Tomato 4/5
Wag the Dog (1997)
"Prepare to laugh yourself silly, and let's all pray that the film is less true than it seems to be."
Edward Johnson-Ott
Tomato 4/4
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
"Be sure and stay for the film's closing credits, which contain some of the movie's funniest moments."
Tomato
Waking Life (2001)
"For some, the conversations will be like fingernails across a blackboard. For others, the discussions will be as involving as the visuals are lilting."
Splat 1/5
Waking the Dead (2000)
"An overwrought, underdeveloped story."
Splat 2.5/5
The Waterboy (1998)
"Sandler and his frat-house friends have done the infant-in-an-adult-body shtick to death!"
Splat 2/5
The Way of the Gun (2000)
"Comes off as just another needlessly dense, derivative, smug and depressing throwaway."
We Were Soldiers (2002)
"Informative and thoughtful, presenting a pivotal battle with clarity and all of the people in the middle of it with reverence."
The Wedding Singer (1998)
"The film is just a trifle, but in the mid-winter cinematic wasteland, you have to grade on a curve."
Tomato 3/5
What Dreams May Come (1998)
"A visually breathtaking work!"
What Lies Beneath (2000)
"Movies like this should be left for actors and directors on their way up, or on their way down, not for talents as vital as Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford and Robert Zemeckis."
Tomato 5/5
When We Were Kings (1996)
"Beyond creating an exceptional documentary, Gast reminds us of the majesty of Muhammad Ali, a man who was, and is, a hero for the ages."
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
"For Matthew Perry, it offers evidence that there may be life beyond Friends after all."
Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
"After watching a film purportedly devoted to his memory, Frankie Lymon remained a stranger."
Splat 1.5/5
Wild Wild West (1999)
"Had the filmmakers spent a 10th as much time honing the script as they did on the nifty art direction, Wild Wild West could have been something more than gibberish with a colorful candy coating."
Splat
Willard (2003)
"'Hamlet in crayon, with rats.'"
Windtalkers (2002)
"I am so sick of watching filmmakers "honor" soldiers by blowing them up creatively."
Wonder Boys (2000)
"Hanson has crafted a smart, sophisticated feature that will delight mature audiences."