Facing the Giants (2006)

"Facing the Giants falls victim to the tell-don't-show brand of filmmaking, in which every character always says exactly what he's feeling and every time a character's flaws are pointed out to him, they are immediately corrected."

Factory Girl (2007)

"Two extraordinary performances can't prevent Factory Girl from being an ordinary movie."

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

"Represents both Moore's most accomplished filmmaking and his least effective storytelling."

Faithless (2001)

"There is a haunted quality to Faithless, which is a personal kind of disaster movie."

Fall to Grace (2006)

"Here are 12 people. Here are their 12 problems. Here are 12 solutions. World peace. The end."

The Family Man (2000)

"The movie has intelligent dialogue and fine lead performances, but it could use a few supporting characters to distract us from the fact that, at every minute, we know exactly what will happen next."

Fanboys (2009)

"The tone seems as uneven as the pacing."

The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

"Unlike many recent superhero movies, Silver Surfer doesn't have a heavy, overblown quality. For the most part, it's light and playful (and short, clocking in at a brisk 90 minutes)."

Far From Heaven (2002)

"Beautifully acted, intelligent film."

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

"Has come up with new, exciting ways to show speed on camera."

Fast Food Nation (2006)

"It begins to feel less like a movie than a position paper."

Fat Girl (2001)

"If a movie bugs me as much as Fat Girl did, it may be because it has something to say that I just didn't want to hear."

Fear Dot Com (2002)

"Despite the up-to-the-minute trappings, there's nothing here that's newer than rotary-dial phones."

Feast of Love (2007)

"The Feast movie, while not as transcendent as the book, is still pretty good."

Femme Fatale (2002)

"De Palma shoots with such confident joy in the way movies can twist us around their little fingers."

Festival in Cannes (2002)

"The cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big ... and the setting remains indistinct."

Fighter (2001)

"A tale of a remarkable friendship between two wise, witty men."

Fighting (2009)

"The atmosphere of Fighting feels grittily real, even when the story does not."

Final (2001)

"A movie that tries your patience but, finally, rewards it handsomely."

Final Destination (2000)

"The movie tries so hard that you're more likely to be shrieking with laughter than just plain shrieking."

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

"On a storytelling level, Final Fantasy isn't very compelling, but on a technological level, it is."

Find Me Guilty (2006)

"Entertaining because it's a good, old-fashioned yarn."

Finding Nemo (2003)

"Fish, schmish. This is a movie about humanity, and I doubt if we'll see a more compelling father/son relationship this year."

Finishing the Game (2007)

"There's about five minutes of funny in Finishing the Game, which leaves 83 minutes of "Oh, that same joke again, huh?""

First Daughter (2004)

"A better movie than [Chasing Liberty] but one more likely to appeal to parents than kids."