknown (2006) |
"It all comes together at the end, logically and with a twist. But it's not a game that allows the audience to play along." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 3/4 |
Unknown White Male (2005) |
"Bruce's condition seems so bizarre that, at times, you suspect it's a hoax. But the film still manages to raise disquieting issues of personality and identity." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Unleashed (2005) |
"Unleashed serves two masters, each one disappointingly: It's a brutal series of over-amped fights, and it's a touching story of human nature at war with itself." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/5 |
An Unlikely Weapon (2009) |
"The man had stories to tell, in person and in his pictures." |
Joe Neumaier |
Tomato 3/5 |
Unmade Beds (2009) |
"Overly familiar but endearing nonetheless, this coming-of-age indie from Alexis Dos Santos is most likely to appeal to those who recognize themselves in the story's lost heroes." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Untold Scandal (2003) |
"Korean director Je-yong Lee puts a compelling cross-cultural spin on a familiar plot in this erotic, Eastern adaptation of the Chodelos de Laclos' 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses." |
Robert Dominguez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Untold Story of Emmet Louis Till (2005) |
"The film is a shocking account of the deep-seated racism that existed in the South in the dawn of the civil rights movement." |
Jack Mathews |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Untraceable (2008) |
"Untraceable essentially forces its audience to identify with those who would be willing accomplices to torture and murder." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Unveiled (2005) |
"The parts are more valuable than the whole in Angelina Maccarone's Unveiled." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 4/5 |
Up (2009) |
"While their latest achievement can't quite one-up WALL-E, it offers soaring highs that are bound to enchant viewers of any age." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Splat |
Up and Down (2005) |
"The clumsy humor doesn't translate well." |
Jami Bernard |
Tomato 3/4 |
Up for Grabs (2005) |
"Michael Wranovics' documentary replays this sorry chapter in all-American greed in glorious detail." |
Jack Mathews |
Tomato 4/5 |
Up in the Air (2009) |
"A lovely Hollywood romance that floats buoyantly along on a sea of sadness." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Upside of Anger (2005) |
"A wonderful, sophisticated romantic comedy about the resilience of love in the face of competing emotions." |
Jami Bernard |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Uptown Girls (2003) |
"Combine two mannered performances with a script intent on achieving maximum cuteness, and you've got one wince-inducing sugar rush." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ushpizin (2005) |
"Gentle and affecting, it offers an introduction to a mostly unfamiliar world while touching on issues recognizable to all." |
Elizabeth Weitzman |
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